PMID- 31861478 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200518 LR - 20200518 IS - 1420-3049 (Electronic) IS - 1420-3049 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Dec 18 TI - Exogenous Melatonin and Abscisic Acid Expedite the Flavonoids Biosynthesis in Grape Berry of Vitis vinifera cv. Kyoho. LID - 10.3390/molecules25010012 [doi] LID - 12 AB - Grape polyphenols contributing to more than half of the global polyphenol market were well studied; however, how melatonin (MLT), a potential plant hormone, and abscisic acid (ABA) affects polyphenols profile is still poorly understood. To explore whether these hormones are involved in polyphenolic biosynthesis, grape (Vitis vinifera cv. Kyoho) was exposed to MLT, ABA, and NDGA (nordihydroguaiaretic acid, an ABA biosynthesis inhibitor) treatments, and 16 polyphenols were identified from grape extracts by high performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (HPLC-Q-TOF-MS). Both exogenous MLT and ABA significantly enhanced the biosynthesis of each flavonol and flavanol component, especially catechin, which was almost increased double by 200 microM of MLT treatment. Furthermore, the expression of genes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis, including 4-coumaroyl-CoA synthase, chalcone synthase, flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase, anthocyanin 3'-methyltransferase, flavonol synthase, flavonoid-3-O-glucosyltransferase, and flavonoid 3',5'-methyltransferase were highly up-regulated as well but were down-regulated by NDGA. The present study provided new insights for improving flavonoids accumulation in agricultural production and its underlying mechanism. FAU - Yang, Mingyi AU - Yang M AD - Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Wang, Lei AU - Wang L AD - Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Belwal, Tarun AU - Belwal T AD - Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Zhang, Xiaocheng AU - Zhang X AD - Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Lu, Hongyan AU - Lu H AD - Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Chen, Cunkun AU - Chen C AD - National Engineering Technology Research Center for Preservation of Agricultural Products, Key Laboratory of Postharvest Physiology and Storage of Agricultural Products, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Tianjin 300112, China. FAU - Li, Li AU - Li L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1242-3866 AD - Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. AD - Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China. AD - National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang Engineering Laboratory of Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. LA - eng GR - 2017YFD0401304/National Key Research and Development Program of China/ GR - 31571895, 31772366/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191218 PL - Switzerland TA - Molecules JT - Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 100964009 RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (Polyphenols) RN - 72S9A8J5GW (Abscisic Acid) RN - JL5DK93RCL (Melatonin) SB - IM MH - Abscisic Acid/*pharmacology MH - Flavonoids/*analysis/*biosynthesis MH - Fruit/*chemistry MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Melatonin/*pharmacology MH - Polyphenols/analysis/biosynthesis MH - Vitis/*chemistry/genetics PMC - PMC6983125 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Vitis vinifera OT - abscisic acid OT - flavonoid OT - grape OT - melatonin COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/12/22 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/19 06:00 PMCR- 2019/12/18 CRDT- 2019/12/22 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/12/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/12/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/12/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/12/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/12/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - molecules25010012 [pii] AID - molecules-25-00012 [pii] AID - 10.3390/molecules25010012 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Molecules. 2019 Dec 18;25(1):12. doi: 10.3390/molecules25010012.