稻瘟菌无毒基因研究进展

无毒基因编码的产物激发病原物与植物特异性相互作用。水稻与稻瘟菌之间的特异互作符合“基因对基因”关系。从研究稻瘟菌无毒基因的意义、已鉴定和克隆的稻瘟菌无毒基因、稻瘟菌无毒基因与其抗病基因的互作特点等几个方面,对稻瘟菌无毒基因研究进展作了简要评述 。     

稻瘟菌侵染诱导水稻凝集素基因的表达

利用mRNA差异显示技术(DDRT-PCR),从非亲和性稻瘟菌生理小种131侵染的水稻品种爱知旭(Oryza sati-va L. cv.Aichi-asahi)叶片中分离了8个诱导差异表达的cDNA片段.对这8个差示片段进行了回收、重扩增和克隆,以其中一个长度为321碱基并与甘露糖结合水稻凝集素和水稻盐诱导蛋白基因高度同源的差示片段为探针,筛选水稻非亲和性cDNA文库,获得12个阳性克隆.序列测定和数据库查询表明该基因的cDNA与水稻凝集素基因的cDNA及盐诱导蛋白基因的cDNA核苷酸同源性高达96%,推定的氨基酸序列与甘露糖结合水稻凝集素的氨基酸序列一致,与水稻盐诱导蛋白仅相差2个氨基酸.Southern杂交显示该基因在水稻基因组中有两个同源拷贝数,Northern杂交表明非亲和性稻瘟菌侵染可强烈诱导该基因表达.因此推测该基因参与了水稻对稻瘟菌侵染的防御反应.     

稻瘟菌侵染诱导水稻凝集素基因的表达

利用mRNA差异显示技术（DDRT-PCR）,从非亲和性稻瘟菌生理小种131侵染的水稻品种爱知旭（Oryza sati-vaL.cv.Aichi-asahi)叶片中分离了8个诱导差异表达的cDNA片段,对这8个差示片段进行了回收,重扩增和克隆,以其中一个长度为321碱基并与甘露糖结合水稻凝集素和水稻盐诱导蛋白基因高度同源的差示片段为探针。筛选水稻非亲和性cDNA文库,获得12个阳性克隆。序列测定和数据库查询表明该基因的cDNA与水稻凝集素基因的cDNA及盐诱导蛋白基因的cDNA核苷酸同源笥高达96%。推定的氨基酸序列与甘露糖结合水稻凝集素的氨基酸序列一致。与水稻盐诱导蛋白仅相差2个氨基酸。Southern杂交显示该基因在水稻基因组中有两个同源拷贝数。Northern杂交表明非亲和性稻瘟菌侵染可强烈诱导该基因表达。因此推则该基因参与了水稻对稻瘟菌侵染的防御反应。     

稻瘟菌无毒基因研究进展

稻瘟菌是引起水稻稻瘟病的病原物。水稻与稻瘟菌间存在广泛而特异的相互作用,是研究寄主与病原物互作的重要模式系统。本文对稻瘟菌与水稻互作最重要的激发子―无毒基因的研究现状进行了概括,讨论了无毒基因的定位、克隆方法以及已克隆无毒基因的功能及进化研究,同时对今后无毒基因研究的重要方向进行了探讨,为深入理解无毒基因的功能及与水稻可能的互作关系奠定了基础。     

基因组水平预测稻瘟菌分泌蛋白组及富集分析

稻瘟菌分泌蛋白在稻瘟菌入侵植物过程中发挥着重要的作用。这些分泌蛋白中有很多是效应蛋白,这些效应蛋白可以干扰寄主的抗性、抑制寄主免疫反应。因此,对稻瘟菌分泌蛋白组的预测及功能分析就显得十分必要,也是目前植物和微生物分子互作研究领域的热点。使用SignalP、TMHMM及SecretomeP等软件,完成稻瘟菌分泌蛋白组的预测。同时,对含信号肽的经典分泌蛋白进行了GO功能富集、KEGG通路分析、结构域统计以及可降解植物成分的经典分泌蛋白预测等分析。结果显示,稻瘟菌含有约789个分泌蛋白,其长度多集中在100-500 aa;GO功能分析发现,这些分泌蛋白多富集在分泌途径及宿主互作中;KEGG分析显示,分泌蛋白在糖代谢途径中发挥着重要作用;大规模筛选预测到156个分泌蛋白具有降解植物细胞壁等成分的功能;同时还发现稻瘟菌中有可能存在大量不含信号肽的非经典分泌蛋白。通过设计的生物信息学流程,实现了稻瘟菌分泌蛋白组的预测;预测出经典分泌蛋白具有可降解植物细胞壁等成分以及参与糖代谢途径的功能;稻瘟菌中存在大量的无信号肽的非经典分泌蛋白。     

