Transformation of Brassica napus Using Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Regeneration of Transgenic Plants

Seeds of Brassica napus L. cv. "Yunbei 2" were surface-sterilized and germinated on hormone-free MS medium. After 4—5 days the cotyledons were excised in such a way that each has a 1—2 mm petiole was remained at its base. These cotyledons were used as the explants for tissue culture and genetic transformation. This paper first deals with the improvement of the medium for shoot regeneration. Of the elements tested, AgNO3 and carbenicillin enhanced shoot regeneration. The highest frequency (52 %) was obtained on MS medium containing 4.5 mg/L BAP, 20 μmol/L AgNOa and 500 mg/L earbenicillin. An efficient gene transfer system based on the regeneration procedure was established. After 2 days of cocultivation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain A208SE (pTi T37-SE, pROA93), the explants were transferred onto selection medium containing 25 mg/L kanamycin. After 1.5 months shoots emerged from 27% of the explants inoculated. They were excised and transferred onto rooting medium containing 25 mg/L kanamycin and 200 mg/L cefotaxime which is better than carbenicillin for root induction. Whole plants were transplanted into pots, and grew well in the phytotron. Transformation was confirmed by β-glueuronidase assay and Southern blotting analysis.     

Transformation of Brassica napus with Agrobacterium tumefaciens based vectors

A reproducible system to produce transgenic Brassica napus plants has been developed using stem segments. Stem segments from 6–7 week old plants were inoculated with an Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain containing a disarmed tumor-inducing plasmid pTiT37-SE carrying a chimeric bacterial gene encoding kanamycin resistance (pMON200). Stem explants were cocultured for 2 days before transfer to kanamycin selection medium. Shoots regenerated directly from the explant in 3–6 weeks and were excised, dipped in Rootone®, and rooted in soil. Transformation was confirmed by opine production, kanamycin resistance, and DNA blot hybridization in the primary transformants. Final proof of transformation was demonstrated by the co-transfer of opine production and kanamycin resistance to progeny in a Mendelian fashion. Over 200 transgenic Brassica napus plants have been produced using this system.Abbreviations BA 6-benzyladenine - NAA -naphthalene-acetic acid - T-DNA transferred DNA into plants - IBA indole butyric acid - IAA indole acetic acid - TXD Tobacco Xanthi diploid suspension cells     

Transformation and regeneration of Brassica oleracea mediated by an oncogenic Agrobacterium tumefaciens

A chimaeric neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPT II) gene was introduced in Brassica oleracea using an oncogenic strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens harbouring Ti plasmid which contains Nos/NPTII in its T-DNA. The transformation of B. oleracea with the oncogenic Ti plasmid, resulted in regeneration of shoots and roots without any exogenous requirement of phytohormones. The presence of NPT II gene was determined by hybridization of Tn5 encoded NPT II gene with DNA of kanamycin resistant regenerated plants. The expression of NPT II was demonstrated by kanamycin phosphorylation assay. Several regenerated plants were obtained, a few of them were found to be morphological variants and a chlorophyll deficient mutant plant was also obtained.     

Transgenic Brassica napus plants obtained by cocultivation of protoplasts with Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Hypocotyl protoplasts of German winter oilseed, rape (Brassica napus) lines of double-low quality were transformed using Agrobacterium tumefaciens harbouring pGV 38501103 neo (dimer) containing chimaeric kanamycin resistance reporter genes. Transformed protoplasts were regenerated to fertile and phenotypically normal plants. Transformation was confirmed by kanamycin resistance, nopaline production, neomycinphosphotransferase II activity, and Southern blot hybridization. Seed progeny from self-pollinated transformants expressed the introduced kanamycin resistance as a Mendelian trait.Abbreviations BAP 6-benzylaminopurine - Cf Claforan^R - 2.4D 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid - Km kanamycin - MS Murashige and Skoog (1962) - NAA -naphthalene acetic acid - NPT II neomycinphosphotransferase - npt II neomycinphosphotransferase II gene - NOS nopaline synthase - nos nopaline synthase gene - ocs octopine synthase gene - IAA indole-3-acetic acid     

