利用双T-DNA载体系统培育无选择标记转基因烟草

建立了一种利用双T-DNA载体培育无选择标记转基因植物的方法。通过体外重组构建了双T-DNA双元载体pDLBRBbarm。载体中,选择标记nptⅡ基因和另一代表外源基因的bar基因分别位于2个独立的T-DNA。利用农杆菌介导转化烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.),在获得的转化植株中,同时整合有nptⅡ基因和bar基因的频率为59．2％。对4个同时整合有nptⅡ和bar基因植株自交获得的T1代株系进行检测分析,发现在3个T1代株系2个T-DNA可以发生分离,其中约19．5％的转基因T1代植株中只存在bar基因而不带选择标记nptⅡ。这一结果说明双T-DNA载体系统能有效地用于培育无选择标记的转基因植物。研究还利用位于2个不同载体上的nptⅡ基因与bar基因通过农杆菌介导共转化烟草,获得共转化植株的频率为20．0％～47．4％,低于使用双T-DNA转化的共转化频率。     

通过构建三段T-DNA载体高频率获得无标记转基因大豆植株的研究

高频率获得无选择标记转基因植株有利于转基因植物的环境释放和安全性生产,农杆菌介导的共转化法是获得无标记转基因植株的方法之一。含二段T-DNA载体的共转化法已被人们成功应用,而二段以上T-DNA载体的共转化法还未见报道。基于这一目的,通过几个中间质粒构建了含有三段T-DNA的双元表达载体pNB35SVIP1,其中包含1个拷贝bar基因选择标记基因表达盒和2个拷贝VIP1目的基因表达盒。利用EHA101农杆菌菌系介导法转化大豆子叶节,经过在含3~5mg/Lglufosinate培养基上多次筛选,获得了一定数量抗性再生植株,然后对抗性再生植株进行叶片涂抹除草剂、Southernblot和Northernblot检测,共鉴定出51棵T0代转基因植株,转化频率0·83%~3·16%,二个基因的共转化频率为86·4%。在对T1代群体进行叶片涂抹除草剂检测的基础上,不抗除草剂植株进行PCR、Southernblot和Northernblot检测,共鉴定出41棵无选择标记转基因植株,无标记植株获得率为7·6%。检测结果还表明,T1代群体中22·7%的株系发生了基因丢失现象,27·3%的株系发生了bar基因沉默现象,目的基因在37·1%的无标记植株中发生了沉默现象。三段T-DNA的双元表达载体是获得无标记转基因植株的理想途径。     

通过构建三段T-DNA载体高频率获得无标记转基因大豆植株的研究

高频率获得无选择标记转基因植株有利于转基因植物的环境释放和安全性生产,农杆菌介导的共转化法是获得无标记转基因植株的方法之一。含二段T-DNA载体的共转化法已被人们成功应用,而二段以上T-DNA载体的共转化法还未见报道。基于这一目的,通过几个中间质粒构建了含有三段T-DNA的双元表达载体pNB35SVIP1,其中包含1个拷贝bar基因选择标记基因表达盒和2个拷贝VIP1目的基因表达盒。利用EHA101农杆菌菌系介导法转化大豆子叶节,经过在含3～5mg/L glufosinate培养基上多次筛选,获得了一定数量抗性再生植株,然后对抗性再生植株进行叶片涂抹除草剂、Southern blot和Northern blot检测,共鉴定出51棵T₀代转基因植株,转化频率0.83%～3.16%,二个基因的共转化频率为86.4%。在对T₁代群体进行叶片涂抹除草剂检测的基础上,不抗除草剂植株进行PCR、Southern blot和Northern blot检测,共鉴定出41棵无选择标记转基因植株,无标记植株获得率为7.6%。检测结果还表明,T₁代群体中22.7%的株系发生了基因丢失现象,27.3%的株系发生了bar基因沉默现象,目的基因在37.1%的无标记植株中发生了沉默现象。三段T-DNA的双元表达载体是获得无标记转基因植株的理想途径     

