马铃薯转化效率的因素探讨

经农杆菌介导转化了５个马铃薯品种。结果表明不同品种的马铃薯转化效率不同，试管薯度过２～３个月的休眠期后转化效率明显提高。转化效率亦随Ｔ－ＤＮＡ长度的增加而减少，这可能与Ｔ－ＤＮＡ整合时的断裂或重组有关     

水稻T-DNA插入突变体库的构建及突变类型的分析

利用农杆菌介导的转化系统转化中花11成熟胚愈伤组织,获得1489个独立转化的T-DNA插入再生株系。PCR和Southern杂交的结果表明,69．8％转化株系被整合了T-DNA,通过Tail-PCR也从转化植株中扩增出T-DNA侧翼序列。同时对1066个T1转化株系的抽穗期、株高、单株穗数的调查结果表明,不同株系中分离出了突变植株。     

植物遗传工程

质粒pGKB5的根癌土壤杆菌C58C1细胞悬浮液渗 入拟南芥生态型Wassilevskija植株。鉴定了高频 获得的转化株。它们含有转化的和未转化的营养部 分。转化频率平均为5个转化株/接种植株。遗f争 和分子学分析表明,花发育晚期出现转化,因所有 的转化株均是半合子,含有不同的T-DNA插入 物。以前用种菌转化法亦获类似结果。开始了一大 规模工程以产生5～10万T-DNA插入突变体。目 前正在分析最初的4000个转化株。此转化法适于那 些组培和/或繁殖困难的植物品种的转化。 (李思 经) 941953 豌豆对根癌土壤杆菌和发根土壤杆菌菌株转化反应 的变异…     

稻瘟病菌T-DNA插入方法优化及其突变体分析

优化了农杆菌介导转化稻瘟病菌获得T-DNA插入突变的条件,包括选择转化子的潮霉素B用量,抑制农杆菌的抗生素头孢噻肟钠和羧苄青霉素的配比,不同转化阶段培养基的选择等。转化1×10⁶个孢子平均可获得约500个左右的转化子,PCR和TAILPCR检测表明约85%转化子中含T-DNA插入。对1520个突变体进行形态变异观察,发现菌落颜色突变的有15个;随机取58个突变体进行比较,发现产孢量减少的4个,孢子萌发率降低的8个,附着胞形成率降低的9个;还获得对水稻品种C101LAC（Pi-1）和751127（Pi-9）致病的突变体,为进一步克隆相应的无毒基因奠定了基础。     

植物的序列转化:意想不到的问题

尽管当前植物遗传工程方法通常只涉及将单个理想基因引入植物体,但分子生物学家已预见到将来人们可能会利用多基因来转化植物。这可通过用多个T-DNA协同转化植物或通过序列转化——各自选择不同的标记的一系列转化步骤来完成。然而,奥地利科学院的M.A.Matzke和同事研究发现,烟草植物的序列转化可能导致意想不到的问题。他们用含有一卡那霉素抗性基因的T-DNA(T-DNA-Ⅰ)通过根癌土壤杆菌转化烟草植株。在第二次转化中,他们将具有潮霉素抗性基因的T-DNA(T-DNA-Ⅱ)引入含有     

利用双T-DNA载体系统培育无选择标记转基因烟草

建立了一种利用双T-DNA载体培育无选择标记转基因植物的方法.通过体外重组构建了双T-DNA双元载体pDLBRBbarm.载体中,选择标记nptⅡ基因和另一代表外源基因的bar基因分别位于2个独立的T-DNA.利用农杆菌介导转化烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.),在获得的转化植株中,同时整合有nptⅡ基因和bar基因的频率为59.2%.对4个同时整合有nptⅡ和bar基因植株自交获得的T1代株系进行检测分析,发现在3个T1代株系2个T-DNA可以发生分离,其中约19.5%的转基因T1代植株中只存在bar基因而不带选择标记nptⅡ.这一结果说明双T-DNA载体系统能有效地用于培育无选择标记的转基因植物.研究还利用位于2个不同载体上的nptⅡ基因与 bar基因通过农杆菌介导共转化烟草,获得共转化植株的频率为20.0%～47.4%,低于使用双T-DNA转化的共转化频率.     

