Potential for introducing cold tolerance into papaya by transformation with C-repeat binding factor (CBF) genes

Papaya (Carica papaya L.) production is affected by low temperatures that occur periodically in the subtropics. The C-repeat binding factor (CBF) gene family is known to induce the cold acclimation pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Embryogenic papaya cultures were induced from hypocotyls of “Sunrise Solo” zygotic embryos on semisolid induction medium. The CBF 1/CBF 3 genes along with the neomycin phosphotransferase (NPT II) gene were placed under the control of the CaMV 35 S promoter and introduced into a binary vector pGA 643. Embryogenic cultures were transformed with Agrobacterium strain GV 3101 harboring pGA 643. After selection of transformed embryogenic cultures for resistance to 300 mg l⁻¹ kanamycin, somatic embryo development was initiated and transgenic plants were regenerated. The presence of the CBF transgenes in regenerated plants was confirmed by Southern blot hybridization. The papaya and the related cold-tolerant Vasconcella genomes were probed for the presence of cold inducible sequences using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Possible cold inducible sequences were present in the Vasconcella genome but were absent in the Carica genome.     

禾本科植物单锌指家族基因对逆境应答的研究进展

转录调控是植物生长发育、逆境反应、信号转导、抗病性等一系列基因表达的最主要调控形式,转录因子是参与基因转录水平调控过程的重要反式因子。单锌指(DNA binding with one finger,DOF)转录因子是植物特有的一类转录因子,包含一个C_2-C_2锌指结构,其N-末端保守的DOF结构域是能与DNA和蛋白相互作用的双重功能域,在植物生长发育过程中参与多种生物学过程。尽管已有研究报道DOF家族基因参与植物抗逆响应,但其在禾谷类重要粮食作物中的作用机制还极不明确。本文通过对禾本科植物DOF家族基因系统进化分析及组织表达和诱导表达分析,综述了DOF家族基因参与植物胁迫应答方面的相关研究进展,为进一步深入了解禾本科植物抗逆机制提供重要参考。