低温条件下转AcInv反义基因马铃薯品系的干物质、淀粉和还原糖含量变化

检测低温（4℃）贮藏条件下转AcInv反义基因与否的马铃薯品系块茎中干物质、淀粉和还原糖含量变化的结果表明：随着低温贮藏时间的延长,各转基因品系块茎中干物质含量变化不大,淀粉含量虽有下降但较为平缓;转基因品系中的还原糖含量增加幅度比受体品种的明显降低,转Aclnv反义基因的‘甘衣薯1号’和‘大西洋’块茎抗低温糖化能力明显高于未转AcInv反义基因的品系。     

利用ihpRNA介导的基因沉默培育抗冷糖化马铃薯

为培育抗冷糖化的转基因马铃薯材料,克隆了368 bp的马铃薯酸性转化酶(AcInv)基因3′端非翻译区(3′UTR)和281 bp的马铃薯VP1-ABI3-like protein基因的第一内含子,构建了内含子连接的马铃薯AcInv基因3′UTR的发夹型RNA(ihpRNA)载体pBIV;采用微束激光穿刺技术转化马铃薯品种,得到了149个转基因株系,其中139个转基因株系在低温贮藏35 d时块茎还原糖含量低于亲本材料。RT-PCR分析表明还原糖含量降低的转基因植株中检测不到AcInv基因mRNA的积累。本研究结果表明以3′UTR作为RNAi载体的干涉片段可以有效地抑制靶标基因mRNA的积累,通过对AcInv沉默可获得抗低温糖化的马铃薯育种材料。     

PVY和PVS病毒复合侵染对马铃薯光合及营养品质的影响

以2个马铃薯高代品系为实验材料,研究马铃薯病毒Y(PVY)和S(PVS)复合侵染对马铃薯叶片SPAD值、最大净光合速率、表观量子效率、气孔导度、暗呼吸速率、蒸腾速率、光补偿点、胞间CO_2浓度和饱和光强等光合参数,以及马铃薯块茎产量、干物含量、淀粉含量、还原糖含量、粗蛋白含量等产量品质指标的影响。结果表明:(1)田间受到PVY和PVS病毒复合侵染后,马铃薯品系2010-11植株的叶片PVS病毒含量显著低于品系34-2植株,2010-11植株的叶片PVY病毒含量同样低于品系34-2植株,但差异不显著。(2)与对照相比,感病后马铃薯品系34-2和2010-11的平均单株产量分别显著降低48.54%和19.98%,淀粉含量分别降低8.06%和3.38%,但不显著;粗蛋白含量分别显著升高14.05%和29.17%;还原糖含量分别显著降低11.11%和14.29%;34-2干物量含量显著降低6.9%,2010-11干物质含量略降低0.66%。(3)两品系感病植株的光合参数SPAD值分别显著降低13.37%、20.10%;最大净光合速率分别显著降低32.48%和4.54%;其它光合参数变化没有规律性。研究发现,PVY和PVS病毒混合侵染使马铃薯植株叶片叶绿素含量显著降低,进而影响光合作用的正常进行;病毒侵染使块茎中还原糖和淀粉的积累显著受到抑制,但能够促进块茎中粗蛋白的含量显著提高。     

利用烟草蔗糖酶同系抑制物异位表达防止低温引起的马铃薯块茎甜化

Nature Biotechnology1999年17卷7期报道:为防止马铃薯块茎在贮藏期间发芽常利用可延长休眠的化学制剂处理块茎,或将块茎贮藏于低温.但低温贮藏常使块茎内的淀粉裂解转化为可溶糖--己糖.这种现象称为"低温诱发的马铃薯块茎甜化".己糖与自由氨基酸发生的反应,可给马铃薯块茎的加工品质带来负面的影响.     

