ACC氧化酶和ACC合成酶反义RNA融合基因导入番茄和乙烯合成的抑制

从番茄品种强力米寿的总DNA中克隆番茄果实特异启动子2A11,以番茄成熟果实的RNA为模板,进行RT-PCR扩增,克隆番茄全长的ACC氧化酶基因和ACC合成酶基因片段。完成两个基因的克隆和测序后,将888bp的番茄ACC氧化酶基因和943bp的ACC合成酶基因片段串联,构成全长1837bp的融合基因。将该融合基因以反义的方向插入植物双元载体pYPX145中番茄果实表达特异启动子下游,获得ACC氧化酶基因和ACC合成酶基因融合的植物双元载体pOSACC。该载体外源基因表达单元的两端含两个烟草SAR序列,利于转基因的稳定遗传。以番茄栽培品种合作903子叶和下胚轴为外植体,利用根癌农杆菌进行基因转化,通过200mg/L卡那霉素选择和GUS检测,获得了105株番茄GUS阳性植株,转基因番茄果实在当代表现明显耐贮特点。经过4代的耐贮和果实农艺性状的综合选择,获得了两个表现良好的株系DR-1和DR-2,两株系果实乙烯释放量显著下降,是未转基因材料的9.5%,番茄的贮存期在50天以上。     

番茄ACC合成酶cDNA克隆及其对果实成熟的反义抑制

利用RT—PcR技术克隆了ACC合成酶多基因家族成员之－LE-ACC2编码区约1．7kb的cDNA,经酶切图谱和序列分析鉴定无误后,反向插入到植物表达载体pBin437中,构建了表达Acc合成酶反望RNA的二元载体。经农杆菌途径转化番茄“丽春”品种后,通过PCR检测从抗卡那霉素再生植株中筛选到6株转基因植株,Southern杂交确证了外源基因是以单拷贝插入到番茄染色体中;对果实乙烯释放的测定结果表明转基因番茄果实的乙烯释放量仅为对照的30％左右,在室温下转基因番茄果实采后保存60 d以上仍然没有变红、软化。以上结果表明其反义RNA在转基因番茄中的表达能有效地抑制乙烯的生物合成从而延缓果实成熟,表现出良好的耐储保鲜特性。对转基因植株子一代(T1)的分析结果进一步表明反义ACC合成酶基因以典型的单基因方式传到子代。通过对子二代的分析已初步筛选到一 个耐储藏的转基因番茄纯合品系。     

ACC合成酶基因及其反义基因对西瓜的遗传转化

以2日龄西瓜(Citrullus lanatus(Thunb.)Mansfeld)无菌苗子叶为外植体,通过与根癌农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens)进行叶盘共培养建立了西瓜的遗传转化系统。所用根癌农杆菌中含有改建后分别携带嵌合NPTⅡ基因和番茄的ACC合成酶基因及其反义基因的质粒。外植体在MSA培养基(MS盐类、B_5维生素、1.0mg/L BA、0.2mg/L IAA)上预培养3～4d后,与根癌农杆菌共培养4d,随后转移外植体至附加100mg/L卡那霉素、300mg/L头孢菌素的MSA培养基上筛选转化芽。将带芽外植体移入含有100mg/L卡那霉素、300mg/L头孢菌素的伸长培养基(MS 0.2mg/L KT)上进行芽伸长,切取2～3cm高的伸长芽移入生根培养基(1/2MS 0.1mg/L NAA)生根。Southern blot结果证明获得转基因植株,乙烯释放指标表明转入的正义和反义ACC合成酶基因得到不同程度的表达。     

番茄1-氨基环丙烷羧酸(ACC)合成酶基因的反义RNA-核酶嵌合DNA序列的构建

根据番茄ACC合成酶基因（LE—ACC2）DNA序列,以番茄(LycopersiconesculentumMill)果实的总DNA为模板,利用PCR技术扩增得到预期大小的该基因编码区内部分DNA序列,插入到质粒载体pGEM—3zf(＋)的BamHⅠ和HindⅢ位点之间后转化E．coliDH—5α,可选出重组子pRE,经酶切,PCR及DNA序列分析证明克隆成功;将pRE上的目的DNA序列以反义方式构建到我室已合成并克隆的含核酶DNA序列的重组质粒pRⅠ的BamHⅠ和HindⅢ之间,构成含有反义RNA-核酶嵌合DNA序列的重组质粒pREⅠ,经酶切及序列分析,结果与预期一致.     

