GFP基因在棉花转化中的应用

以绿色荧光蛋白GFP基因为报道基因,用花粉管通道和农杆菌介导的转化方法将外源基因导入棉花(Gossypium hirsutumL.),分别获得转化幼胚、幼苗和转化愈伤组织。用手持紫外灯结合显微镜检术能够快速地对转化子进行活体筛选鉴定,比用GUS检测方法有明显的优越性。本研究不但为花粉管通道转化法的可行性提供了新的证据,同时也建立了GFP用于棉花基因工程研究的检测技术体系。 Abstract：With the Green Fluorescent Protein gene (GFP) as a reporter gene, the transgenic embryos, seedlings and calli of cotton(Gossypium hirsutum L.) were obtained by the method of pollen tube pathway and Agrobacterium-mediated techniques separately. The GFP gene under the control of the 35s Cauliflower Mosaic Virus promoter produced bright?green fluorescence easily detectable and screenable in cotton tissue by fluorescence microscopy and a hand-held ultraviolet lamp. The screenable marker aided and facilated the rapid segregation of individual transformation events, drastically reduced the quantity of tissue to be handled. The GFP can be screened in vivo without destroying the materials, so it is more practical and useful than GUS. The use of GFP could advance the development of cotton gene engineering.     

转β-1,3-葡聚糖酶基因和几丁质酶基因棉花

为了提高棉花的抗枯、黄萎病的能力,用花粉管通道法,将烟草β-1,3-葡聚糖酶基因和菜豆几丁质酶基因导入棉花,获得了抗卡那霉素的转化植株。经PCR、PCR－Southern Blot检测,证明两种基因已插入到棉花基因组中。     

转EPSPS-G6基因抗草甘膦棉花的获得及抗性鉴定

为了将抗草甘膦基因EPSPS-G6导入棉花基因组中,以棉花品种中棉所49为受体材料,用草甘膦除草剂作为筛选剂,通过花粉管通道法最终获得了26个遗传转化事件,EPSPS-G6基因的PCR鉴定结果也同时表明目的基因已整合入棉花基因组。此外,15 mmol/L浓度草甘膦喷施后非转基因棉花品种TM-1和中棉所49全部死亡,表现为不抗草甘膦;而通过花粉管通道法获得的26个转化事件,对20 mmol/L浓度草甘膦均表现高抗,对40 mmol/L浓度草甘膦11个转化事件仍表现为高抗。     

外源基因转化棉花育种研究的进展与应用

棉花作为重要的经济作物,新品种的选育和应用对于促进棉花生产至关重要。通过转基因技术将外源基因转化棉花,是棉花育种的新手段。尤其是抗逆、抗除草剂、抗虫、抗病和提高棉花品质的转基因技术研究,有助于加速棉花新品种的培育。棉花的转基因技术主要包括农杆菌介导法、基因枪轰击法和花粉管通道法。利用不同的转基因技术在棉花外源基因遗传转化的育种研究中取得了明显成效,探讨外源基因转化棉花育种研究的进展与应用,为新疆陆地棉的转基因育种研究提供重要参考。     

花粉管通道法介导的铁皮石斛转基因技术

该研究以含有GFP和GUS基因的质粒和农杆菌为载体,采用花粉管通道法对铁皮石斛进行转基因技术研究。结果表明:(1)铁皮石斛种子萌发和原球茎生长对卡那霉素的最低致死浓度分别为90和150 mg·L~(-1)。进一步研究证实,在筛选转化种子和原球茎时,可分别向培养基中添加100和150 mg·L~(-1)的卡那霉素进行选择培养。(2)以携带GFP和GUS基因的质粒(pSuper1300和pBI121)和农杆菌为载体,用无菌去离子水重悬质粒pSuper1300和pBI121至浓度为100 ng·μL~(-1),用2%蔗糖+1/2MS+0.1%silwet-77+0.1%AS或5%蔗糖+0.1%silwet-77+0.1 mmol·L~(-1)AS重悬携带质粒pSuper1300和pBI121的农杆菌至菌液浓度为OD_(600)=0.7~0.8;在授粉后0.5~2.5 h内使用柱头滴加法导入携带外源基因的质粒或农杆菌溶液,收集成熟的转化种子,经选择培养及PCR检测发现,几乎所有处理的转化材料均能检测出外源GFP和GUS基因片段。另外,与农杆菌相比,以质粒为载体进行转化,可获得更高的结实率。该研究结果为铁皮石斛的基因工程育种提供了参考。     

