水稻蛋白激酶基因Ptil的克隆与分析

植物Ptil基因编码丝氨酸／苏氨酸蛋白激酶,是重要的抗病相关基因。在水稻抗褐飞虱基因Qtil所在的染色体区段存在一个与番茄Ptil基因高度同源的序列片段。从抗虫水稻B5中分离了Ptil基因的全长cDNA克隆,测定了基因组序列。分析发现,水稻中Ptil基因长度有5644bp,含有7个内含子,编码368个氨基酸的激酶蛋白。其蛋白质的C末端在不同植物之间具有高度的保守性,而N末端的变异则相对较大。对不同水稻材料Ptij基因的序列进行了比较,发现药用野生稻与栽培稻之间存在较大的差异,而栽培稻各品种之间的差异较小。讨论了Ptil基因在抗虫防卫反应中可能的作用。     

稻属谷氨酰胺合成酶家族的系统分析

比较籼粳栽培稻和野生稻中谷氨酰胺合成酶(GS)基因和蛋白质的结果表明,水稻GS蛋白编码区序列高度保守,而非编码序列变异较大。GS2基因的进化比GS1基因保守。短药野生稻中GS基因进化主要是内含子的变异,但此种内含子的变异在籼粳栽培稻中幅度要小得多。     

来自中国云南野生稻的抗稻瘟病遗传资源

与Pi-ta^＋等位基因相比,含有Pi-ta^＋等位基因的栽培稻具有抗稻瘟病特性。本研究用基因序列分析的方法检测了来自云南的不同栽培稻品种以及不同类型和来源的普通野生稻种和非洲长雄蕊野生稻种中的Pi-ta^＋基因,发现Pi-ta地基因在稻属植物中高度保守,但Pi-ta^＋等位基因的存在极其稀有。在所检测的栽培稻和野生稻中仅有来源于云南景洪的直立型普通野生稻中含有Pi-ta^＋等位基因。而与Pi-ta基因相比,另一个水稻抗稻瘟病基因Pib,经部分同源序列克隆及测序发现该基因在不同野生稻中的变异较大。在所克隆的不同野生稻Pib基因同源序列中,也只有来源于直立型普通野生稻的序列能按该基因的开放阅读框进行正常翻译。对不同类型普通野生稻的抗稻瘟病能力的初步鉴定结果表明,直立型普通野生稻对供试的本地稻瘟病生理小种具有较强抗性,其抗性可能源于所含的Pi=ta^＋等位基因及可能有功能的Pib基因。由于普通野生稻与栽培稻同属AA基因组型,因此,云南直立型普通野生稻可通过杂交育种或基因工程途径用于栽培稻的抗稻瘟病性能改良。     

棉花两个β-甘露糖苷酶cDNA的克隆及其特征

从陆地棉纤维cDNA文库中分离出两个B-甘露糖苷酶的cDNA克隆,GhManAl和GhManA2.它们的开放读码框编码长度分别为834个氨基酸和976个氨基酸的多肽序列,这两个多肽C-末端的747个氨基酸残基是完全一致的,而N-末端的序列差异较大.GhManAl和GhManA2均属于糖基水解酶家族2的成员,它们与其它植物来源的该家族中β-甘露糖苷酶之间具有较高的同源性,而与非植物来源的β-甘露糖苷酶之间的同源性较低,但不同蛋白序列中均存在糖基水解酶家族2的酶催化活性所需的两个Glu保守残基.这两个多肽的N-末端均没有信号肽序列,因此可能为胞内酶.从表达特征来看,GhManA1属于组成型表达基因,而GhManA2则为纤维细胞优势表达基因.     

