Molecular characterization of Haynaldia villosa chromatin in wheat lines carrying resistance to wheat curl mite colonization

Wheat-Haynaldia villosa (L.) Schur, hybrid lines were tested as potential sources of resistance to colonization by the wheat curl mite, the vector of wheat streak mosaic virus. Two lines, Add 6V-1 and Sub 6V-1, were found to be mite-resistant. Fluorescence in situ hybridization using total genomic DNA, from H. villosa in the presence of unlabelled wheat DNA, confirmed that Add 6V-1 is a disomic wheat-H. villosa chromosome addition line. Sub 6V-1 turned out to be a homoeologous wheat-H. villosa chromosome translocation line rather than a substitution. The translocation in Sub 6V-1 occurred between a wheat chromosome and a chromosome from H. villosa through Robertsonian fusion of misdivided centromeres. Only the short arm of the group 6 chromosome of H. villosa was involved in the genetic control of mite resistance, a conclusion based on the genomic in situ hybridization signal and specific DNA fragments obtained by polymerase chain reaction.LRC Contribution No. 3879542     

Identification of Haynaldia villosa chromosomes added to wheat using a sequential C-banding and genomic in situ hybridization technique

Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) offers a convenient and effective method for cytological detection, but can not determine the identity of the chromosomes involved. We integrated C-banding with GISH to identify Haynaldia villosa chromosomes in a wheat background. All chromosomes of H. villosa showed C-bands, either in telomeric regions or in both telomeric and centromeric regions, which allowed unequivocal identification of each H. villosa chromosome. The seven pairs of H. villosa chromosomes were differentiated as 1–7 according to their characteristic C-bands. Using a sequential C-banding and GISH technique, we have analyzed somatic cells of F₃ plants from the amphiploid Triticum aestivum-H. villosa x Yangmai 158 hybrids. Three plants (94009/5-4,94009/5-8 and 94009/5-9) were shown to contain H. villosa chromosome(s). 94009/5-4 (2n = 45) had three H. villosa chromosomes (2, 3 and 4); 94009/5-8 (2n = 45) possessed one chromosome 4 and a pair of chromosome 5, and 94009/5-9 (2n = 43) was found to have one chromosome 6 of H. villosa. The combination of GISH with C-banding described here provides a direct comparison of the cytological and molecular landmarks. Such a technique is particularly useful for identifying and localizing alien chromatin and DNA sequences in plants.     

Nucleotide sequence of a highly repeated DNA sequence and its chromosomal localization in Allium fistulosum

A highly repeated DNA sequence with a repeating unit of approximately 380bp was found in EcoRV digests of the total genomic DNA of Allium fistulosum. Three independent clones containing this unit were isolated, and their repeating units sequenced. These units showed more than 94% sequence homology, and the copy number was estimated to be about 2.8×10⁶ per haploid genome. In situ hybridization, with the repeating unit as a probe, and C-banding analyses indicated that the repeated DNA sequence of A. fistulosum is closely associated with the major C-heterochromatin in the terminal regions of all 16 chromosomes at mitotic metaphase. The characters of the repeating unit are similar to those of the A. cepa unit, which is taxonomically closely related to A. fistulosum.     

Development and molecular cytogenetic analysis of wheat-Haynaldia villosa 6VS/6AL translocation lines specifying resistance to powdery mildew

Several Triticum aestivum L.-Haynaldia villosa disomic 6VS/6AL translocation lines with powdery mildew resistance were developed from the hybridization between common wheat cultivar Yangmai 5 and alien substitution line 6V(6A). Mitotic and meiotic C-banding analysis, aneuploid analysis with double ditelosomic stocks, in situ hybridization, as well as the phenotypic assessment of powdery mildew resistance, were used to characterize these lines. The same translocated chromosome, with breakpoints near the centromere, appears to be present in all the lines, despite variation among the lines in their morphology and agronomic characteristics. The resistance gene, conferred by H. villosa and designated as Pm21, is a new and promising source of powdery mildew resistance in wheat breeding.This research was supported by grants from the National High-Tech R and D Program and the National Science and Technology Commission     

Comparative study of symmetric and asymmetric somatic hybridization between common wheat and Haynaldia villosa

