影响基因枪法转化小麦幼胚的几个因素的研究

近几年,利用基因枪直接转入外源DNA,已经成为禾谷类基因转化的主要方法。但在小麦中存在着DNA导入频率低且组织受轰击后再生能力降低等问题。通过实验发现,轰击前14天将小麦幼胚接种于附加0.5mg/L脱落酸(ABA)的诱导培养基上,可显著提高小麦盾片愈伤组织的再生能力。并且,在轰击前6h至轰击后18h,将愈伤组织保持在附加0.5mol/L甘露醇的培养基中,其报告基因的表达将比对照呈几倍的提高。另外,合适的轰击用金粉与DNA配比是转化的关键因素之一。轰击培养14天左右的愈伤组织,每枪用250μg金粉附着0.5μg质粒DNA较宜。     

转昆虫抗冻蛋白基因增强甘薯抗冻能力

为明确昆虫抗冻蛋白基因转入甘薯(Ipomoeabatatas)后是否能提升其抗冻能力,进而为培育甘薯抗冻育种材料奠定基础,将黄粉虫(Tenebrio molitor)抗冻蛋白基因TmAFP导入植物基因表达质粒,经农杆菌介导的遗传转化获得抗冻甘薯新材料。以甘薯品种Huachano为受体材料建立甘薯植株高效再生体系,并采用不同成分的体细胞胚成熟培养基培养胚性悬浮细胞。胚性愈伤组织对除草剂的敏感性测试结果表明,转基因阳性植株筛选的最适培养基为MS+0.2mg·L~(–1)2,4-D+0.8mg·L~(–1) GAP+100 mg·L~(–1)Carb。将表达质粒分别转化Huachano后共获得7个胚性愈伤团并最终获得42株再生抗性植株,其中转pSUIBEV3-AFP有23个株系,转pCAMBIA-AFP有19个株系,经PCR、Southern杂交和RT-PCR检测后证实TmAFP基因已整合至甘薯基因组中并获得表达。将转基因甘薯及对照植株在–1°C下处理15小时后转移至室温,结果表明,转基因甘薯植株的抗冻能力显著提升。     

用微弹轰击法将GUS基因导入小麦的完整细胞

微弹轰击法将外源DNA导入小麦(Triticum,aestivum)未成熟胚和悬浮细胞系的完整细胞。用pCI GUS作报告基因,质粒DNA涂于钨粉微弹表层,用基因枪轰击使微弹穿透细胞壁进入小麦细胞。处理2天后,用x—glucuronide染色,对GUS基因产物的活性进行鉴定,GUS基因表达的细胞呈深蓝色的小点。小麦幼胚表面的蓝点最多可达40～50个,悬浮细胞系中GUS基因表达的细胞较少。试验表明微弹轰击法是小麦组织水平上进行外源基因导入的一个有效途径。试验对微弹轰击的有关参数及条件进行了讨论。     

转昆虫抗冻蛋白基因增强甘薯抗冻能力

为明确昆虫抗冻蛋白基因转入甘薯(Ipomoea batatas)后是否能提升其抗冻能力,进而为培育甘薯抗冻育种材料奠定基础,将黄粉虫(Tenebrio molitor)抗冻蛋白基因TmAFP导入植物基因表达质粒,经农杆菌介导的遗传转化获得抗冻甘薯新材料。以甘薯品种Huachano为受体材料建立甘薯植株高效再生体系,并采用不同成分的体细胞胚成熟培养基培养胚性悬浮细胞。胚性愈伤组织对除草剂的敏感性测试结果表明,转基因阳性植株筛选的最适培养基为MS+0.2 mg·L–12,4-D+0.8 mg·L^–1 GAP+100 mg·L^–1 Carb。将表达质粒分别转化Huachano后共获得7个胚性愈伤团并最终获得42株再生抗性植株,其中转pSUIBEV3-AFP有23个株系,转pCAMBIA-AFP有19个株系,经PCR、Southern杂交和RT-PCR检测后证实TmAFP基因已整合至甘薯基因组中并获得表达。将转基因甘薯及对照植株在–1℃下处理15小时后转移至室温,结果表明,转基因甘薯植株的抗冻能力显著提升。     