利用双T-DNA载体系统培育无选择标记转基因烟草

建立了一种利用双T-DNA载体培育无选择标记转基因植物的方法。通过体外重组构建了双T-DNA双元载体pDLBRBbarm。载体中,选择标记nptⅡ基因和另一代表外源基因的bar基因分别位于2个独立的T-DNA。利用农杆菌介导转化烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.),在获得的转化植株中,同时整合有nptⅡ基因和bar基因的频率为59．2％。对4个同时整合有nptⅡ和bar基因植株自交获得的T1代株系进行检测分析,发现在3个T1代株系2个T-DNA可以发生分离,其中约19．5％的转基因T1代植株中只存在bar基因而不带选择标记nptⅡ。这一结果说明双T-DNA载体系统能有效地用于培育无选择标记的转基因植物。研究还利用位于2个不同载体上的nptⅡ基因与bar基因通过农杆菌介导共转化烟草,获得共转化植株的频率为20．0％～47．4％,低于使用双T-DNA转化的共转化频率。     

利用Inverse PCR快速筛选单个T-DNA拷贝转基因水稻植株的方法

为了获得单个T-DNA插入拷贝的植株, 我们建立了一套利用Inverse PCR(IPCR)快速检测转基因水稻中T-DNA拷贝数的方法。用IPCR的方法可以扩增出与已知T-DNA序列相邻的水稻基因组DNA未知序列,由此推测转基因水稻植株中T-DNA的拷贝数。我们共对15个转化株系20棵不同植株的DNA进行了IPCR检测。其中12株表现为T-DNA单拷贝插入,3株为双拷贝插入,1株为三拷贝插入。另外4株未检测到T-DNA插入拷贝。IPCR分析结果经过Southern杂交和测序的验证。     

稻瘟菌突变体T-DNA插入位点的精细定位和插入模式的研究

随机挑取已构建的37个稻瘟菌T-DNA突变株,利用TAIL-PCR技术扩增出T-DNA插入位点的侧翼序列,测序并进行比对分析。结果显示:成功获得扩增产物并测序的序列共有39条,T-DNA边界序列为稻瘟菌序列的有19条,其余20条为载体主干序列。在这有效扩增为稻瘟菌序列的19条中,有10条是T-DNA右侧翼序列与稻瘟菌序列,9条为左侧翼序列加稻瘟菌序列。分析T-DNA剪切位点,10条右侧翼序列中有9条的剪切位点相同,这与农杆菌介导T-DNA转化植物一样。而左边界的剪切位点就没有这种规律性。研究也精细确定了17个不同突变株的T-DNA插入位置,为后续的基因功能研究奠定基础。     

植物DNA断裂修复基因对农杆菌T-DNA整合的作用

转基因植物在作物新品种培育和生物制药中已发挥了巨大作用。农杆菌介导的遗传转化是广泛用于基因组分析的强大工具,也是获得转基因植物的主导技术。农杆菌介导的基因转移是极其复杂的生物学过程,需要许多农杆菌和植物的遗传因子协同参与完成。经过20多年的研究,人们对T-DNA产生和转运的分子机制以及农杆菌与寄主植物的互作已有所了解。T-DNA整合是农杆菌介导转化过程中最为关键的一步,但对于其整合机制所知仍有限。越来越多的证据表明,寄主植物细胞的DNA断裂修复基因对农杆菌T-DNA整合具有重要作用。该文首先介绍T-DNA转移的大致过程,重点讨论DNA断裂损伤修复相关基因对T-DNA整合的作用,为通过DNA损伤修复基因的遗传操纵来提高农杆菌介导植物遗传转化的效率提供参考。     

Leaf disc transformation of cultivated tomato (L. esculentum) using Agrobacterium tumefaciens

The leaf disc transformation/regeneration system was modified for tomato (L. esculentum). Both leaf explants and cotyledon/hypocotyl sections can be used to regenerate transformed plants. We have obtained over 300 transgenic plants from eight tomato cultivars. We have evidence for both single and multi-copy insertions of the T-DNA, and have demonstrated inheritance of the T-DNA insert in the expected Mendelian ratios. Several heterologous promoters function in tomato. A reduced efficiency of transformation was observed with binary T-DNA vectors as compared to co-integrate T-DNA vectors. The ease of the leaf disc method makes tomato a premier experimental organism for plant biotechnology.Abbreviations BA benzyl adenine - IAA indole acetic acid - LB Luria Broth     

