Somatic embryogenesis and analysis of peroxidases inPhoenix dactylifera L

To determine some physiological parameters implicated in somatic embryogenesis in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), peroxidases have been studied. Activated charcoal commonly used in date palm tissue culture as an essential antibrowning factor decreased cellular protein contents and peroxidase activities. During the first months of culture, the conventionally used medium (100 mg dm^?3 of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 3 g dm^?3 charcoal) reduces 2 to 3 and 4 to 6 times protein contents and peroxidase activities, respectively, in comparison with the same one containing only 5 mg dm^?3 of 2,4-D and with or without 150 mg dm^?3 charcoal. In addition, the standard procedure decreased the embryogenic potential which is positively related to the intra- and extracellular (excreted into culture medium) peroxidase activities. In medium with embryogenic calli, extracellular peroxidase activity was three times as high as the activity determined in the same medium with non-embryogenic calli. There were two basic isoforms and four to five acidic bands characterizing the embryogenic calli. It can be suggested that peroxidases play a key role in somatic embryogenesis of date palm and the charcoal used at 3 g dm^?3 constitute a perturbating factor for this process.     

石刁柏体细胞胚胎发生过程中蛋白质及同工酶变化的研究

本文报道石刁柏胚性愈伤组织的可溶性蛋白质含量与组分、过氧化物酶和酯酶的活力及同工酶带均比其体细胞胚的要少。而在体细胞胚胎发生过程中,过氧化物酶和酯酶活力、可溶性蛋白质含量均以球形胚为最低,子叶分化期胚为最高而呈递增趋势;可溶性蛋白质组分以子叶分化期胚、成熟胚为最多,球形胚、香蕉形胚为最少;过氧化物酶同工酶带以梨形胚为最多,子叶分化期胚、成熟胚为最少;酯酶同工酶则以子叶分化期胚为最多,成熟胚为最少。胚性愈伤组织与体细胞胚均有其特异性可溶性蛋白质及同工酶带,可作为体细胞胚胎发生的分子标记。     

Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from immature seeds of Magnolia obovata Thunberg

We have tested plantlet formation by somatic embryogenesis using immature seeds of Magnolia obovata. Seed collection date appeared to be critical for embryogenic cell induction. The optimal collection date was 3–4 weeks postanthesis. The embryogenic cells proliferated, formed somatic embryos, and were subsequently converted into normal plantlets under optimized culture conditions. Somatic embryo formation from the embryogenic calli was better on sucrose medium than on glucose medium. The optimum level of sucrose appeared to be 3% with an average of 28 somatic embryos per plate. About 25% of somatic embryos were converted into normal plantlets in 1/2 MS medium containing gibberellic acid (GA₃). During somatic embryo germination, secondary embryogenesis was frequently observed in the lower part of the hypocotyl or radicle ends of germinating somatic embryos. Finally, about 85% of converted plantlets survived in an artificial soil mixture, were transferred to a nursery, and have grown normally.     

Enhanced production of recombinant human gastric lipase in turnip hairy roots

Somatic embryogenesis is a reliable and important tool, and the relevant genes controlling this process act as vital roles through the whole development of somatic embryos. However, regeneration via somatic embryogenesis in Chinese chestnut has been impeded and its molecular mechanism is not known. Therefore, firstly we described a protocol for somatic embryo initiation, development, maturation and germination. Embryogenic calli were obtained in embryo initiation medium containing 1.8 μM 2,4-D and 1.1 μM 6-BA, and then were transferred to embryo development medium without any hormones for at least 4 weeks, until cotyledonary embryos appeared. Next, the somatic embryos were transferred to embryo maturation medium containing Gamborg’s B-5 Basal Salt Mixture with 0.5 μM NAA and 0.5 μM 6-BA for 3 weeks. Finally, these mature embryos were germinated in embryo germination medium consisting of WPM with 0.5 μM NAA and 0.5 μM 6-BA, resulting in shoot regeneration with a 2.1% conversion rate. Additionally, eight embryogenesis-related genes were identified, and the expression profiles of these genes during embryogenesis were analyzed via quantitative real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR). The CmSERK, CmLEC1, CmWUS and CmAGL15 genes exhibited high expression in the initial embryo stages, which inferred that these genes played key roles during the initiation of embryogenesis. Studies on embryogenesis-related genes will provide an insight for further elucidating molecular mechanism during somatic embryogenesis of Chinese chestnut. Furthermore, the successful establishment of a somatic embryo regeneration system for Chinese chestnut will lay a significant foundation for a stable genetic transformation system and genetic improvement.     

