发根农杆菌介导丹参牻牛儿基牻牛儿基焦磷酸合酶1基因RNA干扰载体的转化

目的：利用发根农杆菌ACCC10060介导丹参牻牛儿基牻牛儿基焦磷酸合酶1基因（SmGGPS1）RNA干扰（RNAi）载体转化丹参叶片,生成SmGGPS1的RNAi转基因毛状根。方法：根据已克隆到的SmGGPS1特异区域设计并合成2段RNAi序列,分别插入RNAi双元载体pK7GWIWG2D（Ⅱ）中,构建2个含卡那霉素（Kan）和绿色荧光蛋白（GFP）双筛选标记的植物表达载体pK7GWIWG2D（Ⅱ）-SmGGPS1-RNAi2和pK7GWIWG2D（Ⅱ）-SmGGPS1-RNAi3;利用带有上述2个RNAi载体的发根农杆菌ACCC10060侵染丹参叶片,诱导生成转基因毛状根;通过Kan抗性筛选和GFP绿色荧光观察统计转化率。结果：分别得到SmGGPS1-RNAi2和SmGGPS1-RNAi3转基因毛状根301根和399根,平均转化率为60.34%。结论：首次建立了发根农杆菌介导的外源基因转化丹参的体系。     

大豆诱导型启动子驱动类受体蛋白激酶GmSARK转基因植物分析

植物LRR型类受体蛋白激酶在植物生命活动中发挥着重要作用。前期研究发现, 大豆(Glycine max)LRR型类受体蛋白激酶基因GmSARK可能参与调控大豆叶片的衰老过程。利用CaMV 35S启动子驱动组成型过表达GmSARK基因可导致转基因植株出现致死表型, 据此构建了可诱导型启动子GVG驱动GmSARK基因过表达的双元表达载体, 转化野生型拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)并获得了多株转基因植株。研究结果表明, 外源施加诱导物地塞米松可引起GmSARK基因在转基因植株中过表达, 并导致转基因植株出现叶片变黄下卷和生长受抑制等表型; 外源细胞分裂素处理可以抑制GmSARK的表达, 但是不能逆转GmSARK过表达所引起的上述变化。     

大豆诱导型启动子驱动类受体蛋白激酶GmSARK转基因植物分析

植物LRR型类受体蛋白激酶在植物生命活动中发挥着重要作用。前期研究发现,大豆（Glycine max）LRR型类受体蛋白激酶基因GmSARK可能参与调控大豆叶片的衰老过程。利用CaMV35S启动子驱动组成型过表达GmSARK基因可导致转基因植株出现致死表型,据此构建了可诱导型启动子GVG驱动GmSARK基因过表达的双元表达载体,转化野生型拟南芥（Arabidopsis thaliana）并获得了多株转基因植株。研究结果表明,外源施加诱导物地塞米松可引起GmSARK基因在转基因植株中过表达,并导致转基因植株出现叶片变黄下卷和生长受抑制等表型;外源细胞分裂素处理可以抑制GmSARK的表达,但是不能逆转GmSARK过表达所引起的上述变化。     

过表达大豆类受体蛋白激酶基因RLPK2促进转基因拟南芥叶片的衰老北大核心CSCD

大豆RLPK2基因(GenBank登录号:AY687391)是一个编码N-末端富含亮氨酸重复序列的类受体蛋白激酶基因。为分析大豆RLPK2基因的功能,该研究以野生型拟南芥和大豆RLPK2基因过表达拟南芥植株为材料,通过农杆菌介导法转化野生型拟南芥,构建了大豆RLPK2基因过表达载体,分析了叶片衰老过程中叶绿素荧光参数、抗氧化酶活性及衰老相关基因表达量的变化。结果表明:(1)无论是野生型还是转基因拟南芥,随着叶片衰老进程的进行,光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)的最大光化学效率(F_(v)/F_(m))、PSⅡ实际光化学效率(Φ_(PSⅡ))、光化学淬灭系数(qP)和光合电子传递速率(ETR)均呈下降趋势,但后者下降趋势更明显;(2)激发压(1-qP)在叶片衰老前期的变化较为平稳,后期则急剧增加,且转基因型比野生型拟南芥增加更明显;(3)在叶片衰老的各个时期,转基因拟南芥叶片丙二醛(MDA)含量均显著高于野生型,而超氧化物岐化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性均显著低于野生型;(4)实时荧光定量PCR检测结果表明,RLPK2转基因拟南芥中衰老标志基因ATSAG12,衰老关键转录因子ATNAP、ATWRKY6和叶绿素降解关键酶编码基因ATACD1表达量显著上调。综上认为,大豆类受体蛋白激酶基因RLPK2参与调控植物叶片衰老进程,其表达对叶片衰老具有促进作用。     

