Foliar and Root Comparative Metabolomics and Phenolic Profiling of Micro-Tom Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Plants Associated with a Gene Expression Analysis in Response to Short Daily UV Treatments

Alessia Mannucci, Marco Santin, Lucas Vanhaelewyn, Maria Calogera Sciampagna, Maria Begona Miras Moreno, Leilei Zhang, Luigi Lucini, Mike Frank Quartacci, Dominique Van Der Straeten, Antonella Castagna, Annamaria Ranieri

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Abstract

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is globally recognised as a high-value crop both for commercial profit and nutritional benefits. In contrast to the extensive data regarding the changes in the metabolism of tomato fruit exposed to UV radiation, less is known about the foliar and root metabolome. Using an untargeted metabolomic approach through UHPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS analysis, we detected thousands of metabolites in the leaves (3000) and roots (2800) of Micro-Tom tomato plants exposed to 11 days of short daily UV radiation, applied only on the aboveground organs. Multivariate statistical analysis, such as OPLS-DA and volcano, were performed to allow a better understanding of the modifications caused by the treatment. Based on the unexpected modulation to the secondary metabolism, especially the phenylpropanoid pathway, of which compounds were down and up accumulated respectively in leaves and roots of treated plants, a phenolic profiling was carried out for both organs. The phenolic profile was associated with a gene expression analysis to check the transcription trend of genes involved in the UVR8 signalling pathway and the early steps of the phenolic biosynthesis. The retention of the modifications at metabolic and phenolic levels was also investigated 3 days after the UV treatment, showing a prolonged effect on the modulation once the UV treatment had ceased.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1829-1829
Numero di pagine1
RivistaPlants
Volume11
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2022

Keywords

  • UHPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS
  • plant organs
  • qRT-PCR
  • secondary metabolism
  • ultraviolet radiation
  • untargeted metabolomics

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