农作物抗除草剂基因工程

概述抗除草剂作物基因工程抗性基因的来源,产生抗性的机理,抗除草剂外源基因的导入方法,并对目前普遍关注的抗除草剂作物的安全性问题进行了讨论,提出了抗除草剂作物研究及开发中应注意的问题。     

作物抗除草剂转基因研究进展

综述了抗除草剂基因研究的意义、研究机理及国内外研究现状,分析了各种转基因方法的优缺点,展望了除草剂抗性育种的发展方向。     

抗咪唑啉酮类除草剂水稻种质的筛选鉴定

咪唑啉酮类除草剂是一类广谱高效除草剂,其作用靶标是乙酰乳酸合成酶(ALS,acetolactate synthase)。培育抗咪唑啉酮类除草剂水稻品种是防治直播稻田杂草危害的有效途径之一。本研究通过喷施咪唑啉酮类除草剂,从30570份水稻种质资源中,获得1份抗咪唑啉酮类除草剂的水稻新种质,该材料抗性性状稳定、抗性效应明显,序列分析表明其ALS基因编码区第1880位的G/A突变导致第627位氨基酸由丝氨酸改变为天冬酰胺,从而产生抗性。本研究发现的抗除草剂新材料,为选育抗除草剂水稻新品种奠定了种质基础。     

抗咪唑啉酮油菜种质的发现与鉴定

在喷施豆施乐除草剂的大豆试验田,发现抗咪唑啉酮类除草剂的自生油菜突变株,经连续3年自交纯合和抗性鉴定,该突变体抗咪唑啉酮类除草剂的浓度是除草剂有效杀草浓度的2倍以上,抗性性状稳定、抗性效应明显。该材料的发现对于开发具有自主知识产权的抗除草剂新基因,选育不受环境释放限制的油菜新品种,均具有重大的理论和现实意义。     

花粉管通道法转基因改良小麦品质的初步研究

为在短期内提高小麦品质,本研究构建了一个含有反义蜡质基因、HMWGS1Dy10基因和抗除草剂基因的重组质粒pWXAB,以优良小麦品种(冀麦24、白玉149、9411等)为材料,采用花粉管通道法进行转基因研究。对转基因后代进行除草剂筛选和SDSPAGE电泳。结果表明,除草剂基因及反义蜡质基因已经整合到小麦基因组中,从抗性水平而言,其转化频率为0.5%。     

转基因食品的安全性探讨

转基因食品近几年成了大众关注的一个热点问题,但普遍存在一些错误观点。从转基因食品常用的基因,如抗生素抗性基因、Bt基因、抗除草剂抗性基因、人或动物基因等,分析其食用安全性, 排除对转基因食品的疑惑。     

转bar基因水稻在杂种优势育种中的利用

以3个美国转bar基因水稻抗除草剂品种Bengal Hu-10、Cypress PB-6和Gulfmont为父本,分别与三系、两系不育系及人工去雄恢复系杂交。考种结果发现：这3个抗性亲本所配组合杂种优势不明显。通过杂交将抗除草剂亲本中的bar基因转移到常规恢复系,已经培育出3个抗除草剂恢复系明恢63－B、测64－B和特青－B;且已选配出5个抗性杂交组合,它们能保持原组合的产量水平。还讨论了水稻杂种优势利用面临的问题和转bar基因水稻抗性亲本在杂种优势上的应用前景。     

拟南芥乙酰乳酸合成酶基因(Atals)多位点突变以及转基因过表达植株除草剂抗性分析

乙酰乳酸合成酶(ALS)是支链氨基酸、缬氨酸、亮氨酸和异亮氨酸生物合成途径中的关键酶,也是多种除草剂的靶点。为了研究als基因不同突变位点组合后其抗除草剂抗性的变化,并整合和增强植株对不同类型除草剂的抗性,本研究对已知抗性位点进行组合并进行了拟南芥转基因分析。我们通过重叠延伸PCR技术体外突变扩增四个已知位点突变的P197S/R199A/W574S/S653F拟南芥Atals,克隆到pCAMBIA1 300-GFP载体上,从而构建了四个位点突变的m4Atals-GFP融合蛋白过表达载体。然后用农杆菌介导法转化野生型拟南芥Col-0,获得转基因株系。采用潮霉素抗性筛选鉴定阳性转基因植株,并利用荧光体式显微镜观察过表达植株以及在蛋白水平检测GFP-m4Atals融合蛋白表达情况。对纯合转基因株系进行除草剂抗性分析。分析表明转基因拟南芥具有磺酰脲和咪唑啉酮两种除草剂的整合抗性。此研究有助于系统地分析als基因不同突变位点对抑制剂的抗性,有效避免和应对自然界als单一位点突变的杂草的困扰。     

