原生质体融合选育肌苷产生菌产氨短杆菌GMA—2802

以肌苷产生菌产氨短杆菌ＧＭＡ－２７２２（Ａｄｅ－、 Ｇｕａ－、ＶＢ１－、Ｒｉｆｒ）和 ＧＭＡ－２７７６（Ａｄｅ－、 Ｂｉｏｔｉｎ－、ＶＢ１－、Ｓｍｒ）为出发菌株,经原生质体融合,将目的标志加以组合,获得遗传性状稳定、摇瓶发酵６１ｈ,产肌苷２５．４ｇ／Ｌ的融合子 ＧＭＡ－２８０２（Ａｄｅ－、Ｇｕａ－、Ｂｉｏｔｉｎ－、ＶＢ１－、 Ｒｉｆｒ、Ｓｍｒ）。     

Pigmentation changes in Brevibecteria induced by mutagenic treatment

Inducible pigmentation changes were observed in pigmented strains of Brevibacterium sp. M27 and B. flavum treated with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. The highest frequency of induction was reached already at a survival of 30-40% with the maximal yield of 6-10%. As compared with the initial yellow colour, three new pigmentation types, viz. white, pink and orange, were observed. The yellow pigmented parent strains are most resistant to the lethal effects of UV radiation. By selecting pigmented mutants of all types on media containing antibiotics it was possible to obtain strains that were resistant either to tetracycline or to streptomycin. Auxotrophic pigmented mutants were also isolated. In multiple mutant strains of Brevibacterium sp. M27 a number of strainsexhibited a changed L-lysine production. In some strains the production was variable, whereasother strains did not produce L-lysine at all and stains with a limited production of other amino acids were also detected.     

Plasmid transfer and genetic recombination by protoplast fusion in staphylococci.

The experimental conditions for plasmid transfer and genetic recombination in Staphylococcus aureus and some coagulase-negative staphylococci by protoplast fusion are described. Protoplasts were prepared by treatment with lysostaphin and lysozyme in a buffered medium with 0.7 to 0.8 M sucrose. Regeneration of cell walls was accomplished on a hypertonic agar medium containing succinate and bovine serum albumin. Transfer of plasmids occurred after treatment of the protoplast mixtures with polyethylene glycol (molecular weight, 6,000) not only between strains of the same species but also between parents of different species, although at approximately 100 times lower frequency in the latter case. Recombination of the chromosomal genes in fused protoplasts required simultaneous treatment of the mixed protoplasts with polyethylene glycol and CaCl2. A method was developed for isolation of recombinants after fusion between mutants of S. areus carrying unselectable markers. Antibiotic resistance plasmids were introduced into the parental strains and used as primary markers to detect protoplast fusion. Chromosomal recombinants were found among the clones with both parental plasmids at a high frequency. The method appears to have simple applications in the construction of strains with multiple mutant characters.     

Cholesterol heterogeneity in the plasma membrane of epithelial cells.

The distribution of cholesterol in the plasma membrane of epithelial cells has been determined using renal brush border vesicles as a model. In brush borders treated with Brevibacterium sp. or Nocardia erythropolis cholesterol oxidases, a significant fraction of the free cholesterol was oxidized rapidly, without glutaraldehyde fixation, and the remaining cholesterol was oxidized at a slower rate. The size of the readily accessible cholesterol pool, however, depended on the enzyme used, varying from 16% of the total in membranes treated with N. erythropolis oxidase, to 27% using the Brevibacterium sp. enzyme. The slowly accessible pool detected by the Brevibacterium oxidase was suppressed upon sphingomyelinase addition. On the other hand, the restricted activity of the Nocardia oxidase might depend on phosphatidylcholine/cholesterol interactions. These results indicate that cholesterol distribution is heterogeneous in intact renal brush border vesicles. They suggest that, as proposed for model system [Demel, R.A. Jansen, J.W.C.M., van Dijck, P.W.M., & van Deenen, L.L.M. (1977) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 465, 1-10], preferential interactions between some classes of phospholipids and cholesterol define cholesterol pools in the plasma membrane of epithelial cells.     

Fungal protoplast fusion – a revisit

Protoplast fusion is a non-specific recombination technique used for transfer of cytosolic organelles including genetic material. The process involves cell wall breakdown, regeneration of protoplasts, chemofusion and electrofusion. This review article discusses all the stages involved in fusion of protoplasts and some of the applications of protoplast fusion technique in fungal systems.     

Transmission and recombination of mitochondrial genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae after protoplast fusion

Summary Protoplasts of auxotrophic strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae of opposite and identical mating types carrying different mitochondrial drug-resistance markers, with both homosexual and heterosexual mitochondrial backgrounds, were induced to fuse by polyethylene glycol. After selective regeneration of prototrophic fusion products, the transmission and recombination frequencies of mitochondrial genes in populations of cells were determined and compared with those obtained in mating processes. The frequencies obtained in the fusion experiments proved very similar to those found in the zygote clones. The behavior of mitochondrial genes was apparently affected neither by nuclear mating type background nor by the method of transfer of mitochondrial genomes (i.e., protoplast fusion or mating), making possible mitochondrial genetic studies by protoplast fusion irrespective of the mating type barrier of yeast strains.     