番茄1―氨基环丙烷羧酸(ACC)合成酶基因的反义RNA―核酶嵌合DNA序列的构建 The Construction of Antisense RNA-Ribozyme Chimeric DNA Sequence of Tomato ACC Synthase Gene

根据番茄ACC合成酶基因(LE-ACC2)DNA序列,以番茄(Lycopersicon esculentumMill)果实的总DNA为模板,利用PCR技术扩增得到预期大小的该基因编码区内部分DNA序列,插入到质粒载体pGEM-3zf(+)的BamHⅠ和HindⅢ位点之间后转化E. coliDH-5α,可选出重组子pRE,经酶切,PCR及DNA序列分析证明克隆成功;将pRE上的目的DNA序列以反义方式构建到我室已合成并克隆的含核酶DNA序列的重组质粒pRI的BamHⅠ和HindⅢ之间,构成含有反义RNA-核酶嵌合DNA序列的重组质粒pREI,经酶切及序列分析,结果与预期一致。 Abstract　According DNA sequence of Tomato ACC synthase gene(LE-ACC2)。5,Y#〗　Abstract　According DNA sequence of Tomato ACC synthase gene(LE-ACC2), and using total DNA of fruit of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentumMill) as template, the expected partial DNA Sequence in coding region of gene was obtainted by PCR amplification and inserted imto pGEM-3zf(+) digested with BamHⅠ and HindⅢ, then we transformcd the system into DH5-α and selected the postive recombinant (pRE). The digestion of enzyme, PCR amplification and sequence of DNA analysis demonstrated that the cloning was successiful; By the antisense way, the DNA sequence from pRE was combined to pRI between BamHⅠand HindⅢ to consturct pREI containing antisense RNA-Ribozyme chimeric DNA sequence (pRI was constructed in our Lab and contains Ribozyme DNA sequence). The restriction map of recombinants and sequence analysis were indentical to the expected results.     

在转基因烟草中表达番茄反义ACC合酶基因及其对芽再生的影响

利用从番茄(Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.)果实中分离到的ACC合酶cDNA,反向置于CaMV 35S启动子的控制之下,并转入烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.)。PCR扩增证明此反义基因已整合到烟草的基因组上。Northern杂交及逆转录PCR分析表明,这种异源反义基因能在转基因烟草组织中表达,并抑制了烟草内源乙烯的合成,对乙烯合成的抑制在芽再生过程中更为明显,同时这也导致了转基因烟草在组织培养过程中芽再生能力的增强。这些结果从基因水平证明,乙烯在芽形成过程中具有重要的调控功能。     

苹果多酚氧化酶双链RNA干扰（RNAi）研究

以成熟苹果果实的RNA为模板,经RT—PCR扩增并克隆苹果多酚氧化酶(APPO)长度为710bp的反义、正义基因片段。以副球菌中类胡罗卜素合成有关的(crtW crtY)融合基因片段YYT为间隔区。将APPO反义基因片段、YYT和APPO正义基因片段串联,构成全长为2446bp的DNA并插入到植物双元载体pYPX145中,构成可表达苹果多酚氧化酶双链RNA的植物双元载体pYF7704。以根癌农杆菌介导的叶盘转化法转化苹果栽培品种红富士,通过50mg／L卡那霉素筛选和GUS检测,获得了转基因苹果抗性芽。荧光定量RT—PCR检测结果显示,转基因苹果抗性芽内多酚氧化酶基因的干扰效果达91．69％以上,研究结果证实多酚氧化酶双链RNA干扰在转基因苹果上是可行的。     

LeCOP1LIKE基因的克隆、反义构建及微型番茄的转化

本文报告利用EST筛选结合RT-PCR的方法从番茄中克隆了LeCOP1LIKE基因的1060bpcDNA片段,并利用其非保守域构建反义RNA表达载体。利用农杆菌介导法．将LeCOP1LIKE基因的反义RNA表达载体转入微型番茄Micro-Tom．获得了10株反义LeCOP1LIKE转基因微型番茄。RT-PCR分析表明其中4个转基因株系中的LeCOP1LIKE表达被显著抑制．并发现抑制LeCOP1LIKE基因的表达导致转基因番茄的株高下降、叶片的叶绿素含量提高、果实中番茄红素含量增加,并且明显抑制转基因种子的发育。这些实验结果证明了LeCOP1LIKE基因为番茄发育过程中光形态建成的抑制因子。     