无选择标记和载体骨干序列的Xa21转基因水稻的获得

利用双右边界T-DNA载体通过根癌农杆菌介导法将水稻白叶枯病广谱抗性基因Xa21导入杂交稻重要恢复系C418中。T0代共获得27个独立转基因株系,通过田间抗性鉴定与PCR分析,有17个株系的Xa21基因分子鉴定为阳性,且对白叶枯病原菌P6生理小种具有抗性。通过对17个株系的后代植株进行田间抗性鉴定,分子标记辅助选择及Southern杂交分析,结果显示4个株系的T1代植株中能分离出无潮霉素标记基因的Xa21转基因植株。无选择标记Xa21转基因株系的获得率为15%。PCR检测还表明,这些无选择标记的Xa21转基因植株不带有载体骨架序列。通过对转基因后代进一步的抗性鉴定与PCR辅助选择,获得了无选择标记和载体骨架序列的转基因Xa21纯合的抗白叶枯病水稻。     

农杆菌介导番茄铁载体蛋白基因(LeIRT2)转化烟草的研究

构建了含有目的基因(LeIRT2)的双元载体pYF840,并成功地将植物性内含子构建到筛选标记基因新霉素磷酸转移酶基因(nptⅡ)和gus报告基因中。利用农杆菌介导法,将铁载体蛋白(LeIRT2)基因导入革新一号烟草,PCR、PCR-Southern blotting及Southern blottlng检测结果显示,有3个烟草株系的基因组中整合了完整的铁载体基因(LeIRT2)。水培试验结果显示转基因株系1、3不但提高了植株的铁吸收能力,而且还促进了植株的生长,但转基因株系2却与对照无明显区别。     

大豆Lea5基因过表达提高烟草抗旱和耐盐性的研究

大豆Lea5基因是LEA基因家族成员之一。为分析大豆Lea5基因的功能,构建了大豆Lea5基因植物过表达载体p BI121-Lea5。通过农杆菌介导法转化烟草,获得TL-06、TL-09、TL-17和TL-32等4个转大豆Lea5基因烟草株系。RT-PCR分析表明大豆Lea5基因在4个转基因烟草株系的T2代植株均有不同程度的表达。以转基因TL-09和TL-32株系T2代植株为材料,进行了干旱和盐渍处理,结果表明,2个转大豆Lea5基因烟草株系T2代植株对干旱和盐渍的抗性显著强于野生型烟草,说明大豆Lea5基因可以提高植物抗干旱和盐碱的能力。     

根癌农杆菌介导的乙肝表面抗原基因对烟草的转化

构建了植物表达载体pBRSAg,该载体具有完整的植物表达元件,CaMV35S启动子、农杆菌T-DNA左右边界、植物报告基因gus和植物选择标记基因hpt,适用于农杆菌的转化;通过冻融法将重组质粒pBRSAg转入根癌农杆菌LBA4404中,利用农杆菌介导法转化烟草叶盘,经筛选培养获得烟草植株。抗性植株经GUS染色和PCR检测为阳性,初步表明乙肝表面抗原基因在烟草中得到表达。     

三个方便实用的植物表达载体构建与验证

为满足植物功能基因组学研究及转基因安全性需要,本研究根据一些国内外引进或商业化的植物表达载体及其相关元件,构建了3个适合于植物,尤其是单子叶植物转化的表达载体,即p AH006、p WMB022和p WMB025。p AH006载体包含由玉米泛素ubi启动子调控的GUS基因和bar基因的完整T-DNA区域,此区段能够被酶切回收,可用于单子叶植物农杆菌介导转化效率评价及基因枪介导线状DNA转化效果研究;p WMB022载体携带由双35S启动子调控的玉米色素基因Lc和C1,可用作基因枪介导的共转化筛选标记,直观筛选含目标基因转基因材料;p WMB025载体携带由ubi启动子调控的、商业化转基因植物中广泛利用的EPSPS基因,可用于禾谷类作物农杆菌或基因枪介导的遗传转化,载体多克隆位点可通过酶切方式更换目标基因。酶切鉴定结合农杆菌或基因枪介导的小麦幼胚愈伤组织或叶片转化验证此3个载体表明,载体构建正确,其标记基因、可视化基因和报告基因均能正常表达。这3个载体的构建对于小麦等植物转化效率提升、安全型转基因作物获得和植物功能基因组学研究等具有重要意义。     

