小麦转录因子基因TaERF7的克隆及其表达分析

温光敏核不育小麦(Triticum aestivum)百农不育系(Bainong sterility,BNS)是一种良好的小麦杂种优势利用材料,利用其低温不育、高温可育的特性可以实现“两系法”杂交小麦育种。该研究为找到BNS育性转换的关键基因,从已有BNS不育和可育花药的基因芯片数据中,鉴定得到表达存在差异的TaERF7基因,并通过设计引物克隆了TaERF7的cDNA和启动子序列,采用qRT-PCR分析TaERF7对不同温度和光照的响应。结果显示:(1)生物信息学分析表明,TaERF7基因的CDS区有660 bp,编码219个氨基酸;TaERF7蛋白含有AP2结构域和2个EAR基序,属于第二类乙烯响应因子(Ethylene response factor,ERF);TaERF7的氨基酸序列与拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)AtERF4同源,可能是一种转录抑制因子;TaERF7启动子区含有多个光响应和低温响应的顺式作用元件。(2)qRT-PCR结果表明,TaERF7在BNS的不同组织与器官中均有表达;在长日照(14 h)下,TaERF7在BNS中的表达量下调约0.47倍,而在短日照(10 h)处理下,TaERF7在BNS中的表达量上调约1.14倍;4℃的低温处理使TaERF7表达量在2 h内上调了约25.7倍,并且在48 h内一直保持较高的水平,而在37℃下虽然可以使TaERF7表达量在1 h内上调约0.71倍,但2 h后便急剧下调,到12 h时其表达量与对照相比已下调了约0.85倍。该研究结果初步证明,TaERF7基因可能特异性结合下游基因启动子的GCC box、DRE和CRT元件,调控下游基因的表达,从而影响了BNS的育性。     

Towards an Understanding of the Expression of Stem Rust Resistance Gene Sr5

In an attempt to determine the timing and expression of stem rust resistance gene Sr5 , infection structure development of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici race 2SA2 in a resistant line ( ISr5 Ra) and a susceptible line ( ISr8 Ra) was compared quantitatively using a fluorescence microscopy technique. The results indicated that there were no significant differences in numbers of pre-primary haustorium infection structures observed in the two near-isogenic lines at 48 hours post inoculation, however the resistant line housed fewer colonies with higher numbers of secondary haustorial mother cells. It was concluded that Sr5 is expressed once primary haustorium formation has been initiated, and results in a limitation of the number of secondary haustorial mother cells.     

A jacalin-related lectin-like gene in wheat is a component of the plant defence system

Jacalin-related lectins (JRLs) are a subgroup of proteins with one or more jacalin-like lectin domains. Although JRLs are often associated with biotic or abiotic stimuli, their biological functions in plants, as well as their relationships to plant disease resistance, are poorly understood. A mannose-specific JRL (mJRL)-like gene (TaJRLL1) that is mainly expressed in stem and spike and encodes a protein with two jacalin-like lectin domains was identified in wheat. Pathogen infection and phytohormone treatments induced its expression; while application of the salicylic acid (SA) biosynthesis inhibitor paclobutrazol and the jasmonic acid (JA) biosynthesis inhibitor diethyldithiocarbamic acid, respectively, substantially inhibited its expression. Attenuating TaJRLL1 through virus-induced gene silencing increased susceptibility to the facultative fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum and the biotrophic fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis. Arabidopsis thaliana transformed with TaJRLL1 displayed increased resistance to F. graminearum and Botrytis cinerea. JA and SA levels in transgenic Arabidopsis increased significantly. A loss or increase of disease resistance due to an alteration in TaJRLL1 function was correlated with attenuation or enhancement of the SA- and JA-dependent defence signalling pathways. These results suggest that TaJRLL1 could be a component of the SA- and JA-dependent defence signalling pathways.     

Ralstonia solanacearum extracellular polysaccharide is a specific elicitor of defense responses in wilt-resistant tomato plants

Ralstonia solanacearum, which causes bacterial wilt of diverse plants, produces copious extracellular polysaccharide (EPS), a major virulence factor. The function of EPS in wilt disease is uncertain. Leading hypotheses are that EPS physically obstructs plant water transport, or that EPS cloaks the bacterium from host plant recognition and subsequent defense. Tomato plants infected with R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 strain UW551 and tropical strain GMI1000 upregulated genes in both the ethylene (ET) and salicylic acid (SA) defense signal transduction pathways. The horizontally wilt-resistant tomato line Hawaii7996 activated expression of these defense genes faster and to a greater degree in response to R. solanacearum infection than did susceptible cultivar Bonny Best. However, EPS played different roles in resistant and susceptible host responses to R. solanacearum. In susceptible plants the wild-type and eps(-) mutant strains induced generally similar defense responses. But in resistant Hawaii7996 tomato plants, the wild-type pathogens induced significantly greater defense responses than the eps(-) mutants, suggesting that the resistant host recognizes R. solanacearum EPS. Consistent with this idea, purified EPS triggered significant SA pathway defense gene expression in resistant, but not in susceptible, tomato plants. In addition, the eps(-) mutant triggered noticeably less production of defense-associated reactive oxygen species in resistant tomato stems and leaves, despite attaining similar cell densities in planta. Collectively, these data suggest that bacterial wilt-resistant plants can specifically recognize EPS from R. solanacearum.     

