整株转化法及其在油菜上的应用与展望

近年来,在植物遗传转化和功能基因组学研究的迫切需求下,一些不依赖于受体细胞脱分化、再分化过程的转化技术(即所谓的整株转化法)相继出现,它们大多以分生组织或生殖细胞作为受体,不受基因型限制,具有操作简单、转化效率高、无体细胞变异和后代遗传稳定等优点。该文对整株转化法的最新研究进展进行综述,并重点讨论了其在油菜(Brassica napus)上的应用现状与前景。     

植物体细胞原生质体遗传转化研究

重点介绍了植物体细胞原生质体遗传转化的方法和当前已经取得的成果,同时提出了目前原生质体遗传转化中存在的问题,展望了今后的工作重点。植物原生质体遗传转化的方法主要有：PEG介导转化法、电击穿孔转化法、脂质体介导转化法、农杆菌共培养转化法等。     

月季组织培养和遗传转化体系的研究进展

月季通过器官和体细胞胚发生途径都可以获得再生植株,在遗传转化中主要是利用体细胞胚作为转化受体。目前,利用农杆菌介导法和基因枪法已成功将外源基因如报告基因、抗病基因和改变花色的基因等导入月季基因组中。本文对近年来月季组织培养和转基因研究进展进行了综述,为建立月季高效遗传转化体系奠定了理论基础。     

根癌农杆菌介导的CMO基因转化马铃薯的研究

通过根癌农杆菌介导法将强组成型表达启动子CaMV 35S和逆境诱导表达启动子rd29A 驱动的菠菜胆碱单加氧酶(CMO)基因导入马铃薯栽培品种夏波蒂(Shepody)和费乌瑞它( Favorita)中,获得了抗卡那霉素再生植株,对转化植株进行PCR检测初步表明CMO基因已整 合到转基因马铃薯基因组中.并对光照强度对马铃薯试管薯遗传转化的影响进行了研究,结果表明在诱导芽分化的过程中,2 000 lx的光照强度有利于试管薯薄片直接再生出抗性芽.     

棉花组织培养名录

棉花(Gossypium)组织培养工作起步较晚。1971年Beasley首次从陆地棉(Gossypium hirsutum)胚珠的珠孔端诱导出愈伤组织,1983年Davidonis获得第一株体细胞再生植株。近年来,棉花组织培养发展迅速,现已基本建立和完善了棉花组织、单细胞和原生质体三个培养系统;幼胚培养种间杂种以及遗传转化培养系统;幼胚     

青蒿体细胞胚胎发生及遗传转化的研究

青蒿中的青蒿素具有较高的药用价值。我们试图应用体细胞胚胎于青蒿的组织培养及遗传转化研究,旨在发展青蒿资源并提高其产量和质量。供试材料系北京地区所产的野生黄花青蒿(Artemisia annua)。将其茎段、茎尖,幼叶,叶柄消毒,于无菌条件下接种于含有不同激素及不同激素比例的 MS 培养基上。将胚性愈伤组织转入分化培养基 MS 6BA(1mg/L) IAA(0.1mg/L)上。为观察体细胞胚胎发生及发育过     

细胞命运转化中的染色质重塑及其表观遗传调控机制

染色质重塑是重要的表观遗传调控机制,参与调控许多重要生物过程,但细胞命运转化中染色质变化模式及其调控机制并不清楚。围绕这一问题,江赐忠和高绍荣实验室研究了小鼠体细胞重编程及人胚胎干细胞(ESC)定向分化成神经外胚层细胞(NEC)中染色质重塑及其作用机制,取得一系列前沿性进展:揭示体细胞重编程中发生精确的核小体重塑,使之获得与ESC没有差别的染色质结构;绘制体细胞重编程中核心全能性转录因子Oct4的动态结合靶点与关键组蛋白修饰变化的分子路线图,及其两者互作对全能性获得与维持的调控机制;发现人ESC向NEC分化中,紧挨转录起始位点上游的核小体缺失区发生核小体丢失,激活NEC相关基因,组蛋白乙酰基转移酶KAT2B增加H3K9ac信号来招募转录因子Sox2结合到NEC特异靶点激活靶点基因,促进NEC分化。这些成果极大提高人们对细胞命运转化中染色质重塑及其表观遗传调控机制的认识。     