转基因逃逸及其环境生物安全评价研究进展——抗虫水稻案例分析

转基因技术研发为提高我国水稻产量和减少劳动力投入提供了巨大机遇。我国对转基因水稻研发进行了大量的投入,目前已培育了具有不同新性状的转基因水稻品系,许多品系已进入生物安全评价阶段。风险评价对转基因水稻的安全生产至关重要,是其商品化生产之前必须解决的问题,其中包括转基因逃逸及其潜在环境影响。对水稻抗虫转基因逃逸及其潜在环境风险的评价包括3个重要环节：（1）通过田间试验和模型模拟检测转基因漂移到非转基因栽培稻及其野生近缘种的频率;（2）检测转基因在栽培稻和野生近缘种后代中的表达;（3）确定转基因对野生近缘种群体适合度和进化潜力的影响。大量研究表明,在近距离的空间范围内栽培稻品种之间的基因漂移频率很低（〉0.1%）,但栽培稻与其野生近缘种的基因漂移频率变异很大。进一步研究还表明,Bt抗虫转基因在栽培稻与普通野生稻后代中均能正常表达,但在其不同生长阶段,表达量有很大变异。在有较高水平的害虫虫压下,含有抗虫转基因的栽培稻及野生近缘种杂交后代与不含转基因的对照相比,抗虫性显著提高且适合度利益明显;但是,在虫害发生水平较低时,含有抗虫转基因的群体与不含抗虫转基因的群体相比没有显著的适合度优势。综上,转基因逃逸到非转基因水稻的频率极低,并且可以通过空间隔离阻断其逃逸。虽然抗虫转基因向杂草稻以及与栽培稻距离较近的野生稻群体的逃逸无法避免,但是野生稻和杂草稻群体周围环境中的总体虫压较低,所以基因漂移带来的环境影响应十分有限。     

水稻(Oryza sativa L.)核基因组存在叶绿体psbA基因的同源片段

序列比较说明,重复DNA顺序pRRD9与水稻叶绿体基因组中编码QB蛋白的psbA基因存在高度的同源。用pRRD9亚克隆片段pRRD9R和片段pRRD9L对水稻的叶绿体和核DNA进行Southern杂交分析,揭示了psbA基因同源片段在某个进化时期由叶绿体基因组转移到水稻核基因组,而且两者在水稻进化过程中的变异程度存在明显的差异。利用它们对野生稻和栽培稻总DNA的Southern杂交分析,显示亚洲栽培稻与AA基因组型的野生稻有较近的亲缘关系,以及在部分野生稻产生特异的杂交带谱,说明它可以作为一种分子探针来研究水稻的进化问题。     

植物固醇合成途径关键基因CPI1的功能进化

固醇是真核生物膜的重要组分, 在生长发育中具有重要作用。CPI1 (CYCLOPROPYL STEROL ISOMERASE1)基因是植物特有的固醇合成途径基因, 其编码产物为环丙基固醇异构酶。目前只有拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)的CPI1基因被克隆并解析。研究发现, 从藻类到高等开花植物中均存在单一拷贝的CPI1基因。陆生植物CPI1的基因结构及其所编码的氨基酸序列均高度保守, 蛋白质序列相似性范围为48%–90%, 但陆生植物CPI1与绿藻CPI1的蛋白序列之间存在显著差异。蛋白质结构预测发现CPI1具有非常相似的拓扑结构, 均具有7个跨膜结构域和6个亲水环。组织表达模式分析显示, 陆生植物CPI1在不同组织中均表达, 是组成型表达基因。为了验证CPI1基因的功能, 克隆了二穗短柄草(Brachypodium distachyon)BdCPI1基因, 并转化拟南芥cpi1-1突变体。结果表明, BdCPI1能完全回补cpi1-1突变体的表型。基于单拷贝基因数目、保守的基因结构和蛋白质拓扑结构及基因表达模式, 推测CPI1基因的功能可能在陆生植物中高度保守。     

马尾松PmCY P77A 1基因的克隆及表达分析

在进行马尾松抗虫材料转录组测序分析时发现一个编码CYP77A1的cDNA,命名为PmCYP77A1。序列分析结果显示,该基因全长1 620 bp,编码539个氨基酸。氨基酸序列分析表明其具有CYP450家族基因的保守结构域,但CYP77A1基因中的FXXGXXXCXG保守特征序列最后一个碱基被A碱基所代替。与其他植物核酸序列进行比对覆盖率和同源性均较差,而氨基酸序列比对覆盖率达到88%~96%,但同源性不高,基本都在50%~55%之间,PmCYP77A1与白云杉遗传聚类最近,与其他被子植物遗传聚类较远。利用荧光定量PCR技术分析得知,PmCYP77A1在马尾松的不同组织中均有表达,其中在嫩茎、雌雄花和嫩叶中的表达量较高,而在球果、成熟组织和根系中的表达量最低。在不同抗虫材料日变化中PmCYP77A1表达量出现先升高后降低的表达趋势,该基因在抗虫材料中表达启动早。研究结果将为进一步研究PmCYP77A1的生物学功能及在马尾松抗虫防御中的作用机理奠定基础。     

