马铃薯块茎形成相关基因STI-LIKE在拟南芥植株发育中的功能验证

马铃薯块茎的形成涉及一系列基因的表达和关闭。以马铃薯普通栽培品种"大西洋"为试验材料,采用RT-PCR扩增获得马铃薯STI-LIKE基因全长片段。RT-PCR定量分析表明,该基因在马铃薯营养器官中均有表达。生物信息学分析表明STI-LIKE蛋白具有3个TPR结构域,在高等植物中具有高同源性,是一个普遍存在的蛋白质。为验证STI-LIKE蛋白在拟南芥植株发育中功能,分别构建该基因强启动子表达载体(p BI121)和干扰载体(p HANNIBAL和p ART27),转化拟南芥获得了两种载体的拟南芥转基因植株,同时制备STI-LIKE蛋白抗体验证转基因植株蛋白表达。研究结果表明STI-LIKE基因可能参与拟南芥株型发育过程。     

人降钙素基因相关肽转基因马铃薯的RT-PCR分析

报道经过农杆菌介导将人降钙素基因相关肽(calcitoningenerelatedpeptide,CGRP)基因由马铃薯块茎专一表达classIpatatin基因5′侧翼区和CaMV35S启动子驱动构建的马铃薯表达载体导入马铃薯,PCR鉴定获得了转基因植株。RTPCR分析证实classIpatatin基因5′侧翼区驱动的CGRPmRNA在转基因马铃薯中的表达。研究结果在开发转基因马铃薯生物反应器表达医用多肽中具有重要意义。     

乳腺生物反应器的表达优化策略

乳腺生物反应器是指将外源基因导入动物基因组并在动物乳腺中特异性表达,利用动物乳腺合成、分泌蛋白的功能,在其乳汁中获得外源蛋白的技术。乳腺生物反应器凭借其高表达、低成本以及合成蛋白质的结构接近天然蛋白质等优势而被视为药用和营养蛋白生产的一次技术革新,然而由于外源基因随机整合以及重组蛋白表达不稳定等问题极大地限制了其应用。本文结合乳腺生物反应器的发展现状,从利用基因编辑技术、筛选合适的外源基因整合位点以及改进外源基因调控序列3个方面对乳腺生物反应器优化策略进行了综述,以期为提高乳腺生物反应器生产重组蛋白的表达提供理论借鉴。     

水稻10kD富硫醇溶蛋白基因在马铃薯中的表达

将水稻(Oryza sativa L.)10 kD富硫醇溶蛋白基因。cDNA(PLG)分别与Patatin Class I启动子、CaMV35S启动子和NOS 3＇终止子融合,构建了表达载体pBinLG、pBinLGP。表达载体通过直接法转入农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens)LBA4404(pAL4404),然后转化马铃薯(Solanum tuberosum L.)薯块,在含有100mg/L卡那霉素的抗性培养基上再生成植株。对抗性植株的NPTⅡ酶活性检测、总DNA的PCR扩增及Southern杂交、总RNA的点杂交、蛋白质Western杂交,证明目的基因已导入马铃薯细胞中,整合到马铃薯基因组上,井能正确地表达。     

马铃薯StXYLP基因家族的生物信息学分析

[目的]在马铃薯基因组水平上鉴定木质形成素类蛋白(Xylogen-like protein, XYLP)基因家族,分析其理化性质及基因的表达模式。[方法]用生信学方法鉴定马铃薯XYLPs,分析其理化性质、亚细胞定位、进化关系、蛋白质结构、基因结构和染色体定位。利用芯片数据分析马铃薯StXYLPs的时空表达模式及对非生物胁迫的响应。[结果]马铃薯中共有20个StXYLPs;蛋白全长在139～221氨基酸之间,理论等电点在4.36～9.42之间,均锚定在质膜上;蛋白质结构基本相似,均具有保守的nsLTP结构域;StXYLPs在染色体上的定位具有偏好性;StXYLPs具有明显差异的组织表达模式,响应不同的非生物胁迫。[结论]StXYLPs与生长素、细胞分裂素和赤霉素共同调控马铃薯器官发育,19个StXYLPs表达受调控。12个StXYLPs受ABA诱导表达上调,在盐、高温及干旱胁迫下,14个StXYLPs受诱导表达上调,参与对抗非生物胁迫。     