Symmetric and asymmetric protoplast fusion between long term cell suspension-derived protoplasts of Triticum aestivum (cv. Jinan 177) and protoplasts of Haynaldia villosa prepared from one-year-old embryogeneric calli was performed by PEG method. In asymmetric fusion, donor calli were treated with gamma ray at a dose of 40, 60, 80 Gy (1.3 Gy/min) respectively and then used to isolate protoplasts. Results of morphological, cytological, biochemical (isozyme) and 5S rDNA spacer sequence analysis revealed that we obtained somatic hybrid lines at high frequency from both symmetric and asymmetric fusion. Hybrid plants were recovered from symmetric and low dose γ-fusion combinations. GISH (genomic in situ hybridization) analysis proved exactly the existence of both parental chromosomes and the common occurrence of several kinds of translocation between them in the hybrid clones regenerated from symmetric and asymmetric fusion. And the elimination of donor DNA in hybrid clones regenerated from asymmetric fusion     

Comparative study of symmetric and asymmetric somatic hybridization between common wheat andHaynaldia villosa

Symmetric and asymmetric protoplast fusion between long term cell suspension-derived protoplasts ofTriticum aestivum (cv. Jinan 177) and protoplasts ofHaynaldia villosa prepared from one-year-old embryogeneric calli was performed by PEG method. In asymmetric fusion, donor calli were treated with gamma ray at a dose of 40, 60, 80 Gy (1.3 Gy/min) respectively and then used to isolate protoplasts. Results of morphological, cytological, biochemical (isozyme) and 5S rDNA spacer sequence analysis revealed that we obtained somatic hybrid lines at high frequency from both symmetric and asymmetric fusion. Hybrid plants were recovered from symmetric and low dose γ-fusion combinations. GISH (genomicin situ hybridization) analysis proved exactly the existence of both parental chromosomes and the common occurrence of several kinds of translocation between them in the hybrid clones regenerated from symmetric and asymmetric fusion. And the elimination of donor DNA in hybrid clones regenerated from asymmetric fusion combinations was found to increase with the increasing gamma doses. It is concluded that transference and recombination of nuclear DNA can be achieved effectively by symmetric and asymmetric fusion, hybrids with small fragment translocation which are valuable in plant breeding can be obtained directly by asymmetric fusion.     

用分子原位杂交（GISH）鉴定小麦－簇毛麦双倍体、附加系、代换系和易位系

用生物素标记的簇毛麦（Ｈａｙｎａｌｄｉａｖｉｌｌｏｓａ）染色体组ＤＮＡ（ｔｏｔａｌｇｅｎｏｍｉｃＤＮＡ）作探针,以普通小麦染色体组ＤＮＡ作遮盖（用量１：２００左右）,进行有丝分裂中期和减数分裂中期Ｉ染色体的分子原位杂交（ＧＩＳＨ）,经抗生物素蛋白－辣根过氧化物酶复合物（ｂｉｏ－ｓｔｒｅｐｔａｖｉｄｉｎ－ｈｏｒｓｅｒａｄｉｓｈｐｅｒｏｘｉｄａｓｅ）和联苯胺四盐酸（ＤＡＢ）检测显色后,小麦－簇毛麦双倍体、附加系、代换系和易位系中的簇毛麦染色体及染色体片段显棕色,与显浅蓝色的小麦染色体可明显区分。用ＧＩＳＨ不仅可以检测导入小麦中的簇毛麦染色质,而且可以清楚地显示出易位染色体断裂点的确切位置。将ＧＩＳＨ用于减数分裂期染色体配对分析,还可以清晰形象地显示出同源和非同源染色体之间的配对和分离情况。     

普通小麦与簇毛麦原生质体的紫外线融合

从来源于普通小麦品种济南177（Triticum aestivum cv.Jinan 177）悬浮细胞系的原生质体与来源于簇毛麦（Haynaldia villosa）胚性愈伤组织的原生质体融合获得体细胞杂种。供体簇毛麦原生质体在融合之前用紫外线照射30s或1min,紫外线剂量为360Цw/cm^2。仅由紫外线照射30s的组合获得再生愈伤组织克隆。细胞学、生物化学及PCR分析结果证实了再生克隆的杂种性质。用线粒体基因特异的探针进行的RFLP分析的结果表明,杂种中含有融合双亲的线粒体并且发生了重组。由杂种愈伤组织再生得到白化苗。讨论了紫外线对融合产物的影响。     

