Bt/CpTI抗虫转基因水稻及其非转基因亲本与普通野生稻杂种F2群体的等位基因偏态分离

了解水稻转基因是否影响野生稻基因传递的频率,对于评价转基因逃逸及其生态影响有重要意义.本研究构建了不含转基因和含转基因的栽培稻与普通野生稻杂种F2群体,利用分子标记检测了F2群体各位点的基因型和基因频率.以连续卡方分析了F2群体相关位点的基因型和基因频率观察值是否符合理论分离比,同时对各位点进行了连锁不平衡分析,并对实验群体所需的最小样本量进行理论探索.结果表明两个F2群体分别有25.93%与33.33%的位点出现了显著的非随机分离,非转基因与转基因F2群体分别在偏态分离位点数与偏离亲本方向上出现一定差异,并观察到连锁不平衡位点.实验个体数应不少于280个才能保证实验结果准确.外源转基因在杂种后代群体中会因为选择而影响基因分离,进而影响杂种群体的进化潜力.     

头孢在蓖麻子叶节部位对农杆菌除菌效果的摸索

高效的遗传转化体系对植物的转基因有重要意义,除菌是遗传转化工作中的重要环节.头孢除菌剂在蓖麻子叶节部位能完全去除农杆菌,并保证外植体子叶节的生长状况不受损伤.本研究按不同头孢浓度、不同处理时间设置梯度摸索最佳除菌条件.结果表明:选择头孢浓度在4000mg/L、处理时间为10min时处理子叶节,用灭菌的1/8MS液体培养基涮洗3次,并用无菌滤纸吸干表面后再接种到新培养基内,用这种办法除菌效果较好,并且可以保证外植体的长势不受太大影响.该浓度和处理时间对保证农杆菌最小程度的污染率起到了关键作用.     

拟南芥抗旱相关基因的表达载体构建及转基因植株鉴定

文章以拟南芥Col-0植株的基因组DNA和cDNA为模板扩增出LWT2基因全长和CDS片段,用pEASY-Blunt Zero Cloning Kit试剂盒连接至中间载体,转化到Trans1-T1感受态细胞内,通过单克隆挑选、菌落聚合酶链式反应(polymerase chain reaction,PCR)鉴定及质粒测序验证获得DNA阳性克隆。利用限制性内切酶双酶切获得含有黏性末端的目的片段和载体片段,进行DNA连接反应可得最终的互补和过表达构建。提取质粒DNA测序确认后将2个构建分别转化至农杆菌菌株GV3101,菌落PCR鉴定后通过浸花转化法转化拟南芥lwt2-1突变体植株,最后通过转基因筛选与遗传鉴定获得相应构建的转基因阳性植株。     

3个茶树品种WOX基因家族的进化及密码子偏好性比较

【目的】WOX基因家族在模式植物组织培养中扮演着重要的分子调控角色。非模式植物WOX基因家族的系统发育和密码子使用偏好性研究有助于探索遗传进化规律和基因表达特征,进而为其转基因体系构建提供指导。【方法】利用生物信息学方法在3个茶树品种全基因组数据中鉴定WOX基因;通过ClustalX 2.1和MEGA X软件探索它们的进化规律。运用Perl语言、Codon W 1.4.2程序和SPSS 23.0等软件分析3个茶树品种WOX基因编码序列,探究它们的密码子使用偏好模式;基于ENc-GC_3s、PR2分析和中性分析结果解析影响密码子偏好的主要因素。【结果】共鉴定出42个WOX成员,其中‘云抗10号’(CSA)11个,‘舒茶早’(CSS)18个,‘云南野生古茶DASZ’(DASZ)13个,系统发育揭示3个茶树品种WOX基因在进化上存在较强的保守性。密码子偏好性分析揭示,3个茶树品种WOX基因密码子都偏好使用A/T和以A/T结尾;CSA和DASZ的WOX基因密码子使用模式相似,表明两者亲缘关系较近;以CSA和CSS作为转基因受体时,3个茶树品种WOX基因中个别密码子需优化;烟草是3个茶树品种WOX基因的最佳异源表达受体;ENc-GC_3s绘图、PR2分析和中性分析表明自然选择是影响3个茶树品种WOX基因密码子使用偏倚的主要因素。【结论】3个茶树品种WOX基因进化上较保守,密码子偏好使用A/T和以A/T结尾,且密码子偏好原因主要是自然选择;揭示出转茶树时密码子的优化信息和烟草为最佳异源表达受体的结果。     

转基因植物及其安全性问题

介绍了转基因植物在全球和我国发展概况,介绍了转基因植物的几种目的基因:抗除草剂基因、抗病虫基因、改良作物品质基因,及其在农业上的应用,从转基因植物食品的安全性和转基因生态环境的安全性讨论了正确对待转基因技术的安全性问题。     

Can transgenic rice cause ecological risks through transgene escape?

Alien transgene escape from genetically engineered rice to non-transgenic varieties or close wild relatives (including weedy rice) may lead to unpredictable ecological risks. However, for transgene escape to occur three conditions need to be met: (i) spatially, transgenic rice and its non-transgenic counterparts or wild relatives should have sympatric distributions; (ii) temporally, the flowering time of transgenic rice and the non-transgenic varieties or wild relatives should overlap; and (iii) biologically, transgenic rice and its wild relative species should have such a sufficiently close relationship that their interspecific hybrids can have normal generative reproduction. This paper presents research data on the geographic distribution, flowering habits, interspecific hybridization, and gene flow of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) and its closely related wild relatives containing the AA genome. The objective is to estimate the possibility of transgene escape to non-transgenic rice varieties and wild relatives of rice, which may result in unpredictable ecological risks.     

Robust and regulatory expression of defensin A gene driven by vitellogenin promoter in transgenic Anopheles stephensi

The use of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce or replace field populations is a new strategy to control mosquito-borne diseases. The precondition of the implementation of this strategy is the ability to manipulate the genome of mosquitoes and to induce specific expression of the effector molecules driven by a suitable promoter. The objective of this study is to evaluate the expression of defensin A gene of Anopheles sinensis under the control of a vitellogenin promoter in transgenic Anopheles ste- phensi. The regulatory region of Anopheles gambiae vitellogenin was cloned and subcloned into transfer vector pSLFa consisting of an expression cassette with defensin A coding sequence. Then, the expression cassette was transferred into transformation vector pBac[3xP3-DsRedafm] using Asc I di- gestion. The recombinant plasmid DNA of pBac[3xP3DsRed-AgVgT2-DefA] and helper plasmid DNA of phsp-pBac were micro-injected into embryos of An. stephensi. The positive transgenic mosquitoes were screened by observing specific red fluorescence in the eyes of G1 larvae. Southern blot analysis showed that a single-copy transgene integrated into the genome of An. stephensi. RT-PCR analysis showed that the defensin A gene expressed specifically in fat bodies of female mosquitoes after a blood meal. Interestingly, the mRNA of defensin A is more stable compared with that of the endogenous vitellogenin gene. After multiple blood meals, the expression of defensin A appeared as a reducible and non-cycling type, a crucial feature for its anti-pathogen effect. From data above, we concluded that the regulatory function of the Vg promoter and the expression of defensin A gene were relatively con- served in different species of anopheles mosquitoes. These molecules could be used as candidates in the development of genetically modified mosquitoes.