Overexpression of rice OsLOL2 gene confers disease resistance in tobacco to Pseudomonas syringae pv. Tabaci

LSD1-related proteins of Arabidopsis with LSDl-like zinc finger domains regulate disease resistance and programmed cell death （PCD）. We cloned a rice OsLOL2 gene, orthologous to LSD1 of Arabidopsis and expressed it in a tobacco plant. Transgenic tobacco lines displayed enhanced disease resistance to a virulent bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci （Pst）. RT-PCR analysis showed that overexpression of OsLOL2 in transgenic tobacco lines resulted in upregulation of two pathogenesis-related （PR） protein genes, PR2 and PR5. Our results suggest that overexpression of OsLOL2 in transgenic tobacco enhances the resistance through the induction of PR proteins and hypersensitive response-like reaction.     

转SOD基因烟草的光合特性初探

 以转基因Fe-SOD,Mn-SOD高表达、转基因Mn-SOD反义低表达烟草及非转基因品系为供试材料,比较CO₂光强对烟草光合作用和蒸腾作用的影响及不同叶位叶片的光合差异.在相同条件下,Mn-SOD高表达烟草CO₂补偿点最高(105μmol·mol^-1),Mn-SOD低表达烟草最低(78μmol·mol^-1),CO₂浓度对非转基因烟草蒸腾作用的影响比对其他三个转基因品系的影响要强.Mn-SOD低表达烟草的光补偿点最高(45μmol·m^-2·s^-1),而Mn-SOD高表达烟草最低(25μmol·m^-2·s^-1),并且强光对非转基因烟草的光合作用抑制大,转基因品系对强光具有较强的耐受力.同一叶位叶片,转基因烟草的光合速率、蒸腾速率更强.但转基因SOD高表达烟草在整体上并没有表现出明显的光合作用优势.     

Transformation of the salt-tolerant gene of<Emphasis Type="Italic">Avicennia marina</Emphasis> into tobacco plants and cultivation of salt-tolerant lines

Salt-tolerant gene, CSRG1, which was isolated from a kind of salt-tolerant mangroves, Avicennia marina, constructed the transgenic plasmid, pGAM189/CSRG1. CSRG1, GUS, Kmr and Hyg^r could be transferred into tobacco genome by the ameliorated leaf discs method of agro-bacterium-mediate transformation. Thirteen stable resistant lines were obtained when fifty transgenic explants were selected through 50 mg/L hygromycin and 150 mg/L kanamycin. Assessments of PCR amplification, Southern blot analysis and GUS histochemical staining showed that CSRG1 has been integrated into the genome of the eleven transgenic lines (frequency of transformation was 22%). Northern bolt analysis revealed that CSRG1 had expressed in transgenic lines. The assessments of salt-tolerant ability and photosyn-thetic rates indicated that the survival rate of the transgenic lines is 80%—90% and the transgenic lines could increase by 30%—40% in plant height, even when they were cultivated in MS medium containing 2% NaCl and the total seawater (salinity 24). It is supposed that the special physiologic metabolic pathway formed by the products of CSRG1 can really endow the tobacco plants with the high salt-tolerant ability, not only to Na^ stress, but also to the comprehensive stress of various ions.     

毛白杨果胶甲酯酶PtoPME34-1调控植物抗旱性研究

为了探究林木植物中果胶甲酯酶PME的功能,本研究中,我们从毛白杨中克隆出拟南芥PME34的同源基因PtoPME34-1,阐述了该基因在毛白杨中的生物学功能.生物信息学分析表明,毛白杨PtoPME34-1基因与毛果杨PtrPME34-1序列相似性为100%,与拟南芥AtPME34序列相似性为93%.组织特异性表达分析显示PtoPME34-1基因在所有组织都有表达,在基部茎、木质部的表达量较高,在老叶表达量最低.蛋白亚细胞定位结果显示,绿色荧光蛋白GFP标记的PtoPME34-1-GFP融合蛋白定位在烟草叶片细胞壁.毛白杨PtoPME34-1基因过表达显著提高植株的抗旱性.毛白杨PtoPME34-1和PtoPME34-2基因的双突变体植株中果胶甲酯化程度升高,且植物抗旱性也显著增加.这些研究结果证实PtoPME34-1在调控植物生长发育和抗旱胁迫中发挥重要作用.     

