Pearl oyster Pinctada maxima is mainly used to produce high-valued gold and silver colored nucleated pearls.We developed a line with golden nacre in the mantle edge by sampling breeders from the Sanya population of pe...Pearl oyster Pinctada maxima is mainly used to produce high-valued gold and silver colored nucleated pearls.We developed a line with golden nacre in the mantle edge by sampling breeders from the Sanya population of pearl oyster P.maxima.It is found that the total carotenoid content(TCC)in the mantle tissues of the strain group(SG)was significantly higher than that of the control group(CG).Differentially expressed genes between the strain and control group(a line with silver nacre in the mantle edge)were screened.A total of 28285 genes were annotated in the transcriptome.Totally,295 up-regulated genes and 254 down-regulated genes were annotated which the strain compared with the CG.Lipid-transport and metabolism genes,such as fatty acid-binding protein,cytochrome P4503A and ATP-binding cassette sub-family A were up-regulated in the line.The expression levels of candidate genes in the line were higher than those in the CG,which are basically consistent with the transcriptome results.These findings are helpful to understand carotenoid metabolism in golden colored nacre formation of pearl oyster P.maxima.展开更多
Differentially expressed genes(DEGs)between individuals with high(HC)and low(LC)total carotenoid content(TCC)were sampled from a selected line of Pinctada fucata martensii with black shell in the prismatic layer.The e...Differentially expressed genes(DEGs)between individuals with high(HC)and low(LC)total carotenoid content(TCC)were sampled from a selected line of Pinctada fucata martensii with black shell in the prismatic layer.The expression levels of candidate genes were verified by qRT-PCR.Targeted resequencing was used to detect SNPs in a candidate gene,PmSR-BI.The association of TCC with SNPs in PmSR-BI was determined.Results showed that a total of 1025 DEGs were identified between HC and LC.The expression levels of the candidate gene PmSR-BI in HC were higher than those in LC.Seven SNPs in the exon and eight SNPs in the 5′regulatory regions of PmSR-BI were found.Association analysis showed that one SNP in the exon and two SNPs in the 5′regulatory regions of PmSR-BI were significantly associated with the TCC(P<0.05).All SNPs of PmSR-BI were divided into four blocks.CC haplotype in Block 1 and AG haplotype in Block 3 were significantly higher than other haplotypes.These results help elucidate the mechanism underlying carotenoid metabolism and develop marker-assisted breeding design in the species.展开更多
基金supported by Guangdong Provincial Special Fund for Modern Agriculture Industry Technology Innovation Teams,Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2020KJ146)Special promotion of fishery science and technology of Ocean and Fisheries Bureau of Guangdong Province(Grant No.Z2014011 and Z2015002)+1 种基金"Innovation Team Project"special funds(Grant No.2017KCXTD016)from the Department of Education of Guangdong ProvinceModern Agricultural Industrial System(Grant No.CARS-049).
文摘Pearl oyster Pinctada maxima is mainly used to produce high-valued gold and silver colored nucleated pearls.We developed a line with golden nacre in the mantle edge by sampling breeders from the Sanya population of pearl oyster P.maxima.It is found that the total carotenoid content(TCC)in the mantle tissues of the strain group(SG)was significantly higher than that of the control group(CG).Differentially expressed genes between the strain and control group(a line with silver nacre in the mantle edge)were screened.A total of 28285 genes were annotated in the transcriptome.Totally,295 up-regulated genes and 254 down-regulated genes were annotated which the strain compared with the CG.Lipid-transport and metabolism genes,such as fatty acid-binding protein,cytochrome P4503A and ATP-binding cassette sub-family A were up-regulated in the line.The expression levels of candidate genes in the line were higher than those in the CG,which are basically consistent with the transcriptome results.These findings are helpful to understand carotenoid metabolism in golden colored nacre formation of pearl oyster P.maxima.
基金The research was financially supported by Science and Technology Program of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2021B0202020003,and 2022A1515010030)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32102817)+2 种基金Department of Education of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2019KQNCX043,2020ZDZX1045 and 2021KCXTD026)Special promotion of fishery science and technology of Ocean and Fisheries Bureau of Guangdong Province(Grant No.B201601-Z09)the earmarked fund for CARS-49.
文摘Differentially expressed genes(DEGs)between individuals with high(HC)and low(LC)total carotenoid content(TCC)were sampled from a selected line of Pinctada fucata martensii with black shell in the prismatic layer.The expression levels of candidate genes were verified by qRT-PCR.Targeted resequencing was used to detect SNPs in a candidate gene,PmSR-BI.The association of TCC with SNPs in PmSR-BI was determined.Results showed that a total of 1025 DEGs were identified between HC and LC.The expression levels of the candidate gene PmSR-BI in HC were higher than those in LC.Seven SNPs in the exon and eight SNPs in the 5′regulatory regions of PmSR-BI were found.Association analysis showed that one SNP in the exon and two SNPs in the 5′regulatory regions of PmSR-BI were significantly associated with the TCC(P<0.05).All SNPs of PmSR-BI were divided into four blocks.CC haplotype in Block 1 and AG haplotype in Block 3 were significantly higher than other haplotypes.These results help elucidate the mechanism underlying carotenoid metabolism and develop marker-assisted breeding design in the species.
