Bacterial leaf streak 1 encoding a mitogen-activated protein kinase confers resistance to bacterial leaf streak in rice

Bacterial leaf streak (BLS) is a major bacterial disease of rice. Utilization of host genetic resistance has become one of the most important strategies for controlling BLS. However, only a few resistance genes have been characterized. Previously, a recessive BLS resistance gene bls1 was roughly mapped on chromosome 6. Here, we further delineated bls1 to a 21 kb region spanning four genes. Genetic analysis confirmed that the gene encoding a mitogen-activated protein kinase (OsMAPK6) is the target of the allelic genes BLS1 and bls1. Overexpression of BLS1 weakened resistance to the specific Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xoc) strain JZ-8, while low expression of bls1 increased resistance. However, both overexpression of BLS1 and low expression of bls1 could increase no-race-specific broad-spectrum resistance. These results indicate that BLS1 and bls1 negatively regulate race-specific resistance to Xoc strain JZ-8 but positively and negatively control broad-spectrum resistance, respectively. Subcellular localization demonstrated that OsMAPK6 was localized in the nucleus. RGA4, which is known to mediate resistance to Xoc, is the potential target of OsMAPK6. Overexpression of BLS1 and low expression of bls1 showed increase in salicylic acid and induced expression of defense-related genes, simultaneously increasing broad-spectrum resistance. Moreover, low expression of bls1 showed increase an in jasmonic acid and abscisic acid, in company with an increase in resistance to Xoc strain JZ-8. Collectively, our study provides new insights into the understanding of BLS resistance and facilitates the development of rice host-resistant cultivars.     

Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes: A Functional Genomics Tool for the Study of Positive-strand RNA Viruses

Reverse genetics, an approach to rescue infectious virus entirely from a cloned cDNA, has revolutionized the field of positive-strand RNA viruses, whose genomes have the same polarity as cellular mRNA. The cDNA-based reverse genetics system is a seminal method that enables direct manipulation of the viral genomic RNA, thereby generating recombinant viruses for molecular and genetic studies of both viral RNA elements and gene products in viral replication and pathogenesis. It also provides a valuable platform that allows the development of genetically defined vaccines and viral vectors for the delivery of foreign genes. For many positive-strand RNA viruses such as Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), however, the cloned cDNAs are unstable, posing a major obstacle to the construction and propagation of the functional cDNA. Here, the present report describes the strategic considerations in creating and amplifying a genetically stable full-length infectious JEV cDNA as a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) using the following general experimental procedures: viral RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis, cDNA subcloning and modification, assembly of a full-length cDNA, cDNA linearization, in vitro RNA synthesis, and virus recovery. This protocol provides a general methodology applicable to cloning full-length cDNA for a range of positive-strand RNA viruses, particularly those with a genome of >10 kb in length, into a BAC vector, from which infectious RNAs can be transcribed in vitro with a bacteriophage RNA polymerase.     

水稻稻瘟病抗性基因的克隆、育种利用及稻瘟菌无毒基因研究进展

稻瘟病是世界上影响水稻(Oryza sativa)粮食生产的主要病害之一, 抗病基因的发掘与利用是抗病育种的基础和核心。随着寄主水稻和病原菌稻瘟病菌(Magnaporthe oryzae)基因组测序和基因注释的完成, 水稻和稻瘟病菌的互作体系成为研究植物与真菌互作的模式系统。该文对稻瘟病抗病基因的遗传、定位、克隆及育种利用进行概述, 并通过生物信息学分析方法, 探讨了水稻全基因组中NBS-LRR类抗病基因在水稻12条染色体上的分布情况, 同时对稻瘟病菌无毒基因的鉴定及无毒蛋白与抗病蛋白的互作进行初步分析。最后对稻瘟病抗病基因研究存在的问题进行分析并展望了未来的研究方向, 以期为水稻抗稻瘟病育种发展和抗病机制的深入理解提供参考。     

藏山羊KLF8基因克隆及组织表达分析

本试验旨在获得藏山羊KLF8基因序列,并分析其生物学特征,同时阐明该基因在不同组织中的表达情况。利用RT-PCR技术克隆藏山羊KLF8基因序列,利用实时荧光定量PCR (quantitative real-time PCR,qPCR)检测其在藏山羊各个组织中的表达丰度。结果表明,获得藏山羊KLF8基因序列1 069 bp,其中包含CDS区1 008 bp,5'UTR序列28 bp和3'UTR序列33 bp,共编码335个氨基酸,为不稳定亲水碱性蛋白。KLF8基因在藏山羊的肺脏组织中表达水平最高,极显著高于其他组织(p<0.01)。本研究为进一步阐明KLF8基因在藏山羊中的生物学功能提供了依据。     