植物遗传工程

923408利用体细胞和分子技术进行豆科植物的遗传改生〔英〕/Kumar,V.…了EuPhytiea一1991,55 (2)。一157~169〔译自DBA,1992,11(5),92一02702」 就饲料和谷粒豆科植物的遗传改良讨论了包括土壤杆菌介导转化,基因直接转移及原生质体融合的体细胞技术的优点和局限性。讨论主题为:用根癌土壤杆菌或发根土壤杆菌作载体将基因转移至豆科植物,基因直接转移(微注射、PEG一介导原生质体转化、电激和微弹轰击),体细胞杂交。与其它科(如茄科)比较,豆科植物方面的进展有限,”但很多豆科植物(如百脉根属和首藉属)适于组培的事实使体细胞技术以这些品…     

组蛋白去乙酰化酶抑制剂调控干细胞分化与体细胞重编程的研究进展

表观遗传调控,如组蛋白乙酰化修饰,是决定干细胞分化方向的重要机制。组蛋白去乙酰化酶抑制剂(HDACi)通过影响不同亚类的组蛋白去乙酰化酶(HDAC)活性,提高组蛋白乙酰化水平,调控基因表达,从而影响胚胎干细胞自我更新,以及沿神经元、心肌和造血等细胞谱系的定向分化。HDACi类小分子化合物在体细胞重编程中也有广泛的应用,可替代致癌因子c-Myc和Klf4,促进体细胞克隆。研究显示,HDACi的效应与药物剂量、细胞类型和细胞分化状态密切相关。本文主要阐述了HDACi在干细胞分化和体细胞重编程中的应用进展,并对所涉及的分子通路进行讨论,有助于揭示干细胞定向分化的关键分子机制,优化干细胞定向分化诱导策略,对干细胞诱导分化具有重要的理论和实用价值。     

大麻染色体行为分析

以大麻不同性别的植株为材料,常规压片法观察细胞染色体行为规律。核型分析结果表明:大麻雌雄株的体细胞染色体数目均为2n=20,核型公式分别为雌株2n=2x=20=18m 2sm,雄株2n=2x=20=18m 2sm(1SAT)。雌株体细胞中有2条X染色体,而雄株只有一条X染色体和一条具有大随体的Y染色体。雌雄株核型均为2A型,为较对称核型。这一结果可为进一步研究大麻性别的分化机制提供细胞遗传学理论依据。     

纳米载体介导的植物遗传转化研究现状和前景

高效遗传转化技术是植物重要性状功能基因鉴定的前提和转基因育种的基础.随着纳米生物技术的发展,以纳米载体介导的植物转基因技术已显示出巨大的应用潜力.综述了国内外应用于植物纳米载体的类型、与外源基因的结合方式以及传输细胞的原理,重点阐述了影响纳米基因载体性能与转化效率的重要因素,以及纳米载体介导外源基因转化植物细胞的方法,...     

Identification and characterization of plant genes involved in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation by virus-induced gene silencing

Genetic transformation of plant cells by Agrobacterium tumefaciens represents a unique case of trans-kingdom sex requiring the involvement of both bacterial virulence proteins and plant-encoded proteins. We have developed in planta and leaf-disk assays in Nicotiana benthamiana for identifying plant genes involved in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation using virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) as a genomics tool. VIGS was used to validate the role of several genes that are either known or speculated to be involved in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation. We showed the involvement of a nodulin-like protein and an alpha-expansin protein (alpha-Exp) during Agrobacterium infection. Our data suggest that alpha-Exp is involved during early events of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation but not required for attaching A. tumefaciens. By employing the combination of the VIGS-mediated forward genetics approach and an in planta tumorigenesis assay, we identified 21 ACG (altered crown gall) genes that, when silenced, produced altered crown gall phenotypes upon infection with a tumorigenic strain of A. tumefaciens. One of the plant genes identified from the screening, Histone H3 (H3), was further characterized for its biological role in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation. We provide evidence for the role of H3 in transfer DNA integration. The data presented here suggest that the VIGS-based approach to identify and characterize plant genes involved in genetic transformation of plant cells by A. tumefaciens is simple, rapid, and robust and complements other currently used approaches.     

