一种改良的鱼类染色体富集制片方法

运用淋巴细胞分离液处理黄鳝肾脏细胞悬浮液后,成功地分离了其中红细胞和淋巴细胞。以富集的淋巴细胞进行染色体制片,可避免有核红细胞的影响,获得高分裂指数的黄鳝染色体标本。该方法简便、结果稳定,亦适用于其他鱼类、两栖类和鸟类的染色体制片。 Abstract：After treated by the lymphocyte separation medium, the erythrocytes and lymphocytes were separated successfully in the kidney cells suspension of rice field eel. Using the enriched lymphocytes to prepare chromosome, we get the high split-index chromosome preparations without the interference of the erythrocytes. This technique is simple and convenient to prepare the chromosome of other fishes or other animals for FISH.     

Analysis and location of a rice BAG clone containing telomeric DNA sequences

BAC2, a rice BAC clone containing (TTTAGGG)n homologous sequences, was analyzed by Southern hybridization and DNA sequencing of its subclones. It was disclosed that there were many tandem repeated satellite DNA sequences, called TA352, as well as simple tandem repeats consisting of TTTAGGG or its variant within the BAC2 insert. A 0. 8 kb (TTTAGGG) n-containing fragment in BAC2 was mapped in the telomere regions of at least 5 pairs of rice chromosomes by using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). By RFLP analysis of low copy sequences the BAC2 clone was localized in one terminal region of chromosome 6. All the results strongly suggest that the telomeric DNA sequences of rice are TTTAGGG or its variant, and the linked satellite DNA TA352 sequences belong to telomere-associated sequences.     

利用差减杂交分离具有进化保守性的睾丸表达的基因

The mechanisms of sexual development and regulation display extraordinary diversity between phyla. However, recent studies show that there must be underlying evolutionary conservatism between different mechanisms. In order to examine evolutionary conservatism in molecular mechanisms of sex determination, the natural sex reversal process of the rice field eel (Monopterus albus) was used to identify conserved functional genes involved in sex determination and differentiation. Firstly, a mini cDNA library was constructed from the cDNAs expressed specifically in the human testis. The cDNA library was screened with first strand cDNA probes from the intersex gonads of rice field eels. Secondly, likely positive clones were arrayed onto two nylon membranes, which were then hybridized with the first strand cDNAs probes from rice field eel intersex and female gonads respectively. Two positive clones were obtained, which showed obvious differential expression between intersex and female gonads. DNA sequencing analysis reveal that the insert fragments of these two clones were 895 bp and 596 bp long respectively. BLAST results indicate that the 895 bp fragment is the 3′ part of the No.AJ011779 gene, located on 6q21, encoding a homologue of yeast Sec63p protein. An interesting finding is that one member of the human Sec gene family, Sec61γ , is expressed in the testis and involved in the process of testis development. The 596 bp fragment was 97% identical with the No.BG723880 EST, located on clone RP11 12M5 of chromosome 1 This needs further study. We infer that these two genes should also play a role in sexual development.     

Construction of a DNA library from chromosome 4 of rice （Oryza sativa） by microdissection

A simple method to create a chromosome-specific DNA librqary of rice,including microdissection,amplification,charterization and cloning,is described.Rice chromosome 4 from a metaphase cell has been isolated and amplified by the Linker Adapter PCR (LA-PCR).The PCR products were labeled as probes with DIG-11-dUTP using the random priming method.Southern blot analysis with rice genomic DNA and specific RFLP markers demonstrated that the PCR products were derived from rice chromosome 4.A large library comprising over 100,000 recombinant plasmid microclones from rice chromosome 4 was constructed.Colony hybridization showed that 58% of the clones contained single or low-copy sequences and 42% contained repetitive sequences.The size of inserts generated by PCR ranged from 140bp to 500bp.This method will facilitate cloning of the specific chromosome DNA markers and important genes of rice.     