Reasons for lower transformation efficiency in indica rice using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation: lessons from transformation assays and genome-wide expression profiling

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation has been routinely used in rice for more than a decade. However, the transformation efficiency of the indica rice variety is still unsatisfactory and much lower than that of japonica cultivars. Further improvement on the transformation efficiency lies in the genetic manipulation of the plant itself, which requires a better understanding of the underlying process accounting for the susceptibility of plant cells to Agrobacterium infection as well as the identification of plant genes involved in the transformation process. In this study, transient and stable transformation assays using different japonica and indica cultivars showed that the lower transformation efficiency in indica rice was mainly due to the low efficiency in T-DNA integration into the plant genome. Analyses of the global gene expression patterns across the transformation process in different varieties revealed major differences in the expression of genes responding to Agrobacterium within the first 6 h after infection and more differentially expressed genes were observed in the indica cultivar Zhenshan 97 (ZS), with a number of genes repressed early during infection. Microarray analysis revealed an important effect of plant defense response on Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. It has been shown that some genes which may be necessary for the transformation process were down-regulated in the indica cultivar ZS. This dataset provided a versatile resource for plant genomic research to understand the regulatory network of transformation process, and showed great promise for improving indica rice transformation using genetic manipulation of the rice genome.     

Efficient transformation of Korean rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L) mediated byAgrobacterium tumefaciens

The purpose of this study was to improve transformation efficiency for three Korean rice cultivars, Ilpum, Dasan, and Namyang. Using two different media with or without light, efficiencies of callus induction, regeneration, and transformation of the Korean cultivars were compared to Japanese cultivar, Nipponbare, as a control. Immature cv. Nipponbare seeds produced 35.5% and 16.1% regeneration efficiency on CIM and N6D media, respectively. Among the Korean cultivars, only cv. Ilpum induced on CIM in the dark was actively regenerated with efficiency of 8.2%. With LBA4404 (pTOK233), no difference for the efficiency of transformation was found between mature and immature seeds of cv. Ilpum. This result reveals that mature seeds can be substituted for this study with no difference. The anther-derived calli of cv. Namyang inoculated with either LBA4404 (pTOK233) or EHA101 (pSMABuba) showed regeneration efficiencies of 14.5% and 20.9%, respectively, even though efficiency of transformation did not differ with these two vectors. We suggest that the anther-derived calli are better-materials for transformation experiment due to their genotype-independent regeneration. In the assay of GUS, all of the calli that survived on the second selection medium were strongly stained. PCR-Southern blot analyses confirmed that T-DNA was stably transformed into all tissues selected. Cvs. Nipponbare and Namyang transformed by LBA4404 (pTOK233) showed positive color in the NPTII ELISA.     

An embryogenic suspension cell culture system for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of citrus

A method for the genetic transformation of several citrus cultivars is described, including cultivars observed to be recalcitrant to conventional epicotyl-mediated transformation. Embryogenic cell suspension cultures, established from unfertilized ovules were used as target tissues for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Several modifications were made to the culture environment to investigate factors required for efficient transfer of the T-DNA and the subsequent regeneration of transgenic citrus plants. It was determined that co-cultivation of citrus cells and Agrobacterium in EME medium supplemented with maltose (EME-M) and 100 μM acetosyringone for 5 days at 25°C was optimum for transformation of each of the citrus cultivars. Efficient selection was obtained and escapes were prevented when the antibiotic hygromycin B was used as a selection antibiotic following transformation with an Agrobacterium strain containing hptII in the T-DNA region. Transgenic embryo regeneration and development was enhanced in medium that contained a liquid overlay consisting of a 1:2 mixture of 0.6 M BH3 and 0.15 M EME-M media. PCR and Southern blot analyses confirmed the presence of the T-DNA and the stable integration into the genome of regenerated plants, while RT-PCR demonstrated variable amounts of RNA being transcribed in different transgenic lines. This protocol can create an avenue for insertion of useful traits into any polyembryonic citrus cultivar that can be established as embryogenic cell suspension cultures, including popular specialty mandarins and seedless cultivars.     