无选择标记和载体骨干序列的Xa21转基因水稻的获得

利用双右边界T-DNA载体通过根癌农杆菌介导法将水稻白叶枯病广谱抗性基因Xa21导入杂交稻重要恢复系C418中。T₀代共获得27个独立转基因株系,通过田间抗性鉴定与PCR分析,有17个株系的Xa21基因分子鉴定为阳性,且对白叶枯病原菌P6生理小种具有抗性。通过对17个株系的后代植株进行田间抗性鉴定,分子标记辅助选择及Southern杂交分析,结果显示4个株系的T₁代植株中能分离出无潮霉素标记基因的Xa21转基因植株。无选择标记Xa21转基因株系的获得率为15%。PCR检测还表明,这些无选择标记的Xa21转基因植株不带有载体骨架序列。通过对转基因后代进一步的抗性鉴定与PCR辅助选择,获得了无选择标记和载体骨架序列的转基因Xa21纯合的抗白叶枯病水稻。     

转石蒜凝集素基因烟草的抗蚜虫性

利用农杆菌介导法将质粒pBILRA转化烟草(Nicotianatabacum L.),该质粒含有由花椰菜花叶病毒35S启动子(CaMV35S)引导的筛选基因新霉素磷酸转移酶基因(nptⅡ)及石蒜凝集素基因(lra).通过卡那霉素筛选获得了25株独立转基因烟草植株.Western blot分析表明,石蒜凝集素蛋白在不同转基因植株中表达量不同.对转基因T1代植株的遗传分析表明,lra基因在大多数独立转基因植株后代中以孟德尔3:1的分离比方式遗传.抗虫试验表明,表达较高水平石蒜凝集素蛋白的转基因烟草对桃蚜种群的生长具有明显的抑制作用.首次报道了表达石蒜凝集素基因的烟草对蚜虫具有抗性.石蒜凝集素基因可用于植物抗虫基因工程研究及应用.     

Co-transformation using a negative selectable marker gene for the production of selectable marker gene-free transgenic plants

A negative selectable marker gene, codA, was successfully co-transformed with a GUS reporter gene to develop selectable marker gene-free transgenic plants. The pNC binary vector contained a T-DNA harboring the codA gene next to the nptII gene, while a second binary vector, pHG, contained a GUS reporter gene. Tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Samsun NN) were co-transformed via the mixture method with Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA4404 strains harboring pNC and pHG, respectively. Seeds harvested from the co-transformants were sown on germination media containing 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC). Analysis of the progeny by GUS staining and PCR amplification revealed that all of the 5-FC-resistant R₁ plants were codA free, and that the codA gene segregated independently of the GUS gene. Because codA-free seedlings developed normally on 5-FC-containing medium, we suggest that co-transformation with negatively selectable markers is a viable method for the production of easily distinguished, selectable marker gene-free transgenic plants.     

Assessment of simple marker-free genetic transformation techniques in alfalfa

Methods to avoid the presence of selectable marker genes (SMG) in transgenic plants are available but not implemented in many crop species. We assessed the efficiency of simple marker-free Agrobacterium-mediated transformation techniques in alfalfa: regeneration without selection, or marker-less, and co-transformation with two vectors, one containing the SMG and one containing a non-selected gene. To easily estimate the efficiency of marker-less transformation, the nptII and the GUS markers were used as non-selected genes. After Agrobacterium treatment, somatic embryos were regenerated without selection. The percentage of transgenic embryos was determined by a second cycle of regeneration using the embryos as starting material, in the presence of kanamycin, by PCR screening of T1 progenies, and by the GUS test. In two experiments, from 0 to 1.7% of the somatic embryos were transgenic. Co-transformation was performed with two vectors, one with the hemL SMG and one with the unselected nptII gene, each carried by a different culture of Agrobacterium. Only 15 putative co-transformed plants were regenerated from two experiments, with an average co-transformation percentage of 3.7. Southern blot hybridizations and/or T(1) progeny segregation were used to confirm transgene integration, and qPCR was also used to estimate the T-DNA copy number. In the T(1) progenies obtained by crossing with a non-transgenic pollinator, marker-free segregants were obtained. Both marker-free approaches showed very low efficiency.     