簇毛麦端体6VS的显微切割及其专化DNA序列的克隆和分析

从簇毛麦（Haynaldia villosa (L.)Schur.)组合CA9211／RW15（6D／6V异代换系）幼胚培养SC2后代中,用原位杂交方法鉴定出T240－6为6VS端体异代换系。以此为材料,采用微细玻璃针切割法及“单管反应”技术体系,对6VS进行切割分离及LA（Linker adaptor)-PCR扩增。扩增带在100－3000bp之间,大部分集中在600－1500bp。利用^32P标记的簇毛麦基因组为探针进行Southern杂交,证实扩增产物来源于簇毛麦。扩增产物纯化后,连续到pGEM-T载体上,构建了6VS DNA质粒库。对库的分析表明,库大约有17000个白色克隆;插入片段分布在100－1500bp,平均600bp。点杂交结果表明,37％克隆有中度到强烈的杂交信号,证明含有中度或高度重复序列;63％克隆有较弱的信号或没有信号,证明为单／低拷贝序列克隆。从库中获得8个簇毛麦特异克隆,对其中两个克隆pHVMK22和pHVMK134进行了RFLP分析和序列分析,并利用该探针对小麦抗白粉病基因Pm21进行了检测。RFLP结果表明,两个克隆一个为低拷贝序列克隆（pHVMK22),另一个为高度重复序列克隆,均为簇毛麦专化DNA序列。以pHVMK22为探针对抗、感病小麦（Triticum aestivum L.)品系的Southern杂交发现抗病品系有一条2kb的特征带,该探针可能作为检测抗病基因Pm21的探针。     

簇毛麦染色体组特异性RAPD标记的筛选、定位和应用

以普通小麦中国春、中国春－簇毛麦二体附加系以及不同来源的簇毛麦为材料,用100个10碱基随机引物进行RAPD扩增。引物OPF02能在不同来源的簇毛麦及所有中国春－簇毛麦二体附加系中扩增出一条长约750bp的片段OPF02 750。普通小麦和硬粒小麦不能扩增出该片段。因此,OPF02 750为分布于簇毛麦所有染色体上的一个簇毛麦染色体组特异片段。用引物OPF02对普通小麦－簇毛麦双二倍体、硬粒小麦－簇毛麦双二倍体以及几个普通小麦的簇毛麦二体代换系、二体附加系进行检测,发现NAU302已经丢失了其所附加的簇毛麦3V染色体。     

In situ hybridization with species-specific DNA probes gives evidence for asymmetric nature of Brassica hybrids obtained by X-ray fusion

Summary We have previously reported production of somatic hybrids between B. oleracea and B. campestris by fusion of B. oleracea protoplasts with X-irradiated B. campestris protoplasts, in order to transfer a part of the B. campestris genome into B. Oleracea. Our previous analysis of morphology, chromosome number, and isozyme patterns of the hybrids suggested that they are asymmetric in nature. To obtain further evidence for the asymmetric nature of the hybrids, we isolated B. campestris-specific repetitive sequences and used them for in situ hybridization of the chromosomes of the hybrids. The repetitive DNA probes could specifically identify 8 out of 20 chromosomes of the B. campestris genome, and analysis of the hybrids indicates that 1–3 chromosomes of B. campestris are lacking in all five hybrids examined, giving clear evidence for the asymmetric nature of the hybrids. Furthermore, in situ hybridization revealed that some of the abnormal chromosomes observed in the hybrids are generated by rearrangements of B. Campestris chromosomes caused by X-irradiation. Altogether, our study indicates that in situ hybridization using species-specific repetitive sequences is a useful tool to analyze chromosomal compositions of various types of hybrids obtained by cell fusion or conventional methods.     

Immunogold localization of prolamines in developingHaynaldia villosa endosperm

Summary Haynaldia villosa is a wild grass belonging to the tribe Triticeae, which includes important crops such as wheat, barley, and rye. The alcohol-soluble proteins ofH. villosa have extensive immunological relatedness with wheat prolamines as visualized by Western blot analysis. Amorphous protein inclusions surrounded by a limiting membrane are commonly found in the vacuoles of endosperm and subaleurone layers ofH. villosa seeds. A layer of cells just beneath the aleurone layer is rich in ER. Unlike that in other cell types, the ER in these cells is highly dilated and contains materials at its swollen distal ends. These materials are structurally similar to substances found in the protein bodies. Protein A-gold immunocytochemical localization studies employing antibodies against wheat prolamine confirmed that the inclusions found in the lumen of the ER do not contain prolamines. This observation indicates that the ER does not act as the site of prolamine accumulation inH. villosa. Protein bodies found in the vacuoles and the vesicles associated with the Golgi complexes were specifically labeled. This suggests that Golgi complexes mediate the transport of prolamines into vacuoles ofH. villosa endosperm cells, in a fashion analogous to that of other vacuolar proteins of dicotyledonous plants.     

