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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 93-111.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2023117

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Differentially expressed genes and related pathways in root systems of Dactylis glomerata under flooding stress

Bing ZENG1(), Pan-pan SHANG1, Bing-na SHEN1, Yin-chen WANG2, Ming-hao QU1, Yang YUAN2, Lei BI1, Xing-yun YANG1, Wen-wen LI1, Xiao-li ZHOU1, Yu-qian ZHENG1, Wen-qiang GUO1, Yan-long FENG1, Bing ZENG1()   

  1. 1.College of Animal Science and Technology,Southwest University,Chongqing 402460,China
    2.Guizhou Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine,Guiyang 550000,China
    3.Chongqing University Herbivore Engineering Research Center,Chongqing 400715,China
  • Received:2023-04-11 Revised:2023-06-29 Online:2024-02-20 Published:2023-12-12

Abstract:

In recent years, flooding has occurred frequently in southern China, and has seriously restricted the development of grass and animal husbandry industries. Dactylis glomerata is an important ecological grass species and a high-quality forage. However, it has poor flooding tolerance, so it is seldom grown in areas that are frequently affected by flooding. In this study, to explore the flooding response mechanism of D. glomerata, the physiological indexes and gene expression patterns in the roots of seedlings of the D. glomerata cultivar ‘Anba’ were analyzed at 0, 8, and 24 hours of flooding stress. The results showed that the contents of soluble sugars, soluble protein, and malondialdehyde in the roots increased significantly under flooding stress, and the relative conductivity decreased initially and then increased significantly during the 24 hours flooding treatment. After 8 hours of flooding stress (compared with 0 hours), there were 5788 differentially expressed genes in the roots of D. glomerata, including 2872 up-regulated genes and 2916 down-regulated genes. After 24 hours of flooding stress, there were 8807 differentially expressed genes in the roots of D. glomerata, including 4123 up-regulated genes and 4684 down-regulated genes. Gene ontology enrichment analyses showed that these differentially expressed genes were mainly involved in polysaccharide metabolism, microtubule binding, cellulose metabolism, and the antioxidant response. The results of Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analysis showed that the pathways responding to flooding in roots of D. glomerata were phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, carbon metabolism, glutathione metabolism, amino acid biosynthesis, starch and sucrose metabolism, and glycolysis/gluconeogenesis. Further analysis of differentially expressed genes involved in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, carbon metabolism, and glutathione metabolism pathways suggested that HXK1HXK2ADH1GST, and APX2 encode products with important roles in the response of D. glomerata to flooding stress. Genes encoding MYB, NB-ARC, WRKY, GRAS, and AP2 transcription factors were highly expressed under flooding stress, suggesting that these transcription factors are closely related to flooding tolerance in D. glomerata. The results of this study provide basic data for further exploration of the molecular mechanism of flooding tolerance of D. glomerata, and also provide theoretical support for breeding to improve flooding tolerance.

Key words: Dactylis glomerata, flooding stress, roots, transcriptome, differentially expressed genes, metabolic pathway