In planta transformation of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Notocactus scopa</Emphasis> cv. <Emphasis Type="Italic">Soonjung</Emphasis> by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Agrobacterium </Emphasis><Emphasis Type="Italic">tumefaciens</Emphasis>

Notocactus scopa cv. Soonjung was subjected to in planta Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation with vacuum infiltration, pin-pricking, and a combination of the two methods. The pin-pricking combined with vacuum infiltration (20-30 cmHg for 15 min) resulted in a transformation efficiency of 67-100%, and the expression of the uidA and nptII genes was detected in transformed cactus. The established in planta transformation technique generated a transgenic cactus with higher transformation efficiency, shortened selection process, and stable gene expression via asexual reproduction. All of the results showed that the in planta transformation method utilized in the current study provided an efficient and time-saving procedure for the delivery of genes into the cactus genome, and that this technique can be applied to other asexually reproducing succulent plant species.     

茶树原位转化方法的建立

解决茶树缺乏高效、稳定的遗传转化体系问题,建立了一种基于根癌农杆菌介导的茶树原位转化转基因方法,为茶树基因功能研究和种质创新奠定坚实的基础。以茶树品种‘铁观音’、‘白叶1号’和‘龙井43’的实生幼苗为受体材料,进行去顶芽和腋芽处理。利用根癌农杆菌菌液侵染实生苗伤口,通过抗性筛选获得再生芽,经分子生物学鉴定后,采用短穗扦插法获得茶树转基因植株。结果表明,再生芽中GUS(β-glucuronidase)和HYG(hygromycin)标记基因经多次PCR检测均为阳性,经测序验证PCR产物序列与标记基因序列一致。‘铁观音’、‘白叶1号’和‘龙井43’的转化率分别为8.14%、2.99%和2.53%。建立了不依赖茶树组织培养的原位转化转基因体系,具有操作简便、转化率高、成本低、试验周期短的特点。     

A toolbox and procedural notes for characterizing novel zinc finger nucleases for genome editing in plant cells

The induction of double-strand breaks (DSBs) in plant genomes can lead to increased homologous recombination or site-specific mutagenesis at the repair site. This phenomenon has the potential for use in gene targeting applications in plant cells upon the induction of site-specific genomic DSBs using zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs). Zinc finger nucleases are artificial restriction enzymes, custom-designed to cleave a specific DNA sequence. The tools and methods for ZFN assembly and validation could potentially boost their application for plant gene targeting. Here we report on the design of biochemical and in planta methods for the analysis of newly designed ZFNs. Cloning begins with de novo assembly of the DNA-binding regions of new ZFNs from overlapping oligonucleotides containing modified helices responsible for DNA-triplet recognition, and the fusion of the DNA-binding domain with a Fok I endonuclease domain in a dedicated plant expression cassette. Following the transfer of fully assembled ZFNs into Escherichia coli expression vectors, bacterial lysates were found to be most suitable for in vitro digestion analysis of palindromic target sequences. A set of three in planta activity assays was also developed to confirm the nucleic acid digestion activity of ZFNs in plant cells. The assays are based on the reconstruction of GUS expression following transient or stable delivery of a mutated uidA and ZFN-expressing cassettes into target plants cells. Our tools and assays offer cloning flexibility and simple assembly of tested ZFNs and their corresponding target sites into Agrobacterium tumefaciens binary plasmids, allowing efficient implementation of ZFN-validation assays in planta .     

Floral spray transformation can efficiently generate Arabidopsis transgenic plants

In this study, floral spray and floral dip were used to replace the vacuum step in the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of a superoxide dismutase (SOD) gene into Arabidopsis. The transgene was constructed by using a CaMV 35S promoter to drive a rice cytosolic CuZnSOD coding sequence in Arabidopsis. The transgene construct was developed in binary vectors and mobilized into Agrobacterium. When Arabidopsis plants started to initiate flower buds, the primary inflorescence shoots were removed and then transformed by floral spray or floral dip. More than 300 transgenic plants were generated to assess the feasibility of floral spray used in the in planta transformation. The result indicates that the floral spray method of Agrobacterium can achieve rates of in planta transformation comparable to the vacuum-infiltration and floral dip methods. The floral spray method opens up the possibility of in planta transformation of plant species which are too large for dipping or vacuum infiltration.     