云南元江普通野生稻中Pi-ta和Pib同源基因的克隆和分析

用高保真PCR技术从云南元江普通野生稻中克隆了抗稻瘟病Pi-ta同源基因的编码区及Pib基因的部分同源序列。Pi-ta同源基因的编码区序列与报道的栽培稻有99.7%的同源性。根据前人的结果,从元江普通野生稻的Pi-ta基因推导的氨基酸序列中918位点为丝氨酸,属于Pi-ta~-等位基因,不能对含有AVRPita基因的稻瘟病菌产生抗性。与Pi-ta基因相比,元江普通野生稻中的Pib同源基因第一外显子与栽培稻的相应序列间存在较大差异,其中有一段87 bp的DNA序列缺失,而且不能按正常的Pib基因序列的阅读框进行翻译。因此认为,元江普通野生稻不具有基于Pi-ta和Pib基因的抗稻瘟病遗传基础。     

一个陆地棉羧基末端蛋白酶cDNA的克隆及其表达分析

利用PCR筛选方法从陆地棉纤维cDNA文库中分离出1个基因序列,命名为ChCtp。该cDNA全长1917bp,编码1个含473个氨基酸残基的多肽。GhCtp蛋白与拟南芥和水稻中的一类羧基末端蛋白酶具有较高的同源性,在GhCtp的N-末端有1个精氨酸富集区,而C-末端有1个Pfam数据库中编号为DUF239的高度保守区域;该蛋白的N-末端还存在1个在拟南芥和水稻羧基蛋白酶中所缺乏的ATP/GTP结合区A序列。亲水性分析表明,GhCtp为1个可能的跨膜蛋白。从表达特征来看,GhCtp不属于纤维细胞特异表达或优势表达基因,并且它在棉花不同组织中或不同纤维发育时期的表达强度均很低。     

Rice Pti1a negatively regulates RAR1-dependent defense responses

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Pto encodes a protein kinase that confers resistance to bacterial speck disease. A second protein kinase, Pti1, physically interacts with Pto and is involved in Pto-mediated defense signaling. Pti1-related sequences are highly conserved among diverse plant species, including rice (Oryza sativa), but their functions are largely unknown. Here, we report the identification of a null mutant for the Pti1 homolog in rice and the functional characterization of Os Pti1a. The rice pti1a mutant was characterized by spontaneous necrotic lesions on leaves, which was accompanied by a series of defense responses and resistance against a compatible race of Magnaporthe grisea. Overexpression of Pti1a in rice reduced resistance against an incompatible race of the fungus recognized by a resistance (R) protein, Pish. Plants overexpressing Pti1a were also more susceptible to a compatible race of the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae. These results suggest that Os Pti1a negatively regulates defense signaling for both R gene-mediated and basal resistance. We also demonstrated that repression of the rice RAR1 gene suppressed defense responses induced in the pti1a mutant, indicating that Pti1a negatively regulates RAR1-dependent defense responses. Expression of a tomato Pti1 cDNA in the rice pti1a mutant suppressed the mutant phenotypes. This contrasts strikingly with the previous finding that Sl Pti1 enhances Pto-mediated hypersensitive response (HR) induction when expressed in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), suggesting that the molecular switch controlling HR downstream of pathogen recognition has evolved differently in rice and tomato.     

辽宁水稻品种抗灰飞虱鉴定及其抗性机制研究

为探明辽宁地区水稻品种对本地灰飞虱Laodelphax striatellus(Fallén)的抗性水平及其抗虫机制,本研究利用改进的苗期集团鉴定法,以IR36为抗虫对照品种、武育粳3号为感虫对照品种,对42份辽宁地区主栽水稻品种和研究待推广品种进行了水稻苗期对灰飞虱抗性鉴定,并从中选取20份不同抗性水平的品种进行了排趋性和抗生性的测定。结果表明:从42份水稻材料中仅筛选出1份抗虫材料辽优5218,中抗品种11份,其余均为感虫或高感品种。在不同水稻类型中,杂交稻的抗虫性普遍较常规稻强,而从水稻株型上看,抗性品种大多为披散型。抗虫机制研究发现,抗虫品种辽优5218和中抗品种港育129兼具排趋性和抗生性,是非常理想的抗性种质资源,中抗品种港源8号和粳优558具有很强的排趋性,也是较为理想的抗性资源,为抗性机制的深入研究提供了材料。但大部分省内主栽主推品种不具备对灰飞虱的抗性,应引起重视。     