大豆生长素响应因子GmARF16参与调节叶片衰老进程

生长素响应因子(auxin response factors,ARFs)通过调节下游靶基因广泛参与植物生长发育过程,但ARFs如何调控植物叶片衰老的分子机制还不清楚。该文首先利用实时荧光定量PCR(q PCR)技术,分析大豆生长素响应基因Gm ARF16在叶片自然衰老、人工黑暗诱导衰老、外源植物生长素IAA处理条件下的表达模式,结果表明,该基因与叶片衰老调控密切相关,并且属于生长素的原初响应基因。为了进一步验证Gm ARF16基因的功能,采用农杆菌转化方法分别获得基因敲减(Gm ARF16-RNAi)和抗降解表达(m Gm ARF16)的转基因大豆植株。与非转基因对照相比,Gm ARF16-RNAi转基因大豆植株的叶片叶绿素含量和最大光量子效率(Fv/Fm)显著提高,叶片衰老标记基因(Gm CYSP1)的表达受到抑制,而m Gm ARF16转基因大豆植株则呈现出与Gm ARF16-RNAi转基因大豆植株相反的叶片生理表型。结果表明大豆生长素响应因子Gm ARF16正调节叶片的衰老进程。该研究表明,Gm ARF16在植物生长发育进程中发挥着重要作用。     

大豆类受体蛋白激酶基因rlpk2启动子克隆及初步分析

用双链接头介导的基因组DNA步行技术获得了大豆中与衰老相关的类受体蛋白激酶基因rlpk2 5’侧翼1801bp启动子序列（Prlpk2,GenBank登录号：AY870314）。序列分析结果表明,这一启动子片段中有响应细胞分裂素、脱落酸、赤霉素和生长素等激素作用和响应干旱、寒冷及伤害等逆境胁迫的多个顺式作用元件。构建启动子Prlpk2与报告基因GUS融合基因的双元表达载体pRlpk2．GUS,并通过农杆菌介导法转化大豆幼苗和微型番茄Micro．Tom的子叶外植体,染色结果表明这1801bp的启动子Prlpk2可以有效地驱动GUS基因在大豆幼苗生长点和番茄愈伤组织中瞬时表达。     

鸭梨α-法尼烯合成酶基因双链RNAi表达载体的构建

目的：为了在转基因鸭梨植株中有效抑制转录后α-法尼烯合成酶基因（PFS）的表达,研究了α-法尼烯合成酶基因双链RNAi载体的构建。方法：利用RT—PCR技术,从鸭梨的果皮中获得了来源于PFS编码区的2个基因片段,反向连接,构建成RNAi载体。结果：经PCR扩增、限制性内切酶消化和序列测定验证,所构建的载体其序列与设计相一致。结论：克隆质粒pMD-L-S构建成功,为借助农杆菌介导法将PFS基因转化到鸭梨再生植株中奠定了基础。     

雄性不育相关基因msLTP的反义RNA验证

根据普通白菜雄性不育相关的脂质转移蛋白基因(msLTP)的cDNA序列设计引物,从普通白菜花蕾的cDNA中扩增出312bp的片段,然后将该片段连接至双元载体pBI12l中,得到反义RNA植物表达载体并导入农杆菌LBA4404菌株中,通过农杆菌介导法转化菜心;利用PCR和Southern blot分析检测得到了25株转基因植株,转基因植株的花粉部分畸形或空瘪,花粉离体萌发率为38.56%,较未转化植株的萌发率(76.32%)降低了37.76个百分点.研究表明,反义RNA技术使msLTP基因沉默而导致了菜心转基因植株的部分花粉发育不良,说明msLTP基因在普通白菜和菜心等花粉发育中具有重要作用.     