杆状病毒表达载体系统

杆状病毒表达载体系统是近年来发展起来的较高效的表达外源基因系统。由于多角体病毒中多角体蛋白基因的非必需性、高表达性、重组病毒的易鉴定等特性,以及多角体蛋白基因的强启动子使其特别适于基因工程中作为表达载体,借助于转移载体可将外源目的基因转移到野生型AcMNPV中,在一个被转移载体和野生型AcMNPV共转染的细胞内,可以通过同源重组完成目的基因的转移。应用不同的转移载体可表达出融合及非融合蛋白质。经该系统表达的重组蛋白质具有生物学活性,其中大部分进行翻译后剪接产生与天然蛋白质相似的重组蛋白质。这些产物的抗原性,免疫原性和功能都与天然蛋白质非常相似。目前,应用该系统已成功地表达了许多酶、生长因子、病毒抗原包括病毒的外壳蛋白等有生物活性的蛋白质。本文对如何最大限度表达外源基因及该表达系统的发展前景作了讨论。     

马铃薯StCRKs基因家族的鉴定分析及响应逆境信号的表达

为鉴定马铃薯（Solanum tuberosum）中富含半胱氨酸的类受体激酶（cysteine-rich receptor-like kinase,CRKs）,利用Pfam等工具对马铃薯蛋白质组和基因组序列进行分析,共鉴定到18个新的马铃薯StCRKs家族基因,这些基因分布在1、2、11和12号染色体上,均具有典型保守的CRK结构域。StCRKs基因的启动子区具有响应5种植物激素、昼夜节律、生物胁迫、非生物胁迫及种子特异性的响应元件。利用qRT-PCR方法对马铃薯盆栽苗开花期的根、茎、叶和花中的18个StCRKs基因进行组织特异性表达分析,结果显示不同基因的表达部位不同。分别用水杨酸类似物BTH和4 ℃低温处理马铃薯,有13个StCRKs基因能够响应低温信号,10个StCRKs基因能够被水杨酸类似物BTH诱导。为进一步深入研究StCRKs在生物胁迫及非生物胁迫中的功能提供了线索。     

幽门螺杆菌毒素蛋白CagA诱导的蛋白的差异表达分析及其基因在胃癌组织中的表达

为了研究胃癌细胞中幽门螺杆菌(Hp)毒素蛋白CagA诱导的蛋白差异表达及其基因在人胃癌组织中的表达,用Hp感染胃癌细胞系SGC 7901和AGS及用含CagA基因的表达载体稳定转染SGC 7901细胞, 构建3组实验模型.提取各组细胞的总蛋白进行双向凝胶电泳,筛选3组重叠的差异表达蛋白质斑点进行质谱鉴定.共获得135个差异表达的蛋白质,其中上调蛋白质73个,下调蛋白质62个. 鉴定出10个差异表达蛋白质, 其中有6个差异表达蛋白是首次发现,它们主要参与细胞的能量代谢和信号转导等.最后定量检测了这10个差异表达蛋白基因在人胃癌组织中的表达, 发现有4个基因高表达和1个基因低表达. 本结果将为研究幽门螺杆菌感染引起胃癌的分子机制提供新的线索.     

一种含ELP60基因的载体pRELPN促进大肠杆菌的外源基因的高表达

类弹性蛋白多肽（ELP）为含有人工合成的ELP60基因的表达载体pRELPN,能促使外源基因在大肠杆菌中的高表达。当ELP60在大肠杆菌表达载体pET28a的多克隆位点被克隆后,其自身的表达低,也不与目的基因构成ELP融合蛋白质,而是促进克隆在ELP60基因后的含起始密码ATG的外源目的基因独立高表达。外源目的基因表达量占宿主蛋白的20% ～ 60%,比用pET28a载体表达的外源基因表达量高2～10倍。此类表达载体pRELPN适合于表达包括抗体、抗原、酶、重组蛋白质、多肽及ELP融合蛋白质等的外源基因的独立高表达。这些结果表明,pRELPN代表了一种有效的表达载体,有助于解决在原核表达中,所受限的普通载体对外源基因低表达或不表达所导致的不能产业化的问题。     