农杆菌介导的棉花枯萎病菌转化体系的优化

【背景】海岛棉相对陆地棉更易感枯萎病,一旦发生很难根治,使得枯萎病逐渐成为威胁新疆海岛棉产业发展的主要病害,但其致病机理目前还不是十分明确。【目的】揭示棉花枯萎病菌的遗传变异和致病机理,同时获得带有绿色荧光蛋白(Green Fluorescent Protein,GFP)标记的棉花枯萎病菌转化子用于观察其侵染海岛棉的途径。【方法】采用农杆菌介导的遗传转化(Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation,ATMT)方法,对棉花枯萎病菌7号生理小种st89进行了遗传转化并对转化条件进行优化。【结果】农杆菌介导的遗传转化法转化棉花枯萎病菌的最佳条件为:150 mg/L的潮霉素浓度能完全抑制棉花枯萎病菌的生长,浓度为200 mg/L的头孢噻肟钠能完全抑制农杆菌LBA4404生长,农杆菌起始浓度OD_(600)为0.2,农杆菌预培养时间为8 h,棉花枯萎病菌分生孢子浓度为10~5个/mL,枯萎病菌孢子悬液和农杆菌LBA4404比例为1:1,乙酰丁香酮浓度为200μmol/mL,共培养时间为4 d,转化后培养温度25℃。利用优化的转化系统将GFP基因转入到棉花枯萎病菌中,转化效率最高可以达到252±7.37个转化子/10~5个孢子。PCR扩增以及荧光观察表明GFP基因能够正常表达。【结论】转GFP基因的枯萎病菌的获得为深入研究棉花枯萎病入侵的机理奠定了基础。     

GFP基因转化藿香的研究

以藿香无菌苗幼嫩茎段为受体,利用根癌农杆菌介导法进行了绿色荧光蛋白基因(GFP)的遗传转化研究。经农杆菌侵染,通过共培养、选择培养后获得其抗性愈伤组织,对抗性愈伤组织的诱导过程进行了GFP荧光检测。结果表明,GFP基因能在抗性愈伤组织中强烈表达,证明GFP基因能够在藿香遗传转化中得到应用。对抗性愈伤组织的PCR检测初步证实外源GFP基因已整合到藿香愈伤组织的基因组中。     

GFP基因转化香樟胚性愈伤组织的研究

以香樟胚性愈伤组织作为受体,利用根癌农杆菌介导法进行了绿色荧光蛋白基因(GFP)的遗传转化研究。经农杆菌侵染后的胚性愈伤组织通过共培养、选择培养后获得抗性愈伤组织和体胚,对抗性愈伤组织及体胚的诱导过程进行了GFP荧光检测。结果表明,GFP基因能在抗性愈伤组织和体胚中强烈表达,证明GFP基因能够在香樟遗传转化中得到应用。对抗性愈伤组织的PCR检测初步证实外源GFP基因已整合到香樟胚性愈伤组织的基因组中。     

Bt-Cry5Aa 基因转化棉花及其抗虫性鉴定

我国棉花抗虫基因大都为Cry1Ab/c,抗性风险日趋增加。本研究依据棉花密码子偏好,人工合成Bt-Cry5Aa抗虫基因,通过花粉管通道法转入棉花,并通过卡那霉素法及PCR方法对不同世代转化株进行鉴定,同时进行了抗虫性测试。结果表明,通过花粉管通道法成功获得转Bt-Cry5Aa基因植株,通过田间卡那霉素鉴定,阳性株率T1为7.76%,T2为73.1%,T3为95.5%;PCR检测显示,T1阳性率为2.35%,T2为55.8%,T3为94.5%;田间抗性试验分析,转Bt-Cry5Aa株系对第2、3、4代棉铃虫校正死亡率分别达到85.42%、75.35%和62.79%,其抗虫性与GK19相比差异不显著;Bt-Cry5Aa能够部分替代目前主流鳞翅目抗虫基因,是棉铃虫的新抗源。     

农杆菌介导Ds转座因子转化番茄群体的构建

以番茄Micro-Tom子叶为试材,绿色荧光蛋白GFP基因为报告基因,利用农杆菌介导的遗传转化法将构建的激活表达标签pAcGFP导入番茄Micro-Tom,获得转基因番茄群体.对转化群体进行了GFP基因活性及分子检测,结果表明,GFP已经整合到番茄基因组中.以GFP基因设计引物进行PCR检测表明,阳性率为91.43%.通过Southern杂交分析,31.25%的个体为一个插入位点,56.25%为2个插入位点,T-DNA在基因组中的平均拷贝数为1.8个.     

