Characterization of Celiac Disease-Related Epitopes and Gluten Fractions, and Identification of Associated Loci in Durum Wheat
Autor/a
Taranto, Francesca
D’Agostino, Nunzio
Catellani, Marcello
Laviano, Luca
Ronga, Domenico
Milc, Justyna
Prandi, Barbara
Sforza, Stefano
Graziano, Sara
Gullì, Mariolina
Visioli, Giovanna
Marmiroli, Nelson
Badeck, Franz-W.
Minervini, Anna Paola
Pecorella, Ivano
Pecchioni, Nicola
De Vita, Pasquale
Francia, Enrico
Fecha de publicación
2020-08-20ISSN
2073-4395
Resumen
While durum wheat is a major food source in Mediterranean countries, storage (i.e., gluten) proteins are however responsible for celiac disease (CD), a serious autoimmune disease that occurs in genetically predisposed subjects. Different gluten epitopes—defined as “immunogenic” (IP) and “toxic” (TP) peptides—are involved in the pathology and their content in wheat grain depends on environmental and genetic factors. Detection of IP and TP is not trivial, and no work has been conducted so far to identify the genomic regions associated with their accumulation in wheat. In the present study, a genome-wide association study was performed on a durum wheat collection to identify marker–trait associations (MTAs) between 5730 high quality SNPs and the accumulation of CD-related peptides and gluten protein composition measured in two consecutive cropping seasons (2015/2016 and 2016/2017). High-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) were more stable between the two years, and differences in total gluten proteins were mainly due to low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (LMW-GS) and accumulation of gliadins. In the first instance, association tests were conducted on yellow pigment content (YP), a highly inheritable trait with a well-known genetic basis, and several significant MTAs were found corresponding to loci already known for being related to YP. These findings showed that MTAs found for the rest of the measured traits were reliable. In total, 28 significant MTAs were found for gluten composition, while 14 were found to be associated with IP and TP. Noteworthy, neither significant (−log10p > 4.7) nor suggestive (−log10p > 3.3) MTAs for the accumulation of CD-triggering epitopes were found on Gli-A1/Glu-A3 and Gli-B1/Glu-B3 loci, thus suggesting regulatory rather than structural gene effect. A PBF transcription factor on chromosome 5B, known to be involved in the regulation of the expression of CD-related peptides, was identified among the positional candidate genes in the LD-decay range around significant SNPs. Results obtained in the present study provide useful insights and resources for the long-term objective of selecting low-toxic durum wheat varieties while maintaining satisfactory gluten quality.
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Artículo
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Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
663/664 - Alimentos y nutrición. Enología. Aceites. Grasas
Páginas
22
Publicado por
MDPI
Publicado en
Agronomy
Citación
Taranto, Francesca, Nunzio D’Agostino, Marcello Catellani, Luca Laviano, Domenico Ronga, Justyna Milc, and Barbara Prandi et al. 2020. "Characterization Of Celiac Disease-Related Epitopes And Gluten Fractions, And Identification Of Associated Loci In Durum Wheat". Agronomy 10 (9): 1231. doi:10.3390/agronomy10091231.
Program
Funcionalitat i Seguretat Alimentària
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