外源激素对番茄质膜结合植物凝集素的影响

番茄愈伤组织培养于附加不同激素的 MS 培养基上。经过3次继代培养后,分别从这些愈伤组织分离原生质体,并使之与植物凝集素 ConA 结合。再从原生质体制备质膜。比较在相同膜蛋白含量条件下,质膜上结合~(125)I-ConA。结果表明:在含有2,4-D 的培养基上番茄培养细胞的质膜结合 ConA 的能力保持在很高的水平上。其它生长物质和激动素对细胞表面特性的影响各不相同。     

根癌农杆菌T-DNA在向日葵离体组织中的转移与表达

利用根癌农杆菌B6S3和T37菌株离体感染向日葵切伤的子叶、下胚轴外植体。感染处理的外植体与菌共培养三天后,在无激素条件下以60—96％的频率获得了离体转化的瘤组织。瘤组织在继代培养过程中具有激素自主性生长特性。在无激素培养基上瘤组织的生长速率显著高于正常愈伤组织。所有随机取样测定的瘤组织内均有相应冠瘿碱的存在。     

光棘豆悬浮细胞原生质体培养影响因素的研究

采用光棘豆无菌苗胚轴诱导的分化能力强的愈伤组织建立的胚必细胞悬浮系材料,对悬浮细胞原生质体解离所需酶液,原生质体培养所需要的渗透压和激素组合进行了研究。发现较低的培养基渗透压（〈０．３５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ葡萄糖）和较高浓度的２,４－Ｄ（〉１ｍｇ／Ｌ）易于诱导细胞出芽分裂,导致细胞破碎和死亡,并引起培养细胞褐化,找出适合光棘悬浮细胞原生质培养基渗透压和激素组合。     

沙打旺与苜蓿属间体细胞杂交

以豆科牧草沙打旺为一亲本,碘乙酰胺处理的紫花苜蓿发根农杆菌A_4菌株转化系为另一亲本,通过PEG-高pH,高钙法诱导原生质体融合。在不加外源激素的DPD 培养基上有效地筛选了杂种细胞。经培养首次得到沙打旺( )紫花苜蓿的属间体细胞杂种。尽管双亲原生质体均已丧失分化植株的能力,但杂种细胞系R_1仍得到苗的分化。杂种R_1细胞的染色体数检查、冠瘿碱检测、同工酶和RAPD 分析结果,都证实了其杂种特性。     

沙打旺与苜蓿属间体细胞杂交

以豆科牧草沙打旺为一亲本,碘乙酰胺处理的紫花苜蓿发根农杆菌A4菌株转化系为另一亲本,通过PEG-高pH,高钙法诱导原生质体融合。在不加外源激素的DPD培养基上有效地筛选了杂种细胞。经培养首次得到沙打旺( )紫花苜蓿的属间体细胞杂种。尽管双亲原生质体均已丧失分化植株的能力,但杂种细胞系R1仍得到苗的分化。杂种R1细胞的染色体数检查、冠瘿碱检测、同工酶和RAPD分析结果,都证实了其杂种特性。     

胶烟草叶肉原生质体的植株再生及转化试验

胶烟草叶肉原生质体经培养得到的愈伤组织在含0.5-1.5mg/1 2,4-D的MS培养基上培养40-50天后可形成体细胞胚,2,4-D的浓度在1 mg/1时诱导频率最高,可达45%。体细胞胚在无激素的MS琼脂培养基中即可形成完整植株。通过愈伤组织分化过程中的组织学观察发现,在胚状体形成过程中细胞内淀粉粒呈一动态变化,推测胚状体邻近的愈伤组织细胞在胚状体发育提供营养方面可能起重要作用。利用根癌农杆菌改建的Ti质粒对胶烟草原生质体进行遗传转化,在无激素的MS培养基上筛选得到基因4的转化细胞克隆。电泳法证明T-DNA胭脂碱合成酶基因在转化细胞内表达。     

甘蓝下胚轴原生质体再生植株

经纯化后,甘蓝下胚轴原生质体的产量为1．5×10⁶g^-1(Fw),采用液体浅层培养的方法进行培养。2～3d后,发生第一次分裂,第10天,统计分裂频率为6l％,5周内形成大量的细胞团和小愈伤组织,统计植板率为1．1％,把小愈伤组织转到与原生质体培养基相同激素的MS固体培养基上增殖。当愈伤组织长到3～5mm大小时,接到分化培养基上,芽分化率为46.7％．分化出来的芽长到3～4cm长时,从基部切下,插入生根培养基,两星期左右即可长成完整植株。     

