In:
Botany, Canadian Science Publishing, Vol. 97, No. 9 ( 2019-09), p. 513-519
Abstract:
In this study, we measured the expression of genes related to the phenylpropanoid pathway and ascorbate oxidation by qRT-PCR to explore the mechanism of nutraceutical compounds enhancement in pak choi during stress treatments. The expression of most phenylpropanoid biosynthesis related genes (PAL, C4H, CHS, CHI, F3H1, DFR, and ANS1) was up-regulated in plants treated with NaCl, solar salt, and UV-B radiation, compared with the untreated controls under both white light and light emitting diode illumination. Moreover, CHS and ANS1 were expressed at levels 15 and 95 times higher than the untreated control. The expression of the ascorbate oxidation related gene tAPX was also up-regulated in the NaCl and UV-B treated samples compared with the control under both light conditions. By comparison, the expression of APX1 was down-regulated during the stress treatment under both light conditions. Total chlorophyll and total carotenoid contents were unaffected by the stress treatments, and there was no significant difference in the maximum quantum yield (F v /F m ) between the stress treatments and the untreated controls. These results suggest that the expression of genes involved in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and ascorbate oxidation correlates with the previously reported enhanced production of phenolic compounds in pak choi plants subjected to stress treatments.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1916-2790
,
1916-2804
DOI:
10.1139/cjb-2018-0183
Language:
English
Publisher:
Canadian Science Publishing
Publication Date:
2019
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2467208-7
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