Isolation of biosynthesis related transcripts of 2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxy stilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside from Fallopia multiflora by suppression subtractive hybridization

2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxy stilbene-2-O-ß-D-glucoside (THSG) exerts multiple pharmacodynamic actions, found in <em>Fallopia multiflora</em>, but the biosynthesis pathway of THSG is still unclear. To clear this ambiguity, we constructed suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) libraries to screen the genes involved in THSG biosynthesis from two <em>F. multiflora</em> varieties, which vary significantly in THSG content. Twelve non-redundant differentially expressed sequence tags were obtained and the full lengths of 4 unreported fragments were amplified by rapid amplification of cDNA ends. We totally got 7 full-length transcripts, and all of them were aligned to the transcriptome and digital gene expression tag profiling database of four <em>F. multiflora</em> tissues (root, stem and leaf from Deqing <em>F. multiflora</em> and another root from Chongqing <em>F. multiflora</em>; data unpublished) using local BLAST. The results showed that there was a significant, organ specific difference in the expression of fragments and full-length sequences. All the sequences were annotated by aligning to nucleotide and protein databases. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis indicated that THSG biosynthesis was correlated with multiple life activities.