Agrobacterium-mediated engineering for sheath blight resistance of indica rice cultivars from different ecosystems

A concise T-DNA element was engineered containing the rice class-I chitinase gene expressed under the control of CaMV35S and the hygromycin phosphotransferase gene (hph) as a selectable marker. The binary plasmid vector pNO1 with the T-DNA element containing these genes of interest was mobilized to Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404 to act as an efficient donor of T-DNA in the transformation of three different indica rice cultivars from different ecosystems. Many morphologically normal, fertile transgenic plants from these rice cultivars were generated after Agrobacterium-mediated transformation using 3-week-old scutella calli as initial explants. Stable integration, inheritance and expression of the chimeric chitinase gene were demonstrated by Southern blot and Western blot analysis of the transformants. Bioassay data showed that transgenic plants can restrict the growth of the sheath blight pathogen Rhizoctonia solani. Bioassay results were correlated with the molecular analysis. Although we obtained similar results upon DNA-mediated transformation, this report shows the potential of the cost-effective, simple Agrobacterium system for genetic manipulation of rice cultivars with a pathogenesis-related (PR) gene. Received: 26 July 1999 / Accepted: 27 August 1999     

Highly efficient production and characterization of T-DNA plants for rice ( Oryza sativa L.) functional genomics

We investigated the potential of an improved Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation procedure of japonica rice ( Oryza sativa L.) for generating large numbers of T-DNA plants that are required for functional analysis of this model genome. Using a T-DNA construct bearing the hygromycin resistance ( hpt), green fluorescent protein ( gfp) and beta-glucuronidase ( gusA) genes, each individually driven by a CaMV 35S promoter, we established a highly efficient seed-embryo callus transformation procedure that results both in a high frequency (75-95%) of co-cultured calli yielding resistant cell lines and the generation of multiple (10 to more than 20) resistant cell lines per co-cultured callus. Efficiencies ranged from four to ten independent transformants per co-cultivated callus in various japonica cultivars. We further analysed the T-DNA integration patterns within a population of more than 200 transgenic plants. In the three cultivars studied, 30-40% of the T(0) plants were found to have integrated a single T-DNA copy. Analyses of segregation for hygromycin resistance in T(1) progenies showed that 30-50% of the lines harbouring multiple T-DNA insertions exhibited hpt gene silencing, whereas only 10% of lines harbouring a single T-DNA insertion was prone to silencing. Most of the lines silenced for hpt also exhibited apparent silencing of the gus and gfp genes borne by the T-DNA. The genomic regions flanking the left border of T-DNA insertion points were recovered in 477 plants and sequenced. Adapter-ligation Polymerase chain reaction analysis proved to be an efficient and reliable method to identify these sequences. By homology search, 77 T-DNA insertion sites were localized on BAC/PAC rice Nipponbare sequences. The influence of the organization of T-DNA integration on subsequent identification of T-DNA insertion sites and gene expression detection systems is discussed.     

Shorter T-DNA or additional virulence genes improve Agrobactrium-mediated transformation

The effect of additional virulence (vir) genes and size of plasmid T-DNA in Agrobacterium tumefa- ciens was investigated for their impact on transformation efficiency. Transformation efficiency in tobacco, cotton, and rice was increased when the T-DNA was 4.3 kb compared to 8.4 kb in size. However, when additional virG, virGN54D,virE, or virE/virG plasmids were included with the 8.4-kb T-DNA, transformation frequencies in all cases were increased over that of the shorter T-DNA without additional vir plasmids. The use of virE, virG or virGN54D copies enhanced transformation efficiency; however, the most significant increase of transformation efficiency in all three plant species was observed when the virE/virG plasmid was used for infection. The virE/virG plasmid dramatically enhanced the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer; moreover, this plasmid appears to have broad efficiency since it was consistently effective on two different dicotyledon species as well as a monocotyledon species. Received: 8 February 2000 / Accepted: 21 March 2000     

Spectrum of T-DNA integrations for insertional mutagenesis of Histoplasma capsulatum