BT799玉米对亚洲玉米螟抗性研究

【目的】抗螟性鉴定是转基因抗虫玉米研发的重要一环。本文主要就转基因玉米BT799对亚洲玉米螟的抗性展开评价,同时测定了BT799植株组织中Cry1Ac蛋白的表达量。【方法】采用了酶联免疫吸附测定法(ELISA)、室内生测和田间人工接虫鉴定3种方法。【结果】转基因抗虫玉米BT799组织中Cry1Ac蛋白含量分别为768.0 ng/g(蛋白/鲜叶重)和1 452.8~2 978.5 ng/g(蛋白/花丝、苞叶或幼嫩籽粒干重)。田间心叶期接虫条件下转基因抗虫玉米BT799和CC-2XBT799表现高抗亚洲玉米螟。室内取食转Cry1Ac基因玉米不同组织的亚洲玉米螟敏感幼虫7 d后的存活率为0~37.5%,取食非转基因对照的存活率为89.9%~100.0%。亚洲玉米螟不同抗性品系取食郑单958K组织的存活率以Cry1Ie抗性品系最低,其次是Cry1F抗性品系,均显著低于取食对照郑单958,Cry1Ac抗性品系最高,与对照差异不显著。【结论】转Cry1Ac基因玉米BT799对亚洲玉米螟有很高的杀虫作用和良好的田间抗螟性。     

含不同Anti-Waxy基因拷贝数的稻米直链淀粉含量分析

将含单拷贝Anti-Waxy基因的纯合植株分别作为父本或母本进行正反交,获得两组含双拷贝Anti-Waxy基因的杂交后代,分析了未转基因对照、转基因亲本及两组杂交后代糙米直链淀粉含量以揭示不同Anti-Waxy基因拷贝数对降低稻米直链淀粉含量程度的影响.结果显示,2个单拷贝转基因水稻糙米直链淀粉平均含量分别为10.72%和11.13%,比对照分别降低17.98%和14.84%;两组正交和反交杂交后代糙米直链淀粉平均含量分别为8.96%和8.23%,其平均值为8.60%,比2个转基因杂交亲本糙米直链淀粉含量分别降低19.78%和22.73%,比对照降低了34.20%.结果表明,增加转基因水稻基因组中Anti-Waxy基因拷贝数在一定程度上能够进一步降低稻米直链淀粉含量,通过将独立转化获得同品种转基因植株之间杂交可以成为获得高表达转基因植物的途径.     

外引马铃薯块茎品质与贮藏时间的影响研究

分析10份外引马铃薯块茎在贮藏期间营养物质变化,以期为引种马铃薯后期的生产应用提供科学依据。结果表明：AGRICO-10、AGRICO-6、AGRICO-8这3个品种在长期贮藏时其淀粉含量较高。AGRICO-10、AGRICO-5、AGRICO-7这3个品种可溶性糖含量损失率较低,干物质含量较高,具有很高的长期贮藏价值。AGRICO-4、AGRICO-1在整个贮藏期间还原糖含量较低,建议用于马铃薯油炸类食品的生产,但二者由于贮藏期间淀粉损失率较高,因此不易贮藏。AGRICO-10、AGRICO-9、AGRICO-6这3个品种在贮藏期间蛋白质含量较高。     

云南生态条件下基因枪法转溶菌酶基因水稻潜在变异性

在云南2种生态条件下,对基因枪法获得的转溶菌酶基因水稻高代品系D2-1-2和受体品种中花9号的农艺性状、稻米蛋白质含量、氨基酸含量和11种矿质元素进行了对照分析。结果表明转基因品系和受体对照在生育期农艺性状上无明显的差异,但转基因水稻结实率和株高明显低于受体品种;转基因水稻糙米蛋白质含量、氨基酸含量以及9种矿质元素含量都有所增加,其中钙、铁和锌等元素增加幅度较大。认为基因枪法转基因植物可能会产生一些潜在的遗传变异,因此,建议应对转基因植物进行多年多点的环境风险评价。     

转BADH基因水稻幼苗抗盐性研究

以转甜菜碱醛脱氢酶(BADH)基因水稻品系52-7的受体亲本中花8号、旱作品种开系7和陆稻白珍珠为对照,分别用含0、5、7 g?L-1NaCl的水稻专用营养液培养水稻幼苗,对转BADH基因水稻品系52-7的抗盐性及其机理进行研究.结果表明:在正常培养条件下,转基因水稻幼苗比对照品种长势旺,根系活力强,可溶性糖和叶绿素含量高,抗氧化酶SOD和POD活性高.在盐胁迫条件下,水稻幼苗生长减慢,根冠比值减小,根系活力增强;膜透性和丙二醛(MDA)含量增加,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化物酶(POD)活性提高;脯氨酸和可溶性糖含量升高,叶绿素含量下降,蛋白质分解加强;且随着盐浓度的升高各指标变化幅度增加.与对照品种比较,转基因水稻幼苗在盐胁迫下的生长量和根冠比较大,电解质相对渗出率和MDA含量较低,蛋白质和叶绿素分解较少,表现出较强的抗盐性.盐胁迫下转基因水稻幼苗比对照品种具有更高的脯氨酸和可溶性糖含量以及SOD和POD活性,使其抗盐性强.     