Amplification, analysis and chromosome mapping of novel homeobox-containing and homeobox-flanking sequences in rice

Homeobox genes, widely distributed among animal and plant kingdoms, play an important role in developmental process. Several homeobox conserved fragments were amplified by PCR and the flanking regions were also obtained by an LM-PCR procedure. Sequencing and Southern analysis showed that they belong to a homeobox gene family of rice. Six homeobox-containing fragments were mapped on the molecular linkage map of rice. They were located on chromosomes 3, 4 and 7 respectively. It is noteworthy that there are 4 homeobox fragments located on rice chromosome 3 and the result is also consistent with the comparative genomics between rice and maize.     

Transcriptional silencing and developmental reactivation of cry1Ab gene in transgenic rice

One transgenic rice line lacking CrylAb expression product was screened in the progenies of Agrobacterium-transformed transgenic rice variety Zhong 8215 with a cry1Ab gene under field releasing conditions by using GUS histochemical assay and Western blot. Molecular hybridization results revealed that the crylAb gene was silenced in the transgenic rice variety Zhong 8215 and two copies of ubiquitin promoter were integrated into the rice genome. The silencing of crylAb gene in transgenic rice was found to be due to the methylation of the ubiquitin promoter as revealed by methylation analysis. Meanwhile, different concentrations of demethylation reagent 5-azacytidine combining with different treatment time were employed to treat the silenced transgenic rice seeds. The results indicated that 5-azacytidine could reactivate 8%-30% of the silenced transgenic rice plants and the expression level of the reactivated cry1Ab transgene could reach as high as 0.147% of the total soluble protein. Treatment with low con     

Identification of genes contributing to quantitative disease resistance in rice

Despite the importance of quantitative disease resistance during a plant’s life, little is known about the molecular basis of this type of host-pathogen interaction, because most of the genes underlying resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) are unknown. To identify genes contributing to resistance QTLs in rice, we analyzed the colocalization of a set of characterized rice defense-responsive genes and resistance QTLs against different pathogens. We also examined the expression patterns of these genes in response to pathogen infection in the parents of the mapping populations, based on the strategy of validation and functional analysis of the QTLs. The results suggest that defense-responsive genes are important resources of resistance QTLs in rice. OsWRKY45-1 is the gene contributing to a major resistance QTL.NRR,OsGH3-1,and OsGLP members on chromosome 8 contribute alone or collectively to different minor resistance QTLs. These genes function in a basal resistance pathway or in major disease resistance gene-mediated race-specific pathways.     

黑麂Y染色体的鉴别和Sry基因的克隆及定位

以流式细胞仪分离小麂(Muntiacus reevesi)Y染色体和黑麂(Muntiacus crinifrons)Y1,Y2,X+4和1号染色体,利用DOP-PCR技术富集了分离的各单条染色体。然后,将小麂的Y染色体的DOP-PCR产物经Cy3标记后直接作为涂染探针,应用染色体涂染技术与雌雄黑麂的核型标本进行杂交,确认了黑麂真正的Y染色体为Y2染色体。再以黑麂的Y1,Y2,X+4和1号染色体的DOP-PCR产物为模板,用人的特异性的SRY（sex determining region of the Y chromosome）基因引物对其进行扩增,结果表明黑麂只有Y2染色体出现了SRY扩增片段。然后扩增产物克隆和测序,比较它与人的同源性,初步把黑麂的Sry基因定位在Y2染色体上。最后提取雄性黑麂的基因组DNA,并用同一对引物对其进行扩增,亦得到Sry基因的片段,对此扩增片段进行克隆,测序,结果表明其与Y2染色体得到的Sry基因片段完全一样,与人SRY基因的同源性均为83%。 Abstract：The single Y chromosome of Muntiacus reevesi and Y1,Y2 ,X+4,1 chromosome of Muntiacus crinifrons were obtained by flow-sorting ,then they were amplified through DOP-PCR . After that, the metaphase karyotype of Muntiacus crinifrons were painted by using the product of the DOP-PCR of the Y chromosome of Muntiacus reevesi as a special probe and the result showed that Y2 chromosome was the real Y chromosome of Muntiacus crinifrons. Secondly the product of the DOP-PCR of Y1,Y2,X+4,1 chromosome of Muntiacus crinifrons were used as the templates of the next amplification using the special primer devised according to the human SRY gene .One band was obtained only from Y2 chromosome, then it was cloned to the T-vector and sequenced. The Sry gene sequence of Muntiacus crinifrons was acquired and the conclution was that there are 83% homology between the human and Muntiacus crinifrons. It was testified that in all mammal Sry gene is consertive. On the other side the Sry gene was located to the Y2 chromosome of the Muntiacus crinifrons.     

