‘新陆早33号’棉花转基因体系建立及AtPGIP1基因的导入

利用生物技术方法对棉花进行遗传改良主要限于有效的遗传转化系统。以新疆主栽优良陆地棉品种‘新陆早33号’为材料,利用下胚轴作为外植体对影响农杆菌介导的棉花遗传转化及体细胞胚胎发生的因素进行研究,成功建立了除草剂Basta筛选的棉花遗传转化技术体系。同时将植物抗病相关基因多聚半乳糖醛酸酶抑制蛋白基因AtPGIP1导入棉花,经过对再生转化植株的PCR鉴定,初步证明外源基因已经整合到棉花基因组。研究发现:Basta是棉花遗传转化中很有效的筛选剂,低浓度Basta(2.5mg/L)就能够获得很好的筛选效果;较低的共培养温度(20℃)及合适的农杆菌浓度(OD600=0.5)有助于提高转化效率。该研究结果表明,‘新陆早33号’具备作为棉花优良遗传转化受体的基本特征,研究中获得的15株AtPGIP1转基因植株经PCR分子检测均为阳性植株。该研究为新疆棉区棉花分子生物学研究及转基因育种研究奠定了重要基础。     

农杆菌介导的高羊茅高效遗传转化和转基因植株再生

用带有质粒pDBA121(含hpt基因和bar基因)的农杆菌EHA 105转化高羊茅(Festucaarundinacea Schreb.)胚性悬浮细胞,建立了可重复的、高效的农杆菌介导的高羊茅遗传转化系统.商业用的除草剂Basta直接用于转化细胞的筛选.基因型、受体材料的类型、培养基成分和筛选剂影响农杆菌介导的转化频率.悬浮细胞的农杆菌转化效率为每克悬浮细胞再生2.85～10.9株转基因植株,大大高于基因枪法的高羊茅转化效率(2～5株).经PCR分析和Southern杂交检测表明,bar基因已整合进入高羊茅基因组,转基因植株Basta喷洒试验表明bar基因已成功地实现高水平的表达.此转化系统的建立为高效地将外源有用基因导入高羊茅并高效稳定地表达奠定了基础.     

转果聚糖蔗糖转移酶基因( Sac B)美丽胡枝子的获得

采用农杆菌介导的遗传转化方法,将来自枯草杆菌的果聚糖蔗糖转移酶基因(SacB)导入美丽胡枝子,以提高胡枝子抵御干旱胁迫和盐胁迫的能力。以美丽胡枝子子叶节为外植体,通过与含有植物双元表达载体pKP的农杆菌LBA4404共培养,将SacB基因导入美丽胡枝子基因组。经卡那霉素筛选后,共获得62株卡那霉素抗性植株。经PCR特异性扩增和PCR-Southern杂交,证明有5株再生植株基因组DNA中整合了SacB基因。通过RT-PCR分析,结果表明SacB基因均获得表达。经过200mmol/LNaCl和5%PEG模拟胁迫,发现转基因植株美丽胡枝子中,可溶性糖含量在任何时候均高于未转化植株,并比对照拥有更高的抗干旱胁迫和盐胁迫能力。     

农杆菌介导籼稻优良恢复系bar基因的遗传转化研究

应用农杆菌介导转化体系,成功地将含有CaMv35s启动子启动的bar基因导入籼稻幼胚来源的愈伤组织,获得籼稻优良恢复系T461、R402和752三个品种（系）共47个抗除草剂Basta的转基因株系,Southem分析结果表明,转基因植株基因组中检测到bar基因的整合,转基因植株自交后代Basta除草剂抗性鉴定表现出分离,且大多数为1-2个整合位点的孟德尔方式遗传。结果表明,根癌农杆菌介导法可以有效且可靠地转化籼稻。     

利用根癌农杆菌和基因枪法转化获得转抗虫融合蛋白基因（Bt—CpTI）甘蓝植株

以下胚轴,带柄子叶和茎尖为外植体,利用根癌农杆菌和基因枪法将抗虫融合蛋白基因（Bt-CpTI)导入甘蓝品种“中甘8号”,得到了13株卡那霉素抗性植株,经PCR扩增反应和Southern blot分子验证表明;农杆菌介导转化下胚轴和带柄子叶来源的Ⅰ型抗性植株均为转基因植株,而农杆菌介导转化茎尖外植体得到的Ⅱ型抗性植株属“假阳性”植株,基因枪介导转化茎尖的2株Ⅲ型植株中,有1株是非转基因植株,经胰蛋白酶抑制剂活性分析和抗虫测试证明,部分转基因植株有较高的胰蛋白酶抑制剂活性和抗菜青虫能力。     

