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Physiological and transcriptional response of carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism in tomato plant leaves to nickel ion and nitrogen levels

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This study investigated how nickel ion (Ni2+) improves carbohydrate and nitrogen (N) metabolism in tomato plant leaves under different N supply levels. We exposed the tomato plants to two levels of N (7.66 and 0.383 mmol center dot L-1) and two levels of Ni2+ (0 and 0.1 mg center dot L-1 NiSO4) under hydroponic conditions. After nine days of treatments, we harvested the leaves for physiological, biochemical, and transcriptome sequencing analysis. Low N (LN) levels reduced the concentration of total N and the activities of enzymes; however, Ni2+ can regulate these levels. Leaf transcriptome analysis identified 3277 differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The DEGs asso-ciated with the glycolytic pathway-tricarboxylic acid (EMP pathway-TCA) cycle, biosynthesis of amino acids, and N metabolism were downregulated after low N application, whereas those regulated by Ni2+ showed high transcript abundances. This study provides valuable insights into the carbohydrate and N metabolism mechanism of tomato plant leaves in response to Ni2+ and N levels.

Biosynthesis of amino acidsGlycolytic pathway-tricarboxylic acid cycleNitrogen assimilationRNA-seq

Li, Shuhao、Yang, Danqing、Tian, Jun、Wang, Shubin、Yan, Yinan、He, Xiaoli、Du, Zhijie、Zhong, Fenglin

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Fujian Agr & Forestry Univ, Coll Hort, Fuzhou 350002, Peoples R China

2022

Scientia horticulturae

Scientia horticulturae

SCI
ISSN:0304-4238
年,卷(期):2022.292
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