作物抗逆性基因工程

自1986东京国际生物工程博览会以来,作物抗性品种越来越受到极大关注。作物抗性基因工程的研究十分迅速,已在作物抗虫害、抗病害和抗除草剂等方面取得了不少转基因植株,有的建成了品系。本文着重介绍作物抗虫害、抗病毒害、抗除草剂等抗性基因工程的新进展和应用。     

Calgene正在揭示植物对除草剂的抗性

<正> 通过遗传操作使植物对除草剂产生抗性已越来越接近现实。以Calgene公司(戴维斯,加利福尼亚)Luca Comai为首的研究人员为了使植物对除草剂草甘膦产生抗性,利用根癌土壤杆菌中的Ti质粒把aroA基因转移到烟草细胞中,并利用这些细胞再生出抗除草剂的植株。据Calgene公司的Robert Good man说,在农场发现的那些再生烟草植株中,实际上只     

Does cutting herbicide rates threaten the sustainability of weed management in cropping systems?

Evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds is a growing problem across the world, and it has been suggested that low herbicide rates may be contributing to this problem. An individual-based simulation model that represents weed population dynamics and the evolution of polygenic herbicide resistance was constructed and used to investigate whether using lower herbicide rates or standard rates at reduced efficacy could reduce the sustainability of cropping systems by causing faster increases in weed population density as herbicide resistance develops. A number of different possible genetic bases for resistance were considered, including monogenic resistance and polygenic resistance conferred by several genes. The results show that cutting herbicide rates does not affect the rate at which weed densities reach critical levels when resistance is conferred exclusively by a single dominant gene. In some polygenic situations, cutting herbicide rates substantially reduces sustainability, due to a combination of faster increase in resistance gene frequency and reduced kill rates in all genotypes, while in other polygenic situations the effect is small. Differences in sustainability depend on combined strength of the resistance genes, variability in phenotypic susceptibility and rate delivered, level of control due to alternative measures, and degree of genetic dominance and epistasis. In the situation where resistance can be conferred by both a single dominant major gene or a number of co-dominant minor genes in combination, the difference made by low rates depends on the relative initial frequency of the major and minor genes. These results show that careful consideration of herbicide rate and understanding the genetic basis of resistance are important aspects of weed management.     

Genetic control of a cytochrome P450 metabolism-based herbicide resistance mechanism in Lolium rigidum

The dynamics of herbicide resistance evolution in plants are influenced by many factors, especially the biochemical and genetic basis of resistance. Herbicide resistance can be endowed by enhanced rates of herbicide metabolism because of the activity of cytochrome P450 enzymes, although in weedy plants the genetic control of cytochrome P450-endowed herbicide resistance is poorly understood. In this study we have examined the genetic control of P450 metabolism-based herbicide resistance in a well-characterized Lolium rigidum biotype. The phenotypic resistance segregation in herbicide resistant and susceptible parents, F1, F2 and backcross (BC) families was analyzed as plant survival following treatment with the chemically unrelated herbicides diclofop-methyl or chlorsulfuron. Dominance and nuclear gene inheritance was observed in F1 families when treated at the recommended field doses of both herbicides. The segregation values of P450 herbicide resistance phenotypic traits observed in F2 and BC families was consistent with resistance endowed by two additive genes in most cases. In obligate out-crossing species such as L. rigidum, herbicide selection can easily result in accumulation of resistance genes within individuals.     

Epistatic interactions among herbicide resistances in Arabidopsis thaliana: the fitness cost of multiresistance

The type of interactions among deleterious mutations is considered to be crucial in numerous areas of evolutionary biology, including the evolution of sex and recombination, the evolution of ploidy, the evolution of selfing, and the conservation of small populations. Because the herbicide resistance genes could be viewed as slightly deleterious mutations in the absence of the pesticide selection pressure, the epistatic interactions among three herbicide resistance genes (acetolactate synthase CSR, cellulose synthase IXR1, and auxin-induced AXR1 target genes) were estimated in both the homozygous and the heterozygous states, giving 27 genotype combinations in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. By analyzing eight quantitative traits in a segregating population for the three herbicide resistances in the absence of herbicide, we found that most interactions in both the homozygous and the heterozygous states were best explained by multiplicative effects (each additional resistance gene causes a comparable reduction in fitness) rather than by synergistic effects (each additional resistance gene causes a disproportionate fitness reduction). Dominance coefficients of the herbicide resistance cost ranged from partial dominance to underdominance, with a mean dominance coefficient of 0.07. It was suggested that the csr1-1, ixr1-2, and axr1-3 resistance alleles are nearly fully recessive for the fitness cost. More interestingly, the dominance of a specific resistance gene in the absence of herbicide varied according to, first, the presence of the other resistance genes and, second, the quantitative trait analyzed. These results and their implications for multiresistance evolution are discussed in relation to the maintenance of polymorphism at resistance loci in a heterogeneous environment.     