转RGSV-SP基因水稻植株的再生

通过农杆菌介导将水稻草矮病毒(Rice grassy stunt virus, RGSV)编码病害特异蛋白基因sp导入台农67及中花6号品种.经过筛选,再生,获得转化植株.PCR及Southern点杂交分析结果初步表明目的基因片段整合到水稻基因组中.RT-PCR Southern点杂交结果表明目的片段已在植株体内进行了转录.     

影响农杆菌介导的大豆子叶节遗传转化的因素

利用携带pCAMBIA1301质粒（含hpt和gus基因）的超毒根癌农杆菌菌株EHA105对大豆子叶节外植体进行遗传转化,研究了影响农杆菌介导的大豆子叶节遗传转化的因素。研究结果表明．农杆菌侵染液和共培养培养基中添加200μmok/L乙酰丁香酮和50mg／L抗坏血酸可以有效促进农杆菌对大豆子叶节的转化。农杆菌与子叶节共培养后羧苄青霉素（250mr／L）和头孢霉素（100mg／L）结合使用能有效抑制农杆菌过度繁殖并提高转化芽诱导频率;在转化细胞的分化和转化芽伸长过程中,改进的筛选策略可以明显改善对转化芽的筛选效果,从而提高转化频率。应用优化后的转化体系．获得了3个国内大豆主栽品种的转基因植株,PCR阳性植株频率为3．8％～7．6％。转化植株叶片总DNA的PCR和Southern blot实验表明,T-DNA上的外源基因已经整合到大豆基因组中。     

转RGSV—SP基因水稻植株的再生

通过农杆菌介导将水稻草矮病毒(Rice grassy stunt virus,RGSV)编码病害特异蛋白基因sp导入台农67及中花6号品种。经过筛选,再生,获得转化植株。PCR及Southern点杂交分析结果初步表明目的基因片段整合到水稻基因组中。RT—PCR Southern点杂交结果表明目的片段已在植株体内进行了转录。     

农杆菌介导拒食蛋白XnAFP2转化恢复系多系一号的研究

拒食蛋白是从嗜线虫致病杆菌北京变种CB6菌株分离得到的对多种昆虫具有拒食、抑制生长发育作用的毒性蛋白,通过根癌农杆菌介导转化法将极拒食蛋白基因导入XnAFP2多系一号基因组,获得了转基因水稻植株.通过PCR、RTPCR和Southern blot验证目的基因的整合和表达.     

农杆菌介导转化小麦幼胚获得抗除草剂再生植株

采用农杆菌介导法转化小麦品种G54授粉10 d后的幼胚,经5‰和2‰ PPT筛选获得83株正常再生植株.PCR及Southern杂交检测证明其中8株再生苗为转bar基因植株,这些植株对除草剂Basta的抗性明显提高.实验结果还证明,高糖浓度的培养基对愈伤组织诱导、植株再生及生根都有显著的促进作用;在感染液和共培养基中添加乙酰丁香酮有利于转化株的筛选.     

抗冻蛋白(afp)基因表达载体的构建及对香蕉胚性细胞悬浮系的转化

通过PCR从‘京都七寸人参'胡萝卜基因组DNA中扩增抗冻蛋白基因,测序结果表明该基因的核苷酸序列与从宁夏‘吴忠'胡萝卜中克隆的完全一致。先后将获得的胡萝卜afp基因克隆和亚克隆至pMD18-T和pBI121,构建植物表达载体pBI121-afp。通过冻融法将pBI121-afp导入根癌农杆菌EHA105中。以香蕉栽培品种‘北大矮蕉'的胚性细胞悬浮系为受体,采用农杆菌介导法将胡萝卜afp基因导入其中,然后在Kanamycin的选择压力下通过体细胞胚发生途径进行植株再生。共获得抗性再生植株9株,其中两株经PCR检测呈阳性,可初步确定目的基因已经整合到这两株转基因香蕉植株的基因组中。     

