College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Centre for Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jun 1;25(11):6127. doi: 10.3390/ijms25116127.
Spinach ( L.) is a dioecious, diploid, wind-pollinated crop cultivated worldwide. Sex determination plays an important role in spinach breeding. Hence, this study aimed to understand the differences in sexual differentiation and floral organ development of dioecious flowers, as well as the differences in the regulatory mechanisms of floral organ development of dioecious and monoecious flowers. We compared transcriptional-level differences between different genders and identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to spinach floral development, as well as sex-biased genes to investigate the flower development mechanisms in spinach. In this study, 9189 DEGs were identified among the different genders. DEG analysis showed the participation of four main transcription factor families, MIKC_MADS, MYB, NAC, and bHLH, in spinach flower development. In our key findings, abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellic acid (GA) signal transduction pathways play major roles in male flower development, while auxin regulates both male and female flower development. By constructing a gene regulatory network (GRN) for floral organ development, core transcription factors (TFs) controlling organ initiation and growth were discovered. This analysis of the development of female, male, and monoecious flowers in spinach provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms of floral organ development and sexual differentiation in dioecious and monoecious plants in spinach.
菠菜(L.)是一种雌雄异株、二倍体、风媒传粉作物,在世界各地都有种植。性别决定在菠菜的育种中起着重要的作用。因此,本研究旨在了解雌雄异株花的性别分化和花器官发育的差异,以及雌雄异株花和雌雄同株花的花器官发育调控机制的差异。我们比较了不同性别的转录水平差异,鉴定了与菠菜花发育相关的差异表达基因(DEGs),以及性别偏向基因,以研究菠菜花发育的机制。在本研究中,在不同性别之间鉴定出了 9189 个 DEGs。DEG 分析表明,四个主要的转录因子家族 MIKC_MADS、MYB、NAC 和 bHLH 参与了菠菜花的发育。在我们的主要发现中,脱落酸(ABA)和赤霉素(GA)信号转导途径在雄花发育中起主要作用,而生长素调节雌雄花的发育。通过构建花器官发育的基因调控网络(GRN),发现了控制器官起始和生长的核心转录因子(TFs)。对菠菜雌、雄和雌雄同株花发育的分析为雌雄异株和雌雄同株植物花器官发育和性别分化的分子机制提供了新的见解。