电融合法产生骆驼刺与鹰嘴紫云英属间体细胞杂种

采用电融合法获得了骆驼刺和鹰嘴紫云英属间体细胞杂种。骆驼刺原生质体来自发根农杆菌A4转化系细胞,并经碘乙酰胺处理;鹰嘴紫云英原生质体从甲硫氨酸抗性系细胞分离。双亲及同源融合产物均不能在无激素的筛选培养基上持续分裂,融合后的杂种细胞由于双亲生理互补效应可恢复持续分裂能力而被筛选出来。本实验优化了电融合参数,如直流脉冲、交流脉冲和脉冲次数。融合产物经培养获得的杂种细胞系经形态学、染色体数目检查、生化及随机扩增多态性DNA分析,鉴定出10个杂种克隆,并从3个杂种克隆再生了小植株。     

谷子原生质体的分离和培养(简报)

取继代培养后4—5天的谷子(Setariaitalica,品种豫谷一号)悬浮培养细胞,用含2%纤维素酶(Onozuka Rs)和0.1%果胶酶(Pectolyase Y 23)的酶溶液酶解分离原生质体。原生质体纯化后的产量在2—6×10~6原生质体/克鲜重。原生质体在培养2天后形成细胞壁并开始进行分裂。在培养6天时的分裂频率达5—12%。此后随添加新鲜培养基并降低培养基的渗透压,形成细胞团。培养一个月后,可将可见的细胞团转移到附加2,4-D和激动素的MS琼脂培养基上,即形成旺盛生长的愈伤组织。     

沙打旺原生质体培养再生植株

用1%半纤维素酶,0.4%纤维素酶,0.1%果胶离析酶,CPW9M酶液分离沙打旺无菌苗下胚轴和子叶原生质体。K8P原生质体培养基悬滴培养。下胚轴原生质体形成小细胞团后用琼脂糖包埋培养,形成小块愈伤组织后转入增殖培养基M1、M2(改良MS培养基)上形成大块愈伤组织。经过两次诱导分化,在分化培养基M3(MS 0.7mg/L BA 0.2mg/L NAA),M4(MS 0.5mg/L BA 0.5mg/L KT 0.5mg/L ZT 0.2mg/L NAA)和M6(MS 3mg/L ZT 0.2mg/L IAA)上分化出苗,再生植株。由子叶分离的原生质体未能形成愈伤组织。     

Neoplastic progression in crown gall in tobacco without elevated auxin levels

We have isolated two stable variants from a crown-gall teratoma tissue of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) transformed by Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain A66, a mutant of the virulent A6 strain containing an insertion sequence in the tumor-inducing (Ti) plasmid at the locus coding for auxin biosynthesis. Normally tobacco cells transformed by strain A66 spontaneously form shoots in culture and will not grow on hormone-free medium unless shoots develop. The variant tissue lines, isolated from the teratoma tissue after prolonged culture in the dark, grew as friable and unorganized tissues on hormone-free growth medium. Growth of the variants was more sensitive to auxin feeding than growth of the parental teratoma line, and the auxin dose-response curves of the variant lines were similar to those obtained with A6-transformed tobacco cells. Southern blot analysis of DNA from the parental teratoma line and one of the variants showed no differences in copy number or organization of the oncogenic DNA sequence (T-DNA) transferred from the bacterium, indicating that the variant phenotype did not result from reversion of the A66 mutation. Radio-immunoassay analysis showed similar levels of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in the variants and parental teratoma line (3–50 and 38–42 pmol·(gFW)^-1, respectively), whereas an A6-transformed cell line contained much higher IAA levels (150–1200 pmol·(g FW)^-1). Low levels of the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid in the variants and the parental teratoma line (<5 nmol·(g FW)^-1) as compared with that found in the A6-transformed line (>100 nmol· (g FW)^-1) provided additional, indirect evidence for low auxin levels in the variant lines. These results indicate that crown-gall teratoma tissues of tobacco may switch to the unorganized, auxin-sensitive phenotype without an increase in auxin content.Abbreviations IAA indole-3-acetic acid - kb kilobase - NAA -naphthalene acetic acid - NAM -naphthaleneacetamide - T-DNA DNA transferred from the Ti plasmid to the plant - T_L-DNA the left transferred region of pTiA6 containing the T-DNA oncogenes     

