长雄野生稻有利基因的发掘与利用

人类将普通野生稻驯化为亚洲栽培稻,其农艺性状如株高、落粒性、穗型等发生了重要变化,产量也大幅提高,但许多优良性状如抗逆性等却丢失。长雄野生稻与亚洲栽培稻同属AA基因组,蕴藏了许多生物胁迫和非生物胁迫的抗性基因,被认为是亚洲栽培稻遗传改良的潜在基因库。本文总结了长雄野生稻生物及非生物胁迫抗性、地下茎性状以及其他潜在应用价值性状,包括白叶枯抗性、抗旱性、耐热性、自交不亲和性、氮高效利用以及高产等有利性状。基于长雄野生稻地下茎性状开展多年生稻育种实践的应用研究,对长雄野生稻进行从头驯化的策略进行了探讨,以期为长雄野生稻基础研究及栽培稻遗传改良提供理论参考。     

有机大米产业化与野生稻种质利用

针对有机大米产量明显低于普通大米的问题,本文论述了有机大米产业化与野生稻优异种质利用的关系,分析了野生稻优异基因利用现状、目前存在的问题以及解决问题的途径。提出在有机水稻品种选育过程中,通过利用野生稻优异基因,提高有机水稻品种抗病虫性、抗逆性(耐寒、耐旱、耐贫瘠)和光合效率等特性,从而推动野生稻优异种质利用,提高企业经济效益,解决化学物质残留和污染等问题。     

耐辐射异常球菌dlp基因缺失突变株构建及其生物学功能研究

耐辐射异常球菌(Deinococcus radiodurans,DR)因其具有对非生物胁迫超强的抵抗能力而备受关注。旨在了解该菌亲水蛋白Dlp在细胞耐受非生物胁迫中的作用,采用融合PCR和基因同源重组技术,获得了dlp基因缺失突变株Δdlp,对野生型DR及突变株Δdlp进行非生物胁迫。结果表明,dlp的缺失导致DR细胞对高盐和氧化胁迫敏感。体外检测氧化胁迫条件下Dlp蛋白对苹果酸脱氢酶(MDH)和乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)活性的保护,结果显示,Dlp蛋白的加入能缓解氧化胁迫条件下MDH、LDH酶活性的损失。由此表明,亲水蛋白Dlp增强了耐辐射异常球菌对非生物胁迫的抗性,并能以类似分子伴侣的形式保护胁迫条件下酶的活性。     

植物逆境胁迫耐受性启动子的研究进展

逆境胁迫如干旱、极端温度、损伤等非生物胁迫和病虫害等生物胁迫严重影响植物的生长发育及产量。逆境胁迫耐受性启动子能够接受逆境条件下的诱导信号,激活植物体内胁迫应答基因的表达,使植物感知并适应逆境。本文对逆境胁迫耐受性启动子的克隆及功能研究情况进行综合分析,主要包括抗旱、耐盐、耐高温、抗冻、耐损伤、抗病和抗虫基因启动子。     

植物根系耐盐机制的研究进展

植物根系能够摄取土壤环境中的养分与水分,在植物的生长发育中起重要的作用。植物根系由于直接与土壤环境相接触会受到非生物胁迫较大的影响。盐胁迫是主要的非生物胁迫之一,对植物根系会产生较大的伤害。综述根系在组织形态和细胞水平上对盐胁迫的应答,以及根系响应盐胁迫的信号传导途径、转录因子与基因,对植物根部耐盐机制的解析和植物耐盐基因工程工具基因的挖掘具有重要意义。     

小粒野生稻优异基因的挖掘与利用研究进展

小粒野生稻拥有丰富的遗传多样性,含有大量的优异基因,是进行栽培稻遗传改良和基因组研究的宝贵资源。本文总结了国内外研究利用小粒野生稻种质取得的系列进展,主要包括:小粒野生稻优异性状的鉴定和遗传群体的构建,小粒野生稻有利基因的定位、克隆与育种利用,还对小粒野生稻优异基因利用的困难和应对策略进行了讨论。这些结果必将有利于进一步挖掘和利用小粒野生稻的有利基因。     

拟南芥耐盐、耐旱和抗寒的分子机理及其利用

非生物胁迫,尤其是盐分、干旱和寒冷是导致全球作物减产的主要原因.植物对环境胁迫的适应,依赖于与胁迫感知、信号转导、基因表达相关的分子级联网络的激活.因此,保护和维持细胞成分的结构和功能的基因工程可以增强植物对胁迫的耐受性.综述拟南芥对盐分、干旱和寒冷3种主要非生物胁迫因子耐受性的分子机理,以及相关机理和耐逆基因在改良作物耐逆性方面的应用.     