Induction of somatic embryogenesis from female flower buds of elite <Emphasis Type="Italic">Schisandra chinensis</Emphasis>

Somatic embryogenesis (SE) was induced in female flower buds from mature Schisandra chinensis cultivar ‘Hongzhenzhu’. Somatic embryo structures were induced at a low frequency from unopened female flower buds and excised unopened on Murashige and Skoog (MS) agar medium containing 4.0 mg l⁻¹ 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Friable embryogenic calli were induced from somatic embryo structures after three to four subcultures on initiation medium. The frequencies of mature somatic embryo germination and plantlet conversion were low, but increased in the presence of gibberellic acid (GA₃). Some germinated somatic embryos could form friable embryogenic calli on medium without plant growth regulators (PGRs). The germination and conversion frequencies of somatic embryos from embryogenic calli induced using PGR-free medium were higher than for somatic embryos from embryogenic calli induced on medium containing 2,4-D. Most somatic embryos from 2,4-D-induced embryogenic calli had trumpet-shaped embryos, and most somatic embryos from PGR-free medium–induced embryogenic calli had two or three cotyledons. Histological observation indicated that two- and three-cotyledon embryos had defined shoot primordia, but most of the trumpet-shaped embryos yielded plantlets that lacked or had poorly developed meristem tissue. Cytological and random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analyses indicated no evidence of genetic variation in the plantlets of somatic embryo origin.     

Somatic embryogenesis in saffron (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Crocus sativus</Emphasis> L.). Histological differentiation and implication of some components of the antioxidant enzymatic system

The ontogenetic developmental stages of saffron somatic embryogenesis have been studied and characterized using light microscopy and the biochemical determination of the antioxidant enzymatic system. The embryogenic callus underwent internal segmented divisions with the formation of globular embryos that were attached to the callus surface by a broad multicellular structure. Further development of the embryoids was characterized by the emergence of a shoot apical meristem and cotyledon (monopolar stage) with the subsequent differentiation of a minicorm at the basal part of the somatic embryo (dipolar stage). During the morphological differentiation of the somatic embryos changes in the antioxidant enzymatic system with increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities were detected at the initial stages of somatic embryogenesis. The isoforms of SOD, including two Mn-SODs and four Cu, Zn-SODs, were also detected. Although all the isoforms were expressed during the successive stages of somatic embryogenesis, an increase in Mn-SODs and a decrease in Cu, Zn-SODs during the last two stages was observed. Significant changes were also detected in the antioxidant activities ascorbate peroxidase, dehydroascorbic acid reductase and glutathione reductase.     

Identification of a novel elite genotype for in vitro culture and genetic transformation of cotton

Hypocotyls of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars cv. YZ-1, Coker 312 and Coker 201 were inoculated on Murashige and Skoog callus induction medium. YZ-1 exhibited a very high regeneration potential, with 81.9 % of the explants inoculated differentiated into embryogenic callus within 8–10 weeks. During the process of callus maintenance (subculture for 1 to 3 years), the total embryos number in Coker 312 and Coker 201 calli dropped sharply, and the percentage of embryo germination decreased. On the contrary, the callus of YZ-1 consistently maintains a high frequency of plant regeneration after long-time subculture. Transgenic kanamycin-resistant calli of Coker 201 partially lost the ability of somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration. The stress produced by the transformation procedure slightly affected somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of YZ-1, which showed minimum loss of plant regeneration ability.     