Influence of pymetrozine on feeding behaviors of three rice planthoppers and a rice leafhopper using electrical penetration graphs

Pymetrozine reportedly inhibits feeding of plant sap-sucking insects, such as aphids and brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens (St?l)). By using electrical penetration graph (EPG), this study was conducted to investigate any differential effect of pymetrozine on the feeding behaviors of four major rice sap-sucking insect species, 1) N. lugens, 2) white-backed planthopper (Sogatella furcifera (Horváth)), 3) small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus (Fallen)), and 4) green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix cincticeps Uhler). On pymetrozine-free TN1 rice plants, white-backed planthopper and small brown planthopper showed a significantly less activity in the phloem phases than brown planthopper or green rice leafhopper while green rice leafhopper engaged in relatively more xylem ingestion than brown planthopper, white-backed planthopper, and small brown planthopper. On the plants treated with 100 mg liter(-1) of pymetrozine, all four insect species showed significant increases, in total duration of nonprobing and significant decreases in the activities in phloem tissue, while all species showed similar feeding behavior during the pathway and xylem phases. This study revealed that, regardless of whether the insects on untreated plants spent more time feeding on phloem than xylem (brown planthopper) or more time on xylem than phloem (green rice leafhopper) or similar times on phloem and xylem (white-backed planthopper and small brown planthopper), their feeding behavior was disturbed by pymetrozine and exhibited similar patterns of sharp decline in activity in the phloem tissue and a significant increase the nonprobing.     

The PTI1-like kinase ZmPti1a from maize (Zea mays L.) co-localizes with callose at the plasma membrane of pollen and facilitates a competitive advantage to the male gametophyte

Background  

The tomato kinase Pto confers resistance to bacterial speck disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato in a gene for gene manner. Upon recognition of specific avirulence factors the Pto kinase activates multiple signal transduction pathways culminating in induction of pathogen defense. The soluble cytoplasmic serine/threonine kinase Pti1 is one target of Pto phosphorylation and is involved in the hypersensitive response (HR) reaction. However, a clear role of Pti1 in plant pathogen resistance is uncertain. So far, no Pti1 homologues from monocotyledonous species have been studied.     

Development and preliminary application of a triplex real‐time polymerase chain reaction assay for evaluating predation on three planthoppers in a rice ecosystem

A multiplex real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed to simultaneously detect the DNA of three rice planthoppers, that is, Sogatella furcifera (Horváth) (white‐backed planthopper), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (brown planthopper) and Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén) (small brown planthopper), in the gut of their predators. The sets of primers and ALLGlo probes were targeted to the regions of internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) genes in nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA). The sensitivity, specificity and interference test for the multiplex real‐time quantitative PCR assay were analysed. The assay's detection limits were 100, 1000 and 100 copies for the white‐backed planthopper, the brown planthopper and the small brown planthopper, respectively. The specificity tests showed no cross‐reactivity with genomic DNA from 30 other dominant herbivores, saprophagous insects and predators from rice ecosystem for each planthopper species. The assay was used in a preliminary study of predation events on the three planthoppers by three major spiders viz., Pardosa pseudoannulata (Bösenberg et Strand), Ummeliata insecticeps (Bösenberg et Strand) and Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell which each differ in their preferred microhabitat as well as their predatory habits in rice field, and the results showed their predation on each planthopper species could be well evaluated using this method. Therefore, the multiplex real‐time quantitative PCR assay provides a new tool to study the mechanisms of prey shifting and natural regulation of the three rice planthoppers by generalist predators in rice ecosystem.     

Genetics of resistance of rice cultivar ARC10550 to Bangladesh brown pianthopper teletype

Resistance to brown planthopper in rice cultivar ARC 10550 was found to be governed by a single recessive gene which was designatedbph 5. It conveys resistance to brown planthopper populations in South Asia but not to the populations in East and Southeast Asia. This gene segregated independently of four other known genes for brown planthopper resistance. It should be possible to combine this gene with any of the other four genes to develop rice cultivars with a broad spectrum of resistance.     