Genetic mapping of a new semi-dwarf gene, sd-t(t), in indica rice and estimating of the physical distance of the mapping region

Application and functional study of dwarf and semi-dwarf genes are of great importance to both crop breeding and molecular biology. A new semi-dwarf gene, sd-t(t), non-allelic to sd-1, had been identified in an indica rice variety, Aitaiyin 2. In this study the gene was genetically mapped by using an F2 population, which consisted of 474 individuals developed from a cross between Aitaiyin 2 and B30. The sd-t(t) gene was located between the RFLP markers R514 and R1408B with a distance of 1.1 cM to R514, and 4.5 cM to R1408B on chromosome 4. A physical contig covering the sd-t(t) mapping region was further constructed by screening a BAG library with R514 and R1408B as probes, and the physical distance between R514 and R1408B was estimated at approximately 147 kb. This result will facilitate map-based cloning of the sd-t(t) gene.     

High-resolution pachytene chromosome mapping of bacterial artificial chromosomes anchored by genetic markers reveals the centromere location and the distribution of genetic recombination along chromosome 10 of rice

Large-scale physical mapping has been a major challenge for plant geneticists due to the lack of techniques that are widely affordable and can be applied to different species. Here we present a physical map of rice chromosome 10 developed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) mapping of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones on meiotic pachytene chromosomes. This physical map is fully integrated with a genetic linkage map of rice chromosome 10 because each BAC clone is anchored by a genetically mapped restriction fragment length polymorphism marker. The pachytene chromosome-based FISH mapping shows a superior resolving power compared to the somatic metaphase chromosome-based methods. The telomere-centromere orientation of DNA clones separated by 40 kb can be resolved on early pachytene chromosomes. Genetic recombination is generally evenly distributed along rice chromosome 10. However, the highly heterochromatic short arm shows a lower recombination frequency than the largely euchromatic long arm. Suppression of recombination was found in the centromeric region, but the affected region is far smaller than those reported in wheat and barley. Our FISH mapping effort also revealed the precise genetic position of the centromere on chromosome 10.     

A chromosome 5-specific repetitive DNA sequence in rice (Oryza sativa L)

Repetitive DNA sequences in the rice genome comprise more than half of the nuclear DNA. The isolation and characterization of these repetitive DNA sequences should lead to a better understanding of rice chromosome structure and genome organization. We report here the characterization and chromosome localization of a chromosome 5-specific repetitive DNA sequence. This repetitive DNA sequence was estimated to have at least 900 copies. DNA sequence analysis of three genomic clones which contain the repeat unit indicated that the DNA sequences have two sub-repeat units of 37 bp and 19 bp, connected by 30-to 90-bp short sequences with high similarity. RFLP mapping and physical mapping by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) indicated that almost all copies of the repetitive DNA sequence are located in the centromeric heterochromatic region of the long arm of chromosome 5. The strategy for cloning such repetitive DNA sequences and their uses in rice genome research are discussed.     

Physical mapping of unique nucleotide sequences on identified rice chromosomes

A physical mapping method for unique nucleotide sequences on specific chromosomal regions was developed combining objective chromosome identification and highly sensitive fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH). Four unique nucleotide sequences cloned from rice genomic DNAs, varying in size from 1.3 to 400 kb, were mapped on a rice chromosome map. A yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clone with a 399 kb insert of rice genomic DNA was localised at the distal end of the long arm of rice chromosome (1q2.1) and a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone (180 kb) containing the rice leaf blast-resistant gene (Pi-b) was shown to occur at the distal end of the long arm of chromosome 2 (2q2.1). A cosmid (35 kb) with the resistance gene (Xa-21) against bacterial leaf blight was mapped on the interstitial region of the long arm on chromosome 11 (11q1.3). Furthermore a single RFLP marker, 1.29 kb in size, was mapped successfully to the distal region of the long arm of rice chromosome 4 (4q2.1). For precise localisation of the nucleotide sequences within the chromosome region, image analyses were effective. The BAC clone was localised to the specific region, 2q2.1:96.16, by image analysis. The result was compared with the known location of the BAC clone on the genetic map and the consistency was confirmed. The effectiveness and reliability in physically mapping nucleotide sequences on small plant chromosomes achieved by the FISH method using a variety of probes was unequivocally demonstrated.     