Characterization of species-specific repeated DNA sequences from B. nigra

Summary The construction and characterization of two genome-specific recombinant DNA clones from B. nigra are described. Southern analysis showed that the two clones belong to a dispersed repeat family. They differ from each other in their length, distribution and sequence, though the average GC content is nearly the same (45%). These B genome-specific repeats have been used to analyse the phylogenetic relationships between cultivated and wild species of the family Brassicaceae.     

Molecular and cytological characterization of repetitive DNA sequences in Brassica

Summary We isolated three different repetitive DNA sequences from B. campestris and determined their nucleotide sequences. In order to analyze organization of these repetitive sequences in Brassica, Southern blot hybridization and in situ hybridization with metaphase chromosomes were performed. The sequence cloned in the plasmid pCS1 represented a middle repetitive sequence present only in B. campestris and not detected in closely related B. Oleracea. This sequence was localized at centromeric regions of six specific chromosomes of B. campestris. The second plasmid, pBT4, contained a part of the 25S ribosomal RNA gene, and its copy number was estimated to be 1,590 and 1,300 per haploid genome for B. campestris and B. oleracea, respectively. In situ hybridization with this sequence showed a clear signal at the NOR region found in the second largest chromosome of B. Campestris. The third plasmid, pBT11, contained a 175-bp insert that belongs to a major family of tandem repeats found in all the Brassica species. This sequence was detected at centromeric regions of all the B. campestris chromosomes. Our study indicates that in situ hybridization with various types of repetitive sequences should give important information on the evolution of repetitive DNA in Brassica species.     

Characterization and genetic mapping of a short, highly repeated, interspersed DNA sequence from rice (Oryza sativa L.).

Summary A short, highly repeated, interspersed DNA sequence from rice was characterized using a combination of techniques and genetically mapped to rice chromosomes by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. A consensus sequence (GGC)_n, where n varies from 13–16, for the repeated sequence family was deduced from sequence analysis. Southern blot analysis, restriction mapping of repeat element-containing genomic clones, and DNA sequence analysis indicated that the repeated sequence is interspersed in the rice genome, and is heterogeneous and divergent. About 200000 copies are present in the rice genome. Single copy sequences flanking the repeat element were used as RFLP markers to map individual repeat elements. Eleven such repeat elements were mapped to seven different chromosomes. The strategy for characterization of highly dispersed repeated DNA and its uses in genetic mapping, DNA fingerprinting, and evolutionary studies are discussed.     

幼胚培养创造抗白粉病簇毛麦6VS端体

通过白粉病抗性鉴定、生化标记及分子原位杂交相结合的方法,从小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)幼胚培养组合T240 (普通小麦×小麦-簇毛麦(Haynaldia villosa Lam.) 6D/6V异代换系)的32个SC2代株系中,筛选出T240-6株系,其所有的抗白粉病单株均缺失簇毛麦6V染色体长臂上的谷草转氨酶位点GOT-V2,而具有短臂上的醇溶蛋白位点Gli-V2.细胞学染色体观察表明,该株系的所有抗病单株均具有1～2个端体,这些端体不能与小麦染色体配对,双端体之间可以配对.经原位杂交分析,端体杂交呈阳性,表明它们均为簇毛麦6V染色体短臂(6VS).     

簇毛麦端体6VS的显微切割及其专化DNA序列的克隆和分析

从簇毛麦(Haynaldia villosa (L.) Schur.)组合CA9211/RW15(6D/6V异代换系)幼胚培养SC2后代中,用原位杂交方法鉴定出T240-6为6VS端体异代换系. 以此为材料,采用微细玻璃针切割法及"单管反应"技术体系,对6VS进行切割分离及LA (Linker adaptor)-PCR扩增.扩增带在100～3 000 bp 之间,大部分集中在600～1 500 bp.利用32P标记的簇毛麦基因组为探针进行Southern杂交,证实扩增产物来源于簇毛麦.扩增产物纯化后,连接到pGEM-T载体上,构建了6VS DNA质粒文库.对文库的分析表明,文库大约有17 000个白色克隆;插入片段分布在100～1 500 bp,平均600 bp.点杂交结果表明,37%克隆有中度到强烈的杂交信号,证明含有中度或高度重复序列;63%克隆有较弱的信号或没有信号,证明为单/低拷贝序列克隆.从文库中获得8个簇毛麦特异克隆,对其中两个克隆pHVMK22和 pHVMK134进行了RFLP分析和序列分析,并利用该探针对小麦抗白粉病基因Pm21进行了检测.RFLP 结果表明,两个克隆一个为低拷贝序列克隆(pHVMK22),另一个为高度重复序列克隆,均为簇毛麦专化DNA序列.以pHVMK22为探针对抗、感病小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)品系的Southern杂交发现抗病品系有一条2 kb的特征带, 该探针可能作为检测抗病基因Pm21的探针.     

