Natural variants of CsSHN1 orchestrate a temporal regulatory cascade driving fruit skin netting in cucumber

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Fruit skin netting (russeting, Rs) forms when epidermal microcracks are sealed by a suberized periderm, reducing marketability. We previously identified the Rs locus (CsSHN1), encoding an AP2/ERF transcription factor, as a major determinant of cucumber skin netting, but how fruit growth is temporally coupled to periderm formation remains unclear. Here, we integrated population genomics, time-series multi-omics, DAP-seq and transgenic assays to decode the CsSHN1-mediated regulatory network. Six functionally relevant CsSHN1 variants were identified across 325 cucumber accessions. Allele distribution and selective sweep analyses revealed breeding-driven selection for smooth fruit skin. Overexpression of a netted-allele in a smooth background induced epidermal fissures, altered cell geometry, and increased fruit size, demonstrating a dosage-sensitive effect. Time-series transcriptomics and metabolomics of NILs defined three developmental phases of netting: early suppression of lignin and trehalose genes preceding cracks, growth-driven fissuring accompanied by cell-wall remodeling and defense activation, and maturation-stage cell-wall degradation with strong induction of ligno-suberin biosynthesis. DAP-seq identified approximately 8,000 in vitro CsSHN1 binding sites across the cucumber genome. These binding sites were significantly enriched for the GCC-box motif and included genes involved in cutin and suberin biosynthesis. Together, these results show that CsSHN1 orchestrates fruit skin netting through a growth-coupled temporal regulatory cascade, providing a mechanistic framework for manipulating fruit epidermal properties.
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Authors Yuhui Wang, H. Y. Liu, Feifan Chen, Ronald Dymerski, Huijun Zhang
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Journal Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB
Year 2026
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10.1093/plphys/kiag536
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https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag536
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