拟南芥CYCD2;1基因植物表达载体的构建及在烟草中的遗传转化分析

细胞分裂是生物的基本特征之一,在植物生长发育的过程中,发挥着极其重要的作用,细胞周期蛋白CYCD2;1基因作为一个调控因子,对调节细胞周期具有重要作用。本文以拟南芥细胞周期蛋白(At CYCD2;1基因)作为研究对象,利用PCR技术从拟南芥花序c DNA扩增出At CYCD2;1基因,构建植物表达载体(pROKIIAt CYCD2;1)并利用农杆菌介导的叶盘法转化野生型烟草。转基因植株的PCR检测结果表明,At CYCD2;1基因已经整合到了烟草基因组中。在T2代植株中,通过实时定量荧光PCR检测显示,At CYCD2;1在mRNA水平也均有表达。过量表达CYCD2;1的转基因烟草在花器官中存在明显表型,与野生型相比主要表现为转基因植株花冠宽度变大,花瓣和萼片长度变长,果实变大,上述结果表明At CYCD2;1基因影响花的发育。     

棉花GhAC01基因植物表达载体构建及拟南芥遗传转化

乙烯参与植物生长发育等许多生理过程,在许多植物细胞中,AcD基因通过促进乙烯合成调控着植物器官的形成发育。研究通过PCR方法从棉花基因组中克隆得到l-氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸氧化酶1（GhACO1）基因,并将该基因构建到植物表达载体PBI121中,其中GhACO1基因位于CaMV35S启动子和GUS报告基因之间。通过花滴法将GhACO1基因转化拟南芥,利用卡那霉素对转化植株进行初步筛选,对卡那霉素阳性植株进行进一步的PCR检测和GUS组织化学分析。结果表明：GhACO1基因已经整合到拟南芥基因组中;GUS组织化学分析显示,在转基因拟南芥叶、茎和根中都表现出GUS活性。研究结果为进一步探讨GhACO1的生物学功能和基因工程改良棉花纤维品质奠定了基础。     

杨树CYCD基因的功能鉴定及其对糖和植物激素的响应

G1到S期的转换是植物细胞周期中一个关键的调控点,而D型细胞周期蛋白(CYCD)在这一转换过程中起着重要作用.CYCD通过感受外界信号的刺激,调控细胞周期进程,进而影响植物的生长发育.为研究木本植物中不同CYCD基因家族的功能,从黑杨中克隆出6个CYCD基因,并将其转化至酵母G1期细胞周期蛋白突变体进行功能鉴定.各家族...     

棉花乙烯合成基因促进拟南芥和烟草不定根发生的研究

从棉花纤维cDNA中克隆获得乙烯合成基因GhACO3,构建了植物过量表达载体p35S::GhACO3.通过花序侵染法和叶盘法分别转化拟南芥和烟草,利用卡那霉素筛选及分子检测获得转基因阳性拟南芥和烟草植株.结果表明,GhACO3基因已整合到拟南芥和烟草基因组中;经过纯合筛选后获得转基因T2代拟南芥植株;与野生型拟南芥相比,GhACO3基因对拟南芥不定根发生具有显著促进作用;与野生型烟草植株相比,转GhACO3基因烟草不定根发生得到了显著的促进.研究表明,GhACO3基因的过量表达能够促进拟南芥和烟草不定根的形成发育,为进一步探讨GhACO3的生物学功能和进行转基因育种奠定了基础.     

dsRNA介导的番木瓜环斑病毒（PRSV）的抗病性研究

以模式植物拟南芥（Arabidopsis thaliana）和烟草（Nicotiana tabacum）及PRSV寄主植物番木瓜（CaricapapayaL.）作为试验材料,开展了番木瓜环斑病毒外壳蛋白基因dsRNA介导的PRSV病原抗性的研究。利用农杆菌介导法将番木瓜环斑病毒外壳蛋白CP基因反向重复表达载体pHellsgate12-CPIR（简称PHG12-CPIR）分别转化到烟草和拟南芥中,获得阳性植株,并利用渗透法和农杆菌介导的瞬时表达体系将pHG12-CPIR载体导入到番木瓜中。对转基因植株进行攻毒试验并分析了其抗病性。在接种3~7d内,在拟南芥和番木瓜上转基因植株的发病情况较轻,而野生型植株叶片与转基因植株相比,均表现出不同程度的黄化、皱缩和枯斑等症状。在接种PRSV后,番木瓜和拟南芥转化植株表现症状的叶片的比例与对照相比,结果显著低于对照,而在烟草植株上症状表现的差异不明显。在3种植物上RT-PCR检测结果显示,在接种番木瓜环斑病毒PRSV后,野生型植株中有高浓度的病毒积累,而转pHG12-CPIR基因植株中几乎没有病毒积累,推测转pHG12-CPIR基因植株中瞬时表达系统已启动RNAi机制抑制了CP基因的表达。     