Gene Expression Patterns During Somatic Embryo Development and Germination in Maize Hi II Callus Cultures

Gene expression patterns were profiled during somatic embryogenesis in a regeneration-proficient maize hybrid line, Hi II, in an effort to identify genes that might be used as developmental markers or targets to optimize regeneration steps for recovering maize plants from tissue culture. Gene expression profiles were generated from embryogenic calli induced to undergo embryo maturation and germination. Over 1,000 genes in the 12,060 element arrays showed significant time variation during somatic embryo development. A substantial number of genes were downregulated during embryo maturation, largely histone and ribosomal protein genes, which may result from a slowdown in cell proliferation and growth during embryo maturation. The expression of these genes dramatically recovered at germination. Other genes up-regulated during embryo maturation included genes encoding hydrolytic enzymes (nucleases, glucosidases and proteases) and a few storage genes (an α-zein and caleosin), which are good candidates for developmental marker genes. Germination is accompanied by the up-regulation of a number of stress response and membrane transporter genes, and, as expected, greening is associated with the up-regulation of many genes encoding photosynthetic and chloroplast components. Thus, some, but not all genes typically associated with zygotic embryogenesis are significantly up or down-regulated during somatic embryogenesis in Hi II maize line regeneration. Although many genes varied in expression throughout somatic embryo development in this study, no statistically significant gene expression changes were detected between total embryogenic callus and callus enriched for transition stage somatic embryos.Supplementary material is available for this article at     

Role of enzymes and identification of stage-specific proteins in developing somatic embryos of chickpea (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Cicer arietinum</Emphasis> L.)

Accumulation of proline, activities of peroxidase (POX), catalase (CAT), phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) were studied during different developmental stages of somatic embryos in chickpea. Callus cultures that did not form somatic embryos served as control. While increased levels of proline and POX activity were noticed in globular stages of embryos, CAT activity increased during early and late heart-shaped embryo formation indicating tissue-specific activation of these enzymes. The activity of PAL reached a peak during torpedo and cotyledonary stages of embryo development. On the other hand, MDH activity enhanced during the germination of somatic embryos inferring more requirement of energy during this stage. Electrophoretic (sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) pattern of proteins revealed that ten bands are associated with non-embryogenic tissues, whereas 11 bands with globular, heart, torpedo and cotyledonary stages of embryo development and nine bands during the germination stage of embryos. Two extra stage-specific protein bands with molecular masses of 16 and 18 kDa appeared during globular, heart, torpedo, and cotyledonary stages. But, these bands disappeared during germination of embryos and are absent in non-embryogenic cultures. This study thus may help in the identification of proteins and the role of above enzymes during different developmental stages of somatic embryo induction and their maturation in a recalcitrant leguminous crop plant chickpea.     

苜蓿组织培养中球形胚发生时特异蛋白质和同工酶分析

试验在苜蓿组织培养中,对球形胚形成过程中特异蛋白质表达的模式、过氧化物酶及酯酶同工酶酶谱变化进行研究,结果表明：苜蓿组织培养中从胚性愈伤组织到球形胚发育的进程中,顺序消失和出现了11种中小分子量多肽;过氧化物酶同工酶酶谱发生了显著的变化;酯酶同工酶酶谱变化不大,但其总活力对于维持体细胞胚胎发生是必须的。     

宁夏枸杞器官发生和体细胞胚胎发生过程中DNA,RNA和蛋白质合成动？…

After the calli originating from the leaf explant of Lycium barbarum L. were selected and proliferated, the yellowish calli with same origin, similar state were transferred to O medium or E medium and the regenerative systems of organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis might form. By these systems, a comparative study on the synthetic activities of DNA, RNA and protein in the two in vitro regeneration pathways was carried out. The results were as follows: (1) Before meristemoid and embryogenic cells were formed, the synthesis of RNA was activated firstly, followed with the increase of synthesis rates of DNA and protein. During the formation of globular embryo, the synthesis rate of DNA increased quickly and then the activities of syntheses of RNA and protein reached the peak, while it was the contrary during germination of adventitious bud. (2) Components of soluble protein changed regularly. A peptide (153.6 kD) appeared during the initiation of both organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis. Several peptides disappearing gradually in the early-stage of differentiation could regenerate with the formation of shoot primordium and globular embryo. Corresponding to morphogenesis, both regenerative systems had specific peptides (84.9 kD, 46.3 kD and 44 kD, 36.2 kD) as molecular markers of its own development. In addition, the relation and mechanism of the two regenerative systems were discussed.     