细胞色素P450与除草剂抗性转基因植物

介绍了除草剂代谢有关的细胞色素P450基因及其应用,已从动植物体中分离具有除草剂代谢活性的细胞色素P450基因,通过转基因方法,成功培育出抗除草剂的转基因植物。     

Is the cost of herbicide resistance expressed in the breakdown of the relationships between characters? A case study using synthetic-auxin-resistant Arabidopsis thaliana mutants

A mutation endowing herbicide resistance is often found to induce a parallel morphological or fitness penalty. To test whether such 'cost' of resistance to herbicides is expressed through lower resource acquisition, changes in resource allocation, or both, is of ecological significance. Here, we analysed 12 morphological traits in 900 plants covering three herbicide resistance mutations at genes AUX1 , AXR1 and AXR2 in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana . Comparing these 2,4-D herbicide-resistant homozygous (RR) and heterozygous (RS) plants to homozygous susceptible (SS) plants, this analysis estimates the dominance level of the resistance allele on morphology. We also demonstrated that the herbicide resistance cost was primarily expressed as a change in resource acquisition (62.1-94% of the analysed traits). Although AUX1 , AXR1 and AXR2 genes act in the same metabolic pathway of auxin response, each resistance factor was found to have its own unique signature in the way the cost was expressed. Furthermore, no link was observed between the absolute fitness penalty and the respective modifications of resource acquisition and/or resource allocation in the resistant plants. These results and their implications for herbicide resistance spread and establishment are discussed.     

Genomic analyses provide insights into the polyploidization-driven herbicide adaptation in Leptochloa weeds

Polyploidy confers a selective advantage under stress conditions; however, whether polyploidization mediates enhanced herbicide adaptation remains largely unknown. Tetraploid Leptochloa chinensis is a notorious weed in the rice ecosystem, causing severe yield loss in rice. In China, L. chinensis has only one sister species, the diploid L. panicea, whose damage is rarely reported. To gain insights into the effects of polyploidization on herbicide adaptation, we first assembled a high-quality genome of L. panicea and identified genome structure variations with L. chinensis. Moreover, we identified herbicide-resistance genes specifically expanded in L. chinensis, which may confer a greater herbicide adaptability in L. chinensis. Analysis of gene retention and loss showed that five herbicide target-site genes and several herbicide nontarget-site resistance gene families were retained during polyploidization. Notably, we identified three pairs of polyploidization-retained genes including LcABCC8, LcCYP76C1 and LcCYP76C4 that may enhance herbicide resistance. More importantly, we found that both copies of LcCYP76C4 were under herbicide selection during the spread of L. chinensis in China. Furthermore, we identified another gene potentially involved in herbicide resistance, LcCYP709B2, which is also retained during polyploidization and under selection. This study provides insights into the genomic basis of the enhanced herbicide adaptability of Leptochloa weeds during polyploidization and provides guidance for the precise and efficient control of polyploidy weeds.     

Evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds: vertically transmitted fungal endophytes as genetic entities

The appearance of heritable resistance to herbicides in weeds is an evolutionary process driven by human selection. Assuming that spontaneous and random mutations originate herbicide resistance genes, which are selected by selection pressure imposed by herbicides, is the simplest model to understand how this phenomenon appears and increases in weed populations. However, the rate of herbicide resistance evolution is not only determined by the amount of genetic variation within the populations and the selection pressure exerted by herbicides, but also by factors related to genetics, biology and ecology of weeds. The inheritance of the resistance genes, the mating patterns of the populations, the relative fitness of susceptible and resistant phenotypes and gene flow processes also control the mentioned rate. Many cool season grasses are often infected by fungal symbiotic endophytes (Neotyphodium spp.). These organisms modify the physiology, ecology and reproductive biology of their hosts, conferring greater tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, greater competitive ability and the capacity of reducing ecosystem biodiversity. In this work, we present new empirical data and propose new theoretical support on how these microbial symbionts can modulate the evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds. Fungal endophytes are vertically transmitted, and may act as genetic entities altering the evolution of herbicide resistance by reducing herbicide efficacy (delaying effect on evolution). In addition, indirect evidence suggests that fungal endophytes might reduce the fitness penalty associated with the newly arisen resistant phenotypes. The importance and dynamic of these opposite effects is discussed.     

Marker-free transgenic plants

Selectable marker genes are widely used for the efficient transformation of crop plants. In most cases, selection is based on antibiotic or herbicide resistance. Due mainly to consumer concerns, a suite of strategies (site-specific recombination, homologous recombination, transposition and co-transformation) have been developed to eliminate the marker gene from the nuclear or chloroplast genome after selection. Current efforts concentrate on systems where marker genes are eliminated efficiently soon after transformation. Alternatively, transgenic plants are produced by the use of marker genes that do not rely on antibiotic or herbicide resistance but instead promote regeneration after transformation. Here, the merits and shortcomings of different approaches and possible directions for their future development are discussed.