基因组原位杂交技术及其在园艺植物基因组研究中的应用

基因组原位杂交(GISH)技术可以鉴定植物多倍体物种起源、杂种亲本染色体来源和组成,分析栽培种与其近缘野生种的亲缘关系,研究减数分裂染色体行为等。基因组原位杂交包括多色基因组原位杂交、比较基因组原位杂交和自身基因组原位杂交等。基因组原位杂交技术的关键步骤是染色体制片、探针制备及长度优化、探针与封阻的浓度比例和杂交后洗脱强度。该文对近年来国内外有关基因组原位杂交技术的发展及其在园艺植物基因组研究中的应用现状进行了综述,并指出随着多种园艺植物全基因组的测定,未来应从基因组信息中寻找更多的染色体特异性标记,结合荧光显带及荧光原位杂交技术,为深入研究园艺植物的起源以及遗传关系鉴定等提供技术支持。     

石刁柏核质体DNA的生物信息学分析及染色体定位

在植物基因组中, 叶绿体DNA (cpDNA)序列可以向核基因组转移成为核质体DNA (NUPT)。NUPTs在植物染色体(包括性染色体)的演化过程中具有重要作用, 但目前相关研究比较缺乏。以雌雄异株植物石刁柏(Asparagus officinalis)为材料, 采用生物信息学方法对其核基因组NUPTs进行注释及分析, 并选取叶绿体基因组反向重复区(IR) 2个片段进行染色体定位。结果表明, 石刁柏核基因组中有2 239个NUPTs序列的插入, 总长度为565 970 bp, 占核基因组的0.047%。不同染色体上插入的NUPTs数量存在较大差异, Y染色体上的NUPTs数量、密度及总长度均高于其它染色体, 表明NUPTs在石刁柏性(Y)染色体上累积的更多。石刁柏叶绿体基因组中的IR区、大单拷贝区(LSC)和小单拷贝区(SSC)序列均能够向核基因组转移, 但IR区序列转移频率更高。此外, 对2个IR区的叶绿体序列进行荧光原位杂交, 其中AocpIR1主要分布在所有染色体的着丝粒部位, 而AocpIR2特异性分布在Y染色体上。研究结果为深入揭示石刁柏基因组的结构及其性染色体的演化奠定了坚实的基础。     

石刁柏核质体DNA的生物信息学分析及染色体定位

在植物基因组中, 叶绿体DNA (cpDNA)序列可以向核基因组转移成为核质体DNA (NUPT)。NUPTs在植物染色体(包括性染色体)的演化过程中具有重要作用, 但目前相关研究比较缺乏。以雌雄异株植物石刁柏(Asparagus officinalis)为材料, 采用生物信息学方法对其核基因组NUPTs进行注释及分析, 并选取叶绿体基因组反向重复区(IR) 2个片段进行染色体定位。结果表明, 石刁柏核基因组中有2 239个NUPTs序列的插入, 总长度为565 970 bp, 占核基因组的0.047%。不同染色体上插入的NUPTs数量存在较大差异, Y染色体上的NUPTs数量、密度及总长度均高于其它染色体, 表明NUPTs在石刁柏性(Y)染色体上累积的更多。石刁柏叶绿体基因组中的IR区、大单拷贝区(LSC)和小单拷贝区(SSC)序列均能够向核基因组转移, 但IR区序列转移频率更高。此外, 对2个IR区的叶绿体序列进行荧光原位杂交, 其中AocpIR1主要分布在所有染色体的着丝粒部位, 而AocpIR2特异性分布在Y染色体上。研究结果为深入揭示石刁柏基因组的结构及其性染色体的演化奠定了坚实的基础。     

Ｆiber—FISH在植物基因组研究中的应用

Ｆiber-FISH是近几年发展起来的一项高分辨率和高灵敏度的荧光原位发要交技术,已被广泛应用于人类及动植物基因组的研究。本文对Ｆiber-FISH在植物基因组研究中的特点及其在染色体物理图谱的构建,染色体结构与分子构成分析和在比较基因组中的应用等进行了探讨。     