人工低温条件下滇中砀山酥梨休眠花芽及其着生处枝条中糖类含量的变化(简报)

９００ｈ人工低温处理的滇中砀山酥梨休眠花芽及其着生处枝条中可溶性糖含量和还原糖含量最高,淀粉含量最低;６００ｈ低温处理的总糖含量和非还原糖含量最高,还原糖／非还原糖最低。     

Control of potato tuber dormancy and sprouting by expression of sense and antisense genes of pyrophosphatase in potato

Inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) is an enzyme involved in sugar metabolism in potato tubers. In our previous study, we isolated an inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) gene from potato and obtained the transgenic potato plants transformed with the sense and antisense PPase genes respectively. In the present experiment, the physiological indexes, tuber dormancy, and sprouting characteristics of the transgenic potatoes were analyzed and evaluated. The result showed that the PPase activity and the inorganic phosphate content of tubers were lower in the antisense transgenic plant lines but were higher in the sense transgenic plant lines, compared with wild-type tubers. Soluble sugars, such as glucose, fructose and sucrose increased in transgenic plants that had overexpression of the sense PPase gene, but decreased in the antisense transgenic plant lines, compared with wild-type tubers. Tuber sprouting time of the antisense transgenic plants were delayed for 2 and 3 weeks and reached the 100 % sprouting rate only after 14 and 16 weeks storage compared with the wild-type when tubers are stored under 25 and 4 °C, respectively. In contrast, tuber sprouting time of the sense transgenic plants was earlier by approximately 2 weeks than that of wild-type tubers under these storage temperatures.     

Creation of a potato mutant lacking the starch branching enzyme gene StSBE3 that was generated by genome editing using the CRISPR/dMac3-Cas9 system

The potato tuber starch trait is changed depending on the composition of amylose and amylopectin. The amount of amylopectin is determined by the activity of the starch branching enzymes SBE1, SBE2, and SBE3 in potato. SBE3, a homolog of rice BEI, is a major gene that is abundant in tubers. In this study, we created mutants of the potato SBE3 gene using CRISPR/Cas9 attached to the translation enhancer dMac3. Potato has a tetraploid genome, and a four-allele mutant of the SBE3 gene is desired. Mutations in the SBE3 gene were found in 89 of 126 transformants of potato plants. Among these mutants, 10 lines contained four mutant SBE3 genes, indicating that 8% efficiency of target mutagenesis was achieved. These mutants grew normally, similar to the wild-type plant, and yielded sufficient amounts of tubers. The potato starch in these tubers was similar to that of the rice BEI mutant. Western blot analysis revealed the defective production of SBE3 in the mutant tubers, suggesting that these transformants were loss-of-function mutants of SBE3.     

Field evaluation of transgenic potato plants expressing an antisense granule-bound starch synthase gene: increase of the antisense effect during tuber growth

Transgenic plants of a tetraploid potato cultivar were obtained in which the amylose content of tuber starch was reduced via antisense RNA-mediated inhibition of the expression of the gene encoding granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS). GBSS is one of the key enzymes in the biosynthesis of starch and catalyses the formation of amylose. The antisense GBSS genes, based on the full-length GBSS cDNA driven by the 35S CaMV promoter or the potato GBSS promoter, were introduced into the potato genome by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Expression of each of these genes resulted in the complete inhibition of GBSS gene expression, and thus in the production of amylose-free tuber starch, in mature field-grown plants originating from rooted in vitro plantlets of 4 out of 66 transgenic clones. Clones in which the GBSS gene expression was incompletely inhibited showed an increase of the extent of inhibition during tuber growth. This is likely to be due to the increase of starch granule size during tuber growth and the specific distribution pattern of starch components in granules of clones with reduced GBSS activity. Expression of the antisense GBSS gene from the GBSS promoter resulted in a higher stability of inhibition in tubers of field-grown plants as compared to expression from the 35S CaMV promoter. Field analysis of the transgenic clones indicated that inhibition of GBSS gene expression could be achieved without significantly affecting the starch and sugar content of transgenic tubers, the expression level of other genes involved in starch and tuber metabolism and agronomic characteristics such as yield and dry matter content.     