Genetic transformation and full recovery of alfalfa plants via secondary somatic embryogenesis

A genetic transformation method via secondary somatic embryogenesis was developed for alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Mature somatic embryos of alfalfa were infected by Agrobacterium strain GV3101 containing the binary vector pCAMBIA2301. pCAMBIA2301 harbors the uidA Gus reporter gene and npt II acts as the selectable marker gene. Infected primary embryos were placed on SH2K medium containing plant growth regulators to induce cell dedifferentiation and embryogenesis under 75 mg/L kanamycin selection. The induced calli were transferred to plant medium free of plant growth regulators for embryo formation while maintaining selection. Somatic embryos germinated normally upon transfer to a germination medium. Plants were recovered and grown in a tissue culture room before transfer to a greenhouse. Histochemical analysis showed high levels of GUS activity in secondary somatic embryos and in different organs of plants recovered from secondary somatic embryos. The presence and stable integration of transgenes in recovered plants were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction using transgene-specific primers and Southern blot hybridization using the npt II gene probe. The average transformation efficiency achieved via secondary somatic embryogenesis was 15.2%. The selection for transformation throughout the cell dedifferentiation and embryogenic callus induction phases was very effective, and no regenerated plants escaped the selection procedure. Alfalfa transformation is usually achieved through somatic embryogenesis using different organs of developed plants. Use of somatic embryos as explants for transformation can avoid the plant development phase, providing a faster procedure for introduction of new traits and facilitates further engineering of previously transformed lines.     

利用mRNA差别显示技术分析枸杞体细胞胚发生早期基因的差别表达

本研究选用枸杞体细胞胚发生体系中的继代愈伤组织(对照)、胚性愈伤组织和早期胚体为实验材料,提取细胞总RNA,在12种锚定真核生物mRNA3'末端的OligodT12VN中,随机选用OligodT12GA为引物合成了以上三种材料的cDNA第一链,以此cDNA为模板,用随机引物进行PCR扩增,选择差别表达的片段。我们选用了OPA、OPH、OPK和OPB四组的60个随机引物对所得的c DNA进行了PCR扩增,得到了三个在体细胞胚发生早期组织中基因特异表达的片段。结果表明,在体细胞胚发生早期有胚胎发生特异性基因的表达,而且这种特异表达的基因在继代愈伤组织中没有表达,说明植物的体细胞胚发生过程就是细胞内基因差别表达的结果。 Abstract:Embryogenic calli and early embryo can be obtained from both auxin and auxin-free medium.The analysis of differential gene expression in early somatic embryogenesis has been hindered by above-mentioned material.The modifications of the recently described mRNA differential display method were reported and differential gene expression in early slmatic embryogenesis was analyzed.We have obtained three differential bands of cDNA in early somatic embryogenesis.The results indicate that gene expression has temperal and spalil order in early somatic embryogenesis of Lycium barbarum L.Plant somatic embryogenesis is the results of differential gene expression in cell.     

Auxin and nutritional stress coupled somatic embryogenesis in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Oldenlandia umbellata</Emphasis> L.

Somatic embryos were induced from internodal segment derived callus of Oldenlandia umbellata L., in MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D). Initially calli were developed from internodes of microshoots inoculated in 2.5 µM NAA supplemented medium. Then calli were transferred to 2,4-D added medium for somatic embryogenesis. Nutritional stress coupled with higher concentration of 2,4-D triggered somatic embryogenesis. Nutritional stress was induced by culturing callus in a fixed amount of medium for a period up to 20 weeks without any external supply of nutrients. Addition of 2.5 µM 2,4-D gave 100% embryogenesis within 16 weeks of incubation. Callus mass bearing somatic embryos were transferred to germination medium facilitated production of in vitro plantlets. MS medium supplemented with 2.5 µM benzyl adenine and 0.5 µM α-naphthalene acetic acid produced 15.33 plants per culture within 4 weeks of culture. Somatic embryo germinated plants were then hardened and transferred to green house.     

Uniformity of Plants Regenerated by Direct Somatic Embryogenesis from Zygotic Embryos of Trifolium repens

A total of 55 regenerants from direct somatic embryogenesison three zygotic embryos of Trifolium repens have been examinedfor uniformity with respect to morphological markers, chromosomenumber, breeding behaviour and banding patterns produced bySDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of total leaf proteinsand isoelectric focussing of leaf peroxidase, esterase and leucineaminopeptidase isozymes. Differences were observed between clones,but no differences were detected among primary and secondaryregenerants from the same zygotic embryo. The data support theconcept that direct somatic embryogenesis on immature zygoticembryos is a conservative, clonal regeneration process. Trifolium repens, clover, somatic embryogenesis, somaclonal variation, embryo culture, isozymes     

