两种筛选标记基因在水稻(Oryza sativa L.)遗传转化中的比较

筛选标记的有效选择(筛选周期及筛选效率)是影响作物基因转化成败的重要因素之一。该文在农杆菌介导水稻转化过程中,比较研究了两个标记基因(hpt和bar基因)对抗性愈伤组织产生时间及出愈率的影响。结果表明：以hpt为筛选标记,抗性愈伤组织出现周期短,出愈率高达20％左右;而bar基因作为筛选标记时,抗性愈伤组织块出现较慢,出愈率仅10％左右。因此,在水稻的农杆菌转化中,仅作为筛选标记,hpt基因的效果要明显优于bar基因。     

甜菜（Beta vulearis L．）叶绿体转化体系建立及抗虫和抗除草剂植株的获得

为建立外源基因甜菜叶绿体转化体系,利用分子生物学方法构建了包含有编码苏云金芽孢杆菌晶体蛋白基因Bt crylAc和编码膦丝菌素乙酰转移酶基因bar的甜菜叶绿体转化载体pSKARBt／bar,以甜菜叶绿体基因组中atpB／rbcL做同源片段,以甜菜叶绿体16S启动子和终止子为调控基因,以bar基因为筛选标记基因．基因枪法转化甜菜叶柄,经筛选获得抗性转基因植株．对转基因植株进行外源基因Bt crylAc和bar的PCR检测、DNA印迹分析,结果表明：外源基因Bt crylAc和bar确已导入到甜菜叶绿体基因组中．转基因植株除草剂抗性鉴定及其离体叶片虫试鉴定结果表明：转基因植株具有较强的杀虫活性和抗除草剂特性,表达了相应的蛋白质．研究结果还表明：bar基因在植物叶绿体转化中,既可以用作抗性基因,又可用作转化体筛选的标记基因．建立了甜菜叶绿体转化体系．     

甜菜(Beta vulgaris L.)叶绿体转化体系建立及抗虫和抗除草剂植株的获得

为建立外源基因甜菜叶绿体转化体系,利用分子生物学方法构建了包含有编码苏云金芽孢杆菌晶体蛋白基因By crylAc 和编码膦丝菌素乙酰转移酶基因bar 的甜菜叶绿体转化载体pSKARBt/bar,以甜菜叶绿体基因组中atpB/rbcL做同源片段,以甜菜叶绿体16S启动子和终止子为调控基因,以bar矿基因为筛选标记基因.基因枪法转化甜菜叶柄,经筛选获得抗性转基因植株.对转基因植株进行外源基因 Bt crylAc和bar的PCR检测、DNA印迹分析,结果表明:外源基因Bt crylAc和bar确已导入到甜菜叶绿体基因组中.转基因植株除草剂抗性鉴定及其离体叶片虫试鉴定结果表明:转基因植株具有较强的杀虫活性和抗除草剂特性,表达了相应的蛋白质.研究结果还表明:bar基因在植物叶绿体转化中,既可以用作抗性基因,又可用作转化体筛选的标记基因.建立了甜菜叶绿体转化体系.     

外源基因在一个转基因水稻四倍体变异株系中的遗传行为

在基因枪介导转化的转基因水稻植株中发现1个四倍体变异株系XIP-4N．该变异株系T₀代植株中转基因的整合模式与二倍体转基因株系XIP-2N相同,并且二者来自同一转化体系,推测XIP-4N株系是转化后的水稻愈伤组织在细胞有丝分裂过程中发生染色体加倍产生的．对外源筛选标记基因bar和非筛选基因cecropinB在转基因株系XIP-4N和XIP-2N中的遗传行为进行了比较研究．在二倍体转基因株系XIP-2N中,bar和cecropinB基因的Southern整合模式从T₀到T₂代遗传稳定,单位点整合的bar基因按孟德尔单基因显性方式向后代传递．四倍体转基因株系XIP-4N中外源基因遗传行为复杂,单位点整合的bar基因（Basta抗性）T₁代按15∶1分离,T₂和T₃代中分离行为复杂,而且bar和cecropinB基因的整合模式遗传不稳定．同源四倍体水稻植株减数分裂过程中染色体结构变异、转基因相关位点DNA片段的遗传重组与修饰,以及由此导致配子的育性降低,可能是导致外源基因遗传行为复杂的主要原因．转基因四倍体水稻变异株系XIP-4N携带易于检测的bar基因,为研究同源四倍体水稻的遗传和生殖机理提供了好材料．     

