外源基因在植物体内的表达调控机制

外源基因在植物体内的瞬时性或稳定性表达受植物本身代谢及分子水平的调控．同时也受来自受体植物的限制与修饰。通过调控性元件(启动子)可人为对外源基因进行调节。综述了外源基因在转基因植物体内的表达、调控及人为调节策略。     

植物基因的人工调控表达

通过增加或减少特定诱导物，可精确调节目的的基因上游构建的“基因开关”，实现外源目的基因的准确调控，使外源基因在植物体内适时、适量、有效地表达。因此构建一个拥有“基因开关”的人工调控表达系统是势在必行的，该系统的成功构建也将有利于提高转基因植物广泛应用的可能性。     

植物基因的人工调控表达

通过增加或减少特定诱导物,可精确调节目的基因上游构建的“基因开关”,实现外源目的基因的准确调控,使外源基因在植物体内适时、适量、有效地表达。因此构建一个拥有“基因开关”的人工调控表达系统是势在必行的,该系统的成功构建也将有利于提高转基因植物广泛应用的可能性 。     

外源基因在转基因植物中的表达

外源基因在转基因植物中的表达王忠华夏英武舒庆尧（浙江农业大学核农所,杭州３１００２９）近十几年来,人们通过各种方法将外源基因导入植物体内产生许多转基因植物,包括水稻、小麦、棉花、烟草、大豆、番茄、马铃薯等重要粮食作物和经济作物。据不完全统计目前已获得...     

植物外源凝集素及其在植物基因工程中的应用

植物外源凝集素及其基因研究所近年来发展迅速,尤其是在植物基因工程中,植物外源凝集素越来越受到重视。本文介绍了植物外源凝集素的分类、分布、多样性、基本组成与结构、凝集素基因同源性、表达及生物学功能等。重点讨论了凝集素基因在植物基因工程中的应用。     

植物外源凝集素及其在植物基因工程中的应用

植物外源凝集素及其基因研究近年来发展迅速 ,尤其是在植物基因工程中 ,植物外源凝集素越来越受到重视。本文介绍了植物外源凝集素的分类、分布、多样性、基本组成与结构、凝集素基因同源性、表达及生物学功能等。重点讨论了凝集素基因在植物基因工程中的应用     

外源基因在转基因植物中的表达与稳定性

外源基因能否在转基因植物中稳定表达对转基因植物的应用前景有重要的影响。影响外源基因稳定表达的因素有多种,其中包括遗传和环境因素。在某些转基因植物中,外源基因表达是受发育调控,本文主要讨论了转基因沉默及发育时期和环境条件对源基因的表达及稳定性的影响,并进一步探讨了对策。     

利用植物表达外源蛋白需解决的几个关键问题

植物外源蛋白表达系统已取得较大进展。目前已经能够利用转基因植物表达和生产多种外源蛋白,但仍存在诸多难以克服并急需解决的技术问题。作者从植物组织再生率、转化频率、调控元件、转基因植物遗传稳定性及其潜在的安全性问题、外源蛋白在植物体内的表达、调控、稳定性及其下游加工问题等方面综述了植物外源蛋白表达系统存在的问题和应对策略,为进一步开发、利用转基因植物生产外源蛋白提供理论依据。     

转基因植物中外源基因的沉默及应对策略

随着转基因技术在作物育种领域的应用,转基因植物中外源基因表达量低的现象较为普遍。导致外源基因表达量低的主要原因是基因沉默。外源基因沉默可分为转录水平的基因沉默和转录后水平的基因沉默。如何应对基因沉默,提高外源基因的表达量,是转基因技术发展亟待解决的问题。     

转基因植物中外源基因及其表达产物转移的途径

随着转基因植物商品化应用的增多,全面了解转基因植物潜在的生态风险性尤为重要。国内外对“转基因植物中外源基因向野生亲缘物种漂移的可能性”、“昆虫对抗虫转基因植物的耐受性”以及“转基因植物对生物多样性的潜在影响”等问题已进行了广泛研究。对转基因植物中外源基因及其表达产物的几种可能转移途径作了概述。着重介绍了“经花粉散布或与野生亲缘物种杂交等途径引起的外源基因转移”以及“转基因植物对土壤生态系统的影响”等方面的研究情况。此外,还对“鉴定外源基因及其表达产物存在的方法”进行了简要探讨。     

植物转基因沉默与消除

植物基因工程研究是希望获得高稳定表达的转基因植株,而转基因沉默现象却限制了转基因植物的应用前景,基因沉默的机制是多方面的,包括转基因多拷贝之间的异位配对,转基因序列的甲基化,插入位点在染色体结构上的改变及转录后的衰退调控等,研究外源基因的失活原因及寻找相应的策略控制失活,对于植物基因工程的发展有着重要的意义。     

外源基因在莱茵衣藻叶绿体中的表达

把莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)叶绿体作为生物反应器来表达外源基因具有广阔的应用前景。人们利用莱茵衣藻叶绿体表达体系已成功表达多种重组蛋白,其中包括人类药用蛋白。综述了莱茵衣藻叶绿体转化的方法、影响外源基因表达的主要因素以及外源基因在莱茵衣藻叶绿体表达研究进展。     

利用聚鸟氨酸提高大豆原生质体外源基因的转化效率(简报)

有不少利用PEG法把外源基因导入到大豆原生质体,获得了转基因植株的报道,目前PEG的转化效率有所提高,但还是不能满足转化的需要,如何提高原生质体的转化效率是基因转化工作中的关键问题。本实验为了解决这个难题,以大豆幼子叶原生质体为材料,利用聚鸟氨酸(PLO:Poly-L-Ornithine,MW:114900,SIGMA)对Bt基因的转化进行了探讨。     