Involvement of peroxidase activity in developing somatic embryos of Medicago arborea L. Identification of an isozyme peroxidase as biochemical marker of somatic embryogenesis

The legume Medicago arborea L. is very interesting as regards the regeneration of marginal arid soils. The problem is that it does not have a good germinative yield. It was therefore decided to regenerate via somatic embryogenesis and find a marker of embryogenic potential. In this study, peroxidase activity was evaluated in non-embryogenic and embryogenic calli from M. arborea L. A decrease in soluble peroxidase activity is observed in its embryonic calli at the time at which the somatic embryos begin to appear. This activity is always lower in embryonic calli than in non-embryonic ones (unlike what happens in the case of wall-bound peroxidases). These results suggest that peroxidases can be considered to be enzymes involved in somatic embryogenesis in M. arborea. In addition, isozyme analyses were carried out on protein extracts using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The band called P5 was detected only in embryogenic cultures at very early stages of development. This band was digested with trypsin and analyzed using linear ion trap (LTQ) mass spectrometer. In P5 isoform a peroxidase-l-ascorbate peroxidase was identified. It can be used as a marker that allows the identification of embryological potential.     

Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration through cell suspension in diploid (AB) banana cultivar Elakki Bale (syn Neypoovan)

An efficient protocol was developed using cell suspensions for somatic embryogenesis and plantlet regeneration in a most popular diploid AB banana (M.accuminata X M.bulbisiana hybrid) cv. Elakki Bale (syn Neypoovan) known for its taste and keeping quality in southern India. Floral primodia from position 8–16 of male inflorescence which were more responsive for embryogenesis were used as explants for the embryogenic callus production in MS media supplemented with different concentration of 2,4-D. A concentration of 18.1 μM 2, 4-D produced maximum embryogenic calli in 1 % of the explants inoculated. Embryogenic calli on repeated sub culturing on MA2 media produced good embryogenic cell suspensions (ECS). Microscopic examination of ECS showed globular, smaller with dense cytoplasm filled with starchy granules characteristic of embryogenic cells. Highest number of somatic embryos (189) was produced on modified MA3 media. A germination percentage of 31 % were observed in BAP 22.19 μM concentration. Regenerated plants with normal shoot and root were hardened in soilrite. Direct somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration was also noticed in embryogenic calli which did not pass through the ECS stage. The protocol optimized for somatic embryogenesis through cell suspension and also direct embryogenesis leading to plantlet regeneration can be used for the micropropagation and genetic manipulation.     

宁夏枸杞器官发生和体细胞胚胎发生过程中DNA、RNA和蛋白质合成动态的比较研究

宁夏枸杞(Lycium barbarum L.)叶外植体来源的愈伤组织经筛选、繁殖后,将来源相同、状态较为一致的淡黄色愈伤组织转移至O型或E型培养基上,可以诱导出器官发生和体细胞胚胎发生。利用该体系,对两条离体再生途径进行了比较研究。结果表明:(1)在拟分生组织和胚性细胞形成之前,RNA合成首先被激活,随后DNA、蛋白质合成加速;而球形胚形成期间,先是DNA合成的加快,接着RNA、蛋白质的合成高峰出现,在不定芽形成期间却正好相反;(2)可溶性蛋白组分发生规律性变化;器官发生和体细胞胚胎发生的启动阶段都有-153.6kD多肽出现,一些多肽分子在分化早期逐渐消失,而随芽原基或球形胚的形成又重新合成;与形态发生相对应,两种再生体系都有作为各自分子标记的特异多肽(84.9kD、46.3kD和44kD、36.2kD)的表达。此外,还对两种离体再生体系之间的关系和发生机制进行了讨论。     

马唐体细胞胚胎发生过程中生理变化的研究

本文通过对马唐体细胞胚胎发生过程中生理变化的研究后发现,球形胚游离氨基酸种类最少、浓度最低;其过氧化物酶、酯酶和淀粉酶同工酶活性较高、种类较多;其可溶性蛋白质相对浓度最高,并且出现至少两种新带。这说明球形胚已开始分子水平的分化;在这一时期合成的蛋白质(酶),对于马唐体细胞胚胎发生中胚体细胞水平的分化有着重要作用。