Antisense inhibition of plastidial phosphoglucomutase provides compelling evidence that potato tuber amyloplasts import carbon from the cytosol in the form of glucose-6-phosphate

The aim of this work was to establish whether plastidial phosphoglucomutase is involved in the starch biosynthetic pathway of potato tubers and thereby to determine the form in which carbon is imported into the potato amyloplast. For this purpose, we cloned the plastidial isoform of potato PGM (StpPGM), and using an antisense approach generated transgenic potato plants that exhibited decreased expression of the StpPGM gene and contained significantly reduced total phosphoglucomutase activity. We confirmed that this loss in activity was due specifically to a reduction in plastidial PGM activity. Potato lines with decreased activities of plastidial PGM exhibited no major changes in either whole-plant or tuber morphology. However, tubers from these lines exhibited a dramatic (up to 40%) decrease in the accumulation of starch, and significant increases in the levels of sucrose and hexose phosphates. As tubers from these lines exhibited no changes in the maximal catalytic activities of other key enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism, we conclude that plastidial PGM forms part of the starch biosynthetic pathway of the potato tuber, and that glucose-6-phosphate is the major precursor taken up by amyloplasts in order to support starch synthesis.     

A transgenic study on affecting potato tuber yield by expressing the rice sucrose transporter genes OsSUT5Z and OsSUT2M

In many plants, sucrose transporters are essential for both sucrose exports from sources and imports into sinks, indicating a function in assimilate partitioning. To investigate whether sucrose transporters can improve the yield of starch plant, potato plants (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Désirée) were transformed with cDNAs of the rice sucrose transporter genes OsSUT5Z and OsSUT2M under the control of a tuber-specific, class-I patatin promoter. Compared to the controls, the average fructose content of OsSUT5Z transgenic tubers significantly increased. However, the content of the sugars and starch in the OsSUT2M transgenic potato tubers showed no obvious difference. Correspondingly, the average tuber yield, average number of tubers per plant and average weight of single tuber showed no significant difference in OsSUT2M transgenic tubers with controls. In the OsSUT5Z transgenic lines, the average tuber yield per plant was 1.9-fold higher than the controls, and the average number of tubers per plant increased by more than 10 tubers on average, whereas the average weight of a single tuber did not increase significantly. These results suggested that the average number of tubers per plant showed more contribution than the average weight of a single tuber to the tuber yield per plant.     

Evaluation of potato tuber moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) resistance in tubers of Bt-cry5 transgenic potato lines

The potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), in tropical and subtropical countries, is the most destructive pest of potato, Solanum tuberosum L. The larvae attack foliage and tubers in the field and in storage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a Bt-cry5 transgene to control the potato tuber moth in tuber tissues. Tuber bioassays using stored (11-12 mo old) and newly harvested tubers of Bt-cry5-Lemhi Russet and Bt-cry5-Atlantic potato lines showed up to 100% mortality of 1st instars. Mortality was lowest in the newly harvested tubers of Bt-cry5-Atlantic lines (47.1-67.6%). Potato tuber moth mortality was 100% in the Bt-cry5-Spunta lines that were transformed with Bt-cry5 gene controlled by the CaMV 35S promoter (pBIML5 vector) and in 2 of 3 lines transformed with Bt-cry5 gene controlled by the Gelvin super promoter (pBIML1 vector). The transgenic Spunta lines expressing Bt-cry5 controlled by the patatin promoter (pBMIL2 vector) showed the lowest tuber moth mortality (25.6 and 31.1%). The Bt-cry5 transgenic lines with high tuber expression of B. thuringiensis have value in an integrated pest management system to control potato tuber moth.     

