PMID- 37762201 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20231003 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 18 DP - 2023 Sep 9 TI - Regulation of Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) Pathway and Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA) Cycle Concerning Aberrant Chilling Injury Behavior in Postharvest Papaya (Carica papaya L.). LID - 10.3390/ijms241813898 [doi] LID - 13898 AB - Postharvest abnormal chilling injury (CI) behavior in papaya (Carica papaya L.) fruit is a rare phenomenon that may be associated with respiratory metabolism. This study thus aimed to investigate the impacts of storage temperatures (1 and 6 degrees C) on the respiratory metabolism of postharvest papaya and its impact on CI development. Results demonstrated that 1 degrees C storage reduced the activities of hexokinase (HK), phosphofructokinase (PFK), pyruvate kinase (PK), citrate synthase (CS), and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (alpha-KGDH) and regulated the expression of corresponding enzymes in the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle compared with 6 degrees C storage, resulting in a lower respiration rate of the EMP-TCA pathway and mitigating the development of CI. Meanwhile, lower contents of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (hydrogen) (NAD(H)) were observed in papaya fruit stored at 1 degrees C. Notably, papaya fruit stored at 1 degrees C maintained higher activity and transcriptional levels of SDH and IDH during the whole storage period. These findings suggest that 1 degrees C storage reduced the respiration rate of the EMP-TCA pathway by reducing the expression level and activity of related enzymes, which is conducive to the reduction of respiration substrate consumption and finally alleviating the occurrence of CI. FAU - Huang, Lijin AU - Huang L AD - School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. FAU - Tao, Shoukui AU - Tao S AD - School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. FAU - Zhu, Yi AU - Zhu Y AD - School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. FAU - Pan, Yonggui AU - Pan Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2866-2298 AD - School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, Haikou 570228, China. FAU - Zhang, Zhengke AU - Zhang Z AD - School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. FAU - Yu, Zhiqian AU - Yu Z AD - School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. FAU - Chen, Yezhen AU - Chen Y AD - School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. LA - eng GR - 31860577; 32160586/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230909 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 SB - IM PMC - PMC10530671 OTO - NOTNLM OT - EMP pathway OT - TCA cycle OT - chilling injury OT - papaya OT - respiration pathway COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/09/28 06:43 MHDA- 2023/09/28 06:43 PMCR- 2023/09/09 CRDT- 2023/09/28 01:17 PHST- 2023/07/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/08/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/09/28 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/28 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/28 01:17 [entrez] PHST- 2023/09/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms241813898 [pii] AID - ijms-24-13898 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms241813898 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Sep 9;24(18):13898. doi: 10.3390/ijms241813898.