转基因番茄口服疫苗的现状,问题及对策

日趋成熟的植物基因工程技术为转基因植物口服疫苗的研究提供了基础并带来了广阔的发展前景.番茄是最常用的转基因植物受体材料之一,可以直接生食避免了加热过程对外源蛋白的损伤.随着转基因植物免疫保护机制的进一步阐明以及国际番茄基因组测序计划的完成,转基因番茄口服疫苗的发展也迎来了新的机遇.但与此同时,我们也应看到转基因番茄口服疫苗仍存在诸多不确定的因素,如外源蛋白表达量不高、口服时可能被消化以及转基因植物安全性问题等.如何成功解决这些问题将成为转基因番茄口服疫苗发展过程中的重大考验.综述了植物口服疫苗这一概念出现后的近二十年中,番茄作为受体材料研制口服疫苗的现状,问题及对策,旨在为转基因番茄口服疫苗的进一步研究提供思路.     

Foreign protein production using plant cell and organ cultures: Advantages and limitations

Plants and plant tissue cultures are used as host systems for expression of foreign proteins including antibodies, vaccines and other therapeutic agents. Recombinant or stably transformed plants and plant cell cultures have been applied for foreign protein production for about 20 years. Because the product concentration achieved exerts a major influence on process economics, considerable efforts have been made by commercial and academic research groups to improve foreign protein expression levels. However, post-synthesis product losses due to protease activity within plant tissues and/or extracellular protein adsorption in plant cell cultures can negate the benefits of molecular or genetic enhancement of protein expression. Transient expression of foreign proteins using plant viral vectors is also a practical approach for producing foreign proteins in plants. Adaptation of this technology is required to allow infection and propagation of engineered viruses in plant tissue cultures for transient protein expression in vitro.     

植物基因工程表达载体的改进和优化策略

外源基因在转基因植物中表达效率低一直是令相关研究困扰的一个问题。转基因植物的生物安全性最近在全球范围内开始引起世人的担优。本简要介绍了近年来在植物表达载体构建方面所采用的一些新策略,这些策略有助于增强外源基因的表达水平,提高生物工程体的安全性。     

In situ Western hybridization: a new,highly sensitive technique to detect foreign and endogenous protein distribution in rice seeds

We have developed a highly sensitive in situ Western hybridization technique to study tissue-specific expression of foreign and endogenous genes in transgenic and non-transformed rice seed. The expression pattern of the soybean ferritin gene directed by a rice glutelin gene promoter, GluB-1, in transgenic rice seed revealed by this method was exactly the same as that revealed by immunological tissue printing but much clearer than the latter, and corresponded well to the results of GluB-1 promoter characterization studies. This method provides an alternative choice for studying the tissue-specific expression of a promoter, omitting the complicated transgenic procedure. The method can also be used to study the expression and accumulation pattern of endogenous genes, such as glutelin and prolamine genes, in non-transformed plants.Abbreviations DAF Days after flowering - GUS -Glucuronidase - GFP Green fluorescent protein - TBS Tris-HCl-buffered saline - TBST TBS with Tween-20Communicated by H. Ebinuma     

Study on the conditions of Cell Transformation in Astragalus sinicus

The conditions of genetic transformation of cells in Astragalus sinicus were studied. The experimental results showed that Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C58 (pKIW 105), when incubated in medium of low pH and low phosphate concentration in presence of acetosyringone could be induced and activated. When the activated bacteria were used to infect A. sinicus, the GUS gene transient expression in the hypocotyl protoplasts of A. sinicus was immediately and remarkably enhanced. This indicated that the vir gene of A. tumefaciens was activated under the above-mentioned incubation conditions which facilitated T-DNA transfer. In PEG-mediated DNA direct transfer, transient expression of GUS gene was promoted by higher pH and higher Ca2+ concentration of fusion medium. In the same experimental condition, expression of GUS gene under the control of MAS-CaMV 35S chimeric promoter was more effective than that under the control of CaMV 35S promoter, and intensity of GUS gene expression was positively correlated with the amount of foreign plasmid DNA in the range of 10--100 μg. Adventitious shoots were induced from cotyledon and hypocotyls explants treated with Agrobacterium turnefaciens strain PGV 2260 (pBI 121) and were subcultured on MS medium containing 50 mg/L kanamycin to select transformants, and then the transformed shoots were rooted. Stable expression of the foreign genes in the transformed plants was confirmed by assay of neomycin phosphotransferase Ⅱ (NPT Ⅱ ) and β-glucuronidase (GUS) activity.     

Expression and inheritance pattern of two foreign genes in petunia

Transgenic petunia (Petunia hybrida Vilm.) plants were obtained from Agrobacterium-mediated shoot apex transformation. Studies at the phenotypic as well as molecular level established both the presence of the NPT II (neomycin phosphotransferase II) and GUS (-glucuronidase) genes and their level of activity. Twenty-nine primary transformed plants showed varying patterns of phenotype expression of both genes. NPT II and GUS expression in 7 primary plants over a 4-month interval showed varying levels of gene expression within and among individual plants. All primary transgenic plants were self-pollinated and backcrossed to establish the inheritance patterns of both genes. Mendelian and non-Mendelian inheritance patterns for both genes were observed. Analysis of the progeny showed poor transmission of the foreign genes through the pollen especially when two or more bands were present in the Southern hybridization. Most plants whose progeny segregated in Mendelian ratios for either the NPT II or GUS gene had just one copy of the gene. In this study where both foreign genes were examined in both self and test crosses, no transgenic plant showed Mendelian patterns of inheritance for both foreign traits.Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology