利用mRNA差异显示技术分离甜菜M14品系特异表达基因的cDNA片段

二倍体栽培甜菜与白花甜菜杂交、进一步回交而获得的单体附加系M14,其染色体组成中除了含有18条栽培甜菜染色体外,还附加有一条野生白花甜菜第9号染色体,该附加染色体通过母本的传递率为96.5%;单体附加系传递率如此高的原因是因为M14中有无融合生殖基因的存在。本实验采用mRNA差异展示技术对甜菜无融合生殖品系M14和正常有性生殖的二倍体栽培甜菜A2Y花蕾减数分裂时期的基因表达进行了差异分析。采用GT15A,GT15G,GT15C3种锚定引物,共筛选了20个随机引物,通过RT-PCR检测,获得了6个阳性差异表达的cDNA片段,应用NCBI的BLASTx软件对测序结果进行同源序列、相似序列检索,为进一步克隆无融合生殖基因提供侯选cDNA片段。     

无融合生殖甜菜M14的GISH和BAC-FISH研究

无融合生殖是指不经减数分裂和受精作用而产生胚的一种无性繁殖, 因此是胚的克隆, 母系繁殖. 甜菜单体附加系M14是通过二倍体栽培甜菜(Beta vulgaris)和四倍体白花甜菜(B. corolliflora)种间杂交、进而回交, 选育出的具有无融合生殖特性的甜菜品系. 我们利用GISH技术进一步分析了无融合生殖甜菜M14中的染色体情况, 在不封阻的情况下, 附加的外源染色体清晰可见, 这说明栽培甜菜与白花甜菜基因组间种属特异序列的差异明显. 利用无融合生殖甜菜M14和有性生殖栽培甜菜的花期mRNA对白花甜菜第9号染色体的BAC芯片进行了差异杂交分析, 发现2个BAC克隆16-M11, 26-L15含有M14花期特异表达的基因. 选用这2个BAC克隆作为探针, 对具有无融合生殖甜菜M14进行荧光原位杂交, 供试探针均被定位于附加的白花甜菜第9号染色体长臂末端, 呈半合子状态. 本研究BAC芯片的杂交结果结合两种生殖途径中胚和胚乳发育表达方式的保守性可推断, 甜菜中有性生殖和无融合生殖可能共享某些调节因子的相关路径, 正是白花甜菜第9号染色体上的特异基因才使甜菜M14中无融合生殖特性得以表达.     

利用RAPD标记鉴定甜菜无融合生殖的同一性

目的：对具有无融合生殖特性的带有白花甜菜染色体的栽培甜菜单体附加系M14三代材料进行同一性鉴定。方法：通过RAPD随机扩增技术对M14三代材料的基因组DNA的扩增多态性进行分析。结果表明,M141998年、1999年、2000年三代材料的RAPD位点高度一致,遗传相似度S＝1,遗传距离D＝0,从而表明M14三代个体完全一样。结论：初步确定M14材料无融合生殖基因在其后代中是稳定传递的。     

甜菜单体附加系M14花蕾cDNA文库的构建

为了克隆甜菜单体附加系M14无融合生殖相关基因 ,采用cDNA文库快速构建法制备了M14花蕾cDNA文库。根据甜菜单体附加系M14无融合生殖的细胞胚胎学研究结果 ,提取甜菜M14花蕾三个关键时期的RNA ,分离纯化mRNA ,以Oligo(dT)为引物 ,在逆转录酶的作用下 ,合成第一链cDNA ,进而合成第二链cDNA。含有EcoRⅠ和NotⅠ粘性末端的双链cDNA在T4DNA连接酶的作用下与载体λZAP臂相连 ,并对连接产物进行体外包装 ,得到噬菌体颗粒 ,即甜菜单体附加系M14花蕾cDNA文库。经大肠杆菌寄主菌株XL1-blueMRF’平板检测 ,三个文库滴度分别为 2 .8× 10 5pfu·mL-1、1.6× 10 5pfu·mL-1和 3.5× 10 5pfu·mL-1,克隆重组率为 83%、78%和 81%。cDNA文库可直接用于目的基因的筛选     

带有白花甜菜染色体片段的栽培甜菜易位系的筛选

本文采用斑点杂交方法,对近100%传递的甜菜单体附加系M14(2n=19)发生分离的后代反转系(2n=18)进行研究,采用随机引物法标记白花甜菜特异探针,对80株反转系进行杂交实验,结果筛选出19个易位系,这19个易位系有待于进一步研究,证明是否带有无融合生殖基因。     

甜菜单体附加系M14无融合生殖的细胞胚胎学研究

利用常规研究方法,对甜菜单体附加系M 14品系(B eta vu lg aris L.,VV 1C、2n=18 1)的生殖方式进行细胞学与胚胎学研究.结果表明:(1)甜菜单体附加系M 14的4代细胞学检查表明:染色体组分别为VV 1C、2n=18 1;VV 0、2n=18 0;VV 2C、2n=18 2;VVV 0、2n=27 0;VVV 1C、2n=27 1;VVV 2C、2n=27 2等,其中VV 1C、2n=18 1的植株传递率平均为96.7%,表现为稳定传递,具有二倍体孢子无融合生殖特性;其余各种分离植株的传递率总计为3.25%,有性生殖发生率较低.(2)胚胎学研究表明,二倍体孢子无融合生殖的胚珠中,珠孔处看不到花粉管,胚囊没有发生受精作用.2个助细胞提前退化,半数卵细胞的极性与正常卵细胞相反;卵与次生核不经受精而自发分裂,卵细胞自发分裂产生无性胚,次生核自发分裂产生核型胚乳,而且次生核自发分裂早于卵细胞分裂;有性生殖胚珠中,珠孔处可见多条花粉管,胚囊里见到精卵融合的图像.表明甜菜单体附加系M 14是以二倍体孢子无融合生殖为主要繁殖方式,有性生殖为次要敏殖方式的兼性无融合生殖体.     

应用斑点杂交方法对甜菜易位系传递率的分析

以白花甜菜特异的DNA重复序列1054作为探针,PCR法进行标记,对16个株系共264株进行了斑点杂交检测。结果表明,其后代总传递率达50.4%,其中株系11和株系14的传递率高达100%和83.3%。对高频传递株系的进一步研究,为确定其是否带有无融合生殖基因及进一步缩小无融合生殖基因的寻找范围提供了必要的研究基础。     

甜菜无融合生殖单体附加系M14花粉发生与发育的超微结构研究

运用透射电子显微镜技术,对甜菜无融合生殖单体附加系M14的小孢子发生、雄配子体发育以及相应的花药壁发育过程进行超微结构的观察研究,以阐明甜菜无融合生殖单体附加系M14花粉发生与发育超微结构特点以及花粉败育的时期和败育的细胞学特征.结果显示:(1)小孢子母细胞减数分裂正常,分裂期间细胞质具有明显的"细胞质改组"现象,主要表现在核糖体减少,质体、线粒体的结构发生规律性的变化,有利于孢子体向配子体的转变.M14减数分裂的胞质分裂为同时型,前期Ⅱ和中期Ⅱ形成"细胞器带";正常发育的花粉,小孢子分裂形成营养细胞和生殖细胞;生殖细胞脱离花粉壁,生殖细胞游离于营养细胞的细胞质中,最初具细胞壁,而后消失,且生殖细胞壁成分与花粉内壁成分相似.(2)三细胞型的成熟花粉含有一个营养细胞和两个具有尾突的精子;每个精子通过两层质膜与营养细胞隔开,含有一个大的精核,长尾突内含少量的细胞质以及纤丝状结构.(3)生殖细胞和精子中缺乏质体.(4)花粉的败育起始于小孢子,大部分受阻于单核-二细胞花粉期,其败育特征为花粉内液泡吞噬作用导致细胞器解体,绒毡层细胞过早解体或肥大生长致使营养供应受阻,可能是导致单核-二细胞花粉败育的主要细胞学原因.研究表明,白花甜菜第九号染色体的附加可能是导致M14大量花粉败育的遗传学因素.     

植物无融合生殖研究进展

植物无融合生殖是一种特殊的无性生殖方式 ,它不经过精卵融合即可繁殖后代 ,其二倍体子代基因型与母本精确相同 ,可以固定杂种优势 ,对于作物育种等工作具有巨大的经济意义。对无融合生殖的分类、遗传进化、发生机制、分子机理等方面进行了介绍。并对无融合生殖的一些最新的研究进展 :无孢子生殖专化基因组区、脱调节理论、基因组冲撞观点、表观遗传基因调节理论等进行了简要的评述。并简单介绍了无融合生殖甜菜单体附加系目前的研究进展 。     

AFLP指纹图谱试验体系在甜菜无融合生殖系中的应用

目的：比较甜菜无融合生殖品系M14子代之间的同一性及亲缘关系,从而验证AFLP试验体系在甜菜无融合生殖系中的适用性。方法：利用已建立的AFLP试验体系,通过琼脂糖凝胶电泳和聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检测以及遗传距离的比较来验证这一试验体系。结果：M14子代之间及二倍体甜菜之间的同一性较好,其亲缘关系也较近。结论：验证了所建立的AFLP试验体系的适用性,同时也确证了AFLP技术在构建DNA指纹图谱中的优越性,为无融合生殖的进一步研究奠定了基础。     