植物基因组研究与利用的新型工具——异源单体附加系

在高等植物中, 以种间杂交和回交把有益基因从一个物种转移到另一个物种为目的育种项目中, 单个外源染色体常常被附加到含有受体细胞完整一套染色体中, 形成异源单体附加系。这种异源单体附加系是阐明基因组结构和转移基因的有效工具。它可以通过回交形成覆盖整个基因组的渗入系重叠群, 用于建立以受体物种基因组为载体的外源物种基因组文库。另外, 一套完整的异源单体附加系也可看作是一个拥有分散供体基因组成为单个染色体单位的文库, 便于精确高通量地将标记分配到单个供体染色体上, 从而可以比较供体染色体和各自的直向同源受体染色体之间的标记位置和同线性关系。同时, 也便于研究同源染色体的渗入机制和配对状态。文中介绍了异源单体附加系的培育和特性, 并着重阐明了它在遗传育种和基础研究中的应用。     

鱼类多样性的遗传基础

鱼类的多样性正伴随着地球的生物多样性危机而日益受到关注。对鱼类多样性的阐释也成为研究中的热点之一。“机会垂青于有所准备的基因组”。目前的研究表明,基因组的可塑性（ｐｌａｓｔｉｃｉｔｙ）成为物种分化、形态演化以及适应环境改变等的遗传基础。本文侧重于染色体水平,即鱼类染色体数目变化极大、染色体倍型多态、鱼类性别决定系统的多态和超数染色体（Ｂ染色体）的存在提示鱼类基因组的可塑性很强;同时鱼类在基因组中存     

自身基因组原位杂交揭示植物基因组重复DNA沿染色体的分布

重复DNA沿染色体的分布是认识植物基因组的组织和进化的要素之一。本研究采用一种改良的基因组原位杂交程序,对基因组大小和重复DNA数量不同的6种植物进行了自身基因组原位杂交(self-genomic in situ hybridization,self-GISH)。在所有供试物种的染色体都观察到荧光标记探针DNA的不均匀分布。杂交信号图型在物种间有明显的差异,并与基因组的大小相关。小基因组拟南芥的染色体几乎只有近着丝粒区和核仁组织区被标记。基因组相对较小的水稻、高粱、甘蓝的杂交信号分散分布在染色体的全长,但在近着丝粒区或近端区以及某些异染色质臂的分布明显占优势。大基因组的玉米和大麦的所有染色体都被密集地标记,并在染色体全长显示出强标记区与弱标记或不标记区的交替排列。此外,甘蓝染色体的所有近着丝粒区和核仁组织区、大麦染色体的所有近着丝粒区和某些臂中间区还显示了增强的信号带。大麦增强的信号带带型与其N-带带型一致。水稻自身基因组原位杂交图型与水稻Cot-1DNA在水稻染色体上的荧光原位杂交图型基本一致。研究结果表明,自身基因组原位杂交信号实际上反映了基因组重复DNA序列对染色体的杂交,因而自身基因组原位杂交技术是显示植物基因组中重复DNA聚集区在染色体上的分布以及与重复DNA相关联的染色质分化的有效方法。     

玉米B染色体特异RAPD分子标记的染色体定位(英文)

B染色体存在于多种动植物中 ,具有很多独特的性状。B染色体与正常染色体在DNA组成方面十分相似 ,寻找B染色体特异序列一直是B染色体研究的难点和热点。通过对含有和不含有B染色体的两种玉米 (ZeamaysL .)基因组进行了RAPD分析 ,筛选到一个B染色体特异性分子标记B480。该标记与玉米的自主复制起始序列ARS1和ARS2同源 ,特别是该序列中的 2 5bp出现在多种模式生物基因组中。FISH的结果显示 ,B480集中分布于B染色体着丝粒部位     