马铃薯块SGAs合成途径关键基因表达量的GGE双标图分析

糖苷生物碱(steroidal glycoalkaloid,SGAs)含量密切关系马铃薯块茎的食用品质和加工品质。本文利用GGE-biplot双标图分析了红光处理6、12、24 h后,5个马铃薯品种块茎中调控糖苷生物碱合成途径7个主要基因的表达情况。pvs1、sgt1和sgt3这3个基因的表达量均远高于其他4个基因的表达。在所测基因型中,sgt3的表达量不仅高而且还相对于pvs1和sgt1来说比较稳定,而在不同处理时间之间差异较大,稳定性较差。在12与24 h处理后所有基因表达的趋势比较接近,但是除了pvs1基因的表达量,其他6个基因的表达量均低于6 h处理的。从基因型的角度分析,所有基因在野生种HA和当地栽培种ZH-3中表达量较高而且表达趋势比较一致。通过比较调控糖苷生物碱合成途径的不同阶段的基因的表达量,发现不同阶段关键基因的表达量在基因型之间存在显著差异。所以,通过GGE-biplot分析,结果展示了7个基因在不同基因型马铃薯块茎的表达趋势,而且也根据基因表达量直观的展示了处理时间与各基因型之间的聚类与关系,为将来进一步分析不同光质在基因水平调控马铃薯糖苷生物碱的生物合成提供了重要参考。     

甘薯品种营养成份与抗小象虫的相关性研究

通过田间和网室测定结果,抗小象虫较好的甘薯品种有抗虫1号、台农26、Tis2534、Ricin和鸡蛋黄;抗小象虫较弱的品种有新种花、惠红早、“329”、广薯15等。甘薯品种的营养成份与抗小象虫相关性分析结果表明,抗、感品种与粗纤维、粗脂肪含量无明显相关,与粗淀粉有显负相关,R1=-0．9935,而与粗蛋白和18种氨基酸总量有显正相关,R2=0．9741,R3=0．9621。表现粗淀粉含量高的品种,其虫害指敦较低,抗虫性强;而粗蛋白含量和18种氨基酸总量高的品种,其虫害指数较高,抗虫性则表现较弱。测定分析说明了甘薯品种营养成份与抗虫性存在一定的相关性。     

野生天麻DNA导入马铃薯实现遗传转化的研究

采用浸苗法将野生天麻总DNA导入马铃薯试管苗,对筛选得到的转化植株进行蛋白及药用成份的分析。结果显示:(1)在200株转化的马铃薯中有21株的紫外扫描图谱与正常对照组有显著差异,且在220nm有明显吸收峰。(2)5株经PCR扩增出野生天麻抗真菌蛋白(GAFP)基因。(3)转基因马铃薯与正常马铃薯的蛋白表达有明显差异,并且在转基因马铃薯中有一条与野生天麻抗真菌蛋白(GAFP)相同的条带。而正常马铃薯中无此条带。(4)通过薄层层析法检测出3株转基因马铃薯表达野生天麻的有效药用成份天麻素。说明采用浸苗法进行外源总DNA导入是可行的。     

Genetically improved potatoes: protection from damage by Colorado potato beetles

Russet Burbank potato plants have been genetically improved to resist insect attack and damage by Colorado potato beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) by the insertion of a cryIIIA gene encoding the insect control protein of Bacillus thuringiensis var. tenebrionis. A modified gene that dramatically improved plant expression of this protein was utilized. Its expression in Russet Burbank potato plants resulted in protection from damage by all insect stages in the laboratory and in dramatic levels of protection at multiple field locations. Analysis of these genetically modified potatoes indicated that they conform to the standards for Russet Burbank potatoes in terms of agronomic and quality characteristics including taste.     