油茶CoSAD基因载体的构建、鉴定及功能分析

为揭示油茶( Camellia oleifera Abel)硬脂酰-ACP脱饱和酶( SAD)基因(即CoSAD基因)的功能,构建了该基因的原核表达载体pET28b-CoSAD、植物表达载体pBI121-CoSAD和RNA干扰载体pBI121-CoSAD RNAi,并采用PCR扩增及双酶切方法对3类载体进行鉴定;在此基础上,对原核表达载体中的CoSAD基因进行诱导表达分析,并对pBI121-CoSAD转化的拟南芥〔Arabidopsis thaliana ( Linn.) Heynh.〕sad突变体植株和pBI121-CoSAD RNAi转化的拟南芥野生型植株进行转基因鉴定和主要脂肪酸成分含量分析。 PCR扩增和双酶切结果显示：从 pET28b-CoSAD、pBI121-CoSAD和pBI121-CoSAD RNAi 载体的阳性克隆中均可获得目的条带,表明这3类载体均构建成功;用1 mmol·L-1 IPTG分别诱导0.5、1.0、2.0、3.0、4.0和5.0 h,CoSAD基因均能够在pET28b-CoSAD转化的大肠杆菌BL21感受态细胞中正常表达,能够获得与预测结果相符的相对分子质量约47000的特异目的蛋白条带,且蛋白活性随诱导时间的延长而升高。从pBI121-CoSAD转化的拟南芥突变体植株和pBI121-CoSAD RNAi转化的拟南芥野生型植株中也均可扩增出目的条带。 GC-MS分析结果显示：与拟南芥野生型植株相比,其突变体植株的硬脂酸和棕榈酸含量较高、油酸和棕榈油酸含量较低;但突变体植株经pBI121-CoSAD转化后,硬脂酸和棕榈酸含量降低而油酸和棕榈油酸含量提高;野生型植株经过pBI121-CoSAD RNAi转化后,硬脂酸和棕榈酸含量提高、油酸和棕榈油酸含量降低,表明pBI121-CoSAD转化能够促进拟南芥sad突变体植株体内饱和脂肪酸向不饱和脂肪酸转化,而pBI121-CoSAD RNAi转化对拟南芥SAD基因的表达有明显的抑制作用,这2种重组质粒均可影响拟南芥植株的脂肪酸含量。研究结果表明：油茶CoSAD基因具有调控饱和脂肪酸(硬脂酸和棕榈酸)向不饱和脂肪酸(油酸和棕榈油酸)转化的功能,对茶油的脂肪酸组成具有关键的调控作用。     

拟南芥在新疆干旱地区的室内栽种及遗传转化

目的：结合新疆夏季干燥炎热、干旱少雨,冬季严寒漫长,春秋季节短促的气候特点,栽种满足实验要求的拟南芥植株并建立有效的转基因体系。方法：对拟南芥生长培养基质、光照条件、湿度等方面进行改进,并利用农杆菌介导法对拟南芥进行功能基因的转化。结果：获得拟南芥生长适合的栽种条件：培养基质为蛭石：珍珠岩（3：1）,浇1／2MS营养液;光周期前4周8h光照;4周后16h光照;湿度为40％（60％,并通过基因转化获得了阳性植株。结论：为新疆地区以拟南芥开展转基因植物功能研究奠定了良好的研究基础。     

TaNHX2基因植物表达载体的构建及在拟南芥中的功能分析

将TaNHX2基因重组于质粒pBIN438的CaMV 35S启动子下游,构建含TaNHX2基因的植物双元表达载体pBIN438-TaNHX2。采用根癌农杆菌介导的真空渗透法转化拟南芥,得到T0代转基因拟南芥种子。经含Kan的平板筛选及PCR鉴定,获得54株阳性植株,选取生长一致的转基因阳性植株进行耐盐、耐旱分析,结果表明TaNHX2能够提高转基因植株的耐盐性和耐旱性。     

