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P-51<br />
Berry skin development of the grape variety Norton exhibits distinct expression patterns of<br />
genes in defense <strong>and</strong> flavonoid pathways <strong>and</strong> unique profiles of flavonoid compounds<br />
M.B. Ali 1 , S. Howard 1 , S. Chen 3 , L. Kovacs 1,2 , W. Qiu* 1<br />
1 Center for Grapevine Biotechnology, Missouri State University, Mountain Grove, Missouri,<br />
USA; 2 Department of Biology, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, USA;<br />
3<br />
Department of Fruit Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China<br />
*Corresponding author: wenpingqiu@missouristate.edu<br />
The grape variety Norton (Vitis aestivalis) has a higher level of disease resistance than Cabernet<br />
Sauvignon (Vitis vinifera), <strong>and</strong> its berry chemistry is different from Cabernet Sauvignon. We<br />
conducted a microarray study on transcriptome changes of Norton berry skin from 49 days after<br />
bloom (DAB) to a fully ripened stage at 118 DAB. Samples of six berry developmental stages<br />
were collected. Microarray analysis indicated that there was a dynamic modulation of NBS-LRR<br />
resistance genes <strong>and</strong> pathogenesis-related (PR) genes, <strong>and</strong> transcript levels of the PR-1 gene<br />
clearly increased during Norton berry skin development. The majority of genes in the<br />
phenylpropanoid pathway were up-regulated; the progressive increase of transcript levels of the<br />
stilbene synthase gene family was observed during the ripening phase of Norton berry skin.<br />
Transcriptional patterns of Myb transcription factors <strong>and</strong> structural genes of the flavonoid<br />
pathway <strong>and</strong> profiles of anthocyanins <strong>and</strong> proanthocyanidins (PAs) in the berry skin<br />
development were analyzed comparatively in Norton <strong>and</strong> Cabernet Sauvignon. It was found that<br />
the total anthocyanin content in Norton berry skins are more abundant than Cabernet Sauvignon,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the kinetics of five anthocyanin derivatives <strong>and</strong> three PA compounds exhibit distinctive<br />
profiles in Norton berry skin. Transcript levels of MybA1 reached to a peak level at 57 DAB<br />
(véraison) in Cabernet Sauvignon <strong>and</strong> at 85 DAB in Norton. MybPA1 transcripts increased<br />
significantly at 70 <strong>and</strong> 85 DAB, <strong>and</strong> afterwards declined to baseline levels in Norton. MybA2<br />
<strong>and</strong> MybPA2 transcripts reached a peak level at 57 <strong>and</strong> 71 DAB, respectively, in Cabernet<br />
Sauvignon berry skin. Transcriptional patterns of Myb5A <strong>and</strong> Myb5B were similar across the<br />
berry skin development between the two varieties. The results indicate that MybPA1 plays a<br />
major role in Norton while MybPA2 in Cabernet Sauvignon in the regulation of flavonoid<br />
biosynthesis. Similar pattern of Myb5a <strong>and</strong> Myb5b regulation demonstrated that general<br />
flavonoid pathways are regulated similarly between the two grapevines. The more abundant<br />
accumulation of anthocyanins <strong>and</strong> PAs in Norton than in Cabernet Sauvignon berry skin<br />
correlated well <strong>with</strong> elevated transcript levels of genes encoding flavonoid-3′-hydrooxylase,<br />
flavonoid-3′,5′-hydrooxylase, leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase, UDP-glucose:flavonoid 3-O-<br />
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