基因枪法向小麦导入几丁质酶基因的研究

利用基因枪法,以菜豆几丁质酶基因转化小麦幼胚愈伤组织。在轰击压力1300psi,轰击距离6cm、100μg金粉/枪和轰击距离9cm、150μg金粉/枪的2种处理条件下,获得4株春小麦东农7742转化植株,转化频率分别为0.36％和0.56％。经PCR和PCR-Southern杂交分析,证实菜豆几丁质酶基因已整合到T0和T1小麦基因组中。采用氨基葡萄糖法测定几丁质酶活力,结果表明,转基因小麦的几丁质酶活力明显高于对照株;转基因植株对白粉病症状减缓,并获得一株赤霉菌接种未扩展的转基因T1植株。     

外源脱水应答转录因子DREB基因在转基因小麦中的诱导型表达与抗干旱生理效果研究

以冬小麦品种8901、5-98、99-92和104等品种的幼穗和幼胚为材料,用基因枪转化含逆境诱导转录因子DREB和bar基因的质粒pBAC128F（7024bp）。经筛选与植株再生,共获得70多个转基因小麦植株及其后代株系。转基因株系经PCR分析和RNA点杂交检测,结果表明外源转录因子DREB基因已稳定整合到转基因植株及其后代株系中,并且在部分后代株系中获得了表达。叶片脯氨酸含量测定表明,有16个转基因株系的脯氨酸含量与非转基因对照相比,增加相当显著,其中10个株系的脯氨酸含量在1100μg/g以上,比对照提高了2倍多。室内抗旱模拟实验表明,转基因株系停止浇水15d后,叶片仍然表现绿色,而对照叶片则失绿、枯干;复水10d后,转基因株系恢复活力,对照则死亡。研究表明,利用逆境诱导型启动子（rd29B）来增强外源DREB基因的表达,能显著改良小麦的抗旱性。     

影响草地早熟禾（Poa pratensis L.）基因枪转化关键因素研究

将含有DREB1A基因的表达载体,通过基因枪法转化草地早熟禾的胚性愈伤组织,探讨了金粉沉淀剂、金粉直径等因素对转化的影响,同时通过不同浓度潮霉素（Hygromycin,简称Hy）对未转化愈伤组织的筛选,获得最佳筛选浓度。结果表明,适合于草地早熟禾基因枪轰击的条件为：Ca（NO3）2＋PEG4000包被质粒DNA;1μm金粉作为质粒DNA的载体;合适的轰击高度为6cm、轰击次数为1次、无渗透处理。采用Hy作为草地早熟禾转基因植株抗生素筛选标记时,Baron品种愈伤组织继代的临界筛选浓度为100mg/L。     

玉米Ubi-1启动子在可育转基因玉米植株中的表达活性

本工作将玉米泛素基因-1启动子(Ubi-1)与大肠杆菌β-葡糖苷酸酶基因(gus,uidA)的编码区融合,通过基因枪粒子轰击方法转化来自玉米未成熟胚盾片组织的I-型愈伤组织,经PPT选择获得可育的玉米转基因植株,并采用组织化学方法分析了Ubi-1启动子驱动的gus基因在不同组织、细胞中的表达活性,发现gus基因在除花药壁以外的其它所试组织中均可以有效表达.UbiGUS在花粉、卵细胞和T1代转基因植株未成熟胚中的表达显示该启动子在植株发育的早期阶段即具有活性.对T0代转基因植株的花粉进行GUS组织化学染色,gus基因呈11分离,显示外源基因在转基因植株中以孟德尔方式遗传.同时发现,使用玉米本身的启动子Ubi-1可以降低外源基因在转基因玉米中的拷贝数,进而避免基因沉默现象的发生.目前已得到第二代转基因种子.     

