Inducible Expression of Translation Elongation Factor 1A Gene in Rice Seedlings in Response to Environmental Stresses

Differences of gene expression between salinity-stressed and control rice ( Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica) cultivar "Zhaiyeqing 8" were compared using differential display PCR (DD-PCR) technique. Sequence analysis of one salt-inducible cDNA clone revealed that this clone represented a new member of rice translation elongation factor lA (eEF1A) gene family and was tentatively named REF1A. Northern blot hybridization using REF1A fragment as a probe was performed to investigate the expression of rice translation elongation factor lA gene in response to various environmental factors. It was observed that expression of the eEF1A gene in rice shoots was dramatically induced by salinity stress or exogenous application of abscisic acid (ABA). The induction of this gene by ABA stress occurred more quickly than that by salinity stress. In addition, expression of rice translation elongation factor lA gene was also induced by drought (15% PEG6000), cold (4 ℃ ) or heat-shock (37 ℃ ) stresses. The results suggested that the induction of translation elongation factor lA gene expression by environmental stresses might reflect the general adaptive response of rice plants to the adverse circumstances.     

苹果DREB转录因子家族全基因组鉴定与分析

DREB转录因子属于AP2/ERF转录因子家族,能够与DRE/CRT顺式作用元件特异性结合,调控与逆境应答基因的表达,因而在植物应对低温、干旱、高盐等逆境胁迫中发挥重要作用。该研究利用苹果全基因组数据,通过生物信息学手段鉴定苹果DREB转录因子家族成员,并分析DREB转录因子家族保守域特点与功能及表达情况。结果表明:从苹果全基因组中共鉴定出60个DREB转录因子家族成员,与拟南芥和水稻相比基本一致,通过引入拟南芥DREB基因进行系统发生分析,进一步可以将其细分为6个亚组;结构域和保守元件分析表明,DREB基因家族含有一个AP2保守结构域;染色体定位表明,苹果DREB基因分布于11条染色体上,部分基因存在串联复制现象;基因结构分析显示,该亚家族基因不含内含子。利用同源拟南芥RNA-Seq数据分析结果表明,DREB转录因子家族对低温、ABA调节等非生物胁迫具有调控作用,同时在DREB亚家族中每个亚组响应不同的非生物胁迫;通过分析DREB基因在不同组织中的表达情况,结果显示DREB基因在植物根部中的表达量最强,其次是叶。     

萝卜低温胁迫转录因子的克隆及遗传转化

采用RT-PCR和电子克隆技术从抗寒植物萝卜(Raphanus sativusL.)中分离了一个低温胁迫转录因子的cDNA全长序列,命名为RsICE1(GenBank登录号为HQ891287).序列分析显示,该基因全长1 375 bp,编码区为1266 bp,编码421个氨基酸.序列比对表明,该蛋白C端含有一个典型的bHLH结构域,与其他植物的ICE1蛋白具有较高的同源性.进化树分析表明,RsICE1编码的蛋白与油菜的ICE1编码蛋白亲缘关系最近,处在同一进化分枝.半定量RT-PCR分析表明,RsICE1是冷诱导条件下差异表达的基因.构建该基因的植物表达载体,利用农杆菌介导法转化粳稻品种龙粳24,经PCR和RT-PCR分子检测,证明RsICE1基因已经整合到水稻基因组中,并正常表达.与对照相比,低温处理后转基因株系存活率和脯氨酸含量明显增加,相对电导率积累速率明显下降,提高了抗低温胁迫能力.