转甜瓜CmSAMDC基因拟南芥的获得及其耐盐性研究

该研究以哥伦比亚生态型野生拟南芥为材料,将甜瓜CmSAMDC基因构建到植物双元表达载体pCAMBIA1304上,采用农杆菌介导法转入拟南芥,在含有50mg/L潮霉素(Hyg)MS固体培养基上筛选转基因后代,并利用T3代转基因幼苗进行耐盐性分析。结果显示:(1)成功构建了植物超表达载体35S∷CmSAMDC,并经农杆菌介导法转化拟南芥,潮霉素抗性筛选后获得了转CmSAMDC基因拟南芥T3代植株。(2)转CmSAMDC基因拟南芥T3代幼苗在含100、150、200mmol/L NaCl培养基中,侧根长势比野生型植株更为健壮;在200mmol/L NaCl浇灌处理后,转CmSAMDC基因T3代植株仍能维持正常生长,而野生型植株的生长明显受到抑制;在400mmol/L NaCl浇灌处理后16d,野生型植株逐渐死亡,而转基因植株仍能继续存活;对盐胁迫后植株的脂质过氧化程度(MDA)测定显示,野生型植株MDA水平较转基因植株上升更为明显。研究表明,过表达甜瓜CmSAMDC基因增强了转基因拟南芥的耐盐性。     

转小拟南芥ApHRD基因烟草获得及其抗旱性鉴定

根据拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)的HRD基因序列,采用PCR方法从新疆小拟南芥(A.pumila)中克隆了ApHRD基因,并构建了植物表达载体pBIN-ApHRD,通过农杆菌介导法转化烟草('NC89')获得转化植株,用PCR和RT-PCR法对转化烟草进行鉴定,并采用水分胁迫和PEG-6000模拟干旱进行抗旱性分析.结果显示:(1)克隆的新疆小拟南芥ApHRD基因与拟南芥AtHRD基因的核苷酸序列相似性为99.1%,对应氨基酸序列的同源性为98.37%,只有3个位点发生实义突变.(2)与野生型烟草植株相比,转ApHRD基因烟草植株主根粗壮,一级侧根较发达,移栽成活的植株生长快.(3)在水分胁迫和30%的PEG-6000模拟干旱胁迫条件下,转ApHRD基因烟草的叶片相对含水量和PSⅡ相对量子产率降低幅度、相对电导率和丙二醛含量的升高幅度均显著低于野生型烟草植株;与野生型植株相比,转ApHRD基因烟草植株叶片出现萎蔫症状的时间较迟、程度较轻,复水后恢复快且较完全,在干旱胁迫过程中受到的伤害较轻,表现出了较强的抗旱特性.研究表明,在干旱胁迫条件下,转小拟南芥ApHRD基因烟草植株表现出了优良的生理和生长优势,显示出较强的抗旱性特征,ApHRD基因在抗旱基因工程方面具有较好的应用前景.     

The D-type cyclin CYCD3;1 is limiting for the G1-to-S-phase transition in Arabidopsis

The G1-to-S-phase transition is a key regulatory point in the cell cycle, but the rate-limiting component in plants is unknown. Overexpression of CYCLIN D3;1 (CYCD3;1) in transgenic plants increases mitotic cycles and reduces endocycles, but its effects on cell cycle progression cannot be unambiguously determined. To analyze the cell cycle roles of plant D-type cyclins, we overexpressed CYCD3;1 in Arabidopsis thaliana cell suspension cultures. Changes in cell number and doubling time were insignificant, but cultures exhibited an increased proportion of G2- over G1-phase cells, as well as increased G2 arrest in response to stationary phase and sucrose starvation. Synchronized cultures confirm that CYCD3;1-expressing (but not CYCD2;1-expressing) cells show increased G2-phase length and delayed activation of mitotic genes such as B-type cyclins, suggesting that CYCD3;1 has a specific G1/S role. Analysis of putative cyclin-dependent kinase phosphorylation sites within CYCD3;1 shows that mutating Ser-343 to Ala enhances CYCD3;1 potency without affecting its rate of turnover and results in a fivefold increase in the level of cell death in response to sucrose removal. We conclude that CYCD3;1 dominantly drives the G1/S transition, and in sucrose-depleted cells the decline in CYCD3;1 levels leads to G1 arrest, which is overcome by ectopic CYCD3;1 expression. Ser-343 is likely a key residue in modulating CYCD3;1 activity in response to sucrose depletion.     