利用Ac/Ds转座子系统在水稻中获得无选择标记转基因植株的方法

获得无选择标记转基因植株是进行重复转基因及消除转基因植株中标记基因潜在危害性的关键。实验采用了Ac／Ds转座子系统在水稻(Oryza sativa,L．)中进行无hpt选择标记的转基因。将含有目的基因bar的Ds元件和hpt标记基因置于同一个T-DNA中,通过农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens)EHAl05介导将Ac-T-DNA及Ds-T-DNA分别转入到不同的水稻植株,再将单拷贝的Ac-T-DNA植株与单拷贝的Ds-T-DNA植株杂交得到同时含有Ac和Ds元件的F1植株,Fl自交产生F2后代,F2植株中转座后的Ds元件与T-DNA独立分离,在总共100株F2水稻植株中筛选得到2株只含有Ds元件插入而无hpt标记基因的转基因水稻植株。结果表明,利用Ac／Ds转座子系统在水稻中获得无选择标记的转基因植株是可行的。     

花粉管介导的转bar基因水稻植株的获得及其遗传

采用花粉管通道法将bar基因导入籼稻品系E32,得到对除草剂Basta具有抗性的转基因水稻。遗传分析表明外源bar基因在受体植株后代中呈单基因显性遗传,在世代间可以稳定遗传。目前已分离出抗性稳定的株系。     

Cre/lox介导剔除转双价抗虫sck+cryIAc基因籼稻恢复系明恢86材料的选择标记基因

Cre/lox系统通过其Cre重组酶对lox序列进行切割和重新连接,介导lox序列发生特异性重组.利用重组报告基因系统Pactin-lox-hpt-lox-gusA,对Cre/lox系统在水稻(Oryzasativa L.)中介导转基因的剔除进行了研究.Pactin-lox-hpt-lox-gusA系统中选择标记hpt基因侧翼含两个同向lox位点,并位于水稻actinl启动子和gusA基因之间.当hpt在Cre酶作用下被剔除时,actinl启动子可以和gusA基因融合在一起从而驱动GUS表达.通过农杆菌介导获得了分别转cre基因、Pactin-lox-hpt-lox-gusA结构和双价抗虫基因lox-hpt-lox-sck-cryIAc结构的水稻.利用有性杂交方法将cre基因导入到转化lox结构的植株中.在4个转Pactin-lox-hpt-lox-gusA T0植株×转cre T0植株所配组合的30个杂交F1植株中,12个植株表达GUS活性,9个表现潮霉素敏感,表明hpt基因被剔除.研究进一步通过Cre/lox介导剔除转双价抗虫sck cryIAc基因籼稻恢复系明恢86材料基因组中的选择标记hpt基因.在9个转lox-hpt-lox-sck-cryIAcT2代纯合植株×转creT2代纯合植株所配组合的77个杂交F1植株中,56个植株表现潮霉素敏感.分子分析证实在这些对潮霉素敏感的植株中hpt基因已经被剔除.     

转基因水稻外源基因的漂移研究

转基因水稻基因漂移可能带来环境安全性问题。利用农杆菌介导,把hpt基因转化水稻品种,通过后代筛选,以稳定遗传的含单拷贝转化株系为转基因花粉供体材料,研究转基因水稻向非转基因水稻不育系和常规稻(花粉受体)的外源基因漂移频率。结果表明,相邻种植时转基因水稻向雄性不育系品种的漂移频率为31.74%。随距离的增加漂移频率明显下降,在26m处仍能够检测到含外源基因个体的存在,并且在距离4m处出现一个漂移频率的升高;转基因水稻向常规品种的漂移频率则明显低于不育系,一般在2.0%以下,随距离的增加也呈现下降的趋势,在18m处开始无法检测到含外源基因的个体。     

基因枪转化的bar基因表达盒在水稻中遗传行为复杂

基因枪介导基因表达盒(仅包括启动子、编码区和终止子)转化是基因枪转化植物的新趋势,它能消除质粒载体主干序列对转基因植物的不利影响。本文研究了基因枪转化的bar基因表达盒在转基因水稻T1～T3世代中的遗传行为。结果发现:作为筛选标记的bar基因表达盒在水稻基因组中多拷贝整合,遗传分离行为复杂,还出现了Basta抗感分离比在35:1～144:1之间的"假纯合体",但50%转基因株系中(5/10)bar基因可作为一个显性基因按孟德尔方式稳定遗传至自交T2代。虽然bar基因为多拷贝整合,30%的转基因株系(3/10)在自交低世代(T1)能获得纯合体。Southern杂交分析发现,多拷贝的bar基因表达盒倾向于连接成转基因串联子整合在水稻基因组内。我们发现在Basta抗性正常分离的株系后代中bar基因表达盒Southern杂交模式能稳定遗传,但异常分离的株系后代中bar基因表达盒的一些拷贝发生了丢失。我们推测,bar基因表达盒在水稻中遗传分离行为的复杂原因可能是bar基因表达盒多拷贝整合、基因丢失和基因表达互作。     