甜菜M14品系花期cDNA文库的构建及特异表达基因的筛选

构建了甜菜M14品系在花期的ZAP表达载体的cDNA文库,利用抑制消减杂交方法所获得的M14品系特异表达的2个EST片段为探针筛选cDNA文库,获得了M14品系特异表达cDNA片段Me-86和Me-84;进一步利用RACE技术获得了基因M14-86 cDNA片段的全长序列。生物信息学分析表明M14品系特异表达基因M14-86的cDNA片段与cDNA片段Me-84分别与大花马齿苋(Portulaca grandiflora)及瓶子草(Sarracenia purpurea)的26S核糖体RNA具有很高的同源性。     

RT-PCR克隆甜菜硝酸还原酶cDNA全长序列及分析

根据GenBank中已公布的甜菜（Beta vulgaris）硝酸还原酶（nitrate reductase）基因序列（gb∣ABW05098.1∣）,设计引物,以50 mmol·L^-1 KNO₃溶液处理的甜菜幼苗为材料,从总RNA中通过RT-PCR分离得到一个硝酸还原酶基因,其cDNA长2 760 bp,包含了完整的基因编码序列,与已公布的硝酸还原酶基因序列相似性达99%。Southern杂交分析表明,硝酸还原酶基因在甜菜基因组中可能以两个拷贝或低拷贝形式存在。根据其编码的氨基酸序列,利用生物信息学预测了其亚细胞定位和蛋白质的三级结构。     

Construction of a binary BAC library for an apomictic monosomic addition line of<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Beta corolliflora</Emphasis> in sugar beet and identification of the clones derived from the alien chromosome

A plant-transformation-competent binary BAC library was constructed from the genomic DNA of the chromosome 9 monosomic addition line of Beta corolliflora Zoss. in sugar beet (B. vulgaris. L). This monosomic addition line (designated M14) is characterized by diplosporic reproduction caused by the alien chromosome carrying the gene(s) responsible for diplospory. The library consists of 49,920 clones with an average insert size of 127 kb, representing approximately 7.5 haploid genome equivalents and providing a greater than 99% probability of isolating a single-copy DNA sequence from the library. To develop the scaffold of a physical map for the alien chromosome, B. corolliflora genome-specific dispersed repetitive DNA sequences were used as probes to isolate BAC clones derived from the alien chromosome in the library. A total of 2,365 positive clones were obtained and arrayed into a sublibrary specific for B. corolliflora chromosome 9 (designated bcBAC-IX). The bcBAC-IX sublibrary was further screened with a subtractive cDNA pool generated from the ovules of M14 and the floral buds of B. vulgaris by the suppression subtractive hybridization method. One hundred and three positive binary BACs were obtained, which potentially contain the genes of the alien chromosome specifically expressed during the ovule and embryo development of M14, and may be associated with apomictic reproduction. Thus, these binary BAC clones will be useful for identification of the genes for apomixis by genetic transformation.Communicated by H. C. Becker     

Monosomic addition lines of Beta corolliflora Zoss in sugar beet: cytological and molecular-marker analysis

Beta corolliflora is a wild relative of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) with 2n=4x=36 chromosomes. Monosomic addition lines (2n=19) of B. corolliflora in B. vulgaris were identified from backcross progenies between triploid hybrids (genome constitution VVC) and sugar beet. They were characterized by DNA-fingerprinting using nine different B. corolliflora-specific repetitive sequences as probes and by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using two B. corollifora specific sequences and two rDNA probes. Unique banding patterns obtained after genomic Southern hybridization enabled the classification of monosomic addition lines into 11 clusters, three of which proved to have a wild beet chromosome fragment in addition to the sugar beet chromosomes as revealed by FISH. Repetitive sequences pBC216 and pBC1416 were found to be present only on wild beet chromosomes IV and V. Chromosomes I and IV were found to carry genes for 18S and 5S rRNA, respectively. An idiogram of B. corolliflora was established in the triploid VVC hybrid on the basis of chromosome size and FISH. Eight B. corolliflora addition lines could be unequivocally identified by Southern hybridization and FISH, one addition line carrying the missing wild beet chromosome is probably not viable under greenhouse conditions. The monosomic addition lines will serve as a bridge for transferring genes from wild species to sugar beet and will help to uncover genetic relationships between species of the genus Beta.     