非生物胁迫下耐辐射异常球菌drB0118基因功能分析

【目的】鉴定和确定被预测为编码干燥相关蛋白的耐辐射异常球菌(Deinococcus radiodurans) drB0118基因功能,探讨该基因对盐、渗透和氧化胁迫抗性的作用。【方法】构建drB0118基因缺失突变株(ΔB0118),通过氯化钠、D-山梨糖醇和过氧化氢等胁迫冲击实验及氧化胁迫条件下qRT-PCR分析,研究drB0118突变对非生物胁迫反应及氧化胁迫相关基因表达的影响。【结果】drB0118突变导致菌株对NaCl和D-sorbitol胁迫的抗性降低;对氧化胁迫(H2O2)敏感;qRT-PCR分析显示,drB0118突变引起氧化胁迫抗性基因pod和oxyR分别下调4倍和10倍。【结论】D. radiodurans中drB0118参与了盐、渗透和氧化等多种非生物胁迫反应。     

葡萄WRKY家族蛋白在非生物胁迫中的功能探讨

干旱、盐和冷害等非生物胁迫严重限制着葡萄产业的发展。WRKY作为一大类转录调控因子,在多种信号转导途径中发挥着重要的作用。随着高通量测序技术及各种研究技术的进步,越来越多的WRKY家族蛋白在非生物胁迫中的功能和作用机制得到验证,为葡萄耐逆机理研究和分子育种筛选优良品种奠定理论基础和提供丰富的候选基因资源。从葡萄WRKY家族蛋白的挖掘和分类、参与植物干旱、盐和冷胁迫非生物胁迫应答机制等方面展开详细论述。     

水稻低温响应基因OsCR1的克隆与表达分析

低温、高温、干旱等非生物胁迫是影响水稻产量与品质的重要非生物逆境因子.为了探索水稻耐逆的分子机理并挖掘新的水稻耐逆基因,采用Affymetrix 60K水稻基因表达芯片分析了培矮64S全基因组在上述逆境下的表达谱变化,筛选出一个受低温诱导表达水平显著升高的基因OsCR1( Oryza sativaL.cold resp...     

Over-expression of OSRIP18 increases drought and salt tolerance in transgenic rice plants

Both drought and high salinity stresses are major abiotic factors that limit the yield of agricultural crops. Transgenic techniques have been regarded as effective ways to improve crops in their tolerance to these abiotic stresses. Functional characterization of genes is the prerequisite to identify candidates for such improvement. Here, we have investigated the biological functions of an Oryza sativa Ribosome-inactivating protein gene 18 (OSRIP18) by ectopically expressing this gene under the control of CaMV 35S promoter in the rice genome. We have generated 11 independent transgenic rice plants and all of them showed significantly increased tolerance to drought and high salinity stresses. Global gene expression changes by Microarray analysis showed that more than 100 probe sets were detected with up-regulated expression abundance while signals from only three probe sets were down-regulated after over-expression of OSRIP18. Most of them were not regulated by drought or high salinity stresses. Our data suggested that the increased tolerance to these abiotic stresses in transgenic plants might be due to up-regulation of some stress-dependent/independent genes and OSRIP18 may be potentially useful in further improving plant tolerance to various abiotic stresses by over-expression.     

转基因水稻外源基因向近缘种群漂流和渐渗的研究进展

水稻是我国最重要的粮食作物之一,我国有8亿以上的人口以稻米作为主食。但在水稻生产中,由于病、虫、草害及不良气候等逆境因子的影响,严重制约了水稻的高产、稳产。转基因生物技术的迅速发展,为水稻抗性育种提供了新途径。自20世纪80年代以来,我国全方位地开展了转基因水稻的研发,目前已经培育出大量的抗病、抗虫、抗除草剂和抗逆的转基因水稻品种,这将为提高我国水稻的生产力和确保粮食安全做出重要的贡献。但转基因水稻的基因漂流及其可能带来的生物安全问题备受关注。已有报道证明,外源转基因可以通过异交向非转基因品种和野生近缘种漂流。在不同的试验条件下,抗除草剂基因有0．05％-0．53％逃逸的可能,其向不育系的最大漂移频率可达4．518％。抗虫基因向相邻非转基因水稻的平均漂移频率最高为0．875％。因此,本文对水稻与其近缘野生种的杂交情况,转基因水稻外源基因向非转基因品种、野生近缘种以及野生非近缘种的漂流和渐渗及其潜在的生态环境风险等方面进行了简要分析,并对转基因水稻的发展进行了展望,以期为转基因水稻的安全应用提供参考。     

