杨树的组织培养及其基因工程研究

杨树是林木基因工程的模式植物。在其组织培养过程中,试管苗的再生不仅与植株的基因型、年龄及组织的来源、状态等有关,还受许多外界因素如盐浓度及激素的种类与配比的影响。在杨树的转化过程中,DNA直接转移法和农杆菌介导法都有应用,但后者较为常用。组织培养及转化技术的日趋成熟,为杨树基因工程奠定了良好基础。本文对杨树组织培养、DNA转化方法及其基因工程进行了较为系统的概述。     

甘蔗遗传转化研究进展

甘蔗由于其本身的特殊性使其遗传转化较为困难,但利用直接转化法及不同的受体系统已在甘蔗不同品种上获得成功,农杆菌介导法已开始应用于甘蔗转化研究。对甘蔗遗传转化方法及其影响因素,基因工程现状进行了综述。     

FITC示踪在优化小麦花粉管通道转化方法中的应用

利用FITC(fluorescein is othiocyanate,异硫氰酸荧光素)标记的外源DNA对小麦进行了花粉管通道法转化,在荧光显微镜下观察了外源DNA进入小麦胚囊的情况,并初步研究了转化时间及转化溶液组成对DNA进入胚囊效率的影响。结果表明,外源DNA沿着花粉管生长过程中形成的花粉管通道进入胚囊;授粉45 min和60min进行转化外源DNA进入胚囊的几率较大,因此在此段时间开始转化较为合适;相对于TE缓冲液,将0.05%Silwet L-77和5%蔗糖作为转化溶液可以缩短DNA进入胚囊的时间,但不能提高外源DNA进入胚囊的几率。研究表明,使用FITC标记观察外源DNA进入胚囊效率的方法,可简便有效地应用于花粉管通道法转化条件的初步优化。     

农业生物技术研究进展

生物技术,又称生物工程,是利用生物学过程进行工业、农业、医药及其它行业生产的一门科学技术,它是生物科学最新成就与工程技术相结合的产物。一般认为,它包括基因工程(DNA重组)、细胞工程(杂交瘤技术、植物细胞、组织培养和体细胞杂交)、酶工程(利用酶将一种物质转化为另一种物质)和发酵工程(利用微生物将各种原料转化为不同的产品)等四个方面。生物技术自七十年代崛起以来,发展非常迅速,现已成为新技术革命的重要组成部分。国外学者预言,生物技术对人类今后的经济和生产活动将产生重大影响,在农业上将导致一     

第六届植物组织与细胞培养国际会议报道

第六届植物组织与细胞培养国际会议于1986年8月3～8日在美国明尼苏达州的Mineapolis举行,本届会议是由国际植物组织培养协会和明尼苏达大学组织的。来自57个国家的1525名代表出席了会议。这是组织培养研究人员的最大的一次集会。会上提出近350篇口头报告和450份墙报。下面是几篇会议报道。 1.谷类作物基因工程的进展本次会议提出的几篇报告表明,谷类作物基因工程中最后两个主要障碍已被克服。在谷物中已经完成了基因转化并且也已由原生质体再生出了植株。     

杨树腐烂病菌(Cytospora chrysosperma)原生质体遗传转化体系的构建

【目的】通过分析不同酶解条件对金黄壳囊孢菌[Cytospora chrysosperma(Pers.)Fr.]原生质体释放的影响,建立高效制备原生质体及其遗传转化体系的方法,为开展杨树腐烂病菌的致病分子机制研究奠定基础。【方法】以杨树腐烂病菌菌株CFCC 89981为受体,在细胞壁降解酶作用下产生用于转化所需的原生质体,通过PEG(Polyethylene glycol)介导将g GFP DNA导入杨树腐烂病菌的原生质体中获得转化子。经PCR扩增、Southern blot和荧光观察验证g GFP DNA插入到杨树腐烂病菌基因组中并表达出GFP(Green fluorescent protein)蛋白。【结果】以p H 5.5的1.2 mol/L KCl为稳渗剂,杨树腐烂病菌菌丝经Driselase和Lysing enzymes共同酶解4 h可获得1.2×108个/m L原生质体,再生率可达63.74%±9.73%,FDA(Fluorescein diacetate)溶液染色结果显示98%左右的原生质体具有较高的活力。利用PEG介导的遗传转化方法,转化效率可达76个/μg DNA。PCR检测和Southern blot均可在转化子基因组中检测到GFP基因片段,且荧光检测转化子的菌丝均呈绿色荧光,表明GFP基因在杨树腐烂病菌中表达。此外,GFP转化子在无潮霉素抗性的PDA培养基中多代转接后仍稳定遗传并表达GFP蛋白。【结论】通过筛选酶解条件,获得高质量、高活性的杨树腐烂病菌原生质体,并利用PEG介导的转化方法建立了高效稳定的原生质体遗传转化体系。该体系的建立为杨树腐烂病菌的后续研究奠定了技术基础。     