导入bar基因的水稻新植株可遗传

江苏省农业科学院粮作所王才林、赵凌、宗寿余等和中科院上海生化所龚蓁蓁等9位科研人员,用花粉管通道法将bar基因导入水稻获得可遗传的转基因植株。亦即他们利用花粉管通道法将抗Basta除草剂的bar基因导入水稻品系E32,获得转基因植株。但在T0代仅表现为部分抗性,T1代全部获得了抗性,T3代全部转基因植株能充分表达对Basta除草剂的抗性。通过对转基因植株后代进行PCR分析,证实了bar基因已整合到受体植株的基因组之中,以后又经过遗传分析表明,bar基因能在有性生殖过程中传递给后代植株,并在T3代开始就可分离出抗性一致的稳定株系。目前,其…     

Regeneration of transgenic plants from two indica rice (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Oryza sativa</Emphasis> L.) cultivars using shoot apex explants

We have established a reproducible procedure for transformation of shoot apices and regeneration of transgenic plants for two indica rice cultivars, white ponni (WP) and Pusa Basmathi 1 (PB 1). Four-day-old shoot apex explants were transformed by cocultivation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA 101 harbouring a binary plasmid pRIT1. The vector contained an improved hygromycin phosphotransferase (hpt) gene for hygromycin resistance driven by actin 1 promoter and the reporter gene beta-glucuronidase intron (INT-GUS) controlled by CaMV 35S promoter. Rice shoots were induced on media containing 0.1 mg/l napthalene acetic acid (NAA), 1.0 mg/l kinetin (kn), 1.0 mg/l N(6)-benzyleaminopurin (BAP), 300 mg/l casaminoacid, 500 mg/l proline, 50 mg/l hygromycin and 500 mg/l cefotaxime. Transgenic plants were raised in pots and seeds were collected. Histochemical and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analyses of field established transgenic rice plants and their offsprings confirmed the presence of GUS gene. Integration of T-DNA into the genome of putative transgenics was further confirmed by southern analysis. The transformation efficiency of WP was found to be ranging from 5.6 to 6.2% whereas in the case of PB1, it was from 7 to 8%. Progeny analysis of these plants showed a pattern of classical Mendelian inheritance for both hpt and GUS gene.     

Expression of green fluorescent protein and its inheritance in transgenic oat plants generated from shoot meristematic cultures

The expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its inheritance were studied in transgenic oat ( Avena sativa L.) plants transformed with a synthetic green fluorescent protein gene [sgfp(S65T)] driven by a rice actin promoter. In vitro shoot meristematic cultures (SMCs) induced from shoot apices of germinating mature seeds of a commercial oat cultivar, Garry, were used as a transformation target. Proliferating SMCs were bombarded with a mixture of plasmids containing the sgfp(S65T) gene and one of three selectable marker genes, phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (bar), hygromycin phosphotransferase (hpt) and neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII). Cultures were selected with bialaphos, hygromycin B and geneticin (G418), respectively, to identify transgenic tissues. From 289 individual explants bombarded with the sgfp(S65T) gene and one of the three selectable marker genes, 23 independent transgenic events were obtained, giving a 8.0% transformation frequency. All 23 transgenic events were regenerable, and 64% produced fertile plants. Strong GFP expression driven by the rice actin promoter was observed in a variety of tissues of the T(0) plants and their progeny in 13 out of 23 independent transgenic lines. Stable GFP expression was observed in T(2) progeny from five independent GFP-expressing lines tested, and homozygous plants from two lines were obtained. Transgene silencing was observed in T(0) plants and their progeny of some transgenic lines.     

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Javanica rice cv. Rojolele

The Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system was extended to a famous Javanica rice variety, Rojolele, that is cultivated in Indonesia now. Efficient callus induction from immature and mature seeds of Rojolele did not succeed by any previous method for any rice cultivar. In this study, the callus from mature seeds of Rojolele exhibited a compact and nodular appearance on C medium after the carbon source and medium pH was modified. Scutellum-derived calli from mature seeds were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains EHA101 or LBA4404 that carried plasmid pAFT14, which contained the genes for beta-glucuronidase (gus) and hygromycin resistance (hpt). Finally, the transformation efficiency of Rojolele variety using A. tumefaciens strain EHA101 (pAFT14) was improved to about 23%, similar to that of the Japonica rice variety Nipponbare. The seed fertility of transgenic Rojolele was more than 90%. The copy number of the transgene varied from one to three copies in the T(0) transgenic lines. Both the gus and the hpt genes were inherited and expressed in the progeny.     