Cytokinin vectors mediate marker-free and backbone-free plant transformation

Conventional Agrobacterium-mediated transformation methods rely on complex and genotype-specific tissue culture media for selection, proliferation, and regeneration of genetically modified cells. Resulting transgenic plants may not only contain selectable marker genes but also carry fragments of the vector backbone. Here, we describe a new method for the production of transgenic plants that lack such foreign DNA. This method employs vectors containing the bacterial isopentenyltransferase (ipt) gene as backbone integration marker. Agrobacterium strains carrying the resulting ipt gene-containing "cytokinin" vectors were used to infect explants of various Solanaceous plant species as well as canola (Brassica napus). Upon transfer to hormone-free media, 1.8% to 9.9% of the infected explants produced shoots that contained a marker-free T-DNA while lacking the backbone integration marker. These frequencies often equal or exceed those for backbone-free conventional transformation.     

Effect of lox-sites of the Cre lox recombination system on promoterless bar gene expression in transgenic plants

We demonstrate that localization of lox site between the right border of T-DNA and promoterless bar gene (RB-lox-bar-) led to its highly efficient expression in transgenic plants of Nicotiana tabacum and N. africana. Plasmid vectors used in gene integration experiments contained neomycin phosphotransferase II (npt II) gene under nos promoter as well. Transgenic plants were selected according to their capacity to grow on the medium with kanamycin and then they were tested on the selective medium containing phosphinothricin. 80% of transgenic plants expressed bar gene at the level similar to that in plants transformed with the bar gene under widely used constitutive promoter. Transformation of plants with the plasmid vector containing only promoterless bar gene near T-DNA right border (RB-bar-) and with the vector containing lox site and promoterless bar gene in the middle of the construction (-lox-bar-) led to obtaining no more than 4.5% of transgenic plants resistant to phosphinothricin. PCR analyses confirmed both the absence of tandem repeats and of plasmid recombination resulting in transference of bar gene under promoter in plasmid vector. Nos-terminator situated between the lox site and the right border of T-DNA did not decrease bar gene expression.     

A simple method to enrich an Agrobacterium-transformed population for plants containing only T-DNA sequences

A simple modification to standard binary vector design has been utilized to enrich an Agrobacterium-transformed population for plants containing only T-DNA sequences. A lethal gene was incorporated into the non-T-DNA portion of a binary vector, along with a screenable marker. The resulting class of vectors is designated as NTL T-DNA vectors (non-T-DNA lethal gene-containing T-DNA vectors). The lethal gene used here is a CaMV 35S-barnase gene with an intron in the coding sequence (barnase-INT); the screenable marker is a pMAS-luciferase gene with an intron in the coding sequence (LUC-int). To evaluate the utility of this vector design, tobacco plants were transformed with either the NTL T-DNA vector or a control vector from which most of the barnase-INT gene was deleted. Populations of 50 transgenic plants were scored for LUC expression. The results indicated a dramatic reduction in the presence of non-T-DNA sequences in the transgenic population using the NTL T-DNA vector. Only one transgenic plant was found to be LUC+ using the NTL vector, compared with 42 of 50 plants using the control vector. Importantly, the efficiency with which transformed tobacco plants was obtained was reduced by no more than 30%. The reduction in LUC+ transgenics was partially reversed when a barstar-expressing tobacco line was transformed, indicating that barnase expression was responsible for the reduced frequency of incorporating non-T-DNA sequences. Similar transformation results were obtained with tomato and grape. The incorporation of a barnase-INT gene outside the left border appears to provide a generally applicable tool for enriching an Agrobacterium-transformed population for plants containing only T-DNA sequences.     

A set of novel Ti plasmid-derived vectors for the production of transgenic plants

Summary We describe in this paper the construction and use of a set of novel Ti plasmid-derived vectors that can be used to produce transgenic plants. These vectors are based on one of two strategies: 1) double recombination into the wild-type Ti plasmid of genetic information flanked by two T-DNA fragments on a wide-host range plasmid; 2) the binary vector strategy. The vector based on the double recombination principle contains a kanamycin resistance gene for use as a plant selectable marker, a polylinker for the insertion of foreign genes, and a nopaline synthase gene. The vector was constructed such that a disarmed T-DNA results from the double recombination event. The binary vector combines several advantageous features including an origin of replication that is stable in Agrobacterium in the absence of selection, six unique sites for insertion of foreign genes, an intact nopaline synthase gene, and a kanamycin resistance marker for selection of transformed plant cells. All of these vectors have been used to produce tobacco plants transformed with a variety of foreign genes.     