A molecular and cytogenetic survey of major repeated DNA sequences in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

Summary The major families of repeated DNA sequences in the genome of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) were isolated from a sheared DNA library. One thousand clones, representing one million base pairs, or 0.15% of the genome, were surveyed for repeated DNA sequences by hybridization to total nuclear DNA. Four major repeat classes were identified and characterized with respect to copy number, chromosomal localization by in situ hybridization, and evolution in the family Solanaceae. The most highly repeated sequence, with approximately 77000 copies, consists of a 162 bp tandemly repeated satellite DNA. This repeat is clustered at or near the telomeres of most chromosomes and also at the centromeres and interstitial sites of a few chromosomes. Another family of tandemly repeated sequences consists of the genes coding for the 45 S ribosomal RNA. The 9.1 kb repeating unit in L. esculentum was estimated to be present in approximately 2300 copies. The single locus, previously mapped using restriction fragment length polymorphisms, was shown by in situ hybridization as a very intense signal at the end of chromosome 2. The third family of repeated sequences was interspersed throughout nearly all chromosomes with an average of 133 kb between elements. The total copy number in the genome is approximately 4200. The fourth class consists of another interspersed repeat showing clustering at or near the centromeres in several chromosomes. This repeat had a copy number of approximately 2100. Sequences homologous to the 45 S ribosomal DNA showed cross-hybridization to DNA from all solanaceous species examined including potato, Datura, Petunia, tobacco and pepper. In contrast, with the exception of one class of interspersed repeats which is present in potato, all other repetitive sequences appear to be limited to the crossing-range of tomato. These results, along with those from a companion paper (Zamir and Tanksley 1988), indicate that tomato possesses few highly repetitive DNA sequences and those that do exist are evolving at a rate higher than most other genomic sequences.     

Isolation and characterization of genome-specific DNA sequences in Triticeae species

Two contrasting genome-specific DNA sequences were isolated from Aegilops speltoides (wild goat grass) and Hordeum chilense (wild barley), each representing more than 1 % of the genomes. These repetitive DNA fragments were identified as being genome-specific before cloning by genomic Southern hybridization (using total genomic DNA as a probe), and hence extensive screening of clones was not required. For each fragment, up to six recombinant plasmid clones were screened and about half were genome-specific. Clone pAesKB52 from Ae. speltoides was a 763 by EcoRI fragment, physically organized in simple tandem repeats and shown to localize to sub-telomerec chromosome regions of species with the Triticeae S-genome by in situ hybridization to chromosomes. The sequence data showed an internal duplication of some 280 bp, which presumably occurred before sequence amplification and dispersion, perhaps by unequal crossing-over or reciprocal translocation. In situ hybridization showed that the sequence distribution varied between closely related (S-genome) species. Clone pHcKB6 was a 339 by DraI fragment from H. chilense, also tandemly repeated but more variable; loss of the DraI site resulting in a ladder pattern in Southern blots which had little background smear. In situ hybridization showed that the tandem repeats were present as small clusters dispersed along all chromosome arms except at a few discrete regions including the centromeres and telomeres. The clone hybridized essentially specifically to the H-genome of H. chilense and hence was able to identify the origin of chromosomes in a H. chilense x Secale africanum hybrid by in situ hybridization. It has a high A + T content (66%), small internal duplications, and a 50 by degenerate inverted repeat. We speculate that it has dispersed by retrotransposition in association with other sequences carrying coding domains. The organization and evolution of such sequences are important in understanding long-range genome organization and the types of change that can occur on evolutionary and plant breeding timescales. Genome-specific sequences are also useful as markers for alien chromatin in plant breeding.     

同一小麦品种不同来源的两种原生质体与簇毛麦原生质体融合再生杂种植株

小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)济南177的两种原生质体,一种来自快速生长的悬浮细胞,它们因长期继代而丧失分化能力, 其染色体只有2n=24～28;另一种来自可以再生的愈伤组织,其原生质体不能持续分裂.它们中任一种与UV照射过的簇毛麦原生质体融合均不能再生植株.然而当它们混合在一起作为受体时,能够获得再生绿色植株.细胞核基因和胞质基因的分析证明这些绿色植株是杂种.以上事实说明这两种原生质体在融合时存在某些互补的关系,讨论了这种融合方式的可能作用及重要性.