拟南芥ANAC055基因突变体对高盐和渗透胁迫的响应

高盐和渗透等非生物胁迫是影响农作物产量和品质的重要因素,非生物胁迫发生时,植物通过体内各类转录因子启动胁迫应答反应,进而降低非生物胁迫对植物的损伤。本研究筛选出植物特异性转录因子ANAC055编码基因的纯合T-DNA插入突变体SALK_152738,测序分析发现T-DNA插在ANAC055基因的3'UTR区域。实时荧光定量PCR结果表明叶中ANAC055基因表达量最高;与野生型相比,突变体叶、茎和花中ANAC055基因表达量分别下降了40%、50%和70%。高盐胁迫后,野生型和突变体叶中ANAC055基因表达量分别比对照上升了320%和55.4%;而渗透胁迫时,该基因叶中的表达量分别比对照下降了47.7%和56.3%;电子表达谱分析发现该基因根中的表达可受高盐和渗透等多种非生物胁迫的诱导表达。高盐和渗透胁迫时野生型和突变体幼根的生长均受到明显抑制,但高盐胁迫对突变体根生长的抑制作用比对野生型根生长的抑制作用更大。上述分析表明拟南芥ANAC055基因可受高盐和渗透等非生物胁迫的诱导表达,并且其在拟南芥幼根的生长发育过程中具有一定的作用,本研究有助于进一步明确其在非生物胁迫过程中的作用。     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Ds</Emphasis> insertion mutagenesis as an efficient tool to produce diverse variations for rice breeding

The availability of diversified germplasm resources is the most important for developing improved rice varieties with higher seed yield or tolerance to various biotic or abiotic stresses. Here we report an efficient tool to create increased variations in rice by maize Ac/Ds transposon (a gene trap system) insertion mutagenesis. We have generated around 20,000 Ds insertion rice lines of which majority are homozygous for Ds element. We subjected these lines to phenotypic and abiotic stress screens and evaluated these lines with respect to their seed yields and other agronomic traits as well as their tolerance to drought, salinity and cold. Based on this evaluation, we observed that random Ds insertions into rice genome have led to diverse variations including a range of morphological and conditional phenotypes. Such differences in phenotype among these lines were accompanied by differential gene expression revealed by GUS histochemical staining of gene trapped lines. Among the various phenotypes identified, some Ds lines showed significantly higher grain yield compared to wild-type plants under normal growth conditions indicating that rice could be improved in grain yield by disrupting certain endogenous genes. In addition, several 1,000s of Ds lines were subjected to abiotic stresses to identify conditional mutants. Subsequent to these screens, over 800 lines responsive to drought, salinity or cold stress were obtained, suggesting that rice has the genetic potential to survive under abiotic stresses when appropriate endogenous genes were suppressed. The mutant lines that have higher seed yielding potential or display higher tolerance to abiotic stresses may be used for rice breeding by conventional backcrossing combining with molecular marker-assisted selection. In addition, by exploiting the behavior of Ds to leave footprints upon remobilization, we have shown an alternative strategy to develop new rice varieties without foreign DNA sequences in their genome. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

抗逆相关AP2/EREBP转录因子研究进展

干旱、低温、土地盐碱化等非生物胁迫是影响植物生长发育以及作物产量的重要因素。近年来大量研究表明,多种转录因子参与调控植物对各种生物及非生物胁迫的应答与防御反应,与此同时人们对其作用机理的探索也日渐深入。AP2/ERF转录因子家族是植物所特有的一类转录因子,在拟南芥中该家族至少有146个成员;而在水稻中该基因家族多达181个,是已知水稻转录因子基因中最大的家族。这些编码含有一个保守APETALA(AP2)结构域的蛋白质可能在植物多个发育过程及应答外界环境信号过程中发挥重要功能。综述了AP2/EREBP类转录因子的结构特征及其功能特性,并重点讨论了它们在植物抗逆中的调控作用及其在植物抗逆性分子遗传改良上的意义。     

Comprehensive expression analysis of rice phospholipase D gene family during abiotic stresses and development

Phospholipase D is one of the crucial enzymes involved in lipid mediated signaling, triggered during various developmental and physiological processes. Different members of PLD gene family have been known to be induced under different abiotic stresses and during developmental processes in various plant species. In this report, we are presenting a detailed microarray based expression analysis and expression profiles of entire set of PLD genes in rice genome, under three abiotic stresses (salt, cold and drought) and different developmental stages (3-vegetative stages and 11-reproductive stages). Seven and nine PLD genes were identified, which were expressed differentially under abiotic stresses and during reproductive developmental stages, respectively. PLD genes, which were expressed significantly under abiotic stresses exhibited an overlapping expression pattern and were also differentially expressed during developmental stages. Moreover, expression pattern for a set of stress induced genes was validated by real time PCR and it supported the microarray expression data. These findings emphasize the role of PLDs in abiotic stress signaling and development in rice. In addition, expression profiling for duplicated PLD genes revealed a functional divergence between the duplicated genes and signify the role of gene duplication in the evolution of this gene family in rice. This expressional study will provide an important platform in future for the functional characterization of PLDs in crop plants.