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- Title
Insights into Tissue-specific Specialized Metabolism in Tieguanyin Tea Cultivar by Untargeted Metabolomics.
- Authors
Locatelli, Marcello; Carradori, Simone; Mocan, Andrei; Chen, Si; Liu, Huihui; Li, Meihong; Lin, Jun; Gong, Zhihong; Wang, Xiaxia; Yu, Xiaomin; Yang, Zhenbiao; Aharoni, Asaph
- Abstract
Tea plants produce extremely diverse and abundant specialized metabolites, the types and levels of which are developmentally and environmentally regulated. However, little is known about how developmental cues affect the synthesis of many of these molecules. In this study, we conducted a comparative profiling of specialized metabolites from six different tissues in a premium oolong tea cultivar, Tieguanyin, which is gaining worldwide popularity due to its uniquely rich flavors and health benefits. UPLC-QTOF MS combined with multivariate analyses tentatively identified 68 metabolites belonging to 11 metabolite classes, which exhibited sharp variations among tissues. Several metabolite classes, such as flavonoids, alkaloids, and hydroxycinnamic acid amides were detected predominantly in certain plant tissues. In particular, tricoumaroyl spermidine and dicoumaroyl putrescine were discovered as unique tea flower metabolites. This study offers novel insights into tissue-specific specialized metabolism in Tieguanyin, which provides a good reference point to explore gene-metabolite relationships in this cultivar.
- Publication
Molecules, 2018, Vol 23, Issue 7, p1817
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules23071817