农杆菌介导的小麦遗传转化几个影响因素的研究

采用携带gus和（或）bar基因双元表达载体（p3301,pBTAaB)的3个根癌农杆菌（Agrobacterium tumefaciens)菌株（AGL-1,EHA105和LBA4404）对普通小麦（Triticum aestivumL.)冬性栽培品种农大170和农大146的幼胚及幼胚愈伤组织进行了遗传转化,结果表明,菌液浓度OD6001.0和侵染时间1h对外植体的生存和转化最为有利;侵染前对外植体进行高渗处理较明显地提高了抗性愈伤获得率;乙酰丁香酮（AS）对小麦转化的作用随菌株和外植体的不同而异;菌株/质粒组合,受体基因型及外植体的类型,年龄和生理状态对转化效率有很大的影响,条件优化后,得到大量具有PPT抗性的愈伤和一些抗性植株,抗性愈伤的GUS染色阳性率在50%-60%之间,所检测的抗性苗呈GUS阳性,对6株抗性苗的PCR和Southern检测初步证明,外源基因已经整合到其中3株的基因组中。     

美洲拟鲽抗冻蛋白基因(afp)导入番茄的研究

将整合在Ｔｉ质粒上的ａｆｐ基因作为供体ＤＮＡ,用花粉管通道和子房注射方法导入番茄品种“中蔬四号”中,对Ｄ１、Ｄ２代进行Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交获得杂交带;田间抗寒性试验表明,在春季平均气温低于正常年份４·４℃条件下,转基因组植株生长势优于对照;致死温度也比对照降低２℃．说明ａｆｐ基因已整合到转化番茄基因组并获得表达     

A multi-needle-assisted transformation of soybean cotyledonary node cells

A new and simple method for wounding cotyledonary node cells of soybean [Glycine max (L) Merrill] was developed for obtaining a high frequency of transformants. Soybean seeds were germinated for 1 day, and the cotyledonary node cells of half-seeds were wounded mechanically by using a multi-needle consisting of thin 30 fibers. The wounded half-seeds were inoculated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens cells harboring a recombinant DNA that contained the bar and sgfp genes conferring phosphinothricin (PPT)-resistance and green fluorescent protein (GFP) activity, respectively. The inoculated explants were selected on medium containing 5 or 3 mg PPT/l. The transformation efficiency of soybean was up to 12%. Polymerase chain reaction and genomic Southern blot analysis confirmed stable integration of the transgenes in the genome of the PPT-resistant plants. GFP analysis revealed that the transgenes were highly expressed in the plantlets. Adult plants were resistant to 100 mg PPT/l applied on the leaves, demonstrating their herbicide-resistance.An erratum to this article can be found at     

Cross-protection and selectable marker genes in plant transformation

Summary Selectable marker genes play an important role in plant transformation. The level of selection pressure is generally established by generating a kill curve for the selectable marker. In most cases, the lowest concentration which kills all explants is used. This study examined two selectable marker genes, phosphinothricin acetyl transferase (PAT) and hygromycin phosphotransferase (HPT), in transformation of tobacco leaf disks. Experiments to determine the lethal level of the herbicide, glufosinate-ammonium (phosphinothricin) (PPT) using a leaf-disk regeneration assay established that no shoots regenerated at 2 to 4 mg PPT per 1. Likewise with the antibiotic, hygromycin (HYG), no plants regenerated at 50 mg hygromycin per 1. In contrast, after cocultivation of the leaf disks withAgrobacterium tumefaciens containing either the PAT or HPT gene in combination with a Bt gene for insect resistance, plants were successfully regenerated from leaf disks at 2 to 4 mg PPT per 1 and 50 mg hygromycin per 1. However, most plants regenerated at 2 and 3 mg PPT per 1 were found to be nontransformed (95–100% escapes) by i) Southern-blot analysis, ii) herbicide application test, and iii) insect feeding bioassay. On the other hand, plants that regenerated on 50 mg hygromycin per 1 and 4 mg PPT per 1 were transgenic as determined by Southern analysis, leaf assay for PPT or HYG resistance, and death of tobacco budworms feeding on these leaves. This study showed a significant level of cross-protection and/or transient expression of the PAT selectable marker gene allowing escapes (95–100%) at selection levels of 2 and 3 mg PPT per 1 which completely kill controls. On the other hand, the HPT gene at 50 mg is efficient in selecting for T-DNA integration.     

