Lipidomic and transcriptomic profiling of developing nodules reveal the essential roles of active glycolysis and fatty acid and membrane lipid biosynthesis in soybean nodulation.

Gaoyang Zhang, Muhammad Z. Ahmad, Beibei Chen, Sehrish Manan, Yuliang Zhang, Huanan Jin, Xuemin Wang, Jian Zhao

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Abstract

<div class="line" id="line-15"> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> Symbiotic rhizobia&hyphen;legume interactions are energy&hyphen;demanding processes, and the carbon supply from host cells that is critically required for nodulation and nitrogen fixation is not fully understood. Investigation of the lipidomic and carbohydrate profiles with the transcriptome of developing nodules revealed highly activated glycolysis, fatty acid (FA), 2&hyphen;monoacylglycerol (2&hyphen;MAG), and membrane lipid biosynthesis and transport during nodule development. RNA&hyphen;sequence profiling of metabolic genes in roots and developing nodules highlighted the enhanced expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis and transport of FAs, membrane lipids, and 2&hyphen;MAG in rhizobia&hyphen;soybean symbioses via the RAML&hyphen;WRI&hyphen;FatM&hyphen;GPAT&hyphen;STRL pathway, which is similar to that in legume&hyphen;arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi symbiosis. The essential roles of the metabolic pathway during soybean nodulation were further supported by analysis of transgenic hairy roots overexpressing soybean&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> GmWRI1b </i> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> &hyphen;OE and&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> GmLEC2a </i> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> &hyphen;OE.&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> GmLEC2a </i> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> &hyphen;OE hairy roots produced fewer nodules, in contrast to&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> GmWRI1b </i> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> &hyphen;OE hairy roots.&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> GmLEC2a </i> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> &hyphen;OE hairy roots displayed different or even opposite expression patterns of the genes involved in glycolysis and the synthesis of FAs, 2&hyphen;MAG, TAG, and membrane lipids compared to&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> GmWRI1b </i> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> &hyphen;OE hairy roots. Glycolysis, FA and membrane lipid biosynthesis were repressed in&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> GmLEC2a&hyphen;OE&nbsp; </i> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> but increased in&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> GmWRI1b </i> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> &hyphen;OE hairy roots, which may account for the reduced nodulation in&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> GmLEC2a&hyphen;OE&nbsp; </i> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> hairy roots but increased nodulation in&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> GmWRI1b </i> <span style='color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Open Sans", icomoon, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> &hyphen;OE hairy roots. These data show that active FA, 2&hyphen;MAG and membrane lipid biosynthesis are essential for nodulation and rhizobia&hyphen;soybean symbioses. These data shed light on essential and complex lipid metabolism for soybean nodulation and nodule development, laying the foundation for the future detailed investigation of soybean nodulation. </span></div>
Original languageAmerican English
JournalPlant Journal
DOIs
StatePublished - May 15 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • fatty acid synthesis
  • lipid metabolism
  • lipidomics
  • nodulation
  • transcription factor
  • transcriptomic analysis

Disciplines

  • Biology
  • Biochemistry

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