表达多聚半乳糖醛酸酶反义RNA的转基因番茄分析

果实成熟是一系列基因在时空上有序表达的结果［１］,成熟阶段出现的多聚半乳糖醛酸酶（ＰＧ,Ｅ,Ｃ,３,２,１,１５）在果实软化过程中起作用［２,３］。番茄果实的软化与ＰＧｍＲＮＡ及ＰＧ活性增加呈平行关系［４］。ＰＧ的表达有发育阶段性［１,５］与组织特异性［６,７］,其调控主要是在转录水平［８,９］。本工作将ＰＧ反义基因转入番茄,对Ｔ０～Ｔ２代转基因果实的ＰＧ活性、生理后熟行为及品质进行了研究。１　材料和方法１．１　ＰＧ反义基因植物表达载体构建及Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ检测方法见前文［１０］。１．２　转化与…     

加工番茄多聚半乳糖醛酸酶（PG）基因的cDNA克隆的全序列测定

以加工番茄“87－5”为材料,采用反转录PCR（RT－PCR）技术将加工番茄G基因的cDNA序列克隆到pGEM-T载体上,并进行了全序列测定分析,结果表明,加工番茄的PG基因的cDNA与国内外报道的番茄PG基因的cDNA,在碱基序列及氨基酸序列上均有差异,说明番茄的PG基因具有多态性。     

多聚半乳糖醛酸酶反义基因在转基因番茄中的表达

番茄的多聚半乳糖醛酸是一种在果实成熟阶段特异性表达的酶。为了研究它在果实成熟中的作用,将其ｃＤＮＡ与花椰菜花叶病毒３５Ｓ启动子嵌合后,以反义基因的形式经农杆菌介导导入番茄植株,进一步分析了反义基因的整合与表达。结果表明,在转基因番茄中,反义基因的表达能明显抑制果实内源多聚半乳糖醛酸酶的活性。     

番茄果实中乙烯与多聚半乳糖醛酸酶的关系

乙烯与多聚半乳糖醛酸酶(PG)都是果实成熟过程中关键的调节因子.一方面,在有乙烯合成缺陷的转反义ACS番茄和乙烯感受缺陷的Nr突变体番茄果实中PG基因表达量都明显下降,PG酶活性明显降低;用外源乙烯(100 μL/L)处理绿熟期番茄果实使PG基因的表达明显增强,而1-甲基环丙烯(1-MCP,1 μL/L)处理转色期番茄果实明显抑制PG基因表达.另一方面,转反义PG基因番茄果实乙烯释放量在授粉后低于其野生型,番茄乙烯受体基因LeETR4和乙烯反应因子LeERF2基因表达量比野生种低.PG降解果胶的产物D-GA(100 mg/L)促进未熟期番茄果实中的乙烯生成和LeETR4、LeERF2基因的表达.     

加工番茄多聚半乳糖醛酸酶(PG)基因的cDNA克隆和全序列测定

以加工番茄"87-5”为材料,采用反转录PCR(RT-PCR)技术将加工番茄PG基因的cDNA序列克隆到pGEM-T载体上,并进行了全序列测定分析.结果表明,加工番茄的PG基因的cDNA与国内外报道的番茄PG基因的cDNA,在碱基序列及氨基酸序列上均有差异.说明番茄的PG基因具有多态性.     

桃多聚半乳糖醛酸酶基因的cDNA克隆及序列分析

以白粉桃成熟果实为材料,用Trizol法提取桃总RNA,根据已发表的多聚半乳糖醛酸酶(PG)基因的序列设计合成一对特异引物,经 RT-PCR 扩增出一条1 188 bp的目的片段,包括一个393个氨基酸组成的开放阅读框.通过TA克隆,把它连接到pGEM-T vector上.PCR、酶切鉴定后进行基因测序,结果表明所克隆的PG基因与GenBank中肥城桃PG基因序列(AF095577)同源性为98.65%,相应的氨基酸的同源性为97.46%,说明此片段为桃PG基因片段.     