农杆菌介导的转谷氨酰胺合成酶基因小麦的抗除草剂特性研究

 谷氨酰胺合成酶（Glutamine synthetase,GS,E.C. 6.3.1.2）是植物氨同化过程中的关键酶,对植物的氮素吸收和代谢起着至关重要的作用。谷氨酰胺合成酶还是除草剂草胺膦(Phosphinothricin　(PPT)或Basta)的靶标酶。前期工作已从我国特有的豌豆(Pisum satium)品种中克隆了细胞质型谷氨酰胺合成酶（GS1）cDNA和叶绿体型谷氨酰胺合成酶（GS2）cDNA。为了验证谷氨酰胺合成酶的功能,构建了同时含有GS1 cDNA和GS2 cDNA的植物表达载体p2GS。以该表达载体通过农杆菌介导法,转化小麦(Triticum aestivum)的未成熟胚愈伤组织,经PPT筛选及分化再生培养,获得了抗PPT的转基因小麦植株41株。PCR和基因组Southern 杂交分析证实了GS1 和GS2基因已经整合到转基因小麦的基因组。用除草剂草胺膦Basta溶液涂抹转p2GS小麦叶片,结果证明GS转基因植株可以抗高达0.3%的 Basta溶液,而对照植株叶片逐渐变黄直至枯死。转基因小麦植株能正常结实。上述实验结果表明：1) GS基因在小麦植株中获得了有效表达,从而赋予小麦植株抗PPT特性;2) GS基因能够作为研究小麦遗传转化的筛选标记基因。     

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sea urchin embryos

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of higher plants is a well-known and powerful tool for transgene delivery to plant cells. In the present work, we studied whether Agrobacterium can transfer genetic information to animal (sea urchin) embryos. Sea urchin embryos were co-cultivated with A. tumefaciens strains carrying binary vectors containing the nptII marker gene and agrobacterial rolC and rolB oncogenes. Bacterial plasmid T-DNA-sea urchin DNA junction sites were identified in the genome of these embryos, thus indicating successful transformation. The nptII and both rol genes were expressed in the transformed embryos. The processes of transgene integration and transgene expression were suppressed when Agrobacteria contained mutated virA, virB or virG genes, suggesting that Agrobacterium transforms sea urchin cells by a mechanism similar to that which mediates T-DNA transfer to plants. Some of the embryos co-cultivated with Agrobacterium developed teratoma-like structures. The ability of Agrobacterium strains to trigger formation of teratoma-like structures was diminished when they contained the mutated vir genes. In summary, our results demonstrate that Agrobacterium is able to transform animal (sea urchin) embryonic cells, thus indicating a potential of this natural system for gene delivery to animal hosts. We also discuss the possibility of horizontal gene transfer from Agrobacterium to marine invertebrates.     

Transgenic Rice Plants Expressing the Antifungal AFP Protein from Aspergillus Giganteus Show Enhanced Resistance to the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe Grisea

The Aspergillus giganteus antifungal protein (AFP), encoded by the afp gene, has been reported to possess in vitro antifungal activity against various economically important fungal pathogens, including the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. In this study, transgenic rice ( Oryza sativa ) constitutively expressing the afp gene was generated by Agrobacterium -mediated transformation. Two different DNA constructs containing either the afp cDNA sequence from Aspergillus or a chemically synthesized codon-optimized afp gene were introduced into rice plants. In both cases, the DNA region encoding the signal sequence from the tobacco AP24 gene was N-terminally fused to the coding sequence of the mature AFP protein. Transgenic rice plants showed stable integration and inheritance of the transgene. No effect on plant morphology was observed in the afp -expressing rice lines. The inhibitory activity of protein extracts prepared from leaves of afp plants on the in vitro growth of M. grisea indicated that the AFP protein produced by the trangenic rice plants was biologically active. Several of the T(2) homozygous afp lines were challenged with M. grisea in a detached leaf infection assay. Transformants exhibited resistance to rice blast at various levels. Altogether, the results presented here indicate that AFP can be functionally expressed in rice plants for protection against the rice blast fungus M. grisea.