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is being increasingly used for insertional mutagenesis of fungi. To better evaluate its effectiveness as a mutagen for the fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum, we analyzed a collection of randomly selected T-DNA insertion mutants. Testing of different T-DNA element vectors engineered for transformation of fungi showed that pBHt2 provides the highest transformation efficiency and the lowest rate of vector backbone carryover. Sixty-eight individual T-DNA integrations were characterized by recovery of T-DNA ends and flanking genomic sequences. The right border (RB) end of the T-DNA is largely preserved whereas the left border (LB) end is frequently truncated. Analysis of T-DNA insertion sites confirms the lack of any integration hotspots in the Histoplasma genome. Relative to genes, T-DNA integrations show significant bias towards promoter regions at the expense of coding sequences. With consideration for potential promoter interruption and the demonstrated efficacy of intronic insertions, 61 % of mapped T-DNA insertions should impair gene expression or function. Mapping of T-DNA flanking sequences demonstrates 67 % of T-DNA integrations are integrations at a single chromosomal site and 31 % of T-DNA integrations are associated with large-scale chromosomal rearrangements. This characterization of T-DNA insertions in mutants selected without regard to phenotype supports application of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation as an insertional mutagen for genome-based screens and functional discovery of genes in Histoplasma.     

Study of the factors influencing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of pea (Pisum sativum L.)

Factors influencing the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of pea were tested using highly efficient, direct regeneration system. The virulence of three Agrobacterium strains (octopine LBA 4404, nopaline C58C1 and succinamopine, hypervirulent EHA 105) clearly varied giving 1 transgenic plant per 100 explants for LBA 4404, 2.2 for C58C1 and 8.2 for EHA 105. To test the efficacy of selection agents we used the hypervirulent EHA 105 strain carrying pGPTV binary vector with one of four different selection genes: nptII, hpt, dhfr or bar. The mean number of transgenic, kanamycin-resistant plants for two cultivars tested was 4.2 per 100 explants and was slightly higher than the number of phosphinothricin-resistant plants (3.6 plants per 100 explants). The proportion of transgenics among kanamycin-selected plants was also higher than among phosphinothricin-resistant plants (35% and 28% respectively). There was no regeneration on hygromycin or methotrexate media (transformation with hpt and dhfr genes). Acetosyringone had no apparent influence on efficiency of transformation with hypervirulent EHA 105 strain, however it did affect the rate of transformation when moderately virulent C58C1 was used. Recovery of transgenic plants was enhanced after application of 5-azacytidine. The presence of integrated T-DNA was checked by PCR and confirmed by Southern hybridization. T-DNA was stably transmitted to the next generation.     

Screening of cultivars for tissue culture response and establishment of genetic transformation in a high-yielding and disease-resistant cultivar of Theobroma cacao

A highly efficient transformation protocol is a prerequisite to developing genetically modified and genome-edited crops. A tissue culture system spanning culture initiation from floral material to conversion of embryos to plants has been tested and improved in Theobroma cacao. Nine cultivars were screened for their tissue culture response and susceptibility to Agrobacterium transfer-DNA delivery as measured through transient expression. These key factors were used to determine the genetic transformability of various cultivars. The high-yielding, disease-resistant cultivar INIAPG-038 was selected for stable transformation and the method was further optimized. Multiple transgenic events were produced using two vectors containing both yellow fluorescent protein and neomycin phosphotransferase II genes. A two-fold strategy to improve both T-DNA delivery and secondary somatic embryogenesis rates was conducted to improve overall transformation frequency. The use of Agrobacterium strain AGL1 and cotyledon tissue derived from secondary somatic embryos ranging in size between 4 to 10 mm resulted in the highest T-DNA delivery efficiency. Furthermore, the use of higher concentrations of basal salts and cupric sulfate in the medium increased the frequency of explants producing greater than ten embryos by five-fold and four-fold during secondary somatic embryogenesis, respectively. Consequently, an optimal combination of all these components resulted in a successful transformation of INIAPG-038 with 3.7% frequency at the T₀ plant-level. Grafting transgenic scions with undeveloped roots to non-transgenic seedlings with healthy roots helped make plantlets survive and facilitated quick transplantation to the soil. The presented strategy can be applied to improve tissue culture response and transformation frequency in other Theobroma cacao cultivars.