杨树(Populus nigra cv.Blanc de garonne)叶组织培养和幼苗形成的研究

近年来国内外林木组织培养进展很快。用组织培养技术建立无性繁殖系,则具有繁殖快,遗传性均一的优点,为林木无性繁殖开辟了一条新的途径。在杨树组织培养的研究中,对杨树的花药培养、茎尖培养已积累了不少资料。由杨树离体叶组织再生植株,仅有“香脂杨”(Populus balsamifera L.)叶组织培养的报导。我们进行了“加龙杨”离休叶组织培养,成功地得到了完整植株。现将部分试验结果作一报导。     

丝状真菌基因工程研究进展

本文评述了丝状真菌基因工程的研究进展,内容涉及已被转化成功的９０余种丝状真中类及其所利用的选择标记,比较了几种外源ＤＮＡ进入丝状真菌受体的方法,并较为详细地评述了丝状真菌复制型与整合型转化及其转化子的有性生殖与无性生殖的遗传稳定性,最后,展望了丝状真菌基因工程在农业,工业和医药方面的应用。表明了丝状真菌基因工程具有广阔的应用前景。     

丝状真菌基因工程研究进展

本文评述了丝状真菌基因工程的研究进展,内容涉及已被转化成功的９０余种丝状真菌种类及其所利用的选择标记,比较了几种外源ＤＮＡ进入丝状真菌受体的方法,并较为详细地评述了丝状真菌复制型与整合型转化及其转化子的有性生殖与无性生殖的遗传稳定性,最后,展望了丝状真菌基因工程在农业、工业和医药方面的应用。表明了丝状真菌基因工程具有广阔的应用前景。     

甘露糖正向筛选体系在巨尾桉遗传转化中的应用

为了研究甘露糖正向筛选体系在巨尾桉遗传转化过程中的有效性,构建了以6-磷酸甘露糖异构酶（6-phosphomannose isomerase,PMI）为筛选标记的pCAMBIA1301植物表达载体,并将该载体通过农杆菌介导的遗传转化转入木本植物巨尾桉中。将获得的阳性植株通过氯酚红（chlorophenol red,CPR）法及PCR检测,桉树遗传转化的阳性率达到26.09%。另外,通过正交试验优化法,对巨尾桉组培快繁体系建立过程中不同浓度激素配比进行了研究,建立起良好的巨尾桉组织培养再生体系,由甘露糖筛选敏感性测试,获得了巨尾桉筛选临界浓度,蔗糖与甘露糖比例为19∶11,优化了巨尾桉遗传转化体系,为今后巨尾桉组织培养与遗传转化研究提供了重要的参考依据。     

Foreign gene delivery into monocotyledonous species

Monocotyledonous plants are generally more recalcitrant to genetic transformation than dicotyledonous species. The absence of reliable Agrobacterium-mediated transformation methods and the difficulties associated with the culture of monocotyledonous tissues in vitro are mainly responsible for this situation. Until recently, the genetic transformation of monocotyledons was essentially performed by direct transfer of DNA into regenerable protoplasts or intact cells cultured in vitro, via polyethylene glycol treatment, electroporation or particle bombardment. Since 1990, the use of particle gun technology has revolutionized the genetic engineering of monocotyledonous species, allowing transformation to be more independent of the in vitro culture requirements. Today, at least one genotype of each major monocotyledonous crop species, including cereals, can be genetically transformed.     

杨属（PopulusL.）种质资源遗传学评价研究进展

杨属（PopulusL.）种质资源极其丰富,为了有效保存、合理利用杨属种质资源,国内外开展了大量的种质资源遗传学评价研究。该文在介绍杨树系统分类的基础上,概述了白杨派、青杨派和黑杨派等在生物学特性、抗性（耐盐、抗旱、抗冻及抗病虫）、适应性及DNA遗传多态性等方面的遗传学评价研究进展,重点讨论了杨树种质资源评价研究中存在的问题和不足,并对其研究前景进行了展望。     

Progress in the Study of Molecular Genetic Improvements of Poplar in China

The poplar is one of the most economically important and intensively studied tree species owing to its wide application in the timber industry and as a model material for the study of woody plants. The natural resource of poplars in China is replete. Over the past 10 years, the application of molecular biological techniques to genetic improvements in poplar species has been widely studied in China. Recent advances in molecular genetic improvements of poplar, including cDNA library construction, gene cloning and identification, genetic engineering, gene expression, genetic linkage map construction, mapping of quantitative trait loci （QTL） and molecular-assisted selection, are reviewed in the present paper. In addition, the application of modern biotechnology to molecular improvements in the genetic traits of the poplar and some unsolved problems are discussed.     