遗传转化花粉长成单倍体植株

日本Ｈｉｒｏｓｈｉｍａ大学和Ｋａｇａｗａ大学的Ｍ．Ｎｉｓｈｉｈａｒａ和Ｈ．Ｍｏｒｉｋａｗａ及其同事报道,他们从用粒子轰击法转化的花粉第一次获得了稳定的转基因单倍体植株。Ｎｉｓｈｉｈａｒａ等人用含有新霉素转移酶Ⅱ（ＮＰＴⅡ）和β－葡糖苷酸酶（ＧＵＳ）基因的质粒ＤＮＡ包被的金粒,转化烟草属Ｎｉｃｏｔｉａｎａｒｕｓｔｉｃａｎａ的未成熟花粉。从被轰击的花粉再生了卡那霉素抗性花粉胚胎,并从总数为２×１０６个被轰击细胞中获得两个独立的转基因株系。一个同时具有ＮＰＴⅡ和ＧＵＳ活性,另一个只有ＮＰＴⅡ活性。两个…     

花生体胚诱导再生体系及基因枪转化条件的初步探讨

以花生上胚轴为外植体,研究不同Picloram(毒莠定)浓度处理和不同基因型对体细胞胚胎发生及植株再生的影响,并利用基因枪将含GUS基因的pCAMBIA2301质粒载体轰击体胚,对基因枪转化条件进行了初步探索.结果表明:外植体在添加5 mg/ L Picloram+1 mg/L Glutamine(谷氨酰胺)的MB培养基上诱导的体胚发生率、产胚数及植株再生率最高.不同基因型以‘中花8号'体胚再生率最高(体胚诱导率为55.36%,植株再生率为56.79%).在氦气压力为1 100 psi,轰击距离为9 cm时,体细胞胚GUS瞬时表达率可达到22.95%.     

质粒DNA物理形态和其它因素对获得可育转基因小麦的影响

The applicability of hyperosmotic treatment and different configurations of plasmid DNA for stable transformation of wheat mediated by particle bombardment was investigated. Hyperosmotic treatment increased the frequency of transient expression and had also a positive effect on stable transformation. Denaturation of plasmid DNA prior to bombardment led to dramatic reduction of transient expression. However, there were no marked differences between single-stranded and double-stranded DNA in stable transformation. Single-stranded plasmid DNA, double-stranded plasmid DNA in linear state and double-stranded plasmid DNA in circular state could all be used to produce transgenic wheat plants. A total of 26 independent transgenic plants of winter wheat genotype Florida and 4 independent transgenic plants of spring wheat genotype Veery were obtained. Most transgenic plants have set seeds. T2 seeds of some spring wheat transgenic plants have also been harvested.     

Microprojectile-mediated transient and integrative transformation of rice embryogenic suspension cells: effects of osmotic cell conditioning and of the physical configuration of plasmid DNA

Microprojectile-mediated transient and integrative transformation frequencies in rice (Oryza sativa cv. Taipei 309) embryogenic suspension cells were studied as a function of various parameters. Mannitol at concentrations of 0.5 and 0.6 m was best for osmotic preconditioning of the cells for transient, but not for integrative transformation, for which sucrose yielded the best and most reliable results. Denaturation of the transforming plasmid DNA prior to bombardment improved transient and integrative transformation frequencies two to three fold. Delivery of double-stranded plasmids in linear form had no effect on transient transformation when compared to supercoiled plasmid DNA, but led to an overall two fold increase in integrative transformation frequency. This shows that optimized protocols for generating transgenic plants should not be based exclusively on transient gene expression assays. Received: 29 September 1997 / Revision received: 27 February 1998 / Accepted: 2 April 1998     

Transformation of peanut with a soybean vspB promoter‐uidA chimeric gene. I. Optimization of a transformation system and analysis of GUS expression in primary transgenic tissues and plants