A SNARE-protein has opposing functions in penetration resistance and defence signalling pathways

Penetration resistance is often the first line of defence against fungal pathogens. Subsequently induced defences are mediated by the programmed cell death (PCD) reaction pathway and the salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA) and ethylene (ET) signalling pathways. We previously demonstrated that full penetration resistance in Arabidopsis against the non-host barley powdery mildew fungus (Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei) requires the syntaxin SYP121 (PEN1). Here we report that SYP121, together with SYP122, functions as a negative regulator of subsequently induced defence pathways. The SA level in the syntaxin double mutant syp121-1 syp122-1 is dramatically elevated, resulting in necrosis and dwarfism. This phenotype is partially rescued by introducing the SA-signalling mutations eds1-2, eds5-3, sid2-1 and npr1-1 as well as the NahG transgene. These partially rescued triple mutants have an unknown defence to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, and have increased HR-like responses to non-host and host powdery mildew fungi. The HR-like responses cause efficient resistance to the latter. These defence pathways are SA-independent. Furthermore, the JA/ET signalling marker, PDF1.2, is highly upregulated in the triple mutants. Thus SYP121 and SYP122 are negative regulators of PCD, SA, JA and ET pathways through a molecular function distinct from that of SYP121 in penetration resistance. Our data suggest that individual cells preferentially express either penetration resistance or the subsequently induced defences.     

受白粉菌诱导大麦抗感等基因系蛋白质变化的双向电泳分析

分别对接种与否的大麦抗—感白粉病等基因系—叶期幼苗取材进行蛋白质双向电泳分析。结果表明,病原的侵入使抗—感两系在30Kd以下的低分子量区域的蛋白质发生了明显变化。接种48小时之后,抗病系在pH5.5、6.0、6.8及8.8附近出现了对照中所没有的蛋白质,而在pH6.0和8.8附近的蛋白质则较对照有减小的趋势;感病系在pH6.0附近蛋白质明显增多,在pH8.8处不仅在量上有大幅度提高,而且种类也有增加。结果还表明,抗—感系间在未接种的情况下双向电泳图谱也有差异,接种之后由于感病系在pH8.8处蛋白质的特异性合成,使抗—感两系间的差异缩小。     

小麦几丁质酶基因Wch2的克隆与表达分析

利用小麦几丁质酶基因PCR特异片段为探针,分离克隆了一个小麦Chidl几丁质酶基因Wch2。该基因编码311个氨基酸,不含内含子,具有一个信号肽、一个富含半胱氨酸的几丁质结合区域、两个变异区、两个酶活性区域。Southern分析表明,在小麦基因组中Wch2有多个拷贝。秆锈菌接种诱导Wch2在一对小麦近等基因系中差异表达;在抗病系中国春Srll中,接种3d后Wch2开始表达,6d后表达量更高;而在感病等基因系中国春srll中,在所有取样分析的时间内均未检测到Wch2表达。将Wch2克隆到细菌表达载体pET22b,在细菌中表达的重组Wch2具有几丁质酶活性。这些结果说明,分离的Wch2基因在小麦秆锈菌诱导的抗性反应中具有重要作用。     

Aphid infestation induces PR-proteins differently in barley susceptible or resistant to the birdcherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi)

The effect of infestation by the birdcherry-oat aphid ( Rhopalosiphum padi L.), on induction of PR-proteins was investigated in barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.), using barley lines susceptible or resistant to R. padi. The PR-proteins PR-1a (unknown function), PR-5a (acidic thaumatin) and peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7) were not affected, whereas one chitinase (EC 3.2.1.14) and 4 β -1,3-glucanases (EC 3.2.1.39) were induced by the aphid treatment. In the resistant breeding line CI 16145, but not in the susceptible cultivar Golf, accumulation of one basic chitinase and two acidic β -1,3-glucanases increased with time from 2 until 11 days after infestation, as determined by western blots, with antibodies raised against purified chitinase (PR-3a) and β -1,3-glucanase (PR-2a) from barley. By isoelectric focusing, two additional basic β -1,3-glucanases were detected, which increased after infestation in both the resistant and the susceptible barley. The basic chitinase was only detected at days 7 and 11 in the susceptible cultivar, but already at day 2 in the resistant line. The induction was localized to the infested leaf. The PR-proteins PR-3a and PR-2a were also induced by the fungal pathogen ( Blumeria [syn. Erysiphe ] graminis f. sp. hordei ), methyl salicylate and, to a lower extent, by wounding with tweezers and methyl jasmonate (MeJA). Needle wounding performed to mimic aphid stylet penetration did not induce chitinase or β -1,3-glucanase. It is concluded that the fungal pathogen and the aphid infestation induce both similar and different responses, and that the aphid induction is not due to wounding only. The different responses in resistant and susceptible lines indicate that the induced enzymes may play a role in the resistance against aphid infestation.