Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain

With an essential role in human health, tocochromanols are mostly obtained by consuming seed oils; however, the vitamin E content of the most abundant tocochromanols in maize (Zea mays L.) grain is low. Several large-effect genes with cis-acting variants affecting messenger RNA (mRNA) expression are...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Ryokei, Wu, Di, Li, Xiaowei, Tibbs-Cortes, Laura E., Wood, Joshua C., Magallanes-Lundback, Maria, Bornowski, Nolan, Hamilton, John P., Vaillancourt, Brieanne, Li, Xianran, Deason, Nicholas T., Schoenbaum, Gregory R., Buell, Robin C., DellaPenna, Dean, Yu, Jianming, Gore, Michael A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175655
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author Tanaka, Ryokei
Wu, Di
Li, Xiaowei
Tibbs-Cortes, Laura E.
Wood, Joshua C.
Magallanes-Lundback, Maria
Bornowski, Nolan
Hamilton, John P.
Vaillancourt, Brieanne
Li, Xianran
Deason, Nicholas T.
Schoenbaum, Gregory R.
Buell, Robin C.
DellaPenna, Dean
Yu, Jianming
Gore, Michael A.
author_browse Bornowski, Nolan
Buell, Robin C.
Deason, Nicholas T.
DellaPenna, Dean
Gore, Michael A.
Hamilton, John P.
Li, Xianran
Li, Xiaowei
Magallanes-Lundback, Maria
Schoenbaum, Gregory R.
Tanaka, Ryokei
Tibbs-Cortes, Laura E.
Vaillancourt, Brieanne
Wood, Joshua C.
Wu, Di
Yu, Jianming
author_facet Tanaka, Ryokei
Wu, Di
Li, Xiaowei
Tibbs-Cortes, Laura E.
Wood, Joshua C.
Magallanes-Lundback, Maria
Bornowski, Nolan
Hamilton, John P.
Vaillancourt, Brieanne
Li, Xianran
Deason, Nicholas T.
Schoenbaum, Gregory R.
Buell, Robin C.
DellaPenna, Dean
Yu, Jianming
Gore, Michael A.
author_sort Tanaka, Ryokei
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description With an essential role in human health, tocochromanols are mostly obtained by consuming seed oils; however, the vitamin E content of the most abundant tocochromanols in maize (Zea mays L.) grain is low. Several large-effect genes with cis-acting variants affecting messenger RNA (mRNA) expression are mostly responsible for tocochromanol variation in maize grain, with other relevant associated quantitative trait loci (QTL) yet to be fully resolved. Leveraging existing genomic and transcriptomic information for maize inbreds could improve prediction when selecting for higher vitamin E content. Here, we first evaluated a multikernel genomic best linear unbiased prediction (MK-GBLUP) approach for modeling known QTL in the prediction of nine tocochromanol grain phenotypes (12–21 QTL per trait) within and between two panels of 1,462 and 242 maize inbred lines. On average, MK-GBLUP models improved predictive abilities by 7.0–13.6% when compared with GBLUP. In a second approach with a subset of 545 lines from the larger panel, the highest average improvement in predictive ability relative to GBLUP was achieved with a multi-trait GBLUP model (15.4%) that had a tocochromanol phenotype and transcript abundances in developing grain for a few large-effect candidate causal genes (1–3 genes per trait) as multiple response variables. Taken together, our study illustrates the enhancement of prediction models when informed by existing biological knowledge pertaining to QTL and candidate causal genes.
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spelling CGSpace1756552026-01-05T13:59:00Z Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain Tanaka, Ryokei Wu, Di Li, Xiaowei Tibbs-Cortes, Laura E. Wood, Joshua C. Magallanes-Lundback, Maria Bornowski, Nolan Hamilton, John P. Vaillancourt, Brieanne Li, Xianran Deason, Nicholas T. Schoenbaum, Gregory R. Buell, Robin C. DellaPenna, Dean Yu, Jianming Gore, Michael A. maize health vitamin E genetics antioxidants quantitative trait loci gene expression transcriptomics With an essential role in human health, tocochromanols are mostly obtained by consuming seed oils; however, the vitamin E content of the most abundant tocochromanols in maize (Zea mays L.) grain is low. Several large-effect genes with cis-acting variants affecting messenger RNA (mRNA) expression are mostly responsible for tocochromanol variation in maize grain, with other relevant associated quantitative trait loci (QTL) yet to be fully resolved. Leveraging existing genomic and transcriptomic information for maize inbreds could improve prediction when selecting for higher vitamin E content. Here, we first evaluated a multikernel genomic best linear unbiased prediction (MK-GBLUP) approach for modeling known QTL in the prediction of nine tocochromanol grain phenotypes (12–21 QTL per trait) within and between two panels of 1,462 and 242 maize inbred lines. On average, MK-GBLUP models improved predictive abilities by 7.0–13.6% when compared with GBLUP. In a second approach with a subset of 545 lines from the larger panel, the highest average improvement in predictive ability relative to GBLUP was achieved with a multi-trait GBLUP model (15.4%) that had a tocochromanol phenotype and transcript abundances in developing grain for a few large-effect candidate causal genes (1–3 genes per trait) as multiple response variables. Taken together, our study illustrates the enhancement of prediction models when informed by existing biological knowledge pertaining to QTL and candidate causal genes. 2023-12 2025-07-16T20:48:06Z 2025-07-16T20:48:06Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175655 en Open Access Wiley Tanaka, Ryokei; Wu, Di; Li, Xiaowei; Tibbs-Cortes, Laura E.; Wood, Joshua C.; Magallanes-Lundback, Maria; et al. 2023. Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain. Plant Genome 16(4): e20276. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20276
spellingShingle maize
health
vitamin E
genetics
antioxidants
quantitative trait loci
gene expression
transcriptomics
Tanaka, Ryokei
Wu, Di
Li, Xiaowei
Tibbs-Cortes, Laura E.
Wood, Joshua C.
Magallanes-Lundback, Maria
Bornowski, Nolan
Hamilton, John P.
Vaillancourt, Brieanne
Li, Xianran
Deason, Nicholas T.
Schoenbaum, Gregory R.
Buell, Robin C.
DellaPenna, Dean
Yu, Jianming
Gore, Michael A.
Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain
title Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain
title_full Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain
title_fullStr Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain
title_full_unstemmed Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain
title_short Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain
title_sort leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain
topic maize
health
vitamin E
genetics
antioxidants
quantitative trait loci
gene expression
transcriptomics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175655
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