番茄离体花柄脱落区多聚半乳糖醛酸酶提取纯化体系的优化

多聚半乳糖醛酸酶是植物器官脱落过程中的重要水解酶,实验以20μL.L-1乙烯处理的离体番茄花柄为试材,建立了与脱落相关的多聚半乳糖醛酸酶提取与纯化体系:以50 mmol.L-1乙酸缓冲液(pH=5.5)为提取液,加入0.1 mol.L-1NaCl、1 mmol.L-1DTT提取效果较好;将酶的粗提液低温浓缩后,经Sephadex G-75凝胶层析分离纯化,最佳流速为0.2 mL.min-1,适宜上样量为3.5 mL;再将凝胶层析分离的活性部分低温浓缩后,经CM Sepharose CL-6B离子交换层析再次纯化,流速为0.3 mL.min-1、洗脱液pH值5.5纯化效果最好。经上述提取纯化过程,得到了分子质量为30.2 kD的多聚半乳糖醛酸酶蛋白。该提取纯化体系为探讨与脱落相关酶的性质及其活性调控提供了参考。     

胡萝卜抗冻蛋白失去PGIP家族抑制多聚半乳糖醛酸酶的活性

含有LRR基序的胡萝卜抗冻蛋白虽然具有抗冻活性,但却属于植物PGIP家族。胡萝卜抗冻蛋白虽然在氨基酸序列上属于PGIP家族,但却失去了抑制外源真菌的PGase活性,并且获得了一个重要的活性——抑制冰晶的生长和重结晶。胡萝卜抗冻蛋白的这种活性的变化一直被认为是由于植物自身长期进化的结果,并认为最初的DcAFP也应当具有抑制PGase的活性。采用酵母双杂交来分析DcAFP是否还拥有PGIP的活性。通过RT-PCR克隆了真菌互格链格孢（Alternaria alternata）的PGase的cDNA,然后分别将PGase与DcAFP的完整编码框构建成酵母双杂交的捕获质粒和诱饵质粒,经过预实验表明两者都不能产生自激活作用,酵母双杂交实验表明两者不能产生相互作用,说明DcAFP完全失去了抑制PGase的活性,这种活性的丢失是由于位于6-螺旋上凹面的LRR基序中非保守的氨基酸残基发生了大量的碱性氨基酸的取代,导致结合的凹面从负电荷富集区变成了正电荷表面,从而不能通过静电作用与PGase的正电荷表面相结合。     

Polygalacturonase expression during leaf abscission of normal and transgenic tomato plants

Polygalacturonase (PG, EC 3.2.1.15), an enzyme commonly found in ripening fruit, has also been shown to be associated with abscission. A zone-specific rise in PG activity accompanies the abscission of both leaves and flowers of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants. Studies of transgenic plants expressing an antisense RNA for fruit PG indicate that although the enzyme activity in transgenic fruit is < 1 % of that in untransformed fruit, the PG activity in the leaf abscission zone increases during separation to a similar value to that in untransformed plants. The timing and rate of leaf abscission in transgenic plants are unaffected by the introduction of the antisense gene. A polyclonal antibody raised against tomato fruit PG does not recognise the leaf abscission protein. Furthermore a complementary DNA (cDNA) clone (pTOM6), which has been demonstrated to code for fruit PG, does not hybridise to mRNA isolated from the abscission-zone region of tomato leaves. These results indicate that the PG protein in abscission zones of tomato is different from that in the fruit, and that the gene coding for this protein may also be different.Abbreviation PG polygalacturonase The authors of this paper are grateful to David Jackson of the John Innes Institute, Norwich, UK for his assistance with the in-situ hybridisation work. This research was supported by an Agricultural and Food Research Council Post-Doctoral award to J.E.T., and by a grant to D.G. from the Science and Engineering Research Council Biotechnology Directorate in association with ICI seeds. The work was carried out under Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries licences.     