利用根癌农杆菌法获得转基因水稻植株及其后代

在100μmol／L乙酰丁香酮（AS）等vir基因诱导分子存在的情况下,用含双元载体pBYT2的根癌农杆菌菌株EHA101同水稻（OrizasativaL．）台北309悬浮培养细胞共培养3天。经过2个月的连续筛选,共从364颗同根癌农杆菌共培养的悬浮培养细胞团中得到17个具有稳定潮霉素抗性和GUS表达的愈伤组织。对从8个转化组织中得到的10株可能的R0代转基因植株及其后代进行外源基因的整合和表达分析,Southern分析表明外源基因已稳定地整合进水稻基因组中并实现了有性遗传传递。杂交结果显示在其中一个转化系的植株中有5个拷贝的T－DNA整合,而其余的转化系则只整合了1个拷贝。转基因水稻细胞及植株中GUS活性的组织化学染色观察和荧光分析表明玉米ubiquitin基因启动子在水稻细胞中能高效启动gus报告基因的表达。ndPAGE－X－Gluc法检测表明转基因水稻细胞中表达的GUS蛋白比Sigma公司的标准GUS蛋白（SigmaCo．G0786）要小,而与来自大肠杆菌HB101（pBI1121）中的GUS蛋白大小相同。结果表明,根癌农杆菌可有效且可靠地介导外源基因转化水稻。     

Virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains with Brassica napus and Brassica juncea

Summary Brassica napus and Brassica juncea were infected with a number of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains. Tumourigenesis was very rapid and extremely efficient on B. juncea with all but one of the strains. Tumourigenesis on B. napus varied widely. It was very efficient with the nopaline strains, was reduced with the succinamopine strain A281 and was very weak with the octopine strains. The latter observation was confirmed with six different B. napus rapeseed cultivars. The selectivity was due to differences in the virulence of Ti plasmids with B. napus, rather than the tumourigenicity of the T-DNA or virulence of the chromosomal genes associated with the strains. An exception was strain LBA4404. The virulence of the octopine strains was increased by coinfection with more virulent disarmed strains and by induction with acetosyringone.     

Transformation of Orychophragmus violaceus Using Agrobacterium tumefaciens And Regeneration of Transgenic Plants

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Transformation and regeneration of Brassica rapa using Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Summary Transformation and regeneration procedures for obtaining transgenic Brassica rapa ssp. oleifera plants are described. Regeneration frequencies were increasedby using silver nitrate and by adjusting the duration of exposure to 2,4-D. For transformation, Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA101 containing a binary plasmid with the neomycin phosphotransferase gene (NPT II) and the b-glucuronidase gene (GUS) was cocultivated with hypocotyl explants from the oilseed B. rapa cvs. Tobin and Emma. Transformed plants were obtained within three months of cocultivation. Transformation frequencies for the cultivars Tobin and Emma were 1–9%. Evidence for transformation was shown by NPT II dot blot assay, the GUS fluorometric assay, Southern analysis, and segregation of the kanamycin-resistance trait in the progeny. The transformation and regeneration procedure described here has been used routinely to transform two cultivars of B. rapa and 18 cultivars of B. napus.     

Transformation of LRP gene into Brassica napus mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens to enhance lysine content in seeds

Lysine rich protein (LRP) gene derived from the seed of Psophocarpus tetragonolobus was transformed into Brassica napus, employing cotyledon petiole as explants and by using the Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404. Transformation efficiency was found to be closely related with phytohormone concentration, infection incubation, and co-cultured time. A medium containing 4 mg/l 6-benzyladenine (6-BA) and 0.3 mg/l naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) was used for plant regeneration. With infection incubation of A. tumefaciens (OD600 = 0.4) for 20 min and co-culture of infected cotyledon petiole for 3 days, the highest transformation efficiency of 8.5% was obtained. To confirm LRP gene expression, PCR and Southern blot analysis were performed on leaf-isolated DNA from regenerated plants resistant to kanamycin. All transgenic plants of the generation T0 formed fertile seeds, which were sowed for the inheritance study of generational T1 and amino acid analysis. It was found that the lysine content of seeds from T1 generation increased by 16.7% compared with non-transgenic lines.     

甘蓝型油菜抗虫转基因植株及其抗性分析

通过油菜子叶外植体－农杆菌共培养法将苏云金杆菌杀虫蛋白基因导入甘蓝型油菜,获得抗虫的转基因植株。带有１￣２ｍｍ子叶柄的油菜子叶经农杆菌感染后,共培养２￣３天,然后转移到附加１５ｍｇ／Ｌ卡那霉素的ＭＳ选择培养基上筛选转化愈伤组织及不定芽。卡那霉素抗性苗相继在含２０￣５０ｍｇ／Ｌ卡那霉素的选择培养基上继代培养,再转移到含２５ｍｇ／Ｌ卡那霉素的生根培养基上诱导生根。以苏云金杆菌杀虫蛋白基因为探针,进行１     