AhBG1转基因拟南芥的ABA敏感性和抗旱性研究

为探究花生基因AhBG1对拟南芥ABA敏感性和抗旱性的影响,以过表达AhBG1拟南芥为材料,检测其ABA敏感性及脱水处理下ABA质量分数、叶片失水率、干旱存活率及ABA稳态相关基因表达变化.结果表明:AhBG1是编码花生β-葡萄糖苷酶的家族成员,定位于细胞质;与野生型相比,AhBG1过表达拟南芥植株在干旱条件下体内AB...     

Obtaining transgenic rice resistant to rice fungal blast disease by controlled cell death strategy

The strategy of the two-component system,composed of Barnase and Barstar which encode RNase and a specific inhibitor to the RNase respectively, is adopted to obtain transgenic rice resistant to rice fungal blast disease. In this study, two chimeric promoters, induced by rice blast fungus pathogen (Magnaporthe grisea), are fused with Barnase respectively to construct two plant expression vectors, pWBNBS and pPBNBS together with the Barstar driven by CaMV 35S promoter. The resistance of the transgenic rice lines to rice blast fungus disease and rice blight disease are evaluated. The results show that (1) the expression of Barnase is induced in rice leaves when inoculated with the spores of Magnaporthe grisea; (2) the induced expression level of Barnase surpasses the level of Barstar, which elicits a similar hypersensitive response (HR) in the leaves, and the transgenic plant shows high resistance to the rice fungal blast disease; and (3) transgenic rice plants also show obvious resistance to rice bacterial blight disease. Taken together, these results suggest that the transgenic rice plants harboring this two-component system acquire relatively broad spectrum resistance against pathogens, especially high resistance to rice fungal pathogen.     

F-box基因FOF2在拟南芥盐和冷胁迫响应中的功能分析

FOF2为F-box蛋白家族成员,其生物学功能尚不清楚.采用实时荧光定量PCR和生理学实验相结合的方法,对FOF2基因的表达模式及其在拟南芥抗盐和冷胁迫响应中的作用进行了分析.研究发现,FOF2在拟南芥根、茎生叶和果荚中表达较高,并且其表达受盐和冷胁迫诱导.FOF2过表达株系对盐胁迫敏感,与野生型相比种子萌发率低、幼苗主根较短;相反,fof2突变体对盐胁迫的敏感性则减弱.FOF2过表达和缺失突变体种子萌发对冷胁迫无响应,但其主根在冷处理中分别比野生型短或者长.盐处理下,FOF2过表达株系中盐胁迫反应相关基因的表达量显著降低,fof2突变体中则升高;冷处理下,FOF2过表达株系中冷胁迫反应相关基因的表达量显著升高,fof2突变体中则降低.结果表明,FOF2在植物抗盐胁迫响应中起负调控作用,在抗冷胁迫响应中则可能起正调控作用.     

拟南芥AtPLC4基因RNAi载体的构建及遗传转化

利用RNAi技术,构建了AtPLC4基因的RNAi双元载体,并进行了拟南芥的遗传转化,通过抗性筛选及PCR鉴定,获得20株遗传转化株系.进一步通过RT-PCR检测,得到3株AtPLC4基因表达降低的转基因植株,为运用反向遗传学的方法深入研究AtPLC基因家族的生物学功能提供基础.     

