Biologia plantarum 59:436-444, 2015 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-015-0521-2

Expression of stable reference genes and SPINDLY gene in response to gibberellic acid application at different stages of grapevine development

A. Upadhyay1,*, S. Jogaiah1, S. R. Maske1, N. Y. Kadoo2, V. S. Gupta2
1 ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune, India
2 CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

Gibberellic acid (GA3) is widely used at different stages of berry development, and to understand the molecular mechanism of its action requires identification of stable reference genes. We sprayed grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cv. Thompson Seedless with GA3 at rachis stage for rachis elongation, at flower cluster stage for flower thinning, and at 3-4 mm berry stage for berry elongation. Tissue samples were collected at different time points after GA3 application. The expression of 10 candidate reference genes was analyzed using 4 different algorithms to assess their suitability for real time-PCR data normalization. Based on the overall ranking, PP2A, Sutra, and SAND were identified as the most stably expressed genes across all samples. With regard to different stages, tubulin, EF1α, and UBC were the most stable genes during rachis elongation; PP2A, SAND, and Sutra were the most suitable at the flower cluster and berry stages. The expression of GA signaling gene SPINDLY (VvSpy) was analyzed to validate the stable reference genes. After the GA3 application, the expression of VvSpy was reduced at the rachis stage but did not change at the flower cluster and berry stages. The expression profile of VvSpy was comparable when two or three reference genes were used for data normalization.

Keywords: developmental stages; Vitis vinifera
Subjects: reference genes; SPINDLY gene; gibberellic acid; developmental stages; gene expression; grapevine

Received: November 14, 2014; Revised: February 18, 2015; Accepted: March 4, 2015; Published: September 1, 2015Show citation

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Upadhyay, A., Jogaiah, S., Maske, S.R., Kadoo, N.Y., & Gupta, V.S. (2015). Expression of stable reference genes and SPINDLY gene in response to gibberellic acid application at different stages of grapevine development. Biologia plantarum, 59(3), 436-444. doi: 10.1007/s10535-015-0521-2.
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