Haploid transformation in Brassica napus using an octopine-producing strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Summary Microspore-derived embryos of Brassica napus were transformed using the disarmed octopine-producing LBA4404 strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens containing the binary vector pBin19. Octopine-producing strains have previously been reported to be ineffective in transforming Brassica. Four actively growing yellow/ green sectors were selected from the embryos on 50 mg/l kanamycin and plants regenerated. Analysis for NPT-II activity in these young plants initially indicated no expression of the bacterial NPT-II gene. The plants were nevertheless grown to maturity, selfed and S₁ seed was collected. Three of the S₁ plants produced microspores which were from 4 to 20 times more tolerant to kanamycin than the original parent. Southern analysis revealed that one plant (EC-1) had a single site of insertion and the other two plants (EC-2 and EC-6) had two sites of insertion with sequence homology to the bacterial NPT-II gene. Microspores from the EC-2 and EC-6 transgenics produced embryos on approximately five times the level of kanamycin tolerated by microspores from untransformed plants, while the EC-1 transgenic produced microspores with more than 20 times the tolerance to kanamycin. Analysis of S₁ progeny of the EC-1 transgenic indicated that 100% of the progeny exhibited the trait through both Southern analysis and by expressing tolerance to kanamycin in microspore-derived embryos.     

转拟南芥P5CS1基因增强羽衣甘蓝的耐旱性

为提高羽衣甘蓝的耐旱性,本文将拟南芥Δ1-吡咯啉-5-羧酸合成酶（P5CS1）基因经农杆菌介导转入羽衣甘蓝植株中,检测转基因株系与野生型植株在干旱胁迫下P5CS1 mRNA表达量、幼苗脯氨酸含量、株系根系性状、整株干重、鲜重和整株存活率。结果表明,在15%PEG6000渗透胁迫下,转基因植株的P5CS1基因mRNA表达量明显增加,转基因植株脯氨酸含量是野生型的2.4倍;主根长、最长侧根长、侧根数目、整株干重和鲜重均高于野生型,干重/鲜重则低于野生型,转基因植株的平均存活率为78%,极显著高于野生型。数据显示,AtP5CS1基因在羽衣甘蓝中的表达明显改善了转基因植株的耐旱性。     

农杆菌介导籼稻优良恢复系bar基因的遗传转化研究

应用农杆菌介导转化体系,成功地将含有CaMv35s启动子启动的bar基因导入籼稻幼胚来源的愈伤组织,获得籼稻优良恢复系T461、R402和752三个品种（系）共47个抗除草剂Basta的转基因株系,Southem分析结果表明,转基因植株基因组中检测到bar基因的整合,转基因植株自交后代Basta除草剂抗性鉴定表现出分离,且大多数为1-2个整合位点的孟德尔方式遗传。结果表明,根癌农杆菌介导法可以有效且可靠地转化籼稻。     

Transformation of Brassica napus L. using Agrobacterium tumefaciens: developmentally regulated expression of a reintroduced napin gene

Summary Genetically transformed plants of Brassica napus L. (oilseed rape) were obtained from hypocotyl expiants using Agrobacterium tumefaciens vectors. Hypocotyl explants were inoculated with disarmed or oncogenic A. tumefaciens strains, EHA101 and A281, and then cultured on media containing kanamycin. The A. tumefaciens strains harbored a binary vector, which contained a neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII) gene driven by the 35S promoter of cauliflower mosaic virus and an engineered napin (seed storage protein) gene with its own promoter (300 nucleotides 5 to the start of translation). Transformation of B. napus plants was confirmed by detection of NPT II enzyme activity, Southern blot analysis and inheritance of the kanamycin-resistance trait (NPT II gene) in the progeny. Expression of the engineered napin gene in embryos but not in leaves of transgenic plants was observed by Northern analysis. These data demonstrate that morphologically normal, fertile transgenic B. napus plants can be obtained using Agrobacterium as a gene vector and that developmentally regulated expression of reintroduced genes can be achieved.     

Production of transgenic rape plants (Brassica napus L.) using Agrobacterium tumefaciens

The procedure for genetic transformation of two spring and one winter rapeseed cultivars was developed. No-paline strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens GV3101 and EHA105 were shown to be preferable for gene transfer, as compared to the octopine strain GV2260. With two types of plant explants, the segments of hypocotyls and cotyledons, transformation was successful; however, its efficiency was somewhat higher with the fragments of hypocotyls. Analysis of regenerated plants by PCR and Southern blotting confirmed the presence of the nptII and nisA genes in transformants. RNA analysis by Northern blotting showed expression of the nisA gene in transformed shoots. The transgenes were inherited in T2 as Mendelian traits. The effect of biotic and abiotic factors on the efficiency of genetic transformation in rapeseed is discussed.     

