Polyploid plants typically display advantages on some agronomically important traits over their diploid counterparts.Extensive studies have shown genetic,transcriptomic,and epigenetic dynamics upon polyploidization in...Polyploid plants typically display advantages on some agronomically important traits over their diploid counterparts.Extensive studies have shown genetic,transcriptomic,and epigenetic dynamics upon polyploidization in multiple plant species.However,few studies have unveiled those alternations imposed only by ploidy level,without any interference from heterozygosity.Cultivated potato is highly heterozygous.Thus,in this study,we developed two homozygous autotetraploid lines and one homozygous diploid line in parallel from a homozygous diploid potato.We confirmed their ploidy levels using chloroplast counting and karyotyping.Oligo-FISH and genome re-sequencing validated that these potato lines are nearly homozygous.We investigated variations in phenotypes,transcription,and histone modifications between two ploidies.Both autotetraploid lines produced larger but fewer tubers than the diploid line.Interestingly,each autotetraploid line displayed ploidy-related differential expression for various genes.We also discovered a genomewide enrichment of H3K27ac in genic regions upon whole-genome doubling(WGD).However,such enrichment was not associated with the differential gene expression between two ploidies.The tetraploid lines may exhibit better resistance to cold-induced sweetening(CIS)than the diploid line in tubers,potentially regulated through the expression of CIS-related key genes,which seems to be associated with the levels of H3K4me3 in cold-stored tubers.These findings will help to understand the impacts of autotetraploidization on dynamics of phenotypes,transcription,and histone modifications,as well as on CIS-related genes in response to cold storage.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31900386 to Z.Z.)Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2021YFH0025 to Z.Z.and 2021YFYZ0019 to B.Z.and Z.Z.)+1 种基金State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China at Sichuan Agricultural University(SKL-KF202205 to B.Z.)State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology Open Fund(2020KF01 to B.Z.)。
文摘Polyploid plants typically display advantages on some agronomically important traits over their diploid counterparts.Extensive studies have shown genetic,transcriptomic,and epigenetic dynamics upon polyploidization in multiple plant species.However,few studies have unveiled those alternations imposed only by ploidy level,without any interference from heterozygosity.Cultivated potato is highly heterozygous.Thus,in this study,we developed two homozygous autotetraploid lines and one homozygous diploid line in parallel from a homozygous diploid potato.We confirmed their ploidy levels using chloroplast counting and karyotyping.Oligo-FISH and genome re-sequencing validated that these potato lines are nearly homozygous.We investigated variations in phenotypes,transcription,and histone modifications between two ploidies.Both autotetraploid lines produced larger but fewer tubers than the diploid line.Interestingly,each autotetraploid line displayed ploidy-related differential expression for various genes.We also discovered a genomewide enrichment of H3K27ac in genic regions upon whole-genome doubling(WGD).However,such enrichment was not associated with the differential gene expression between two ploidies.The tetraploid lines may exhibit better resistance to cold-induced sweetening(CIS)than the diploid line in tubers,potentially regulated through the expression of CIS-related key genes,which seems to be associated with the levels of H3K4me3 in cold-stored tubers.These findings will help to understand the impacts of autotetraploidization on dynamics of phenotypes,transcription,and histone modifications,as well as on CIS-related genes in response to cold storage.