番茄ACC合成酶cDNA克隆及其对果实成熟的反义抑制

利用RT—PcR技术克隆了ACC合成酶多基因家族成员之－LE-ACC2编码区约1．7kb的cDNA,经酶切图谱和序列分析鉴定无误后,反向插入到植物表达载体pBin437中,构建了表达Acc合成酶反望RNA的二元载体。经农杆菌途径转化番茄“丽春”品种后,通过PCR检测从抗卡那霉素再生植株中筛选到6株转基因植株,Southern杂交确证了外源基因是以单拷贝插入到番茄染色体中;对果实乙烯释放的测定结果表明转基因番茄果实的乙烯释放量仅为对照的30％左右,在室温下转基因番茄果实采后保存60 d以上仍然没有变红、软化。以上结果表明其反义RNA在转基因番茄中的表达能有效地抑制乙烯的生物合成从而延缓果实成熟,表现出良好的耐储保鲜特性。对转基因植株子一代(T1)的分析结果进一步表明反义ACC合成酶基因以典型的单基因方式传到子代。通过对子二代的分析已初步筛选到一 个耐储藏的转基因番茄纯合品系。     

构建转CgA基因反向cDNA片段小鼠模型

为了制作CgA基因反义RNA转基因小鼠,构建了质粒pCAS2C,并把pCAS2C中完整的反义表达框显微注射入小鼠受精卵的雌原核中,随后将注射过DNA的受精卵移植入假孕鼠的输卵管中,假母所产子一低代都用p1和p4 引物对鼠尾基因组DNA进行PCR检测,选出2只首建鼠（PCR阳性）。首建鼠与正常鼠杂交后得到F1代小鼠,经PCR方法筛选出来的阳性F1代鼠雌雄自交产生F2代。为了检测F2代鼠的基因型,将PCR方法鉴定为阳性的F2代小鼠分别与正常小鼠回交,只有回交后所得后代PCR检测结果全为阳性的F2代个体才是转基因纯合鼠,这样分别得到两只转基因首建鼠的纯合个体。转基因小鼠脑总RNA经RT－PCR反应可产生300bp的产物,证明转基因小鼠中转入的反义基因已经转录,以上结果说明转入的pCAS2C反义表达框已经整合到转基因小鼠的基因组中并遗传给后代,而且已经转录。     

Molecular biology of fruit ripening and its manipulation with antisense genes

Considerable progress in tomato molecular biology has been made over the past five years. At least 19 different mRNAs which increase in amount during tomato fruit ripening have been cloned and genes for enzymes involved in cell wall degradation (polygalacturonase and pectinesterase) and ethylene synthesis (ACC synthase) have been identified by conventional procedures. Transgenic plants have been used to identify regions of DNA flanking fruit-specific, ripening-related and ethylene-regulated genes and trans-acting factors which bind to these promoters have also been identified.Antisense genes expressed in transgenic plants have proved to be highly effective for inhibiting the specific expression of ripening-related genes. These experiments have changed our understanding of how softening occurs in tomato fruit. Antisense techniques have also been used to identify genes encoding enzymes for carotenoid biosynthesis (phytoene synthase) and ethylene biosynthesis (the ethylene-forming enzyme). The altered characteristics of fruit transformed with specific antisense genes, such as retarded ripening and resistance to splitting, may prove to be of value to fruit growers, processors and ultimately the consumer.     

Inheritance and effect on ripening of antisense polygalacturonase genes in transgenic tomatoes

The role of the cell wall hydrolase polygalacturonase (PG) during fruit ripening was investigated using novel mutant tomato lines in which expression of the PG gene has been down regulated by antisense RNA. Tomato plants were transformed with chimaeric genes designed to express anti-PG RNA constitutively. Thirteen transformed lines were obtained of which five were analysed in detail. All contained a single PG antisense gene, the expression of which led to a reduction in PG enzyme activity in ripe fruit to between 5% and 50% that of normal. One line, GR16, showed a reduction to 10% of normal PG activity. The reduction in activity segregated with the PG antisense gene in selfed progeny of GR16. Plants homozygous for the antisense gene showed a reduction of PG enzyme expression of greater than 99%. The PG antisense gene was inherited stably through two generations. In tomato fruit with a residual 1% PG enzyme activity pectin depolymerisation was inhibited, indicating that PG is involved in pectin degradation in vivo. Other ripening parameters, such as ethylene production, lycopene accumulation, polyuronide solubilisation, and invertase activity, together with pectinesterase activity were not affected by the expression of the antisense gene.