The green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a vital screenable marker in rice transformation

 An engineered green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequora victoria was used to develop a facile and rapid rice transformation system using particle bombardment of immature embryos. The mgfp4 gene under the control of the 35s Cauliflower Mosaic Virus promoter produced bright-green fluorescence easily detectable and screenable in rice tissue 12–22 days after bombardment. Visual screening of transformed rice tissue, associated with a low level of antibiotic selection, drastically reduced the quantity of tissue to be handled and the time required for the recovery of transformed plants. GFP expression was observed in primary transformed rice plants (T₀) and their progeny (T₁). We describe various techniques to observe GFP in vitro and in vivo. The advantages of this new screenable marker in rice genetic engineering programmes are discussed. Received: 6 October 1997 / Accepted: 9 October 1997     

Developmental and tissue-specific expression of CaMV 35S promoter in cotton as revealed by GFP

The CaMV 35S promoter is the most commonly used promoter for driving transgene expression in plants. Though it is presumed to be a constitutive promoter, some reports suggest that it is not expressed in all cell types. In addition, the information available on its expression profile in all possible cell and tissue types and during early stages of development is incomplete. We present here a detailed expression profile of this promoter investigated using the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene as a reporter system in cotton during embryo development, and in all the vegetative and floral cell and tissue types. GFP expression was not detected during the early stages of embryogenesis. The first perceptible GFP expression was observed in a small area at the junction of hypocotyl and cotyledons in embryos at around 13 days after anthesis. The GFP fluorescence progressively became stronger and expanded throughout the cotyledon and hypocotyl as embryo development advanced. After germination, varying levels of promoter activity were observed in all cell and tissue types in the hypocotyl, cotyledon, stem, leaf, petiole, and root. The promoter was also expressed in all floral parts. Although cotton pollen exhibited a low level of greenish autofluorescence, it was possible to discern GFP-dependent fluorescence in some of the pollen from all the T₀ plants examined. Developing cotton fibers also exhibited GFP fluorescence suggesting that the 35S promoter was active in these specialized epidermal cells. Thus, we show that the expression of the 35S promoter was developmentally regulated during embryogenesis and that beyond a certain stage during embryogenesis, the promoter was expressed in most cell and tissue types in cotton albeit at different levels.     

Jellyfish green fluorescent protein as a reporter for virus infections

The gene encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP) of Aequorea victoria was introduced into the expression cassette of a virus vector based on potato virus X (PVX). Host plants of PVX inoculated with PVX.GFP became systemically infected. Production of GFP in these plants was detected initially between 1 and 2 days postinoculation by the presence of regions on the inoculated leaf that fluoresced bright green under UV light. Subsequently, this green fluorescence was evident in systemically infected tissue. The fluorescence could be detected by several methods. The simplest of these was by looking at the UV-illuminated plants in a darkened room. The PVX.GFP-infected tissue has been analysed either by epifluorescence or confocal laser scanning microscopy. These microscopical methods allow the presence of the virus to be localized to individual infected cells. It was also possible to detect the green fluorescence by spectroscopy or by electrophoresis of extracts from infected plants. To illustrate the potential application of this reporter gene in virological studies a derivative of PVX.GFP was constructed in which the coat protein gene of PVX was replaced by GFP. Confocal laser scanning microscopy of the inoculated tissue showed that the virus was restricted to the inoculated cells thereby confirming earlier speculation that the PVX coat protein is essential for cell-to-cell movement. It is likely that GFP will be useful as a reporter gene in transgenic plants as well as in virus-infected tissue.     

Optimization of sorghum transformation parameters using genes for green fluorescent protein and beta-glucuronidase as visual markers

Early and reliable detection of plant transformation events is essential for establishing efficient transformation protocols. We have compared the effectiveness of using the gene encoding a green fluorescent protein (GFP) and a beta-glucuronidase (gus) as reporter genes for early detection of transgene expression in explants subjected to biolistic bombardment and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The results indicate that gfp gene is superior to gus gene in following transgene expression in transiently transformed materials in both methods of transformation. Using GFP as the screenable marker, we have optimized sorghum transformation with respect to the conditions for transformation, type of explants, promoters, and inbreds. These optimized conditions have been used to obtain stably transformed explants for subsequent regeneration.     

绿色荧光蛋白基因导入胡萝卜愈伤组织并获得表达

目的:将绿色荧光蛋白基因(green fluorescent protein,GFP)重组到胡萝卜愈伤组织细胞中,使其获得表达,为今后利用GFP基因作为植物报告基因提供条件。方法:通过冻融法将含有GFP基因的重组表达载体PBI1121转入到根癌农杆菌EHA105中,再利用根癌农杆菌介导的方法将GFP基因导入到胡萝卜愈伤组织细胞中,经过除菌和抗性筛选后观测转化结果。结果:荧光显微镜观测到被转化的愈伤组织在受蓝光激发后发出绿色荧光,利用PCR法扩增出约740bp的目的基因片断。结论:GFP基因在胡萝卜愈伤组织细胞中获得了表达。     

Development of a GFP-Expressing Aspergillus flavus Strain to Study Fungal Invasion, Colonization, and Resistance in Cottonseed