The Arabidopsis D-type cyclin CYCD2;1 and the inhibitor ICK2/KRP2 modulate auxin-induced lateral root formation

The integration of cell division in root growth and development requires mediation of developmental and physiological signals through regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase activity. Cells within the pericycle form de novo lateral root meristems, and D-type cyclins (CYCD), as regulators of the G₁-to-S phase cell cycle transition, are anticipated to play a role. Here, we show that the D-type cyclin protein CYCD2;1 is nuclear in Arabidopsis thaliana root cells, with the highest concentration in apical and lateral meristems. Loss of CYCD2;1 has a marginal effect on unstimulated lateral root density, but CYCD2;1 is rate-limiting for the response to low levels of exogenous auxin. However, while CYCD2;1 expression requires sucrose, it does not respond to auxin. The protein Inhibitor-Interactor of CDK/Kip Related Protein2 (ICK2/KRP2), which interacts with CYCD2;1, inhibits lateral root formation, and ick2/krp2 mutants show increased lateral root density. ICK2/KRP2 can modulate the nuclear levels of CYCD2;1, and since auxin reduces ICK2/KRP2 protein levels, it affects both activity and cellular distribution of CYCD2;1. Hence, as ICK2/KRP2 levels decrease, the increase in lateral root density depends on CYCD2;1, irrespective of ICK2/CYCD2;1 nuclear localization. We propose that ICK2/KRP2 restrains root ramification by maintaining CYCD2;1 inactive and that this modulates pericycle responses to auxin fluctuations.     

An enhancer trap line associated with a D-class cyclin gene in Arabidopsis

In yeast and animals, cyclins have been demonstrated to be important regulators of cell cycle progression. In recent years, a large number of A-, B-, and D-class cyclins have been isolated from a variety of plant species. One class of cyclins, the D-class cyclins, is important for progression through G1 phase of the cell cycle. In Arabidopsis, four D-class cyclins have been isolated and characterized (CYCLIN-D1;1, CYCLIN-D2;1, CYCLIN-D3;1, and CYCLIN-D4;1). In this report we describe the characterization of a fifth D-class cyclin gene, CYCLIN-D3;2 (CYCD3;2), from Arabidopsis. An enhancer trap line, line 5580, contains a T-DNA insertion in CYCD3;2. Enhancer trap line 5580 exhibits expression in young vegetative and floral primordia. In line 5580, T-DNA is inserted in the first exon of the CYCD3;2 gene; in homozygous 5580 plants CYCD3;2 RNA is not detectable. Even though CYCD3;2 gene function is eliminated, homozygous 5580 plants do not exhibit an obvious growth or developmental phenotype. Via in situ hybridization we demonstrate that CYCD3;2 RNA is expressed in developing vegetative and floral primordia. In addition, CYCD3;2 is also capable of rescuing a yeast strain that is deficient in G1 cyclin activity.     

Impact of segmental chromosomal duplications on leaf size in the grandifolia-D mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

The number of cells in an organ is a major factor that specifies its size. However, the genetic basis of cell number determination is not well understood. To obtain insight into this genetic basis, three grandifolia-D ( gra-D ) mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana were characterized that developed huge leaves with two to three times more cells than the wild-type. Genetic and microarray analyses showed that a large segmental duplication had occurred in all the gra-D mutants, consisting of the lower part of chromosome 4. In the duplications, genes were found that encode AINTEGUMENTA (ANT), a factor that extends the duration of cell proliferation, and CYCD3;1, a G₁/S cyclin. The expression levels of both genes increased and the duration of cell proliferation in the leaf primordia was extended in the gra-D mutants. Data obtained by RNAi-mediated knockdown of ANT expression suggested that ANT contributed to the huge-leaf phenotype, but that it was not the sole factor. Introduction of an extra genomic copy of CYCD3;1 into the wild-type partially mimicked the gra-D phenotype. Furthermore, combined elevated expression of ANT and CYCD3;1 enhanced cell proliferation in a cumulative fashion. These results indicate that the duration of cell proliferation in leaves is determined in part by the interaction of ANT and CYCD3;1 , and also demonstrate the potential usefulness of duplication mutants in the elucidation of genetic relationships that are difficult to uncover by standard single-gene mutations or gain-of-function analysis. We also discuss the potential effect of chromosomal duplication on evolution of organ size.