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Brassica napus and Brassica oleracea

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is widely used for gene delivery in plants. However, commercial cultivars of crop plants are often recalcitrant to transformation because the protocols established for model varieties are not directly applicable to them. The genus Brassica includes the oil seed crop, canola (B. napus), and vegetable crop varieties of Brassica oleracea, including cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage. Here, we describe an efficient protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation using seedling explants that is applicable to various Brassica varieties; this protocol has been used to genetically engineer commercial cultivars of canola and cauliflower in our laboratory. Young seedling explants are inoculated with Agrobacterium on the day of explant preparation. Explants are grown for 1 week in the absence of a selective agent before being transferred to a selective medium to recover transgenic shoots. Transgenic shoots are subjected to an additional round of selection on medium containing higher levels of the selective agent and a low-carbohydrate source; this helps to eliminate false-positive plants. Use of seedling explants offers flexible experiment planning and a convenient explant source. Using this protocol, transgenic plants can be obtained in 2.5 to 3.5 months.     

Transformation of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) with isopentenyltransferase gene via Agrobacterium tumefaciens for post-harvest yellowing retardation

Transgenic plantlets with a retarding effect on post-harvest yellowing in broccoli have been generated via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of cytokinin synthesizing ipt (isopentenyltransferase) gene. The ipt gene is constructed under the control of senescence-associated gene promoters from Arabidopsis in the forms of pSG529(+) and pSG766A, which were the gifts from Dr R.M. Amasino at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Evidence of transgene integration was confirmed by assays on neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII) activity of selection markers, PCR and Southern hybridization. Based on the chlorophyll retention rate (>50%) after 4 days of post-harvest storage at 25 °C, it was found that 31% of transformants exhibited the effect of retarding yellowing in detached leaves, with 16% having the effect on florets and 7.2% on both leaves and florets. RT-PCR revealed that ipt gene expression occurred early on the day of detachment. Factors such as vacuum aid infiltration, plasmid differences, explant types, seedling ages and kanamycin concentrations were also studied. Putative transformation frequencies tended to vary with plasmids and explant types. The advantage of vacuum aid infiltration depended on explant types. The optimal kanamycin concentration should be determined experimentally for each study to avoid the high escape rate of kanamycin selection. Flow cytometric analysis of explant nuclear DNA phases was found to be helpful for selecting suitable explants for transformation and minimizing the polyploid transformants. A reproducible transformation protocol without any pre-culture was established for explants of hypocotyl, cotyledon, and peduncle. Most of the ipt transformants with a retarding effect on yellowing had a chimeric nature but showed little or no serious morphological abnormality in comparison with their parental line. Through proper selection, transformation lines with the capability of retarding post-harvest yellowing in broccoli should be feasible.     

转ChIFN-γ基因油菜植株的建立

干扰素(interferons, IFNs)是一类抗病毒、抗肿瘤、抗细胞增殖等作用的高活性、多功能诱生性糖蛋白.采用农杆菌介导法将含鸡γ 干扰素 (chicken interferon-γ, ChIFN-γ) 基因的植物表达载体pSW NGN导入油菜下胚轴和子叶柄. 经筛选和分化,获得了62株抗性再生植株, 通过葡糖醛酸酶GUS (β-glucuronidase,GUS)活性检测、PCR检测及Southern杂交检测,确定获得2株单拷贝转ChIFN-γ 基因油菜. ELISA定量检测转基因植株中的ChIFN-γ 蛋白.结果表明,转基因植株ChIFN-γ 蛋白表达量最高可达1 120 pg/g鲜重.该研究为植物生物反应器生产ChIFN-γ 口服疫苗蛋白的开发及应用奠定了基础.     

甘蓝型油菜PEP基因片段的克隆和种子特异性反义表达载体的构建及转基因油菜的获得

丙酮酸羧化酶(PEP)是控制油菜蛋白质/油脂含量比例的一个种子的含油量.本研究利用PCR法从甘蓝型油菜花油5号(H045)克隆了PEP基因片段,并与载体pBI121-B构建了反义PEP基因的种子特异性植物表达载体,通过激光微束穿刺法将其转化到甘蓝型油菜中,目前已获得了转基因植株.