Optimization of Glycoalkaloid Analysis for Use in Industrial Potato Fruit Juice Downstreaming

Annually, within the European Union about 1.7 million tons of starch is produced by processing over 8 million tons of potato tubers, Solanum tuberosum. In recent years, the potato protein content has gained tremendous industrial interest, since these proteins have excellent nutritional value. As naturally occurring, secondary plant metabolites steroidal potato glycoalkaloids are formed in potatoes. The two major glycoalkaloids in potatoes are α‐solanine and α‐chaconine. Because of the significant toxicity of the glycoalkaloids for human and for animal nutrition it was essential to develop efficient extraction processes. The need for an easy, fast, sensitive and reliable glycoalkaloid assay at the very beginning of the production chain is obvious. In this study an efficient analytical assay for potato glycoalkaloids from powdery protein samples under industrially relevant conditions is described: sample extraction, analyte pre‐purification, and final HPLC analysis. An acetic acid extraction/homogenization process was used for glycoalkaloid extraction from potato protein samples. The extracts were purified by means of solid phase extraction cartridges using the different washing steps developed in this study. The final determination was performed through an HPLC method using a Reprosil‐Pur NH₂ column. The limit of detection was 5 μg/mL for α‐solanine and α‐chaconine, respectively, corresponding to concentrations of 20 ppm in potato protein powder.     

Evidence that a 77-kilodalton protein from the starch of pea embryos is an isoform of starch synthase that is both soluble and granule bound.

In this paper we provide further evidence about the nature of a 77-kD starch synthase (SSII) that is both soluble and bound to the starch granules in developing pea (Pisum sativum L.) embryos. Mature SSII gives rise to starch synthase activity when expressed in a strain of Escherichia coli lacking glycogen synthase. In transgenic potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) expressing SSII, the protein is both soluble and bound to the starch granules. These results confirm that SSII is a starch synthase and indicate that partitioning between the soluble and granule-bound fraction of storage organs is an intrinsic property of the protein. A 60-kD isoform of starch synthase found both in the soluble and granule-bound fraction of the pea embryos is probably derived by the processing of SSII and is a different gene product from GBSSI, the exclusively granule-bound 59-kD isoform of starch synthase that is similar to starch synthases encoded by the waxy genes of cereals and the amf gene of potatoes. Consistent with this, expression in E. coli of an N-terminally truncated version of SSII gives rise to starch synthase activity.     

彩色马铃薯色素相关基因座的种类、功能与染色体定位(英文)

综述了与彩色马铃薯色素产生与分布相关基因座的观念起源、种类、功能和染色体定位。与彩色马铃薯色素相关基因座的观念起源于试图解释四倍体和二倍体马铃薯块茎和其他部位颜色呈现遗传行为的两个遗传模式。与彩色马铃薯色素相关的13个基因座可划分为4类,第1、第2和第3类分别与马铃薯花色苷的合成、酰化和分布有关,第4类与马铃薯类胡萝卜素的产生相关。基因座I,P,R和Y分别编码一个MYB结构域转录因子、类黄酮3′,5′-羟化酶、二氢黄酮醇4-还原酶和β-胡萝卜素羟化酶。基因座之间复杂多样的互作综合决定了彩色马铃薯色素特别是花色苷的产生与分布。基因座D和R定位在马铃薯的2号染色体上,E,F,I和PSC在10号染色体上,P在11号染色体上,Y在3号染色体上。可为彩色马铃薯颜色呈现的遗传机理探索提供参考。     

CENP-B is a conserved gene among vegetal species

To explore the CENP-B centromere protein in beans, carrots, onions and potatoes, total RNA was isolated and reverse transcribed by PCR, and the cDNA encoding the CENP-B amino terminus domain amplified using CENP-B oligonucleotides. Blots containing PCR products were hybridized with a nick-translated pG/CNPB probe containing a complete human CENP-B gene. In all the plant species, anti-CENP-B antibodies recognized an 80-kDa protein. A 360-bp sequence encoding for the amino terminus region of the CENP-B protein was amplified by PCR in all the species and the nick translated pG/CNPB probe hybridized with the PCR products. Apparently the CENP-B centromere protein or an equivalent protein is widely distributed in the vegetal kingdom.     