水稻重复序列RRD3:植物启动子及其在RNA干涉中的应用

RRD3是通过复性动力学从水稻基因组中克隆到的一个中度重复序列,序列分析揭示其含有多个保守的启动子元件,包括4个TATA-boxes和CAAT-box,在Escherichia coli及哺乳动物表达系统中均表现出启动子活性。我们将RRD3片段插入到植物启动子捕获载体pCAMBIA1391Z中,检测RRD3片段是否在植物中也有启动子活性,转基因烟草再生植株和水稻愈伤组织均显示了gusA基因的表达,表明其在单子叶和双子叶植物中均可行使启动子功能。基于RRD3的双效启动子特性,我们设计并构建了植物通用双元RNAi载体pCRiRRD3,适于进行植物的RNA干涉实验研究。我们在植物RNAi载体pCRiRRD3的内含子(200bp)的上下游分别引入了2个多克隆位点,方便了正义及反义片段的接入。转基因烟草植株的GUS组织化学及荧光定量分析表明该载体可有效进行RNA沉默。这些研究结果表明,利用单子叶和双子叶双效活性的RRD3启动子而构建的植物RNAi载体,可同时有效地应用于大部分单子叶和双子叶植物的RNAi实验及研究。     

蓖麻毒蛋白A链基因RNAi转化研究

通过基因沉默技术调控蓖麻毒蛋白A链基因的表达,以期获得低毒蓖麻新材料.利用基因克隆技术获得蓖麻毒蛋白A链基因762 bp片段,命名为RTA基因.进一步利用该基因构建了植物RNAi表达载体pBI-RTA-S-AS,通过农杆菌介导法转化蓖麻子叶节,用卡那抗性筛选转化再生植株,PCR进一步鉴定转基因植株.结果表明:克隆得到目的基因长762 bp,与预期结果一致;卡那抗性筛选和PCR鉴定结果显示,获得了3株转基因阳性植株.     

大豆类受体蛋白激酶基因GmRLCK的克隆及初步分析

植物类受体蛋白激酶(receptor-likeproteinkinase,RLK)在高等植物生长发育和环境刺激的信号传导中起着重要的作用。本文报告了一个新的大豆类受体蛋白激酶基因的全长cDNA克隆及对其基因结构和功能的初步分析。研究表明该基因序列编码的蛋白包含一个跨膜域、一个具有丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶活性的胞内域和一个缺少N-末端信号肽的胞外域。采用生物信息学方法分析表明,该基因与一些拟南芥菜类受体蛋白激酶基因具有很高的相似性,这些激酶N-末端都缺少信号序列,属于植物胞质类受体激酶(receptor-likecytoplasmickinase,RLCK)亚家族。因此命名该大豆基因为GmRLCK(GenBankAccessionNo.AY687390)。对GmRLCK激酶域中磷酸化可能性较高的位点进行了预测。RT-PCR的结果表明,GmRLCK在大豆子叶、根、花以及豆荚中都有较高的表达,而在胚根、茎和成熟叶片中的表达相对较弱。进化分析表明GmRLCK与一些衰老相关的植物类受体蛋白激酶具有较近的亲缘关系。     

Identification and functional characterization of a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase gene that is involved in regulation of soybean leaf senescence

We report here the cloning and characterization of a soybean receptor-like kinase (RLK) gene, designated GmSARK (Glycine max senescence-associated receptor-like kinase), which is involved in regulating leaf senescence. The conceptual protein product of GmSARK contains typical domains of LRR receptor-like kinases: a cytoplasmic domain with all the 11 kinase subdomains, a transmembrane domain and an extracelullar domain containing 9 Leucine-Rich Repeat (LRR) units that may act as a receptor. The expression of GmSARK in soybean leaves was up-regulated in all the three tested senescence systems: senescing cotyledons, dark-induced primary leaf senescence and the natural leaf senescence process after florescence. Furthermore, the RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated knocking-down of GmSARK dramatically retarded soybean leaf senescence. A more complex thylakoid membrane system, higher foliar level of chlorophyll content and a very remarkable delay of senescence-induced disintegration of chloroplast structure were observed in GmSARK-RNAi transgenic leaves. A homolog of maize lethal leaf-spot 1 gene, which has been suggested to encode a key enzyme catalyzing chlorophyll breakdown, was isolated and nominated Gmlls1. The expression level of Gmgtr1 gene, which encodes a key enzyme of chlorophyll synthesis, was also analyzed. It was found that Gmlls1 was up-regulated and Gmgtr1 was down-regulated during senescence in wild-type soybean leaves. However, both of the up-regulation of Gmlls1 and down-regulation of Gmgtr1 were retarded during senescence of GmSARK-RNAi transgenic leaves. In addition, over-expression of the GmSARK gene greatly accelerated the senescence progression of CaMV 35S:GmSARK transgenic plants. Taken together, these results strongly suggested the involvement of this LRR-RLK in regulation of soybean leaf senescence, maybe via regulating chloroplast development and chlorophyll accumulation. Multiple functions of GmSARK besides its regulation of leaf senescence were also discussed. Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article at Rui Gan, Peng-Li Li and Yuan-Yuan Ma contributed equally to this work.     

