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Leaf metabolites profiling between red and green phenotypes of Suaeda salsa by widely targeted metabolomics

Xin Wang A , Junhong Bai https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2613-2143 A B , Wei Wang A and Guangliang Zhang A
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A State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.

B Corresponding author. Email: junhongbai@163.com

Functional Plant Biology 46(9) 845-856 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP18182
Submitted: 9 July 2018  Accepted: 8 May 2019   Published: 3 June 2019

Abstract

The Chenopodiaceae Suaeda salsa (L.) Pall. is a traditional Chinese medicine and food with green and red phenotypes in the Yellow River Delta. We identified 521 metabolites using widely targeted metabolomics, of which 165 were selected as significantly differential metabolites which could be related to the leaf traits of different phenotypes of S. salsa. Two anthocyanins (i.e. cyanidin O-acetylhexoside and delphinidin-3-O-(6ʹ-O-α-rhamnopyranosy l-β-glucopyranoside)) were responsible for red colour in red leaves of S. salsa. Gallic acid, which existed only in red one, was the main reason for leaf succulence. D-arabitol and ribitol were two significantly upregulated carbohydrates in red phenotype. Four alkaloids (i.e. harmaline, aminophylline, pipecolate and trigonelline) were upregulated in red leaves. Hormonal changed involved a decrease in indoleacetic acid-valine (IAA-Val), N6-isopentenyladenosine-5ʹ-monophosphate (iPRMP), isopentenyladenineriboside (iPR), trans-abscisic acid (S-ABA), salicylic acid O-hexoside, methyl jasmonate, N6-isopentenyladenine (iP), trans-zeatin riboside-O-glucoside iso2, trans-zeatin riboside-O-glucoside, and a tendency for dihydrozeatin 9-O-glucoside (DZ9G) down accumulation. In addition, the regulation of amino acids and lipids also contributed to the adaptation of red phenotype to harsh environment. Generally, our findings provide a comprehensive comparison of the metabolites between two phenotypes of S. salsa and an interpretation of phenotypic differences from the point of metabolomics.

Additional keywords: alkaloid, anthocyanin, flavonoid, hormone, metabolomics, Suaeda salsa.


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