棉花DELLA蛋白GhGAI2b基因的克隆和功能初步分析

DELLA蛋白是赤霉素信号途径的负调节因子,在棉花纤维发育中有着重要作用。本研究采用同源克隆方法,从棉花中克隆DELLA蛋白Gh GAI2b基因,构建p BP35S:Gh GAI2b和p BP35S:Ghgai2b植物过表达载体,通过农杆菌介导的滴花法转化Col野生型拟南芥。结果表明,棉花DELLA蛋白Gh GAI2b包含了DELLA蛋白家族中所有的典型保守区域;转基因拟南芥表现出莲座叶半径变短,植株矮化,花序紧凑,花器官发育迟缓等生长发育受抑制表型。说明棉花DELLA蛋白Gh GAI2b基因可能参与GA信号途径抑制植物生长发育。     

Post-transcriptional gene silencing signal could move rapidly and bidirectionally in grafted Arabidopsis thaliana

RNA-MEDIATED GENE SILENCING IS A UNIVERSAL GENE- REGULATION SYSTEM FUNDAMENTAL IN BIOLOGICAL PROCESSESAND PHENOMENA OF THE DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA (DSRNA) TRIGGERED SEQUENCE-SPECIFIC MRNA DEGRADATION[1―3]. RNA SILENCING OCCURS IN A BROAD RANGE OF EUKARYOTIC …     

Commercial production of transgenic Bt insect-resistant cotton varieties and the resistance management for bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera Hubner)

There are currently three kinds of transgenic Bt insect-resistant cotton germplasm lines, Shanxi 94-24, Zhongxin 94 and R19, in China. They showed high resistance to the neonate larvae of bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera). Transgenic Bt insect-resistant cotton varieties or hybrids have been bred using the three kinds of germplasm lines as parents. Our researches reveal that there exist different expressions in resistant level at different developmental stages in the three categories of germplasm lines. When neonate larvae are fed with leaves of cotton plant at the seeding stage with less than 10 leaves on the main stem, the mortality of the neonate larvae is 100%, but the resistance level will decline at later season. When Bt gene has been transferred to the cotton genome, it can be steadily transferred to the progeny, the level of resistance to bollworm keeps fundamentally uniform. Such insects as tobacco budworm (Heliothis virencens) in laboratory directive selection are very apt to produce resistance to the Bt insecticidal crystal protein. From the present crop system of cotton region in the Yangtze and Yellow River Valleys, and the expression characteristic of transgenic Bt resistant cotton, we suggest that the resistance to toxin protein in bollworm is not apt to be produced if the transgenic Bt insect-resistant cotton varieties are released and grown in the regions except in the Xinjiang cotton region. The managing strategies to delay or retard the resistance are discussed.     

Evaluation of transgenic tobacco expressing two insecticidal genes to delay resistance development ofHelicoverpa armigera

The resistance ratio ofHelicoverpa armigera to Cry1 Ac insecticidal protein fromBacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is 13.1- and 3.02-fold after 18 generations of selection by transgenic tobacco expressing Bt or two (Bt and CpTI) insecticidal protein genes, in which the average corrected mortality for each selection treatments is about 60%. The mortality of selected population by transgenic Bt gene tobacco is significantly lower than the control strain when fed on transgenic tobacco plants. The mortaltty of the selected population by transgenic two genes tobacco was not significantly different from the control strain. This is the first experiment under laboratory condition which has proved that transgenic two genes tobacco could significantly delay resistance development ofH. armigera compared with one gene.     

转ChIFN-γ基因烟草抗虫作用初步研究

 对田间烟蚜的自然发生情况观察和抗虫试验的研究显示,转ChIFN-γ基因烟叶具有显著的抗虫效果.为探索转基因烟草的抗虫机理,测定了叶片中烟碱含量并对植株组织进行切片染色.结果表明,烟碱含量与对照无显著差异;转基因烟草叶片增厚,细胞致密,细胞壁增厚可能是导致抗蚜虫、抗斜纹夜蛾的最直接因素之一.     