大豆查尔酮还原酶基因CHR1的功能研究

为了验证查尔酮还原酶基因CHR1在大豆苷元合成中的作用, 文章克隆了CHR1基因并构建了RNA干扰表达载体pCPB-CHR1-RNAi, 将载体转化受体大豆品种“吉农28”中, 以期抑制CHR1基因的转录。通过农杆菌介导的遗传转化和PCR检测得到4株T₀ 代阳性植株, 13株T₁代阳性植株。Southern blotting结果表明, 功能元件以单拷贝的形式整合到大豆的基因组中。利用实时荧光定量PCR法(Quantitative real-time PCR, qRT-PCR)测定CHR1基因在mRNA水平上的表达量, 结果表明, 转基因大豆植株中CHR1的表达量与未转化的受体大豆相比降低了60%~99%; 高效液相色谱法(High performance liquid chromatography, HPLC)检测到合成大豆苷元过程中的前体物质异甘草素的含量降低了38.7%。该RNA干扰机制在转录水平上抑制了CHR1基因的表达。     

利用Cre/lox重组系统获得无选择标记的SKTI抗虫转基因烟草

将置于两个同向lox位点之间的Bar基因表达盒与大豆胰蛋白酶抑制剂SKTI基因表达盒融合后获得相应植物表达载体,转化烟草Wisconsin 38后获得对棉铃虫具有明显抗性的SKTI转基因植株。SKTI转基因植株通过叶盘二次转化法导入Cre基因,对再生植株叶盘进行Basta的抗性检测,检测Bar基因的删除情况。结果表明:绝大多数再生植株对应叶盘在含8 mg/L PPT的筛选培养基上无法再生,Bar基因被删除的效率在38%~100%之间。对Bar基因删除区域进行PCR及克隆测序后发现Bar基因表达盒被精确删除。对Bar基因删除植株开花自交获得的分离后代进行NPTⅡ抗性检测,5株NPTⅡ敏感植株分子检测显示均只含有SKTI基因而无Cre基因存在,为无选择标记基因的SKTI转基因植株。     

根癌农杆菌介导的高效大豆遗传转化体系的建立

利用根癌农杆菌对来自大豆成熟种子的胚尖进行遗传转化,研究了影响农杆菌介导大豆转化的各种因素,建立了一套优化的大豆遗传转化体系。研究结果表明:菌株KYRT1比EHA105和LBA4404具有更强的侵染能力;较酸的共培养基(pH5.4)、较低的培养温度(22℃)均有利于提高转化效率;恢复培养和分步抗性筛选方式有利于提高抗性组织的存活率和分化率。同时应用这种优化的遗传转化体系,获得了7个大豆品系的转基因植株,转化频率为4.29%-18%。经过PCR和Southern分析证明外源的双价抗虫基因cryIA(c)和pta已经整合到大豆的基因组中。     

植物受体蛋白激酶的研究进展

在植物中存在一种由胞外结构域、跨膜区域和胞内的蛋白激酶区域三部分组成的跨膜受体蛋白激酶（receptor-lik protein kinases,RLKs)。该蛋白一方面作为胞外特异配基的受体,同时本身又是一种蛋白激酶。研究表明,植物细胞中的RLKs可能参与了植物细胞抗逆反应,植物形态发生、自交不亲和等生理生化反应,作者将从RLKs的结构、种类,基因表达方式及其植物生长和发育过程中的作用做简要介绍。     