植物荧光原位杂交技术的发展及其在植物基因组分析中的应用

荧光原位杂交(FISH)是在染色体、间期核和DNA纤维上定位特定DNA序列的一种有效而精确的分子细胞遗传学方法。20年来,植物荧光原位杂交技术发展迅速:以增加检测的靶位数为目的,发展了双色FISH、多色FISH和多探针FISH鸡尾酒技术;为增加很小染色体目标的检测灵敏度,发展了BAC-FISH和酪胺信号放大FISH(TSA-FISH)等技术;以提高相邻杂交信号的空间分辨力为主要目的,发展了高分辨的粗线期染色体FISH、间期核FISH、DNA纤维FISH和超伸展的流式分拣植物染色体FISH技术。在植物基因组分析中,FISH技术发挥了不可替代的重要作用,它可用于:物理定位DNA序列,并为染色体的识别提供有效的标记;对相同DNA序列进行比较物理定位,探讨植物基因组的进化;构建植物基因组的物理图谱;揭示特定染色体区域的DNA分子组织;分析间期核中染色质的组织和细胞周期中染色体的动态变化;鉴定植物转基因。     

Physical mapping of the rice genome with BACs

The development of genetics in this century has been catapulted forward by several milestones: rediscovery of Mendel's laws, determination of DNA as the genetic material, discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA and its implications for genetic behavior, and most recently, analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). Each of these milestones has generated a huge wave of progress in genetics. Consequently, our understanding of organismal genetics now extends from phenotypes to their molecular genetic basis. It is now clear that the next wave of progress in genetics will hinge on genome molecular physical mapping, since a genome physical map will provide an invaluable, readily accessible system for many detailed genetic studies and isolation of many genes of economic or biological importance. Recent development of large-DNA fragment (>100 kb) manipulation and cloning technologies, such as pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) and bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) cloning, has provided the powerful tools needed to generate molecular physical maps for higher-organism genomes. This chapter will discuss (1) an ideal physical map of plant genome and its applications in plant genetic and biological studies, (2) reviews on physical mapping of the genomes of Caenorhabditis elegans, Arabidopsis thaliana, and man, (3) large-insert DNA libraries: cosmid, YAC and BAC, and genome physical mapping, (4) physical mapping of the rice genome with BACs, and (5) perspectives on the physical mapping of the rice genome with BACs.     

Construction of a BAC library and identification of Dmrt1 gene of the rice field eel, Monopterus albus

A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library was constructed using nuclear DNA from the rice field eel (Monopterus albus). The BAC library consists of a total of 33,000 clones with an average insert size of 115 kb. Based on the rice field eel haploid genome size of 600 Mb, the BAC library is estimated to contain approximately 6.3 genome equivalents and represents 99.8% of the genome of the rice field eel. This is first BAC library constructed from this species. To estimate the possibility of isolating a specific clone, high-density colony hybridization-based library screening was performed using Dmrt1 cDNA of the rice field eel as a probe. Both library screening and PCR identification results revealed three positive BAC clones which were overlapped, and formed a contig covering the Dmrt1 gene of 195 kb. By sequence comparisons with the Dmrt1 cDNA and sequencing of first four intron-exon junctions, Dmrt1 gene of the rice field eel was predicted to contain four introns and five exons. The sizes of first and second intron are 1.5 and 2.6 kb, respectively, and the sizes of last two introns were predicted to be about 20 kb. The Dmrt1 gene structure was conserved in evolution. These results also indicate that the BAC library is a useful resource for BAC contig construction and molecular isolation of functional genes.     