Interspecific T-DNA transfer through plant protoplast fusion

Summary An attempt was made to transfer the T-DNA of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, previously introduced into plant cells, via protoplast fusion from one species into another. For the experiments two cell lines were used: firstly, a Nicotiana paniculata cell line transformed with the Agrobacterium strain B6S3. This cell line exhibits both hormone independent growth and synthesis of octopine as a result of the incorporated T-DNA from Agrobacterium. These two markers are dominant. The second cell line was the nitrate reductase deficient cnx-68 cell line of N. tabacum which contains an intracellular calcium oxalate druse. These two markers are recessive. Isolated protoplasts of the donor cell line N. paniculata B6S3 were mitotically inactivated by X rays and fused with protoplasts of the cell line cnx-68. Asymmetric somatic hybrids were selected on hormone free agar medium supplemented with 50 mM KClO₃. This compound is toxic for cells possessing nitrate reductase activity. From about 1.1×10⁷ cultivated protoplasts 18 cell lines survived the selection treatment. Of these seven exhibited the two dominant and the two recessive markers, whereas the others showed either only one or none of the recessive or only one of the dominant markers. In dot-blot experiments using species specific DNA clones of the donor and the recipient plant species it was confirmed that besides the T-DNA other nuclear genomic DNA of the donor species had also been transferred in various amounts. The possible consequences of these results for plant breeding programmes are discussed.     

In vitro transformation of murine pre-B lymphoid cells by Snyder-Theilen feline sarcoma virus

Snyder-Theilen feline sarcoma virus (ST-FeSV) codes for a protein kinase with specificity for tyrosine residues (Barbacid et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 77:5158-5163, 1980), properties analogous to those of the transforming gene product of Abelson murine leukemia virus (Witte et al., Nature (London) 283:826-831, 1980). In the present report, ST-FeSV was demonstrated to transform murine hematopoietic cells under in vitro assay conditions which detect lymphoid cell transformation by Abelson murine leukemia virus. Bone marrow colony formation was shown to require ST-FeSV, follow single-hit kinetics, and require the presence of mercaptoethanol in the agar medium. ST-FeSV-induced colonies could be established in culture as continuous cell lines that demonstrated unrestricted self-renewal capacity and leukemogenicity in vivo. The hematopoietic blast cells transformed by ST-FeSV in culture appeared to be at an early stage of B cell differentiation. They possessed Lyb 2 surface antigens, were dependent on mercaptoethanol for growth, and contained only low levels of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. Moreover, a large fraction of the lines synthesized immunoglobulin mu chain in the absence of light chains. Thus, the phenotype of ST-FeSV hematopoietic transformants was indistinguishable from that of the pre-B lymphoblast transformants induced by Abelson murine leukemia virus. These findings indicate that the in vitro functional similarities in the onc gene products of ST-FeSV and Abelson murine leukemia virus may reflect a common pathway by which they exert their oncogenic potential.     

Efficient transformation of human fibroblasts by adenovirus-simian virus 40 recombinants.

The origin-defective simian virus 40 (SV40) mutant 6-1 has been useful in transforming human cells (Small et al., Nature [London] 296:671-672, 1982; Nagata et al., Nature [London] 306:597-599, 1983). However, the low efficiency of transformation achieved by DNA transfection is a major drawback of the system. To increase the efficiency of SV40-induced transformation of human fibroblasts, we used recombinant adenovirus-SV40 virions which contain a complete SV40 early region including either a wild-type or defective (6-1) origin of replication. The SV40 DNA was cloned into the adenovirus vector in place of early region 1. Cell lines transformed by viruses containing a functional origin of replication produced free SV40 DNA. These cell lines were subcloned, and some of the subclones lost the ability to produce free viral DNA. Subclones that failed to produce free viral DNA were found to possess a mutated T antigen. Cell lines transformed by viruses containing origin-defective SV40 mutants did not produce any free DNA. Because of the high efficiency of transformation, we suggest that the origin-defective chimeric virus is a convenient system for establishing SV40-transformed cell lines from any human cell type that is susceptible to infection by adenovirus type 5.     