Enzymes Involved in the Postharvest Degradation of Sucrose in Beta vulgaris L. Root Tissue

The reducing sugar content of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) roots increased during 30 days of storage at 21 C and 160 days at 5 C as a result of an increase in acid invertase activity. Sucrose synthetase and neutral invertase activities were high at harvest but declined during storage, thus showing no relationship with postharvest reducing sugar accumulation in sugar beet roots. Acid α-glucosidase activity was detected in fresh roots but showed no activity with sucrose as a substrate.     

Polymorphic microsatellite markers for inferring diversity in wild and domesticated sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

Eight microsatellite loci were characterized within two cultivated beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris) accessions and one accession of the wild progenitor of domesticated sugar beet, Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. Allele diversity was high, yielding two to 11 alleles per locus. Polymorphism information content (PIC) values obtained for these eight loci where also high and indicate the highly informative nature of the microsatellites presented here. These described markers add to a small set of publicly available microsatellite markers for beet and will be instrumental in identifying patterns of genetic diversity and origins of domestication.     

Biosynthesis, translocation, and accumulation of betaine in sugar beet and its progenitors in relation to salinity

Like other halophytic chenopods, sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) can accumulate high betaine levels in shoots and roots. N,N,N-trimethylglycine impedes sucrose crystallization and so lowers beet quality. The objective of this research was to examine the genetic variability and physiological significance of betaine accumulation in sugar beet and its relatives. Three cultivated genotypes of B. vulgaris and two genotypes of the wild progenitor B. maritima L. were grown with and without gradual salinization (final NaCl concentration = 150 millimolar). At 6 weeks old, all five genotypes had moderately high betaine levels in shoots and roots when unsalinized (averages for all genotypes: shoots = 108 micromoles per gram dry weight; roots = 99 micromoles per gram dry weight). Salinization raised betaine levels of shoots and roots 2- to 3-fold, but did not greatly depress shoot or root growth. The genotype WB-167—an annual B. maritima type—always had approximately 40% lower betaine levels in roots than the other four genotypes, although the betaine levels in the shoots were not atypically low.

The site and pathway of betaine synthesis were investigated in young, salinized sugar beet plants by: (a) supplying 1 micromole [¹⁴C]ethanolamine to young leaf blades or to the taproot sink of intact plants; (b) supplying tracer [¹⁴C]formate to discs of leaf, hypocotyl, and taproot tissues in darkness. Conversion of both ¹⁴C precursors to betaine was active only in leaf tissue. Very little ¹⁴C appeared in the phospholipid phosphatidylcholine before betaine was heavily labeled; this was in marked contrast to the labeling patterns in salinized barley. Phosphorylcholine was a prominent early ¹⁴C metabolite of both [¹⁴C]ethanolamine and [¹⁴C]formate in all tissues of sugar beet. Betaine translocation was examined in young plants of sugar beet and WB-167 by applying tracer [methyl-¹⁴C]betaine to a young expanded leaf and determining the distribution of ¹⁴C after 3 days. In all cases, extensive ¹⁴C translocation to young leaves and taproot sink occurred; neither in the fed leaf nor in sink organs were any ¹⁴C metabolites of betaine detected.

     

The identification of allergen proteins in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) pollen causing occupational allergy in greenhouses

Background

During production of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) seeds in greenhouses, workers frequently develop allergic symptoms. The aim of this study was to identify and characterize possible allergens in sugar beet pollen.

Methods

Sera from individuals at a local sugar beet seed producing company, having positive SPT and specific IgE to sugar beet pollen extract, were used for immunoblotting. Proteins in sugar beet pollen extracts were separated by 1- and 2-dimensional electrophoresis, and IgE-reactive proteins analyzed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

Results

A 14 kDa protein was identified as an allergen, since IgE-binding was inhibited by the well-characterized allergen Che a 2, profilin, from the related species Chenopodium album. The presence of 17 kDa and 14 kDa protein homologues to both the allergens Che a 1 and Che a 2 were detected in an extract from sugar beet pollen, and partial amino acid sequences were determined, using inclusion lists for tandem mass spectrometry based on homologous sequences.

Conclusion

Two occupational allergens were identified in sugar beet pollen showing sequence similarity with Chenopodium allergens. Sequence data were obtained by mass spectrometry (70 and 25%, respectively for Beta v 1 and Beta v 2), and can be used for cloning and recombinant expression of the allergens. As for treatment of Chenopodium pollinosis, immunotherapy with sugar beet pollen extracts may be feasible.