Production of Intraspecific Hybrids of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycoperisici and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici by Protoplast Fusions

The fusion of protoplasts from the cycloheximide-resistant mutant FOL(C) of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) and the mycostatin-resistant mutant FORL(M) of F. oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici (FORL), produced hybrids which expressed significant differences from the parents in their pathogenicity and growth and in the electrophoretic separation patterns of their proteins, enzymes and isoenzymes. The results suggest a transformed genetic basis for these altered expressions and the feasibility of using protoplast fusion technology for examining the biology of pathogenicity genes and for elucidating the disease and virulence potential for new races from within hybridisable taxa of Fusarium spp. Such information would be useful for the design and development of long-term control systems for Fusarium diseases, particularly in breeding programs for disease resistance in crops.     

微生物原生质体融合育种技术及其应用

工业微生物菌种选育在发酵工业中占有重要地位。微生物原生质体融合(microbial protoplast fusion)技术具有重组频率高、受结合型或致育型限制小以及遗传物质传递完整等优点,是微生物育种最常用的方法之一。结合相关研究进展,分析了原生质体融合技术的组成,包括制备、再生、融合的影响因素以及融合子的筛选方法,重点评述了原生质体融合技术应用在微生物育种中的最新进展,以及微生物原生质体融合技术的发展前景。     

Cytoplasmic transfer of oligomycin resistance during protoplast fusion of Saccharomycopsis lipolytica

Mitotic segregation of oligomycin resistance and oligomycin sensitivity was observed among the prototrophic progeny of protoplast fusion between drug-resistant and drug-sensitive complementary auxotrophs of Saccharomycopsis lipolytica. The transfer of oligomycin resistance by protoplast fusion without karyogamy suggests a cytoplasmic inheritance of this drug resistance determinant.     

Isolation and characterization of a restriction and modification deficient mutant of Brevibacterium lactofermentum

In order to facilitate genetic engineering in amino-acid producing bacteria we have isolated two restriction-deficient Brevibacterium lactofermentum strains. They have been selected for their ability to obtain a high yield of plaques from CL31 phage which was grown on Corynebacterium lilium. These mutant strains do not restrict either phage DNA by transfection or DNA from the shuttle vector pBLA extracted from Escherichia coli by protoplast transformation. These mutants have also lost modification activity. We also report the presence of a restriction modification system in C. lilium ATCC 15990.     

Transfer of functional adenovirus E1A transcription activator proteins into mammalian cells by protoplast fusion

Human adenovirus 2/5 E1A proteins were used to evaluate protoplast fusion as a method of transferring functional proteins into mammalian cells. Both the E1A 13 and 12 S mRNA products expressed in Escherichia coli are shown to activate in trans adenovirus gene expression following transfer into monkey kidney cells by protoplast fusion. Approximately 20% of the recipient mammalian cells exhibited positive nuclear E1A-specific immunofluorescence following fusion with protoplasts containing E1A protein. E. coli-expressed E1A protein was modified post-translationally in Vero cells following protoplast fusion, as evidenced by its shift in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis mobility. These results establish protoplast fusion as a simple rapid method for examining the functional activity, intracellular distribution, and post-translational modification of E. coli-expressed proteins in intact mammalian cells.     

原生质体培养在芸薹属蔬菜作物中的研究进展

原生质体是遗传转化的优良受体。在原生质体培养过程中会产生很多无性系变异,还可以产生体细胞杂种,这些都为蔬菜育种提供了新的途径。介绍了原生质体培养及原生质体融合方法的研究进展,综述了原生质体培养在芸薹属蔬菜育种中所取得的研究成果,并对今后研究的方向进行了展望。     

Genetic analysis of protoplast fusant Xhhh constructed for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment

In order to analyse genetic relationships between functional strain Xhhh previously constructed through protoplast fusion for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment and its parents, random amplification polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used to investigate genetic similarities among the strains based on genome and functional genes analyses. A total of 739 clear and consistent bands were produced in the RAPD fingerprint analysis with 40 primers. The genetic similarity indices between Xhhh and parental strains PC (Phanerochaete chrysosporium), SC (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and XZ (native bacterium Bacillus sp.) were 36.21%, 37.73% and 37.48%, respectively. With PCR amplification and DNA sequencing, Xhhh was found containing functional genes of mnp and lip from PC, FLO1 from SC and 16S rDNA fragments from XZ. Experimental results of genetic analyses were in accordance with Xhhh biochemical and phenotypic characteristics, and protoplast fusion technique is considered as a promising technique in environmental pollution control.     

