Comparative RNA-Sequence Transcriptome Analysis of Phenolic Acid Metabolism in Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Model Plant

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is an important traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In this study, two S. miltiorrhiza genotypes (BH18 and ZH23) with different phenolic acid concentrations were used for de novo RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). A total of 170,787 transcripts and 56,216 unigenes were obtained. The...

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Main Authors: Zhenqiao Song, Linlin Guo, Tian Liu, Caicai Lin, Jianhua Wang, Xingfeng Li
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Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Genomics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9364594
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author Zhenqiao Song
Linlin Guo
Tian Liu
Caicai Lin
Jianhua Wang
Xingfeng Li
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Tian Liu
Caicai Lin
Jianhua Wang
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description Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is an important traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In this study, two S. miltiorrhiza genotypes (BH18 and ZH23) with different phenolic acid concentrations were used for de novo RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). A total of 170,787 transcripts and 56,216 unigenes were obtained. There were 670 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) identified between BH18 and ZH23, 250 of which were upregulated in ZH23, with genes involved in the phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway being the most upregulated genes. Nine genes involved in the lignin biosynthesis pathway were upregulated in BH18 and thus result in higher lignin content in BH18. However, expression profiles of most genes involved in the core common upstream phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway were higher in ZH23 than that in BH18. These results indicated that genes involved in the core common upstream phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway might play an important role in downstream secondary metabolism and demonstrated that lignin biosynthesis was a putative partially competing pathway with phenolic acid biosynthesis. The results of this study expanded our understanding of the regulation of phenolic acid biosynthesis in S. miltiorrhiza.
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spelling doaj-art-30a4a5f11586452eb1146da68d4e46732025-08-20T03:55:12ZengWileyInternational Journal of Genomics2314-436X2314-43782017-01-01201710.1155/2017/93645949364594Comparative RNA-Sequence Transcriptome Analysis of Phenolic Acid Metabolism in Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Model PlantZhenqiao Song0Linlin Guo1Tian Liu2Caicai Lin3Jianhua Wang4Xingfeng Li5Agronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong 271028, ChinaAgronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong 271028, ChinaAgronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong 271028, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Agronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong 271018, ChinaAgronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong 271028, ChinaAgronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong 271028, ChinaSalvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is an important traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In this study, two S. miltiorrhiza genotypes (BH18 and ZH23) with different phenolic acid concentrations were used for de novo RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). A total of 170,787 transcripts and 56,216 unigenes were obtained. There were 670 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) identified between BH18 and ZH23, 250 of which were upregulated in ZH23, with genes involved in the phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway being the most upregulated genes. Nine genes involved in the lignin biosynthesis pathway were upregulated in BH18 and thus result in higher lignin content in BH18. However, expression profiles of most genes involved in the core common upstream phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway were higher in ZH23 than that in BH18. These results indicated that genes involved in the core common upstream phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway might play an important role in downstream secondary metabolism and demonstrated that lignin biosynthesis was a putative partially competing pathway with phenolic acid biosynthesis. The results of this study expanded our understanding of the regulation of phenolic acid biosynthesis in S. miltiorrhiza.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9364594
spellingShingle Zhenqiao Song
Linlin Guo
Tian Liu
Caicai Lin
Jianhua Wang
Xingfeng Li
Comparative RNA-Sequence Transcriptome Analysis of Phenolic Acid Metabolism in Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Model Plant
International Journal of Genomics
title Comparative RNA-Sequence Transcriptome Analysis of Phenolic Acid Metabolism in Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Model Plant
title_full Comparative RNA-Sequence Transcriptome Analysis of Phenolic Acid Metabolism in Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Model Plant
title_fullStr Comparative RNA-Sequence Transcriptome Analysis of Phenolic Acid Metabolism in Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Model Plant
title_full_unstemmed Comparative RNA-Sequence Transcriptome Analysis of Phenolic Acid Metabolism in Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Model Plant
title_short Comparative RNA-Sequence Transcriptome Analysis of Phenolic Acid Metabolism in Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Model Plant
title_sort comparative rna sequence transcriptome analysis of phenolic acid metabolism in salvia miltiorrhiza a traditional chinese medicine model plant
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9364594
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