小麦族三属杂种F1小孢子发生过程中染色体的行为(简报)

利用八倍体小黑麦劲松49和八倍体小滨麦950059杂交合成了小麦-黑麦-滨麦草三属杂种,对不同基因组染色体在三属杂种F1减数分裂和小孢子发育过程中的行为进行了研究.基因组原位杂交(GISH)结果表明劲松49和小滨950059均包含44条小麦染色体和12条外源染色体,三属杂种F1中含有6条黑麦染色体和6条滨麦草染色体.减数分裂过程中黑麦和滨麦草染色体很少与小麦染色体配对.常以单价体形态存在.小孢子中的微核主要由外源染色体组成.在三属杂种F1的花粉发育过程中还发现了染色体浓缩不同步的现象.     

杨树基因组中染色体基因丰度分化及EST序列对基因覆盖度的检测(英文)

高等植物基因组中,大部分序列为非表达序列,基因序列所占的比例很小,了解基因在基因组中的分布是研究基因组结构的一个重要方面。在美国能源部资助下,一个毛果杨无性系的基因组测序已经完成并对公众发布。杨树全基因组序列的完成,为我们了解林木基因组中基因的分布提供了一个特例。在本文中,我们利用泊松分析对杨树基因组中基因在各个染色体上的密度进行了检测,结果表明杨树基因组中各条染色体的基因含量存在显著差异。杨树全基因组测序项目揭示现代杨树基因组起源于一次古全基因组复制事件(称为杨柳科基因组复制),所以杨树基因组不同染色体间存在很大的同源复制片段。但是我们的研究显示,杨树基因组中大多数高度同源的染色体上基因的密度与染色体间的同源性没有明显关系,这说明杨柳科全基因组复制事件后,各个高度同源染色体上的基因发生了流失,且基因流失的速率是不一样的。同时本文还对近九万条毛果杨EST序列进行了比对分析,结果显示这些EST序列覆盖的基因仅占杨树基因组中基因总数的16.8%左右。EST测序虽然是发现基因的一个重要手段,但小规模EST测序对基因的覆盖度很低,所以小规模EST测序的应用价值是有限的。     

Comparative fluorescence in situ hybridization mapping of a 431-kb Arabidopsis thaliana bacterial artificial chromosome contig reveals the role of chromosomal duplications in the expansion of the Brassica rapa genome

Comparative genome studies are important contributors to our understanding of genome evolution. Most comparative genome studies in plants have been based on genetic mapping of homologous DNA loci in different genomes. Large-scale comparative physical mapping has been hindered by the lack of efficient and affordable techniques. We report here the adaptation of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques for comparative physical mapping between Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica rapa. A set of six bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) representing a 431-kb contiguous region of chromosome 2 of A. thaliana was mapped on both chromosomes and DNA fibers of B. rapa. This DNA fragment has a single location in the A. thaliana genome, but hybridized to four to six B. rapa chromosomes, indicating multiple duplications in the B. rapa genome. The sizes of the fiber-FISH signals from the same BACs were not longer in B. rapa than those in A. thaliana, suggesting that this genomic region is duplicated but not expanded in the B. rapa genome. The comparative fiber-FISH mapping results support that chromosomal duplications, rather than regional expansion due to accumulation of repetitive sequences in the intergenic regions, played the major role in the evolution of the B. rapa genome.     