猪心脏脂肪酸结合蛋白基因PCR-RFLP分子标记研究

利用PCR-RFLP分子标记技术,检测了杜洛克、长白、大白、内江、荣昌、汉江黑、汉白、八眉和野猪共计265头猪心脏脂肪酸结合蛋白基因5'上游区和第二内含子区的遗传变异。结果表明,在HinfI-RFLP位点上,上述猪种和野猪均存在多态性,等位基因H的频率分别为0.7500,0.7188,0.9167,0.3333,0.1250,0.6909,0.1167,0.8500和0.9375;除汉江黑猪(P<0.05)和野猪(P<0.01)外,其余的猪种基因频率和基因型频率都处于Hardy-Weinderg平衡状态(P>0.05);大白、八眉、汉江黑、汉白和野猪表现为低度多态(PIC<0.25),杜洛克、长白、内江和荣昌猪为中度多态性(0.25相似文献   

根癌农杆菌介导的转新城疫病毒融合蛋白基因水稻植株的获得

利用转基因植物作为生物反应器可以表达重组蛋白、生产外源蛋白质,也可以成为动物疫苗的廉价生产系统。以编码新城疫病毒融合蛋白(NDV-F)的基因为外源基因,以玉米泛素蛋白(Ubi)启动子为启动子,以潮霉素磷酸转移酶(HPT)基因作为选择标记基因,β-半乳糖苷酸酶(GUS)基因作为报告基因构建了适宜于农杆菌介导转化水稻的表达质粒pUNDV,并通过农杆菌介导转化水稻,获得了多株转基因植株。通过PCR分析和GUS活性检测,证实含有NDV-F基因的T-DNA已整合到水稻核基因组中,为研制廉价安全的转基因水稻新城疫基因工程疫苗奠定了基础。     

Generation of marker-free transgenic maize by regular two-border <Emphasis Type="Italic">Agrobacterium</Emphasis> transformation vectors

By introducing additional T-DNA borders into a binary plasmid used in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation, previous studies have demonstrated that the marker gene and the gene of interest (GOI) can be carried by independent T-strands, which sometimes integrate in unlinked loci in the plant genome. This allows the recovery of marker-free transgenic plants through genetic segregation in the next generation. In this study, we have found that by repositioning the selectable marker gene in the backbone and leaving only the GOI in the T-DNA region, a regular two-border binary plasmid was able to generate marker-free transgenic maize plants more efficiently than a conventional single binary plasmid with multiple T-DNA borders. These results also provide evidence that both the right and left borders can initiate and terminate T-strands. Such non-canonical initiation and termination of T-strands may be the basis for the elevated frequencies of cotransformation and unlinked insertions.     

Agrobacterium-mediated RMCE approach for gene replacement

We describe the site-directed integration (SDI) system for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation to precisely integrate a single copy of a desired gene into a predefined target locus by recombinase-mediated cassette exchange (RMCE). The system requires the selection of a transformed line with an integrated copy of a target cassette, and subsequent introduction of an exchange vector. The target cassette contains the npt and cod genes between oppositely orientated recognition sites (RS). The exchange vector T-DNA possesses an exchange cassette containing the gene of interest and a selectable marker gene, such as hpt, between oppositely orientated (inner) RS. Adjacent to the exchange cassette are ipt and recombinase (R) genes and an additional (outer) RS. The recombinase catalyses double-crossover between target RS and exchange inner RS to replace the integrated target cassette with the introduced exchange cassette. Transgenic plants that contain randomly integrated copies of the exchange vector T-DNA show an abnormal phenotype as a result of the overproduction of cytokinin from ipt gene expression. The recombinase can also act on the directly orientated outer RS to remove such randomly integrated copies. The system resulted in single-copy exchange into the target site only in regenerated tobacco at a frequency of 1%-3% per treated explant, or 4%-9% per regenerated line of normal phenotype. Thus, transgenic plants with only an exchanged copy can be efficiently accumulated and selected. Here, we show that the SDI system can efficiently replace the target cassettes with the exchange cassettes in a heterozygous or homozygous condition. The SDI system may be useful for precise comparisons of different gene constructs, the characterization of different chromosomal regions and the cost-effective screening of reliable transgenic plants.