基因枪法转基因水稻中hpt基因稳定遗传

基因枪转化将潮霉素磷酸转移酶基因（ｈｐｔ）导入粳稻品种７７１７０,获得可育的转基因植株,研究外源基因遗传的稳定性。自交后代（Ｔ１和Ｔ２）经潮霉素筛选获得抗性植株和敏感植株,分子鉴定结果表明抗性植株带有ｈｐｔ基因,而敏感植株中没有ｈｐｔ基因存在。Ｔ１和Ｔ２代中潮霉素抗性表现为显性单基因位点的遗传方式,符合孟德尔分离规律,并得到分子鉴定结果的证实。Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交结果显示,ｈｐｔ基因多拷贝整合在水     

Improved <Emphasis Type="Italic">Agrobacterium</Emphasis>-mediated genetic transformation of GNA transgenic sugarcane

Six plasmids carrying a snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin, GNA) and one of three selection markers were successfully transferred into two sugarcane cultivars (FN81–745 and Badila) via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Agrobacterium strains LBA4404, EHA105 and A281 that harboured a super-binary vector were used for sugarcane transformation. The use of the hygromycin (Hyg) resistance gene (hpt II), phosphinothrincin (PPT) resistance gene (bar) or G418 resistance gene (npt II) as a screenable marker facilitated the initial selection of GNA transgenic sugarcane callus with different efficiencies and helped the rapid segregation of individual transformation events. All the three selective marker genes were controlled by CaMV 35S promoter, while GNA gene was controlled by promoter of RSs-1 (rice sucrose synthase-1) or Ubi (maize ubiquitin). Factors important to successful transformation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens were optimized, which included concentration of A. tumefaciens, medium composition, co-cultivated methods with plant tissue, strain virulence and different selective marker genes. An efficient protocol for sugarcane transformation mediated by A. tumefaciens was established. The GNA gene has been integrated into sugarcane genome as demonstrated by PCR and Southern dot blotting detections. The preliminary results from bioassay demonstrated a significant resistance of the transgenic sugarcane plants to woolly aphid (Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehnther) indicating thus the possibility for obtaining a transgenic sugarcane cultivar with resistance to woolly aphid.     

Expression of a fungal cyanamide hydratase in transgenic soybean detoxifies cyanamide in tissue culture and in planta to provide cyanamide resistance

Embryogenic tissue cultures of soybean were transformed by particle bombardment with a vector pCHZ-II that carries the coding sequence for cyanamide hydratase (Cah), an enzyme that converts toxic cyanamide to urea, from the soil fungus Myrothecium verrucaria. The Cah gene was driven by the constitutive Arabidopsis thaliana actin-2 promoter and terminated with its cognate terminator. This vector also carries the hygromycin phosphotransferase gene (hpt) driven by the potato (Solanum tuberosum) ubiquitin-3 promoter. Twelve individual lines of transgenic plants that were obtained under hygromycin selection expressed Cah mRNA and exhibited resistance to hygromycin in leaf tissue culture, while the untransformed tissues were sensitive. Cah enzyme activity was present in extracts of transformed leaves and embryogenic tissue cultures when measured by a colorimetric assay and the presence of the Cah protein was confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Cah expression detoxified cyanamide in leaf callus and embryogenic cultures as well as in whole plants as shown by cyanamide resistance. The Cah-expressing plants grew and set seeds normally indicating that the Cah enzyme activity did not affect soybean plant metabolism. We also describe a test whereby callus was formed on cultured leaf tissue in the presence of hygromycin or cyanamide only if the hpt or Cah gene was expressed, respectively. This test is a convenient and cost-effective way to follow the marker gene in the primary regenerated plants and subsequent generations, which is particularly reliable for the hpt gene expression using hygromycin.     

Genetic transformation of two species of orchid by biolistic bombardment

We report here the transformation of two species of orchid, Dendrobium phalaenopsis and D. nobile,by biolistic bombardment. Calli or protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) were used as target explants. Gold particles (1.0 microm) coated with plasmid DNA (pCAMBIA1301) encoding an intron-containing beta-glucuronidase gene (gus-int) and a hygromycin phosphotransferase (hpt) gene were introduced into the PLBs or calli using the Bio-Rad PDS-1000/He Biolistic Particle Delivery System. Calli and PLBs were then chopped up and pre-cultured in 1/2-strength MS medium supplemented with 0.4 M mannitol for a 1-h osmoticum treatment before bombardment. Immediately after bombardment, the calli and PLBs were transferred to 1/2-strength MS medium without mannitol for recovery. Putatively transformed plantlets were obtained by selection and regeneration on medium supplemented with 30 mg/l hygromycin. The highest efficiency of transformation was obtained when selection was conducted at 2 days post-bombardment. For D. phalaenopsis and D. nobile, respectively, about 12% and 2% of the bombarded calli or PLBs produced independent transgenic plants. Integration and expression of the transgenes were confirmed by Southern hybridization and Northern hybridization. No nontransformed plants were regenerated, indicating a tight selection scheme. However, separate incorporation of the gus gene and the hpt gene was observed, and in one transgenic line the gus gene was integrated into the genome of the transgenic plant, but not expressed.