褐飞虱中肠内膜结合短肽P2S的筛选

筛选与褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens中肠内膜相结合的短肽, 探索能阻断褐飞虱传播水稻病毒的新方法。【方法】通过改良的膜饲喂法和噬菌体短肽文库展示技术, 模拟褐飞虱正常取食的行为, 筛选能够与其中肠内膜结合的短肽。将筛选到的短肽与加强绿色荧光蛋白进行融合表达, 经纯化后, 将融合蛋白饲喂给褐飞虱若虫, 通过荧光显微镜观察饲喂后若虫的中肠。【结果】使用改良的膜饲喂法, 16 h后褐飞虱若虫的取食率达到91%, 24 h后达到95%。经形态学验证, 确定了一种短肽与褐飞虱中肠内膜具有结合活性, 并将其命名为P2S。【结论】改良了针对褐飞虱的膜饲喂法, 筛选并验证了能够与褐飞虱中肠内膜结合的活性短肽P2S。研究结果为阻断相关的水稻病毒与褐飞虱中肠内膜间的相互作用研究提供了科学依据, 也为褐飞虱新型膜穿孔毒素蛋白的研究提供了理论基础。     

Alleles of Pto and Fen occur in bacterial speck-susceptible and fenthion-insensitive tomato cultivars and encode active protein kinases.

The Pto gene was derived originally from the wild tomato species Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium and confers resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato strains expressing the avirulence gene avrPto. The Fen gene is also derived from L. pimpinellifolium and confers sensitivity to the insecticide fenthion. We have now isolated and characterized the alleles of Pto and Fen from cultivated tomato, L. esculentum, and designated them pto and fen. High conservation of genome organization between the two tomato species allowed us to identify the pto and fen alleles from among the cluster of closely related Pto gene family members. The pto and fen alleles are transcribed and have uninterrupted open reading frames that code for predicted proteins that are 87 and 98% identical to the Pto and Fen protein kinases, respectively. In vitro autophosphorylation assays revealed that both the pto and fen alleles encode active kinases. In addition, the pto kinase phosphorylates a previously characterized substrate of Pto, the Pto-interacting Pti1 serine/threonine kinase. However, the pto kinase shows impaired interaction with Pti1 and with several previously isolated Pto-interacting proteins in the yeast two-hybrid system. The observation that pto and fen are active kinases and yet do not confer bacterial speck resistance or fenthion sensitivity suggests that the amino acid substitutions distinguishing them from Pto and Fen may interfere with recognition of the corresponding signal molecule or with protein-protein interactions involved in the Pto- and Fen-mediated signal transduction pathways.     

Small brown planthopper resistance loci in wild rice (Oryza officinalis)

Host-plant resistance is the most practical and economical approach to control the rice planthoppers. However, up to date, few rice germplasm accessions that are resistant to the all three kinds of planthoppers (1) brown planthopper (BPH; Nilaparvata lugens Stål), (2) the small brown planthopper (SBPH; Laodelphax striatellus Fallen), and (3) the whitebacked planthopper (WBPH, Sogatella furcifera Horvath) have been identified; consequently, the genetic basis for host-plant broad spectrum resistance to rice planthoppers in a single variety has been seldom studied. Here, one wild species, Oryza officinalis (Acc. HY018, 2n = 24, CC), was detected showing resistance to the all three kinds of planthoppers. Because resistance to WBPH and BPH in O. officinalis has previously been reported, the study mainly focused on its SBPH resistance. The SBPH resistance gene(s) was (were) introduced into cultivated rice via asymmetric somatic hybridization. Three QTLs for SBPH resistance detected by the SSST method were mapped and confirmed on chromosomes 3, 7, and 12, respectively. The allelic/non-allelic relationship and relative map positions of the three kinds of planthopper resistance genes in O. officinalis show that the SBPH, WBPH, and BPH resistance genes in O. officinalis were governed by multiple genes, but not by any major gene. The data on the genetics of host-plant broad spectrum resistance to planthoppers in a single accession suggested that the most ideally practical and economical approach for rice breeders is to screen the sources of broad spectrum resistance to planthoppers, but not to employ broad spectrum resistance gene for the management of planthoppers. Pyramiding these genes in a variety can be an effective way for the management of planthoppers.