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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (15): 115-122.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb20191100794

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Dof Transcription Factor in Pineapple Fruits Treated with Hexaldehyde Delaying Internal Browning Resistance: Expression Analysis

Chen Li, Gu Hui, Jia Zhiwei, Hong Keqian()   

  1. South Subtropical Crops Research Institutes, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory for Postharvest Physiology and Technology of Tropical Horticultural Products of Hainan Province, Zhanjiang Guangdong 524091
  • Received:2019-11-07 Revised:2019-11-28 Online:2020-05-25 Published:2020-05-21
  • Contact: Hong Keqian E-mail:hkq0825@126.com

Abstract:

DNA binding with one finger (Dof) proteins, which are a family of plant-specific transcription factor (TF), plays important roles in diverse biotic and abiotic stress responses. The purpose of this study is to investigate the roles of Dof TF family members in internal browning (IB) resistance in the postharvest pineapple fruits. Pineapple fruits were used as materials, the pineapple fruits with IB were treated with the exogenous hexaldehyde, and then stored the treated at 25 ℃ for 8 days. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) technique was adopted to analyze the changes in Dof TFs gene expressions during the storage duration of fruits inducted by IB resistance. 25 putative Dof TFs which were designated as AcDof1-AcDof25, were identified and isolated based on pineapple genome database. 0.1% (v/v) hexaldehyde treatment significantly delayed the ascent of IB index of fruits compared with the controls. qRT-PCR analysis showed that 18 out of 20 AcDof TFs were up-regulated after hexaldehyde treatment. Among them, 5 TFs, such as AcDof4, AcDof8, AcDof14, AcDof16 and AcDof18 had significant expression profiles between controls and the treated fruits. However, 1 AcDof, namely AcDof13, was apparently down-regulated by hexaldehyde treatment. These 6 AcDofs might be involved in the regulation of hexaldehyde delaying IB in different ways, thus they could be the related genes of IB.

Key words: Dof, gene expression, hexaldehyde, internal browning, pineapple fruit

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