An efficient in planta transformation of Jatropha curcas (L.) and multiplication of transformed plants through in vivo grafting

An efficient and reproducible Agrobacterium-mediated in planta transformation was developed in Jatropha curcas. The various factors affecting J. curcas in planta transformation were optimized, including decapitation, Agrobacterium strain, pin-pricking, vacuum infiltration duration and vacuum pressure. Simple vegetative in vivo cleft grafting method was adopted in the multiplication of transformants without the aid of tissue culture. Among the various parameters evaluated, decapitated plants on pin-pricking and vacuum infiltrated at 250 mmHg for 3 min with the Agrobacterium strain EHA 105 harbouring the binary vector pGA 492 was proved to be efficient in all terms with a transformation efficiency of 62.66 %. Transgene integration was evinced by the GUS histochemical analysis, and the GUS positive plants were subjected to grafting. Putatively transformed J. curcas served as "Scion" and the wild type J. curcas plant severed as "Stock". There was no occurrence of graft rejection and the plants were then confirmed by GUS histochemical analysis, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern hybridization. Genetic stability of the grafted plants was evaluated by using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), marker which showed 100 % genetic stability between mother and grafted plants. Thus, an efficient in planta transformation and grafting based multiplication of J. curcas was established.     

Immunochemical and molecular-Genetic markers in diagnostics of gastric cancer

Intensive studies of molecular mechanisms responsible for tumor transformation results in identification of new proteins and their genes involved into tumor development. These proteins may be used as markers of tumor transformation of cells and the level of their expression may be evaluated by means of modern highly sensitive and technological methods of analysis. This review summarized literature data on currently used immunohistochemical and molecular genetic markers of gastric cancer. It highlights genetic and epigenetic changes detected in nucleic acids of tumor tissue cells in malignant and benign gastric diseases as well as in the level of DNA circulating in blood of patients with gastric cancer.     

Genetic transformation of wheat: current status and future prospects

Genetic transformation is a reverse genetics tool for validation of target genes and crop improvement. However, due to its low efficiency and genotype dependency, wheat is considered a recalcitrant plant for genetic transformation. During the last 20 years, various in vitro and in planta transformation methods have been reported in wheat. Until now, biolistic particle and Agrobacterium-mediated wheat transformation methods using immature embryos as explants have been the two major transformation approaches. In addition to immature embryos, other explant types, such as mature embryos, anther-derived calli, inflorescences, apical meristems, and other floral organs, have been employed; however, they need further optimization. In addition to the common marker genes, such as bar, hpt and gus, other effective markers, ALS, AtMYB12 and pmi, have been successfully used for selection of positive transgenic plants. Numerous agronomic trait genes such as biotic stress resistance or tolerance genes have been transferred into wheat plants. Future prospects, such as recipient wheat cultivars and explants, marker free issues, and transgene silencing, are discussed. The objective of this review is to summarize current successful techniques for wheat transformation and stimulate further research into long-term wheat improvement by genetic engineering approaches.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Agrobacterium</Emphasis>-mediated in planta genetic transformation of sugarcane setts

Key message

An efficient, reproducible, and genotype-independent in planta transformation has been developed for sugarcane using setts as explant.

Abstract

Traditional Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and in vitro regeneration of sugarcane is a complex and time-consuming process. Development of an efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol, which can produce a large number of transgenic plants in short duration is advantageous. Hence, in the present investigation, we developed a tissue culture-independent in planta genetic transformation system for sugarcane using setts collected from 6-month-old sugarcane plants. The sugarcane setts (nodal cuttings) were infected with three Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains harbouring pCAMBIA 1301–bar plasmid, and the transformants were selected against BASTA^®. Several parameters influencing the in planta transformation such as A. tumefaciens strains, acetosyringone, sonication and exposure to vacuum pressure, have been evaluated. The putatively transformed sugarcane plants were screened by GUS histochemical assay. Sugarcane setts were pricked and sonicated for 6 min and vacuum infiltered for 2 min at 500 mmHg in A. tumefaciens C58C1 suspension containing 100 µM acetosyringone, 0.1 % Silwett L-77 showed the highest transformation efficiency of 29.6 % (with var. Co 62175). The three-stage selection process completely eliminated the chimeric transgenic sugarcane plants. Among the five sugarcane varieties evaluated using the standardized protocol, var. Co 6907 showed the maximum transformation efficiency (32.6 %). The in planta transformation protocol described here is applicable to transfer the economically important genes into different varieties of sugarcane in relatively short time.