Structural characteristics and plant-beneficial effects of bacteria colonizing the shoots of field grown conventional and genetically modified T4-lysozyme producing potatoes

Genetically modified potatoes expressing antibacterial protein T4 lysozyme may offer effective control strategies for bacterial pathogens causing severe potato diseases. Apart from this beneficial effect, it is very important to investigate such engineered potatoes carefully for potential adverse effects on potato-associated bacteria which frequently exhibit plant beneficial functions such as plant growth promotion and antagonism towards pathogens invading the plant. Two field experiments were carried out in Spain to analyze the potential effects of conventional and genetically modified T4-lysozyme producing potatoes on shoot-associated bacteria. The first baseline field trial 2002 was performed in Meliana in which three conventional potato lines, Achirana Inta, Desirée, and Merkur, were cultivated and sampled at flowering. The second field trial was conducted in Cella in 2003 in order to compare the effects of a senescent transgenic, T4 lysozyme expressing potato trait, Desirée DL 12, with its isogenic, non-transformed parental line Desirée. Structural characteristics of potato shoot-associated bacteria was assayed by 16S rRNA-based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis and dominant community members within T-RFLP profiles were identified by sequence analysis of generated 16S rRNA gene libraries. Cultivable bacteria isolated from shoots of potatoes grown in the Meliana field trial were monitored for antibiosis against Ralstonia solanacearum, whereas isolates derived from shoots of potatoes cultivated in the Cella trial were screened for antagonism against Ralstonia solanacearum and Rhizoctonia solani, and for 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase production. Determined antagonists were identified by 16S rRNA gene analysis. All potato traits hosted a cultivar-specific community of bacteria with antagonism against the pathogens and/or potential to produce ACC deaminase. Several antagonists obtained from the Cella field potatoes were also observed as ACC deaminase producers. Community profiling revealed a greater diversity differentiation between the senescent T4 lysozyme expressing and parental Desirée lines grown in the Cella field as compared to the variations between the three flowering conventional lines cultivated in the Meliana field trial. Effects of the two varying field sites and different vegetation stages were greater than those of T4 lysozyme when investigating the community composition of bacteria colonizing the shoots of the Desirée line cultivated in both field trials.     

Production of inbred progenies of diploid potatoes using an S-locus inhibitor (Sli) gene, and their characterization.

To develop inbred lines from self-incompatible, cultivated diploid potatoes, an S-locus inhibitor (Sli) gene derived from a self-compatible variant of a wild potato species, Solanum chacoense, was incorporated into various cultivated diploid potatoes. The progeny was selfed twice by the action of the Sli gene to obtain 74 S2 inbred clones belonging to 8 families. More than 40% of them were either non-flowering or pollen sterile. Among the pollen fertile clones, self-compatible clones occurred with a much lower frequency (20.9%) than expected (83.3%). The result demonstrated that self-compatibility was introduced and expressed in the gene pool of cultivated diploid potatoes by an action of the Sli gene, although serious inbreeding depression associated with selfing occurred. The genotypes of S2 inbreds were surveyed using 46 S. chacoense-specific RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) markers covering the whole potato genome. More than half of the markers (67.4%) showed distorted segregation. Particularly, all markers on chromosome 12 were overrepresented in the S2 inbreds. This confirms our earlier finding that the Sli gene locates on chromosome 12 and the alleles linked with this gene are preferentially transmitted because of its essential requirement for selfing.     

The effect of the recombinant human interleukin-2 Gene in potato (Solanum tuberosum cv. superior)

To examine the effect of the T-cell growth factor (human interleukin-2), we constructed a binary vector, pSSK-1, carrying the recombinant human interleukin-2 (rhlL-2) gene, and transferred it intoAsrobacterium tumefaciens. Using this construct, we then transformed potato explants(Solanum tuberosum cv. Superior), achieving 100% regeneration of shoots on a modified MS medium. Of the putative transformed shoots, 81% rooted and were selected on 200 ms/L kanamycin. Both Southern and northern analyses verified the transformation events. An ELISA test also indicated that the rhlL-2 protein was produced from rhlL-2-transformed potatoes. To determine whether this protein was biologically active in the potato cells, we performed a biological assay using the 11.-2 dependent cell line, CTLL-2. The suspension containing extract from the transformants showed significant proliferation of the 11.-2 dependent CTLL-2 cells, whereas cells did not proliferate in the nontransformed potato. We then grew the verified rhlL-2 transgenic potatoes in soil, and compared their performance with that of nontransgenic potatoes as well as those that had been transformed with GUS. Growth rates, as calculated from plant heights, were up to 50% higher than for either the nontrans-genic or the GUS-transformed potatoes. Similar patterns were found withArabidopsis thaliana plants treated in the same manner. All of these results suggest that rhlLo2 may function as a growth factor in potato.