Repression of a novel isoform of disproportionating enzyme (stDPE2) in potato leads to inhibition of starch degradation in leaves but not tubers stored at low temperature

A potato (Solanum tuberosum) cDNA encoding an isoform of disproportionating enzyme (stDPE2) was identified in a functional screen in Escherichia coli. The stDPE2 protein was demonstrated to be present in chloroplasts and to accumulate at times of active starch degradation in potato leaves and tubers. Transgenic potato plants were made in which its presence was almost completely eliminated. It could be demonstrated that starch degradation was repressed in leaves of the transgenic plants but that cold-induced sweetening was not affected in tubers stored at 4 degrees C. No evidence could be found for an effect of repression of stDPE2 on starch synthesis. The malto-oligosaccharide content of leaves from the transgenic plants was assessed. It was found that the amounts of malto-oligosaccharides increased in all plants during the dark period and that the transgenic lines accumulated up to 10-fold more than the control. Separation of these malto-oligosaccharides by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed-amperometric detection showed that the only one that accumulated in the transgenic plants in comparison with the control was maltose. stDPE2 was purified to apparent homogeneity from potato tuber extracts and could be demonstrated to transfer glucose from maltose to oyster glycogen.     

DNA variation at the invertase locus invGE/GF is associated with tuber quality traits in populations of potato breeding clones

Starch and sugar content of potato tubers are quantitative traits, which are models for the candidate gene approach for identifying the molecular basis of quantitative trait loci (QTL) in noninbred plants. Starch and sugar content are also important for the quality of processed products such as potato chips and French fries. A high content of the reducing sugars glucose and fructose results in inferior chip quality. Tuber starch content affects nutritional quality. Functional and genetic models suggest that genes encoding invertases control, among other things, tuber sugar content. The invGE/GF locus on potato chromosome IX consists of duplicated invertase genes invGE and invGF and colocalizes with cold-sweetening QTL Sug9. DNA variation at invGE/GF was analyzed in 188 tetraploid potato cultivars, which have been assessed for chip quality and tuber starch content. Two closely correlated invertase alleles, invGE-f and invGF-d, were associated with better chip quality in three breeding populations. Allele invGF-b was associated with lower tuber starch content. The potato invertase gene invGE is orthologous to the tomato invertase gene Lin5, which is causal for the fruit-sugar-yield QTL Brix9-2-5, suggesting that natural variation of sugar yield in tomato fruits and sugar content of potato tubers is controlled by functional variants of orthologous invertase genes.     

Role of granule-bound starch synthase in determination of amylopectin structure and starch granule morphology in potato.

Reductions in activity of SSIII, the major isoform of starch synthase responsible for amylopectin synthesis in the potato tuber, result in fissuring of the starch granules. To discover the causes of the fissuring, and thus to shed light on factors that influence starch granule morphology in general, SSIII antisense lines were compared with lines with reductions in the major granule-bound isoform of starch synthase (GBSS) and lines with reductions in activity of both SSIII and GBSS (SSIII/GBSS antisense lines). This revealed that fissuring resulted from the activity of GBSS in the SSIII antisense background. Control (untransformed) lines and GBSS and SSIII/GBSS antisense lines had unfissured granules. Starch analyses showed that granules from SSIII antisense tubers had a greater number of long glucan chains than did granules from the other lines, in the form of larger amylose molecules and a unique fraction of very long amylopectin chains. These are likely to result from increased flux through GBSS in SSIII antisense tubers, in response to the elevated content of ADP-glucose in these tubers. It is proposed that the long glucan chains disrupt organization of the semi-crystalline parts of the matrix, setting up stresses in the matrix that lead to fissuring.     

Altered plastidic ATP/ADP-transporter activity influences potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber morphology, yield and composition of tuber starch

The metabolic function of the plastidic ATP/ADP transporter (AATP) in heterotrophic plastids was examined in transgenic potato plants that exhibited increased or decreased amounts of the protein. Altered mRNA levels correlated with activities of the plastidic ATP/ADP transporter. Potato tubers with decreased plastidic ATP/ADP transporter activities exhibited reduced starch contents whereas sense lines accumulated increased amounts of tuber starch. Starch from wild-type tubers had an amylose content of 18.8%, starch from antisense plants contained 11.5–18.0% amylose, whereas starch from sense plants had levels of 22.7–27.0%. The differences in physiological parameters were accompanied with altered tuber morphology. These changes are discussed with respect to the stromal ATP supply during starch biosynthesis.