Direct DNA delivery via microprojectile bombardment has become an established approach for gene transfer into peanut ( Arachis hypogaea L.). To optimize our transformation protocol and to simultaneously explore the function of a heterologous promoter whose activity is developmentally regulated, embryogenic cultures from three peanut cultivars were bombarded with two plasmid constructs containing a uidA gene controlled by either a soybean vegetative storage protein gene promoter or a cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. We found that GUS transient expression was useful to predict stable transformation and confirmed that image analysis could provide a quick and efficient method for semi‐quantitation of transient expression. One hundred and sixty hygromycin‐resistant cell lines were recovered from and maintained on selective medium, and those tested by Southern blot analysis showed integration of the foreign gene. Over 200 transgenic plants were regenerated from 38 cell lines. More than 100 plants from 32 cell lines flowered and 79 plants from 19 cell lines produced pods. Over 1000 R₁ seeds were harvested. Analysis of expression in primary transgenic plants showed that GUS expression driven by the vspB promoter was modulated by chemical and positional information.     

绿色荧光蛋白基因作为报告基因在水稻基因转化中的应用研究

本研究中 ,构建了含有编码绿色荧光蛋白的改进型基因质粒pJPM5。用基因枪法分别把pJPM5和另一带有绿色荧光蛋白基因的质粒pSBG70 0转入水稻TNG6 7愈伤组织。用South ern杂交法证实了转基因的存在 ,而且表明多数转基因植株含有 1到 8个拷贝的转基因。取 2个月的转基因植株上的叶片用于分析绿色荧光蛋白基因表达。用SLM - 80 0 0荧光分析仪定量测定绿色荧光蛋白。多数转基因植株具有很高的绿色荧光蛋白信号。虽然水稻植株有少量自发荧光 ,但是绿色荧光蛋白基因表达出的绿色荧光蛋白信号比植株的自发荧光强得多 ,其测定不会受自发荧光的太大影响。在荧光显微镜下观察到了绿色荧光蛋白基因的表达。借助观察分析绿色荧光蛋白基因的瞬时表达 ,本研究还发现基因枪法转化中 ,如果两枪的气压为90 0psi& 135 0psi,比两枪的气压都为 90 0psi或者 135 0psi更好 ,因其能使质粒进入更多的细胞。研究结果表明 ,绿色荧光蛋白基因可以作为水稻 (甚至小麦、玉米 )转基因研究中的报告基因。研究还显示 ,MAR序列能明显增强绿色荧光蛋白基因的表达能力 (这一结果在另文讨论 ) .     

Protamine-mediated DNA coating remarkably improves bombardment transformation efficiency in plant cells

We have developed a method by which remarkably higher efficiencies of transient and stable transformation were achieved in bombardment transformation of plants. Over fivefold increase in transient gus gene expression was achieved when rice or maize suspension cells were bombarded with gold particles coated with plasmid DNA in the presence of protamine instead of the conventional spermidine. A 3.3-fold improvement in stable transformation efficiency was also observed using rice suspension cells with the new coating approach. The coated protamine-plasmid DNA complex resisted degradation by a DNase or by rice cell extract much longer than the spermidine-plasmid DNA complex. The results from this study suggest that protamine protects plasmid DNA longer than spermidine when being delivered inside the cells, probably by forming a nano-scale complex, and thus helps improve the efficiency of particle bombardment-mediated plant transformation.     

Transformation of potato (Solanum tuberosum) using particle bombardment

Internodes, leaves and tuber slices from potato (Solanum tuberosum), genotype 1024-2, were subjected to particle bombardment. Transient expression was optimized using the uidA and the luc reporter genes that encode #-glucuronidase (GUS) and luciferase, respectively. Stable transformation was achieved using the neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) gene, which confers resistance to the antibiotic kanamycin. The influence of biological parameters (tissue type, growth period before bombardment, pre- and post-bombardment osmoticum treatment) and physical parameters (helium pressure, tissue distance) that are known to possibly affect stable transformation were investigated. Putative transgenic plants, which rooted in media containing kanamycin, were obtained from all of the tissues tested although there were large differences in the efficiency: internodes (0.77 plants per bombarded explant), microtuber slices (0.10 plants per bombarded explant) and leaves (0.02 plants per bombarded explant). Southern blot analysis of putative transgenic plants confirmed the integration of the transgenes into plant DNA. The results indicate that an efficient particle bombardment protocol is now available for both transient and stable transformation of potato internodal segments, thus contributing to an enhanced flexibility in the delivery of transgenes to this important food crop.     