Human dystrophin gene transfer: production and expression of a functional recombinant DNA-based gene

Summary The identification and cloning of the gene responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and characterization of the protein product of the gene, dystrophin, has led to major advances in diagnostic and genetic counselling procedures for this inherited disorder. Due to its high mutation rate, however, individuals affected by DMD will continue to arise in large proportion by de novo mutations, and the search for direct therapies remains a high priority. In this respect direct genetic correction of dystrophin deficiency via grafting of healthy myoblast stem cells or direct introduction of functional DNA into diseased muscle tissue have both been proposed as potential therapeutic approaches. We describe here, the first example of the engineering and cloning of a synthetic gene encoding recombinant human dystrophin and its stable transfer to and expression in mammalian cells. This DMD gene construction represents a primary step towards evaluating direct DNA-mediated gene transfer as a potential treatment for this debilitating disorder.     

杨属(Populus L.)种质资源遗传学评价研究进展

杨属(Populus L.)种质资源极其丰富, 为了有效保存、合理利用杨属种质资源, 国内外开展了大量的种质资源遗传学评价研究。该文在介绍杨树系统分类的基础上, 概述了白杨派、青杨派和黑杨派等在生物学特性、抗性(耐盐、抗旱、抗冻及抗病虫)、适应性及DNA遗传多态性等方面的遗传学评价研究进展, 重点讨论了杨树种质资源评价研究中存在的问题和不足, 并对其研究前景进行了展望。     

The myth of plant transformation

Technology development is innovative to many aspects of basic and applied plant transgenic science. Plant genetic engineering has opened new avenues to modify crops, and provided new solutions to solve specific needs. Development of procedures in cell biology to regenerate plants from single cells or organized tissue, and the discovery of novel techniques to transfer genes to plant cells provided the prerequisite for the practical use of genetic engineering in crop modification and improvement. Plant transformation technology has become an adaptable platform for cultivar improvement as well as for studying gene function in plants. This success represents the climax of years of efforts in tissue culture improvement, in transformation techniques and in genetic engineering. Plant transformation vectors and methodologies have been improved to increase the efficiency of transformation and to achieve stable expression of transgenes in plants. This review provides a comprehensive discussion of important issues related to plant transformation as well as advances made in transformation techniques during three decades.     

Tools for genetic engineering in the amino acid-producing bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum

During the last decades, the gram-positive soil bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum has been shown to be a very versatile microorganism for the large-scale fermentative production of L-amino acids. Up to now, a vast amount of techniques and tools for genetic engineering and amplification of relevant structural genes have been developed. The objectives of this study are to summarize the published literature on tools for genetic engineering in C. glutamicum and to focus on new sophisticated and highly efficient methods in the fields of DNA transfer techniques, cloning vectors, integrative genetic tools, and antibiotic-free self-cloning. This repertoire of C. glutamicum methodology provides an experimental basis for efficient genetic analyses of the recently completed genome sequence.     

The production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in recombinant Escherichia coli

Polyhydroxyalkanoates, the natural polyester that many microorganisms accumulate to store carbon and reducing equivalents, have been considered as a future alternative of traditional plastic due to their special properties. In Escherichia coli, a previous non-polyhydroxyalkanoates producer, pathway engineering has been developed as a very powerful approach to set up microbial production process through the introduction of direct genetic changes by recombinant DNA technology. Various metabolic pathways leading to the polyhydroxyalkanoates accumulation with desirable properties at low-cost and high-productivity have been developed. At the same time, high density fermentation technology of E. coli provides an efficient polyhydroxyalkanoates production strategy. This review focused on metabolic engineering, fermentation and downstream process aiming to polyhydroxyalkanoates production in E. coli.     

Transformation of the Pseudonocardiaceae Amycolatopsis sp. strain HR167 is highly dependent on the physiological state of the cells

The Pseudonocardiaceae Amycolatopsis sp. strain HR167 is used in a biotransformation process to produce vanillin from ferulic acid. To make this strain accessible for genetic engineering, a direct mycelium transformation system developed for Amycolatopsis mediterranei [Madon and Hotter (1991) J Bacteriol 173: 6325-6331] was applied and optimized for Amycolatopsis sp. strain HR167. The physiological state of the cells had a major influence on the transformation rate. The highest transformation rate of about 7x10(5) transformants per microgram of DNA was obtained with mycelium harvested 6.5-7.5 h after the culture has reached the stationary growth phase. When cells were harvested outside of this time slot, the transformation rate drastically decreased. The density of the mycelium suspensions used in the transformation mixture and the methylation state of the plasmid DNA used for the transformation were also crucial parameters. With plasmid DNA isolated from Escherichia coli ET12567, transformation rates were 3,500-fold higher than those obtained with DNA isolated from E. coli XL1-Blue.