A lectin receptor-like kinase is required for pollen development in Arabidopsis

Lectin receptor-like kinases (Lectin RLKs) are a large family of receptor-like kinases with an extracellular legume lectin-like domain. There are approximately 45 such receptor kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Surprisingly, although receptor-like kinases in general are well investigated in Arabidopsis, relatively little is known about the functions of members of the Lectin RLK family. A number of studies implicated members of this family in various functions, such as disease resistance, stress responses, hormone signaling, and legume-rhizobium symbiosis. Our current work demonstrated that mutation in one Lectin RLK gene led to male sterility in Arabidopsis. The sterility was due to defects in pollen development. Pollen development proceeded normally in the mutant until anther stage 8. After that, all pollen grains deformed and collapsed. Mature pollen grains were much smaller than wild-type pollen grains, glued together, and totally collapsed. Therefore, the mutant was named sgc, standing for small, glued-together, and collapsed pollen mutant. The mutant phenotype appeared to be caused by an unidentified sporophytic defect due to the mutation. As revealed by analysis of the promoter-GUS transgenic plants and the gene expression analysis using RT-PCR, the gene showed an interesting temporal and spatial expression pattern: it had no or a low expression in young flowers (roughly before anther stage 6), reached a maximum level around stages 6-7, and then declined gradually to a very low level in young siliques. No expression was detected in microspores or pollen. Together, our data demonstrated that SGC Lectin RLK plays a critical role in pollen development.     

转铁蛋白基因烟草中内源铁蛋白基因的差异表达及含铁量的变化

铁蛋白是一种由24个亚基组成的高分子贮藏蛋白质,可以储存多达4500个铁原子,在动植物及微生物的新陈代谢中起着非常重要的作用。有研究表明,外源铁蛋白的大量表达可以提高植物储存铁离子的能力。为了明确外源铁蛋白基因转化植物中内源铁蛋白基因差异表达与植物含铁量的关系,本研究在成功获得2个烟草铁蛋白基因的全长cDNA克隆NtFerl（登录号：ay083924）和NtFer2（登录号：ay141105）的基础上,以烟草品种SR-1（Nicotiana tabacum cv．Petit Havana SR-1）为受体,培育了转铁蛋白基因烟草。将双元载体pBI121中的GUS基因用来自大豆的铁蛋白基因SoyFer1（登录号：m64337）置换,利用农杆菌介导法转化烟草叶盘,获得在CaMV35S启动子驱动表达的大豆铁蛋白基因转化烟草植株。Northern杂交和Western杂交分析表明外源铁蛋白基因在转基因烟草中得到了正确表达。比较转基因烟草和非转基因烟草的内源铁蛋白基因表达强度、叶片铁含量、根系铁还原酶活性、株高和鲜重表明,外源铁蛋白基因不但促进了NtFer1的表达,提高转基因植株的储存铁的能力和根系铁还原酶活性,而且促进植株的生长速度。以上结果说明,外源铁蛋白基因转化烟草中内源铁蛋白基因的表达、铁离子的还原吸收及光和作用都得到了进一步的提高。     

Flowering-Related RING Protein 1 (FRRP1) Regulates Flowering Time and Yield Potential by Affecting Histone H2B Monoubiquitination in Rice (Oryza Sativa)

Flowering time is a critical trait for crops cultivated under various temperature/photoperiod conditions around the world. To understand better the flowering time of rice, we used the vector pTCK303 to produce several lines of RNAi knockdown transgenic rice and investigated their flowering times and other agronomic traits. Among them, the heading date of FRRP1-RNAi knockdown transgenic rice was 23–26 days earlier than that of wild-type plants. FRRP1 is a novel rice gene that encodes a C3HC4-type Really Interesting Novel Gene (RING) finger domain protein. In addition to the early flowering time, FRRP1-RNAi knockdown transgenic rice caused changes on an array of agronomic traits, including plant height, panicle length and grain length. We analyzed the expression of some key genes associated with the flowering time and other agronomic traits in the FRRP1-RNAi knockdown lines and compared with that in wild-type lines. The expression of Hd3a increased significantly, which was the key factor in the early flowering time. Further experiments showed that the level of histone H2B monoubiquitination (H2Bub1) was noticeably reduced in the FRRP1-RNAi knockdown transgenic rice lines compared with wild-type plants and MBP-FRRP1-F1 was capable of self-ubiquitination. The results indicate that Flowering Related RING Protein 1 (FRRP1) is involved in histone H2B monoubiquitination and suggest that FRRP1 functions as an E3 ligase in vivo and in vitro. In conclusion, FRRP1 probably regulates flowering time and yield potential in rice by affecting histone H2B monoubiquitination, which leads to changes in gene expression in multiple processes.