条形柄锈菌吸器特异效应蛋白Hasp68抑制寄主免疫并与小麦组织蛋白酶B互作

作为活体营养专性寄生真菌,条形柄锈菌（小麦条锈病）在侵染过程中通过形成吸器向寄主细胞释放效应蛋白,干扰寄主的防卫反应,促进其侵染与致病。因此,条形柄锈菌效应蛋白的鉴定与功能研究对揭示其毒性机理具有重要意义。本实验室前期完成了条形柄锈菌CYR31生理小种吸器转录组分析,从中鉴定得到一个吸器特异诱导表达分泌蛋白Hasp68,利用农杆菌侵染在烟草细胞中瞬时表达该基因,能够抑制小鼠促细胞凋亡蛋白Bax诱导的细胞程序性死亡,鉴定为条形柄锈菌候选效应蛋白。Hasp68基因全长318bp,编码105_aa,N-端包含20_aa的信号肽,无保守结构域。BlastX分析表明Hasp68为条形柄锈菌特有效应蛋白,在其他真菌中无同源蛋白,且在条形柄锈菌16个菌系中呈较低的序列多态性,表明其在条形柄锈菌的进化过程中相对保守。借助荧光假单胞菌EtHAn的三型分泌系统,在小麦细胞中过表达Hasp68能够抑制由非致病细菌引起的PTI（PAMP-triggered immunity）相关胼胝质的积累;同时,也能抑制小麦与无毒条形柄锈菌互作中ETI（effector-triggered immunity）相关的活性氧爆发和过敏性坏死反应,表明效应蛋白Hasp68具有抑制寄主免疫反应的功能。利用酵母双杂交系统筛选Hasp68在小麦中的互作蛋白,发现其与组织蛋白酶B（cathepsin B）TaCTSB互作,双分子荧光技术进一步验证二者在烟草细胞中共表达存在互作,初步揭示了效应蛋白Hasp68的互作靶标。     

水稻胚乳特异性启动子的克隆及序列分析

目的:克隆获得水稻胚乳特异表达启动子pGluB-1。方法:采用PCR方法从水稻"台粳9号"基因组DNA中扩增出pGluB-1启动子序列,并克隆至pMD20-T载体上,酶切鉴定后进行测序并对测序结果进行生物信息学分析。结果:获得大小为1 353bp的pGluB-1启动子序列,该序列与已报道序列的同源性为97%。启动子功能预测及顺式作用元件分析表晨所克隆的启动子序列含有ACGT基序、AACA基序、GCN4基序和醇溶蛋白框等胚乳特异表达必需的调控元件,其序列差异可能是由于不同品种个体差异及多态性的影响。结论:成功克隆出pGluB-1启动子,为实现外源目的基因在水稻胚乳中特异性表达奠定了实验基础。     

稻瘟病菌无毒基因研究进展

水稻与稻瘟病菌之间的特异互作符合基因对基因假说。本文将从稻瘟病菌与水稻抗病基因间的互作特点、稻瘟病菌的分子标记、已克隆的稻瘟病菌无毒基因三个方面对稻瘟病菌无毒基因研究进展作简要介绍     

湖南桃江病圃稻瘟病菌的无毒基因及水稻抗瘟单基因联合抗性分析

【目的】鉴定湖南省桃江病圃稻瘟病菌无毒基因型,为合理搭配种植湖南省水稻抗瘟品种和抗病育种提供依据。【方法】在湖南桃江病圃采集水稻品种"丽江新团黑谷"(LTH)稻瘟菌病样,用单孢分离法分离稻瘟病菌单孢并纯化获得单孢菌株,用针刺离体法将菌株接种到以"LTH"为轮回亲本培育而成的24个含单抗瘟基因的水稻5叶期第5叶片上,对供试菌株进行无毒基因鉴定,并应用联合致病性系数和联合抗病性系数分析抗瘟基因组合间的互作。【结果】供试92个稻瘟病单孢菌株含有全部的24个无毒基因,对24个已知含单抗瘟基因的水稻材料表现出不同程度的毒力水平,含水稻抗瘟基因Pi-20对供试菌株抗菌频率最高,达54.35%;通过联合致病性系数和联合抗病性系数分析抗瘟基因组合间的互作,结果表明最佳搭配组合为Pi-20×Pi-k~s(RAC=0.28,PAC=0.23)。【结论】湖南省桃江病圃稻瘟病菌致病力较强,24个抗瘟基因多已感病化,含抗性基因Pi-20与Pi-k、Pi-k~s、Pi-3组合的水稻品种目前可在湖南省推广利用,但需研究引进新的抗瘟基因。     