Cotton bolls were inoculated with a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing Aspergillus flavus (strain 70) to monitor fungal growth, mode of entry, colonization of cottonseeds, and production of aflatoxins. The GFP strain and the wild-type did not differ significantly in pathogen aggressiveness as indicated by similar reductions in inoculated locule weight. GFP fluorescence was at least 10 times higher than the blue green yellow fluorescence (BGYF) produced in response to infection by A. flavus. The GFP produced by the strain made it possible to identify and monitor specific plant tissues colonized by the fungus. For example, the inner seed coat and cotyledon were colonized by the fungus within 72 h of inoculation and the mode of entry was invariably through the porous chalazal cap in intact seeds. The amount of GFP fluorescence was shown to be an indicator of fungal growth, colonization and, to some extent, aflatoxin production. The A. flavus strain expressing GFP should be very useful for rapidly identifying cotton lines with enhanced resistance to A. flavus colonization developed through genetic engineering or traditional plant breeding. In addition, development of GFP expressing A. flavus strain provides an easy and rapid assay procedure for studying the ecology, etiology, and epidemiology of cotton boll rot caused by A. flavus resulting in aflatoxin contamination. The U.S. Government’s right to retain a non-exclusive, royalty-free license in and to any copyright is acknowledged.     

A set of useful monocotyledon transformation vectors

The construction of four plasmids optimized for transgenic studies in barley and other monocot plants is presented. All vectors contain the promoter and first intron of the rice actin 1 (Act-1) promoter to drive expression of the coding sequence of choice. Two of the vectors utilize the gene for green fluorescent protein (GFP) from Aequorea victoria as a screenable marker.     

Sample topography and position within plant body influence the detection of the intensity of green fluorescent protein fluorescence in the leaves of transgenic tobacco plants

The effect of the type of leaf tissue selected for the study of green fluorescent protein (GFP) fluorescence intensity was investigated here using the T(1) generation of transgenic tobacco expressing the m-gfp5-ER gene. The fluorescence of GFP was detected by fluorescence binocular microscope coupled with the CCD camera and quantified by means of image analyses using the Lucia((R)) software. Mean brightness values from various leaf tissues were compared. First, an original data revealing the significant differences in the fluorescence intensity between the abaxial and adaxial surfaces are given. Stronger signal was detected on the abaxial side. Subsequently, the effect of the tissue location within the leaf surface was investigated and higher fluorescence was detected on the samples detached from leaf tips. Finally, the effect of the physiological age of leaves was studied using the in vitro clonally propagated plants. Leaves from the analogous positions within the plant body of three clones were investigated. The decrease in the fluorescence towards the plant top (youngest leaves) was observed in all studied plants. Surprisingly, the variability of the fluorescence within the clones of studied genotype was high enough to conclude, that the fluorescence of each individual is unique and affected by particular genotype and environment. Our study showed that the origin of leaf tissue selected for the GFP quantification is crucial and that the fluctuations in the fluorescence intensity should be taken into account when comparing the GFP fluorescence patterns of different plants. Moreover, the degree of fluorescence variability seems to be individually affected.     

Expression of a modified green fluorescent protein gene in transgenic maize plants and progeny

Several modifications of a wild-type green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene were combined into a single construct, driven by the ubi-1 promoter and intron region, and transformed into maize. Green fluorescence, indicative of GFP expression, was observed in stably transformed callus as well as in leaves and roots of regenerated plants and their progeny. Cell wall autofluorescence made GFP expression difficult to observe in sections of leaves and roots. However, staining sections with toluidine blue allowed detection of GFP in transgenic tissue. Bright GFP fluorescence was observed in approximately 50% of the pollen of transgenic plants. These results suggest that GFP can be used as a reporter gene in transgenic maize; however, further modification, i.e., to alter the emission spectra, would increase its utility. Received: 17 December 1997 / Revision received: 6 March 1998 / Accepted: 20 March 1998     

基于GFP观察的花粉介导植物转基因方法的细胞学研究

花粉介导的植物转基因方法不需要组织培养过程,且操作简便易行。为明确该方法的细胞学基础,以离体下米（Zeamays）郑单958花粉为材料,在超声波作用下将含有绿色荧光蛋白（GFP）基因的质粒与花粉共处理,对处理过的仡粉进行体外培养及人工授粉,并利用荧光显微镜对GFP基因在玉米花粉粒、花粉管及胚中的表达进行示踪观察。结果表明：处珲绀和对照组均有部分花粉粒呈强烈的绿色荧光,因此通过观察花粉粒荧光来确定GFP基因是否表达不可靠;处理组化粉管较对照旱现强烈的绿色荧光：GFP基因在玉米胚中表达可以作为鉴定转化体的证据。该实验首次利用荧光观察为花粉介导植物转基因方法提供了可视的细胞学证据。