Effect of postharvest ethylene treatment on carotenoid accumulation and the expression of carotenoid biosynthetic genes in the flavedo of orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) fruit |
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| Institution: | 1. Centro de Tecnología Postcosecha del Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Carretera Náquera-Moncada, Km. 4.5, 46113, Moncada,Valencia, Spain;2. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Edificio 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain;1. College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China;2. Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Regional Food, Chongqing 400715, PR China;1. College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;2. Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100193, China;3. College of Plant Science & Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China;4. Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China;5. School of Agriculture, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA, USA;1. Laboratori de Patologia, Centre de Tecnologia Postcollita (CTP), Institut Valencià d?Investigacions Agràries (IVIA), 46113 Montcada, Valencia, Spain;2. Campus Tabasco, Colegio de Postgraduados, 86500 H. Cárdenas, Tabasco, Mexico;1. Department of Bioresource Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan;2. The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University (Shizuoka University), Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Degreening with ethylene is a common postharvest practice in citrus fruit. In this work we have examined the effect of ethylene treatment on carotenoid content and composition, and on the expression of carotenoid biosynthetic genes in the flavedo of Navelate orange (Citrus sinensis L.) harvested at two ripening stages. The ethylene-induced fruit coloration and carotenoid content in the flavedo increased with the ripening stage of the fruit. Analysis of the changes in individual carotenoids revealed that ethylene stimulated an increase in phytoene, phytofluene, (9Z)-violaxanthin which is the main carotenoid in fully ripened orange peel, and the apocarotenoid β-citraurin, and decreased the concentration of chloroplastic carotenoids. These changes are consistent with the effect of ethylene on the expression of carotenoid biosynthetic genes, since it up-regulated the expression of phytoene synthase, ζ-carotene desaturase and β-carotene hydroxylase genes, sustained or transiently increased accumulation of phytoene desaturase, plastid terminal oxidase, β-lycopene cyclase and zeaxanthin epoxidase mRNAs, and decreased the expression of the ?-lycopene cyclase gene. These data indicate that exogenous ethylene reproduces and accelerates the physiological and molecular changes in the carotenoid biosynthesis naturally occurring during maturation of citrus fruit. On the other hand, gibberellic acid, which delays fruit degreening, reduced the ethylene-induced expression of early carotenoid biosynthetic genes and the accumulation of phytoene, phytofluene and β-citraurin. |
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