Accelerated production of transgenic wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants

We have developed a method for the accelerated production of fertile transgenic wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) that yields rooted plants ready for transfer to soil in 8–9 weeks (56–66 days) after the initiation of cultures. This was made possible by improvements in the procedures used for culture, bombardment, and selection. Cultured immature embryos were given a 4–6 h pre-and 16 h post-bombardment osmotic treatment. The most consistent and satisfactory results were obtained with 30 g of gold particles/bombardment. No clear correlation was found between the frequencies of transient expression and stable transformation. The highest rates of regeneration and transformation were obtained when callus formation after bombardment was limited to two weeks in the dark, with or without selection, followed by selection during regeneration under light. Selection with bialaphos, and not phosphinothricin, yielded more vigorously growing transformed plantlets. The elongation of dark green plantlets in the presence of 4–5 mg/l bialaphos was found to be reliable for identifying transformed plants. Eighty independent transgenic wheat lines were produced in this study. Under optimum conditions, 32 transformed wheat plants were obtained from 2100 immature embryos in 56–66 days, making it possible to obtain R3 homozygous plants in less than a year.     

基因枪法转化小麦的金粉用量及转基因植株表型特征分析

研究了不同金粉用量对小麦幼胚瞬间及稳定转化频率的影响,结果表明此实验系统的金粉用量以每枪500μg金粉为佳。对获得的T     

Biolistic transformation of wheat: increased production of plants with simple insertions and heritable transgene expression

The feasibility of map-based cloning in wheat has been demonstrated recently, opening new perspectives for a better understanding of wheat plant biology and for accelerating wheat improvement in the coming decades. To validate the function of candidate genes, an efficient transformation system is needed. Here, we have performed two methods for wheat transformation using particle bombardment that ensures the production of transgenic plants with simple integration patterns for research purposes and stable transgene expression for accurate and rapid validation of gene function. To establish this method, we used the bar and pmi selectable genes either as part of whole plasmids, gene cassettes (obtained by PCR or purified on agarose gels), or as dephosphorylated cassettes. The analysis of about 300 transgenic plants showed that the use of gene cassettes or dephosphorylated gene cassettes leads to a majority (50–60 %) of simple integration events. This is significantly higher than the number of simple events obtained with whole plasmids (9–25 %). Moreover, the decrease of the quantity of DNA from 500 to 5 ng/µl for PCR-amplified cassettes used for transformation increased the number of single integration events. The transformation efficiency remained stable at 2.5 %, and a higher number of plants expressing the transgenes were obtained with the dephosphorylated cassette. No correlation was observed between the complexity of the events and stability of expression of the transgene, suggesting that plasmid sequences could be involved on transgene silencing. The inheritability of the transgene was demonstrated in T1 and T2 generations. These results show that biolistic transformation of dephosphorylated gene cassettes provides an easy and efficient route to produce backbone vector-free transgenic wheat carrying and expressing intact and single transgenes.     

Improvement of plant regeneration and GUS expression in scutellar wheat calli by optimization of culture conditions and DNA-microprojectile delivery procedures

Summary Genetic transformation of cereals by direct DNA delivery via microprojectile bombardment has become an established procedure in recent years. But the derivation of functional transgenic plants, especially in wheat, is still problematic, mainly due to low efficiency of DNA delivery and the reduced regeneration capability of microprojectile-bombarded tissue. We focussed on these two aspects and found that the regeneration of scutellar calli of wheat can be rendered highly efficient and considerably accelerated by a liquid culture phase in screen rafts. We also found that the expression of a reporter gene following DNA delivery by microprojectile can be improved by maintaining the scutellar calli in 0.25 M mannitol before and after bombardment, by bombardment in the presence of silver thiosulfate and Ca(NO₃)₂ (rather than CaCl₂) and by the elimination of spermidine from the DNA/microprojectile mixture. A protocol that includes all these features leads to several-fold higher transient expression of the reporter gene than have previously published procedures.