木霉菌T23胶毒素合成基因的生物信息学分析与克隆

胶毒素是生防木霉菌重要的次生代谢产物之一。本研究以生防木霉菌T23为供试材料,旨在通过生物信息学技术及表达分析,挖掘木霉菌T23中胶毒素合成候选基因,探索木霉菌胶毒素合成的分子调控机制,可为新型生物农药的开发及应用提供理论依据。研究表明,木霉菌T23中胶毒素合成候选基因簇全长28 kb,簇内包含了8个基因,分别与烟曲霉胶毒素合成基因簇内的gliP、gliC、gliN、gliK、gliI、gliG、gliF、gliM高度同源。提取培养2 d、3 d、4 d、5 d的木霉菌T23菌丝的RNA,通过半定量RT-PCR技术探索各候选基因在木霉菌T23不同生长时期的表达情况,显示各基因在不同生长时期均有表达,属于组成型表达基因。成功克隆得到木霉菌T23中的gliP-T23基因并完成基因结构分析,该基因全长6 339 bp,由4个外显子和3个内含子组成,为后续的基因功能验证提供基础。     

马氏珠母贝(Pinctada fucata martensii)细胞粘附分子3(Pm-CAM3)基因的克隆与表达分析

细胞粘附分子3 (cell adhesion molecule 3, CAM3)是免疫球蛋白家族(immunoglobulin family, IgSF)的一员,在细胞黏连、外源病原体的识别等方面具有重要作用。本实验利用末端快速克隆(RACE)技术,克隆获得马氏珠母贝(Pinctada facata martensii)细胞粘附分子3的全长序列(Pm-CAM3),并使用荧光定量PCR(Real-time PCR, q RT-PCR)技术检测了Pm-CAM3在马氏珠母贝不同组织中的表达模式。结果显示,Pm-CAM3基因全长2 245 bp。其中5'UTR 335 bp,3'UTR 166 bp,开放阅读框(ORF)长度为1 744 bp,共编码581个氨基酸;预测其相对分子量为63.21 kD,等电点为5.07,脂溶指数(aliphatic index)为67.21;总平均亲水性(grand averageofhydropathy, GRAVY)为-0.549,属于亲水性蛋白;Pm-CAM3具有跨膜结构域,其胞外区域具有一个Ig SF家族典型的Ig结构域以及一个Ig-like结构域。多序列比对结果显示,Pm-CAM3在物种间的保守性较低,其中Pm-CAM3与太平洋牡蛎的CAM3 (Crassostrea gigas, Cg-CAM3)的氨基酸序列相似性最高,但仅为37%。qRT-PCR分析表明Pm-CAM3在马氏珠母贝的9个组织中均有表达,其中在鳃中的表达量最高(p<0.05)。     

布氏鲳鲹GHRH基因克隆、组织和胚胎表达模式

促生长激素释放激素(growth hormone releasing hormone, GHRH)主要生物学功能是刺激垂体细胞分泌生长激素,已被证实是动物体生长轴的重要调控因子之一,布氏鲳鲹是一种生长快速的海洋鱼类,为了揭示其代谢旺盛的调节机制,本研究从GHRH入手,利用RACE技术和qPCR方法对布氏鲳鲹GHRH基因进行了克隆、组织和胚胎表达模式研究。实验结果显示,布氏鲳鲹GHRH基因cDNA序列全长1019bp,5’UTR、3’UTR长度分别为327 bp和164 bp,开放阅读框528 bp,共编码175个氨基酸;同源性分析结果表明,布氏鲳鲹GHRH基因与其它鲈形目鱼类的同源性在91%以上。布氏鲳鲹GHRH基因的表达区域大多都集中在中枢系统,其中下丘脑表达量最高;GHRH在受精卵期到后续发育过程中均检测到表达,其表达水平在仔鱼期达到最高。序列分析、组织及胚胎表达的结果表明,布氏鲳鲹GHRH的调节模式仍然可能通过下丘脑调节垂体释放GH,GHRH在个体发育的较早阶段即开始发挥作用。本研究掌握了布氏鲳鲹GHRH基因的基本规律,为进一步研究生长轴的调控提供了理论参考。     

金柑花蕾酵母双杂交cDNA文库构建及评价

为了探索金柑花发育的分子机制并研究与金柑花发育相关重要基因编码的蛋白质之间的相互作用,本研究以融安金柑不同生长时期的花蕾为材料,采用SMART技术构建了cDNA文库,对该文库进行了鉴定评价。经检测,所构建的cDNA文库滴度为2.83×10^8cfu/mL,文库库容为1.42×10^10cfu,重组率为97.91%,插入的双链cDNA片段长度主要分布在250~2 000 bp之间。结果表明,该文库达到了建库标准,理论上涵盖了全部与融安金柑花蕾发育相关的基因,为后续利用酵母双杂交技术筛选互作蛋白提供了物质基础。