引起芭蕉芋细菌性软腐病的玉米迪基氏菌(Dickeya zeae) CE1的全基因组序列及比较基因组学分析

【背景】玉米迪基氏菌(Dickeya zeae)可引起香蕉、水稻等重要作物的细菌性软腐病,并造成巨大的损失。芭蕉芋抗性较好且与病虫害相关的报道很少,本研究团队首次报道了由D. zeae CE1引起的芭蕉芋细菌性软腐病。【目的】揭示CE1菌株的全基因组序列,并与同样来源于广东香蕉和水稻的D. zeae菌株作比较基因组学分析,初步探讨D. zeae种内不同病原细菌在与寄主互作过程中可能存在的遗传分化机制。【方法】采用三代测序结合二代测序对CE1菌株进行完整基因组测序,利用比较基因组学方法分析该菌株与香蕉和水稻菌株的进化关系和基因组特征差异。【结果】细菌基因组测序表明,CE1菌株的完整基因组大小为4 714 731 bp,注释预测到4 052个编码基因。与芭蕉芋和香蕉两个寄主亲缘关系类似,基因组比较分析发现来自芭蕉芋和香蕉的病菌菌株亲缘关系较近,它们在遗传进化上明显不同于水稻菌株。基因家族分析表明,编码重要致病因子如细菌分泌系统、鞭毛蛋白、胞外多糖、规律间隔成簇短回文重复序列(clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats,CRISPR)等的基因簇在不同寄主间未表现明显分化。通过进一步分析发现,有80个基因是芭蕉芋和香蕉菌株所特有的,42个基因则是水稻菌株所特有的。在芭蕉芋和香蕉菌株的特异基因中,功能预测发现有2个基因簇分别与脂肪酸合成酶和群体感应相关;然而较多的水稻菌株特异基因则与碳水化合物转运和代谢相关,另外有一个水稻菌株特异基因簇存在于CRISPR的邻接位点。【结论】比较基因组学分析确定了芭蕉芋菌株和香蕉菌株、水稻菌株间的遗传亲缘关系,并发现了数个可能与不同类型寄主互作相关的基因位点,为D. zeae病原细菌侵染与香蕉、水稻等重要作物亲缘关系较为接近的不同作物提出风险预警。     

Comparative study of genes expressed from rice fungus-resistant and susceptible lines during interactions with Magnaporthe oryzae

Rice blast disease caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is the most important fungal disease of rice. To understand the molecular basis of interaction between the fungus and rice, we constructed a cDNA library from a rice-resistant line inoculated with M. oryzae. One hundred and fifty-three cDNA clones were sequence analyzed, of which 129 exhibited significant nucleotide sequence homology to known genes, 21 were homologous to unknown genes, while three clones did not match to any database. However, these three unmatched clones showed sequence homology at protein level in the protein databases and one of them encoded a disease resistance-related protein kinase and was abundant in the EST collection. Northern analysis showed that this disease resistance-related protein kinase gene was induced by inoculation and only expressed in the rice-resistant, but not susceptible, lines. Southern analysis showed that this gene was present in a single copy in the rice genome and co-segregated with the M. oryzae resistance in the cross of the resistant and susceptible lines. This study illustrates that sequencing of ESTs from inoculated resistant plants can reveal genes responsive to pathogen infection, which could help understand plant defense mechanisms.     

Identification of novel HrpXo regulons preceded by two cis-acting elements, a plant-inducible promoter box and a -10 box-like sequence, from the genome database of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

A regulatory protein HrpXo of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, the causal agent of bacterial leaf blight of rice, is known to control the expression of hrp genes that encode components of a type III secretion system and of some effector protein genes. In this study, we screened novel HrpXo regulons from the genome database of X. oryzae pv. oryzae, searching for ORFs preceded by two predicted sequence motifs, a plant-inducible promoter box-like sequence and a -10 box-like sequence. Using a gus reporter system, nine of 15 ORF candidates were expressed HrpXo dependently. We also showed by base-substituted mutagenesis that both motifs are essential for the expression of the genes.     

Cloning and characterization of genes specifically expressed during infection stages in the rice blast fungus

We isolated promoters of 12 genes from the rice blast fungus based on the sequences of randomly selected expressed sequence tags (ESTs) (appressorium formation stage cDNA library of Magnaporthe available from GenBank). These promoters (and the 5' coding regions if any) were fused in frame with egfp, and their expression patterns were examined under the epifluorescence microscope. Among them, two turned out to be specifically active in structures necessary for infection, viz. a promoter of adenylate cyclase interacting protein 1-like gene expressed in conidia, germ tubes, and appressoria, and a promoter of putative membrane-associated or secreted protein gene specifically expressed in appressoria. Although targeted knockout mutants of either gene failed to show detectable phenotypic alterations under laboratory conditions, these ESTs should be useful for identification of genes expressed during infection stages.     

The classical arabinogalactan protein gene family of arabidopsis

Arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) are extracellular proteoglycans implicated in plant growth and development. We searched for classical AGPs in Arabidopsis by identifying expressed sequence tags based on the conserved domain structure of the predicted protein backbone. To confirm that these genes encoded bona fide AGPs, we purified native AGPs and then deglycosylated and deblocked them for N-terminal protein sequencing. In total, we identified 15 genes encoding the protein backbones of classical AGPs, including genes for AG peptides-AGPs with very short backbones (10 to 13 amino acid residues). Seven of the AGPs were verified as AGPs by protein sequencing. A gene encoding a putative cell adhesion molecule with AGP-like domains was also identified. This work provides a firm foundation for beginning functional analysis by using a genetic approach.