AGO1基因对拟南芥叶边缘锯齿状发育的影响

在拟南芥和水稻中Argonaute(AGO)蛋白是RNA介导的沉默复合体(RISC)的核心组分,在植物叶极性的分化方面具有重要的调节作用。实验根据AGO1基因序列设计一对特异引物,提取野生型拟南芥RNA作为模板,采用反转录PCR方法扩增出AGO1基因,并插入到克隆载体pGEM-T中。筛选鉴定后将AGO1连接到植物表达载体pBI121上,构建起植物表达载体pBI121-AGO1。并且利用农杆菌介导的方法转化拟南芥,通过抗性筛选,获得转基因植株。然后对转基因植株进行表型分析及AGO1蛋白的RT-PCR检测。通过对转基因拟南芥表达分析发现,与野生型拟南芥相比超表达AGO1蛋白的转基因拟南芥叶片明显呈锯齿状,说明AGO1基因影响拟南芥叶片发育。     

Involvement of a cytoplasmic glyceraldehyde-3- phosphate dehydrogenase GapC-2 in low-phosphate- induced anthocyanin accumulation in Arabidopsis

Phosphorous is one of the essential mineral elements for plant growth and development.Typically, the shoots of plant seedlings usually turn a dark-brown or purple colour under low-Pi stress. Using protein 2-D gel and peptide mass fingerprinting mapping (PMF) methods, a cytoplasmic glyceralde-hyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase GapC-2 was identified as a low-Pi responsive protein in Arabidopsisplants. Expression of AtGapC-2 protein was significantly decreased after 4 d of low-Pi stress. Two in-dependent T-DNA insertion lines of GapC-2 gene (At1g13440) showed a hypersensitive phenotype inresponse to low-Pi stress compared with wild type plants, while the transgenic complementation linesof the mutants showed a similar phenotype to the wild type. These results indicate that AtGapC-2 mayplay an important role in Arabidopsis responses to low-Pi stress, possibly by regulation of glycoly-sis-associated "Pi-pool" and accumulation of anthocyanin pigments in plants.     

转几丁质酶基因烟草对三种真菌拮抗作用的研究

几丁质酶广泛存在于高等植物体内,它可以分解真菌细胞壁中的几丁质,破坏其细胞结构,从而获得对真菌的抗性.试验以转苦瓜几丁质酶基因烟草(T-Chit)为供试植物,测定植株根系和叶片内几丁质酶活性,选取了3种具有代表性的真菌:毛霉、木霉、禾谷镰刀霉,通过抑菌试验验证了T-Chit组织萃取液对真菌的抗性.结果表明:1)T-Chit几丁质酶活性显著高于非转基因烟草(Nt-X),且转基因烟草根系几丁质酶活性比叶片高86%;2)T-Chit组织萃取液对毛霉生长具有明显抑制作用,根系强于叶片;3)T-Chit对木霉和禾谷镰刀霉的抑制具有时空效应:抑菌效果与植株部位及作用时间有关.     

Inheritance and expression of multiple disease and insect resistance genes in transgenic rice

2—3 anti-fungal disease genes are coinserted with hygromycin phosphotransferase in the same vector. Two insecticidal genes and PPT acetyl transferase genes are placed in another one. The vectors are co-delivered to rice embryonic cellus tissue at a molar ratio of 1︰1 using the particle gun method. 55 independent regenerated lines have been obtained through screening for hygromycin resistance. Of these, 70% transgenic plants harbor 6—7 foreign genes. The genes on the same vectors are always co-delivered to rice plant. Northern blot analysis has indicated that the multiple foreign genes give stable expression. In the 6 transgenic plants carrying 6—7 foreign genes, multiple foreign genes tend to integrate in 1 or 2 genetic loci. Progeny segregation is consistent with Mendel’s 3︰1 segregation law. 8 homozygous R₁ transgenic plants harboring 2—3 anti-fungal and 2 insecticidal genes are selected from large number of transgenic progeny screening for hygromycin and Basta resistance.