Ação do etileno no acúmulo diferencial de proteínas durante o amadurecimento de frutas de maçãs, cv. Gala, clone Baigent

Abstract

Apple fruits (c.v. Gala), are characterized by climateric ripening, thus, to bring about the transition from the pre-climacteric to the maturation stage and produce the most of sensory quality attributes (texture, synthetic flavor and pigments and reduction of acidity), this fruits are ethylene dependent. In this context, we investigated the differently accumulated proteins in the ripening process with ethylene inhibit and with ethylene action not inhibited. For this, we used Gala apples, Beigent, clone collected in pre-climacteric stage and kept at room temperature for 12 days after application or not of 1-MCP. As dependent variables we evaluated firmness, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, transcripts accumulation of ACCO1 gene, ethylene production and the differently accumulated proteins. As expected, the application of 1-MCP contributed to maintain the firmness and the total acidity as well as significantly reduce of ethylene production, probably by reducing the transcription of ACCO1 gene (3.5-fold compared to apples without MCP-1), and consequently decrease synthesis of ACCO1 protein (16-fold compared to apple fruits without 1-MCP). We found 200 spots, which 15 differently expressed. We found proteins related to the ethylene biosynthesis and primary metabolism. Further, were also identified proteins involved in detoxification and defense process, as well as regulatory proteins such as 14-3-3 Family Protein. Overall, this proteomic investigation provides a contribution towards better understanding of the regulatory networks involved in fruit ripening process, which could help future studies of apple breeding.