High-density physical maps reveal that the dominant male-sterile gene Ms3 is located in a genomic region of low recombination in wheat and is not amenable to map-based cloning

In wheat it is essential to know whether a gene is located in a high or low recombination region of the genome before initiating a map-based cloning approach. The objective of this study was to explore the potential feasibility of map-based cloning of the dominant male-sterile gene Ms3 of wheat. High-density physical maps of the short arms of the group-5 chromosomes (5AS, 5BS, and 5DS) of Triticum aestivum L. were constructed by mapping 40 DNA markers on a set of 17 homozygous deletion lines. One hundred RFLP loci were mapped: 35 on 5AS, 37 on 5BS, and 28 on 5DS. A consensus physical map was colinearly aligned with a consensus genetic map of the group-5 short arms. Sixteen of the 17 markers in the consensus genetic map encompass a genetic distance of 25 cM and correspond to the distal region (FL 0.56–0.97) of the consensus physical map. Two rice probes, RG463 and RG901, previously identified to be linked to markers CDO344 and CDO749 (group-5 short arm of wheat), respectively, in the genetic map of rice chromosome 12, map between FL 0.56 and 0.63 in the consensus map. Thus at least a part of the group-5 short arm is homoeologous to a region of chromosome 12 of rice. The genetic map of chromosome arm 5AS was constructed using a population of 139 BC₁ plants derived from a cross between the euploid wheat ”Chris” carrying a dominant male-sterile gene Ms3 and a disomic substitution line in which chromosome 5A of T. aestivum cv Chinese Spring was substituted by chromosome 5A from Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides. The map has a genetic length of 53.4 cM with 11 DNA markers. The initial map showed that the gene Ms3 cosegregated with three markers, WG341, BCD1130 and CDO677. High-resolution mapping using an additional 509 BC₁ plants indicated that the marker WG341 was closely linked to Ms3 at a genetic distance of 0.8 cM. The Ms3 was mapped physically in the region spanning 40% of the arm length from the centromere of 5AS. Therefore, map-based cloning of the Ms3 is not feasible, although WG341 can be used as a useful tag for the Ms3 gene for breeding purposes. Received: 12 December 2000 / Accepted: 26 January 2001     

70个水稻微卫星标记染色体位置的更正

微卫星标记(SSR)因其操作简单和稳定可靠的特点而成为一种重要的分子标记,被广泛应用于遗传作图和种质鉴定等方面。但其在染色体上位置的正确性将直接影响到基因定位的正确性和后续研究的方向。利用美国国家生物信息技术中心(NCBI)网站的Blast程序,将2740个SSR标记的前后引物序列与水稻粳稻品种日本晴基因组进行比对,共发现70个标记位于另一条染色体,对这70个标记重新锚定的染色体进行了更正。这将有助于今后水稻分子标记遗传连锁图的正确构建。     

A comparative map of wild rice (Zizania palustris L. 2n=2x=30)

We present the first genetic map of wild rice (Zizania palustris L., 2n=2x=30), a native aquatic grain of northern North America. This map is composed principally of previously mapped RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) genetic markers from rice (Oryza sativa 2n=2x=24). The map is important as a foundation for genetic and crop improvement studies as well as a reference for genome organization comparisons among species of Gramineae. A comparative mapping approach with rice is especially useful because wild rice is grouped in the same subfamily, Oryzoideae, and no other mapping comparison has yet been made within the subfamily. As rice is the reference point for mapping and gene cloning in cereals, establishing a consensus map within the subfamily identifies conserved and unique regions. The genomes of wild rice and rice differ in total DNA content (wild rice has twice that of rice) and the number of chromosome pairs (wild rice=15 versus rice=12). The wild rice linkage map reported herein consists of 121 RFLP markers on 16 linkage groups spanning 1805 cM. Two linkage groups consist of only two markers. Colinear markers were found representing all rice linkage groups except #12. The majority of rice loci mapped to colinearly arranged arrays in wild rice (92 of 118). Features of the map include duplication of portions of three rice linkage groups and three possible translocations. The map gives basic information on the composition of the wild rice genome and provides tools to assist in the domestication of this important food source. Received: 25 August 1998 / Accepted: 20 February 1999