High-resolution structural analysis of biolistic transgene integration into the genome of wheat

Transformation of plant genomes by biolistic methods has become routine over the past decade. However, relatively little is known about how transgenes are physically integrated into the host genome. Using a high-resolution physical mapping technique, fluorescence in situ hybridization on extended DNA fibers (fiber-FISH), 13 independent transgenic wheat lines were analyzed to determine the structural arrangement of stably inherited transgenes in host-plant chromosomes. Twelve transgenic lines were transformed with a single plasmid and one line was co-transformed with two separate plasmids, which co-segregated genetically. Three basic integration patterns were observed from the fiber-FISH experiments: Type I, large tandemly repeated integration; Type II, large tandem integrations interspersed with unknown DNA; and Type III, small insertions, possibly interspersed with unknown DNA. Metaphase FISH showed that the integration of transgenes was in both hetero- and euchromatic, as well as proximal, interstitial and distal, regions of the chromosomes. In the transgenic plants, the type of promotor used, rather than the chromosomal site of transgene integration, was most critical for transgene expression. The integration of the transgenes was not associated with detectable chromosomal rearrangements. Received: 25 August 2000 / Accepted: 31 October 2000     

Genomic interspersions determine the size and complexity of transgene loci in transgenic plants produced by microprojectile bombardment.

The structure of transgene loci in six transgenic allohexaploid oat (Avena sativa L.) lines produced using microprojectile bombardment was characterized using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on extended DNA fibers (fiber-FISH). The transgene loci in five lines were composed of multiple copies of delivered DNA interspersed with genomic DNA fragments ranging in size from ca. 3 kb to at least several hundred kilobases, and in greater numbers than detected using Southern blot analysis. Although Southern analysis predicted that the transgene locus in one line consisted of long tandem repeats of the delivered DNA, fiber-FISH revealed that the locus actually contained multiple genomic interspersions. These observations indicated that transgene locus size and structure were determined by the number of transgene copies and, possibly to a greater extent, the number and the length of interspersing genomic DNA sequences within the locus. Large genomic interspersions detected in several lines were most likely the products of chromosomal breakage induced either by tissue culture conditions or, more likely, by DNA delivery into the nucleus using microprojectile bombardment. We propose that copies of transgene along with other extrachromosomal DNA fragments are used as patches to repair double-strand breaks (DSBs) in the plant genome resulting in the formation of transgene loci.     

Cytogenomic analyses reveal the structural plasticity of the chloroplast genome in higher plants

A DNA fiber-based fluorescence in situ hybridization (fiber-FISH) technique was developed to analyze the structure and organization of a large number of intact chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) molecules from Arabidopsis, tobacco, and pea. Using this cytogenomic approach, we determined that 25 to 45% of the cpDNA within developing leaf tissue consists of circular molecules. Both linear and circular DNA fibers with one to four copies of the chloroplast genome were present, with monomers being the predominant structure. Arabidopsis and tobacco chloroplasts contained previously unidentified multimers (>900 kb) consisting of six to 10 genome equivalents. We further discovered rearranged cpDNA molecules of incomplete genome equivalents, confirmed by both differential hybridizations and size estimations. The unique cpDNA organization and novel structures revealed in this study demonstrate that higher plant cpDNA is more structurally plastic than previous sequence and electrophoretic analyses have suggested. Additionally, we demonstrate how the fiber-FISH-based cytogenomic approach allows for powerful analysis of very rare events that cannot be detected by traditional techniques such as DNA gel blot hybridization or polymerase chain reaction.     

Segmental duplications within the Glycine max genome revealed by fluorescence in situ hybridization of bacterial artificial chromosomes.

Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) is presumed to be an ancient polyploid based on chromosome number and multiple RFLP fragments in genetic mapping. Direct cytogenetic observation of duplicated regions within the soybean genome has not heretofore been reported. Employing fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of genetically anchored bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) in soybean, we were able to observe that the distal ends of molecular linkage group E had duplicated regions on linkage groups A2 and B2. Further, using fiber-FISH, it was possible to measure the molecular size and organization of one of the duplicated regions. As FISH did not require repetitive DNA for blocking fluorescence signals, we assume that the 200-kb genome region is relatively low in repetitive sequences. This observation, along with the observation that the BACs are located in distal euchromatin regions, has implications for genome structure/evolution and the approach used to sequence the soybean genome.     

