PMID- 37392526 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230814 LR - 20230814 IS - 1618-1328 (Electronic) IS - 0176-1617 (Linking) VI - 287 DP - 2023 Aug TI - Seed-specific expression of the class 2 Phytoglobin (Pgb2) increases seed oil in Brassica napus. PG - 154032 LID - S0176-1617(23)00126-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154032 [doi] AB - To examine the function of phytoglobin 2 (Pgb2) on seed oil level in the oil-producing crop Brassica napus L., we generated transgenic plants in which BnPgb2 was over-expressed in the seeds using the cruciferin1 promoter. Over-expression of BnPgb2 elevated the amount of oil, which showed a positive relationship with the level of BnPgb2, without altering the oil nutritional value, as evidenced by the lack of major changes in composition of fatty acids (FA), and key agronomic traits. Two key transcription factors, LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1) and WRINKLED1 (WRI1), known to promote the synthesis of fatty acids (FA) and potentiate oil accumulation, were induced in BnPgb2 over-expressing seeds. The concomitant induction of several enzymes of sucrose metabolism, SUCROSE SYNTHASE1 (SUS) 1 and 3, FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE (FPA), and PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE (PGK), and starch synthesis, ADP-GLUCOSE PHOSPHORYLASE (AGPase) suggests that BnPgb2 favors sugar mobilization for FA production. The two plastid FA biosynthetic enzymes SUBUNIT A OF ACETYL-CoA CARBOXYLASE (ACCA2), and MALONYL-CoA:ACP TRANSACYLASE (MCAT) were also up-regulated by the over-expression of BnPgb2. The requirement of BnPgb2 for oil deposition was further evidenced in natural germplasm by the higher levels of BnPgb2 in seeds of high-oil genotypes relative to their low-oil counterparts. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - Haq, Md Ehsanul AU - Haq ME AD - Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, R3T2Z2, MB, Canada. FAU - Mira, Mohammed M AU - Mira MM AD - Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, R3T2Z2, MB, Canada. FAU - Duncan, Robert W AU - Duncan RW AD - Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, R3T2Z2, MB, Canada. FAU - Hill, Robert D AU - Hill RD AD - Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, R3T2Z2, MB, Canada. FAU - Stasolla, Claudio AU - Stasolla C AD - Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, R3T2Z2, MB, Canada. Electronic address: Claudio.stasolla@umanitoba.ca. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230614 PL - Germany TA - J Plant Physiol JT - Journal of plant physiology JID - 9882059 RN - 0 (Fatty Acids) RN - 0 (Plant Oils) RN - 57-50-1 (Sucrose) SB - IM MH - *Brassica napus/genetics/metabolism MH - Fatty Acids/metabolism MH - Seeds/genetics/metabolism MH - Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics/metabolism MH - Plant Oils/metabolism MH - Sucrose/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant OTO - NOTNLM OT - Brassica napus OT - Fatty acids OT - LEAFY COTYLEDON1 OT - Phytoglobin OT - Seed oil OT - WRINKLED1 COIS- Declaration of competing interest There are no financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. EDAT- 2023/07/02 01:10 MHDA- 2023/08/14 06:41 CRDT- 2023/07/01 18:02 PHST- 2023/04/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/06/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/14 06:41 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/02 01:10 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/01 18:02 [entrez] AID - S0176-1617(23)00126-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154032 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Plant Physiol. 2023 Aug;287:154032. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154032. Epub 2023 Jun 14.