Experiments with Bacillus thuringiensis protoplasts. II. Study of the potential interspecies fusion of bacterial protoplasts: Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus megaterium

In the present study the possibility of obtaining interspecific bacterial hybrids by polyethylene glycol-assisted fusion of protoplasts from Bacillus thuringiensis and Bac. megaterium has been examined. Electron microscopic and genetic data allow to confirm with great probability that cytological fusion takes place. However, genetic analysis revealed that neither of methods applied for protoplast fusion gave stable recombinants. Apparently, it is due to the lack of recombination or the death of recombinants that follows the functioning of the cell correction system. The mechanism of protoplast fusion and its most important steps are also studied in the present work.     

The mutation range ofBrevibacterium sp. M27

The mutation range was studied inBrevibacterium sp. M27 after UV irradiation and after treatment with N-methyl-N’-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. The induction of auxotrophic mutants and mutants resistant to streptomycin and tetracycline was investigated. A collection of auxotrophic mutants for the studies of genetic transfer in this model was prepared.     

Protoplast fusion: a tool for intergeneric gene transfer in bacteria

Protoplasts can be isolated from bacterial cells by digestion of the cell wall with the help of lysozyme in presence of osmotic stabilizers. Fusion of protoplasts can be induced by chemical fusogens like polyethylene glycol. The electrofusion technique has been reported in bacteria in which the fusion frequency is much higher than that obtained by PEG induced protoplast fusion. This technology allows recombination to take place not only between related species but also between unrelated genera and is of great potential in the breeding and improvement of industrial strains. This review includes the information and developments on the protoplast fusion in bacteria with special reference to genetic recombination by protoplast fusion between phylogenetically unrelated bacteria.     

Detection by flow cytometry of protoplast fusion and transient expression of transferred heterologous CD4 sequences in COS-7 cells

Transfer and expression of a plasmid containing the gene encoding the human T-cell antigen CD4 by protoplast fusion was measured by flow cytometry (FCM). Protoplasts were prelabeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) and fused to COS-7 cells. Nonspecific protoplast adsorption to the plasma membrane was differentiated from successful protoplast fusion by the addition of an antibody directed against fluorescein to quench extracellular protoplast fluorescence. Transfection efficiencies were defined as both percent CD4 expressing cells and CD4 expression levels on a single cell basis in the transient immunofluorescence assay. Cell sorting studies indicated that intracellular protoplast-associated fluorescence immediately after fusion exhibited a good correlation with transient CD4 transfection efficiencies as measured by indirect immunofluorescence. Reconstruction experiments comparing CD4 transfer efficiencies of protoplast fusion and calcium phosphate transfection showed that fusion resulted in a higher percentage of CD4 expressing transfectants, while calcium phosphate transfection yielded higher CD4 expression levels on a single cell basis. Thus, FCM appears to be useful as a new tool for sensitive detection of transient expression of heterologous reporter genes in COS-7 cells.     

Cloning of the wide spectrum amidase gene from Brevibacterium sp. R312 by genetic complementation. Overexpression in Brevibacterium sp. and Escherichia coli

Abstract The amiE gene of Brevibacterium sp. R312 encoding wide spectrum amidase was isolated by complementation of a Brevibacterium sp. mutant using a plasmid gene bank of chromosomal DNA. The amiE structural gene and its promoter were localized on a 1.8-kb fragment by subsequent subcloning and complementation studies. In Brevibacterium sp., the investigation of amidase activities related to one copy of the gene suggested that the regulation of the amiE gene expression was under negative control. High expression levels have been obtained in Brevibacterium sp. and, after substitution of the amiE promoter by the tac promoter, in Escherichia coli .     

Hybridization and breeding of the benomyl resistant mutant, Trichoderma harziantum antagonized to phytopathogenic fungi by protoplast fusion

A diploid strain obtained from heterokaryons of Trichoderma harzianum by protoplast fusion grew on minimal medium containing 100ppm benomyl. This strain inhibited the growth of the phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. raphani on paired cultures and also protected against radish yellows and a drop in germination induced by F. oxysporum f. sp. raphani.     

Stereochemical Behavior of an NADH Model Compound Carrying l-Prolinamide at 3,5-Positions

Interspecific recombinants have been produced between Streptococcus cremoris H-61 and S. lactis J-1 by polyethylene glycol-induced protoplast fusion. All of the fusants obtained showed mixed physiological properties of the two parents, and possessed plasmids derived from both parents at random. Physiological properties of primary colonies were stably maintained among the progenies after the single-colony isolation procedure. Similarly, in most of the fusants the plasmid profiles of the primary colonies were stably maintained, but one lost 2 out of the 7 plasmid bands. However, there was no indication that plasmids from either one of the parents were preferentially lost. These results showed that interspecific genetic transfer occurred on chromosomal and plasmid DNA on the protoplast fusion and that the fusants obtained were not heterokaryons, but true recombinants.