Exon Mapping by Fiber-FISH or LR-PCR

In this study we systematically assessed the sensitivity limits of fiber-FISH in model experiments. Exonic fragments and cDNAs with exon sizes of ≥200 bp could be mapped on their cognate cosmid. This positional fiber-FISH mapping was validated by long-range PCR. It is expected that these two independent mapping approaches will help to refine current available gene maps and show their applicability in fine mapping of sequence-tagged sites or expressed sequence tags. Also, they will be useful in resolving gene structures by mapping exon and intron locations.     

Genome sequencing of a 239-kb region of rice chromosome 10L reveals a high frequency of gene duplication and a large chloroplast DNA insertion

In this study we describe a 239-kb region on the long arm of rice chromosome 10 that contains a high density (71%) of locally duplicated genes, including 24 copies of a glutathione S-transferase gene. Intriguingly, embedded within this cluster is a large insertion (approximately 33 kb) of rice (Oryza sativa) chloroplast DNA that is derived from two separate regions of the chloroplast genome. We used DNA fiber-based fluorescence in situ hybridization (fiber-FISH) analyses of O. sativa spp. japonica nuclei to confirm that the insertion of organellar DNA was not a cloning artifact. The sequence of the chloroplast insertion is nearly identical (99.7% identity) to the corresponding regions in the published rice chloroplast genome sequence, suggesting that the transfer event occurred recently. PCR amplification and sequence analysis in two subspecies of rice, O. sativa spp. japonica and spp. indica, indicates that the transfer event predated the divergence of these two subspecies. The chloroplast insertion is flanked by a 2.1-kb perfect direct repeat that is unique to this location in the rice genome.     

Tuareg, a novel miniature-inverted repeat family of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) related to the PIF superfamily of maize

Miniature-inverted repeat transposable elements (MITEs) are abundantly repeated in plant genomes and are especially found in genic regions where they could contribute regulatory elements for gene expression. We describe with molecular and cytological tools the first MITE family reported in pearl millet: Tuareg. It was initially detected in the pearl millet ortholog of Teosinte-branched1, an important developmental gene involved in the domestication of maize. The Tuareg family was amplified recently in the pearl millet genome and elements were found more abundant in wild than in domesticated plants. We found that they shared similarity in their terminal repeats with the previously described mPIF MITEs and that they are also present in other Pennisetum species, in maize and more distantly related grasses. The Tuareg family may be part of MITEs activated by PIF-like transposases and it could have been mobile since pearl millet domestication. Electronic supplementary material Electronic supplementary material is available for this article at and accessible for authorised users. O. Robin contributed the FISH and fiber-FISH hybridizations.     

An isochore transition zone in the NF1 gene region is a conserved landmark of chromosome structure and function

The mammalian genome is organized as a mosaic of isochores, stretches of DNA with a distinct sequence composition. Isochores form the basis of the chromosomal banding pattern, which is tightly correlated with a number of structural and functional features. We have recently demonstrated that the transition from a GC-poor isochore to a GC-rich one in the NF1 gene region occurs within 5 kb and demarcates genomic regions with high and low recombination frequency. We now report that the same transition zone separates early replicating from late replicating chromatin on the molecular level. At the isochore transition the replication fork is stalled in mid-S phase and can be visualized by fiber-FISH techniques as a Y-shaped structure. The switch in GC content and in replication timing is conserved between human and mouse, emphasizing the importance of the transition zones as landmarks of chromosome organization and function.     

植物基因组表达序列标签(EST)计划研究进展

植物表达序列标签(EST)计划是随机挑选cDNA克隆,并对其3′或5′端进行大规模一次性测序,将得到的150～500 bp长度的DNA片段与数据库中的序列进行比较,获得对基因组结构、组织、表达等认识的基因组研究策略.就近年来国际植物EST计划的实施情况、植物EST计划的研究范围、生物信息学在EST研究中的应用、EST数据库及查询、植物EST研究中遇到的问题等方面内容进行了综述.