Isolation and culture of protoplasts from cell suspension cultures of Duboisia myoporoides with subsequent plant regeneration

Protoplasts were isolated from suspension cultures of various cell lines of Duboisia myoporoides R. Br. There were differences among cell lines with respect to optimal conditions for protoplast isolation including the amount and kind of enzymes and the osmoticum concentration. Protoplasts isolated from one cell line were successfully cultured and induced to form cell colonies in liquid modified B5 medium. Addition of conditioned medium, coconut milk and glucose as an osmoticum to protoplast culture medium as well as maintenance of high protoplast density in culture (> 10⁵/ml) were essential to obtain protocolony formation. Reduction of osmoticum concentration and deletion of coconut milk and conditioned medium from the culture medium were necessary to allow further colony development leading to cellus formation. Intact plants regenerated from calli derived from protoplasts were successfully transferred to pots.     

Stimulation of cell proliferation by vitamin A derivatives on murine sarcoma virus-transformed mouse cells in serum-free culture

The effect of retinoids (Rds) on cell proliferation was studied in serum-free culture condition, using non-transformed and transformed derivatives of BALB 3T3. Cell proliferation of an SV40-transformed line was inhibited significantly by Rd treatment. However, proliferation of two cell lines that were transformed by a Kirsten and Moloney strain of murine sarcoma virus (MSV) and produced growth factor into culture medium, was remarkably stimulated by Rds. Addition of serum masked both the inhibitory and stimulatory effects of Rds.     

In vitro transformation of petunia cells by an improved method of co-cultivation with A. tumefaciens strains

Summary A method (termed co-cultivation) for transforming plant cells in vitro with A. tumefaciens strains, which was originally developed by Marton et al. (1978) Nature 277: 129–131, has been modified by the incorporation of a novel feeder plate culture system and been extended to use with petunia protoplasts. Using efficient cell plating and selection conditions for phytohormone-independent growth, large numbers of independent transformed calli can be obtained efficiently (10^-1) and in less than 3 weeks following protoplast isolation. Southern hybridization analysis has confirmed that the majority of the resulting in vitro transformants contain a single copy of full length T-DNA.The high efficiency of this procedure allows simple screening to identify plant cells transformed by Ti plasmids attenuated by deletion of internal T-DNA regions. Results are presented that demonstrate the co-cultivation method can be used in conjunction with short term assays for monitoring plant gene expression.     

Flat revertants derived from Kirsten murine sarcoma virus-transformed cells produce transforming growth factors

Two flat cellular revertant cell lines, F-2 and C-11, which were originally selected from the DT line of Kirsten murine sarcoma virus (Ki-MuSV)-transformed NIH/3T3 cells, were examined for the production of transforming growth factors (TGFs). The revertant cells fail to grow in semisolid medium as colonies and exhibit a markedly reduced level of tumorigenicity in nude mice, although they are known to express high levels of p21ras, the product of the Kirsten sarcoma virus oncogene, ras, and they contain a rescuable transforming virus. TGF activity associated with the transformed, revertant, and non-transformed cell lines was measured by the ability of concentrated conditioned medium (CM) from these cells to induce normal rat kidney (NRK) and NIH/3T3 cells to form colonies in semisolid agar suspension cultures and to inhibit the binding of 125I epidermal growth factor (EGF) to specific cell surface receptors. CM from the transformed DT cells and from both the F-2 and C-11 revertants contains TGF activity, in contrast to CM obtained from normal NIH/3T3 cells. Furthermore, unlike NIH/3T3 cells, neither the DT nor the revertant cells were able to bind 125I EGF. All four cell lines were able to proliferate in serum-free medium supplemented with transferrin, insulin, EGF, and Pedersen fetuin. However, in basal medium lacking these growth factors, only DT cells and, to a lesser extent, the revertant cells were able to grow. These results suggest that the F-2 and C-11 revertants fail to exhibit all of the properties associated with transformation because the series of events leading to the transformed phenotype is blocked at a point(s) distal both to the expression of the p21 ras gene product and also to the production of TGFs and that the production of TGFs may be necessary but not sufficient for maintaining the transformed state.