草酸氧化酶基因转化烟草的研究

为研究草酸氧化酶基因(OxO)对植物抗病的作用,将含有CaMV 35s启动子的植物表达载体以根癌农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens)介导的叶盘方法,转化了烟草97131。具有卡那霉素抗性的再生植株经PCR检测,得到了与阳性对照一致的470bp的片段,进一步对PCR产物测序表明OxO基因已整合进烟草基因组中。在对草酸的耐受性实验中,转基因烟草对草酸的抗性明显高于未转化烟草。     

桃ACO基因反义转化桃幼胚子叶的研究

用根癌农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens )和基因枪两种方法,以桃(Prunus persica L. Batsch)幼胚子叶为受体,转化桃ACC氧化酶（ACO）反义基因片段,经筛选培养获得了卡那霉素抗性芽。微芽嫁接培养抗性芽部分可成株。PCR、Southern 杂交和GUS基因表达等分子检测,初步表明外源反义ACO基因已经整合到桃基因组中。     

High meiotic stability of a foreign gene introduced into tobacco by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation

Summary Two lines of transgenic Nicotiana tabacum transformed to kanamycin resistance by means of a binary Agrobacterium vector containing a nos-npt gene were investigated over three generations. Southern hybridization and crossing analyses revealed that a single copy of T-DNA had integrated in each line and that the kanamycin resistance was regularly transmitted to the progeny as a monogenic dominant trait. Homozygous transgenic plants were fully fertile, morphologically normal and did not significantly differ from wild-type plants in the quantitative characters examined (plant height, flowering time). The two lines showed very low, but significantly different levels of meiotic instability: kanamycin-sensitive plants occurred among backcross progeny from homozygous transgenic plants with frequencies of 6/45,000 and 25/45,000, respectively. The sensitive plants arose independently of each other and thus resulted from meiotic rather than mitotic events. These findings demonstrate for the first time that integrated foreign genes can be transmitted to progeny with the high degree of meiotic stability required for commercial varieties of crop plants. They emphasize the importance of non-homologous integration and of avoiding co-integration of inactive gene copies for achieving meiotically stable transformants.     

Different effects on ACC oxidase gene silencing triggered by RNA interference in transgenic tomato

RNA interference (RNAi) is a potent trigger for specific gene silencing of expression in a number of organisms and is an efficient way of shutting down gene expression. 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of ACC to ethylene, a plant growth regulator that plays an important role in the tomato ripening process. In this research, to produce double-stranded (ds)RNA of tomato ACC oxidase, we linked the sense and antisense configurations of DNA fragments with 1,002-bp or 7-nt artificially synthesized fragments, respectively, and then placed these under the control of a modified cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. The dsRNA expression unit was successfully introduced into tomato cultivar Hezuo 906 by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Molecular analysis of 183 transgenic plants revealed that the dsRNA unit was integrated into the tomato genome. With respect to the construct with the 1,002-bp linker, the severity of phenotypes indicated that 72.3% of the transformed plants had non-RNA interference, about 18.1% had semi-RNA interference, and only 9.6% had full-RNA interference. However when the construct with the 7-nt linker was used for transformation, the results were 13.0%, 18.0%, and 69.0%, respectively, indicating that the short linker was more efficient in RNAi of transgenic tomato plants. When we applied this fast way of shutting down the ACC oxidase gene, transgenic tomato plants were produced that had fruit which released traces of ethylene and had a prolonged shelf life of more than 120 days. The RNA and protein analyses indicated that there was non-RNA interference, semi-RNA interference and full-RNA interference of ACC oxidase in the transgenic tomato plants.     

Comparative analysis of transgenic rice plants obtained by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and particle bombardment

We compared rice transgenic plants obtained by Agrobacterium-mediated and particle bombardment transformation by carrying out molecular analyses of the T₀, T₁ and T₂ transgenic plants. Oryza sativa japonica rice (c.v. Taipei 309) was transformed with a construct (pWNHG) that carried genes coding for neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII), hygromycin phosphotransferase (Hyg^r), and -glucuronidase (GUS). Thirteen and fourteen transgenic lines produced via either method were selected and subjected to molecular analysis. Based on our data, we could draw the following conclusions. Average gene copy numbers of the three transgenes were 1.8 and 2.7 for transgenic plants obtained by Agrobacterium and by particle bombardment, respectively. The percentage of transgenic plants containing intact copies of foreign genes, especially non-selection genes, was higher for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. GUS gene expression level in transgenic plants obtained from Agrobacterium-mediated transformation was more stable overall the transgenic plant lines obtained by particle bombardment. Most of the transgenic plants obtained from the two transformation systems gave a Mendelian segregation pattern of foreign genes in T₁ and T₂ generations. Co-segregation was observed for lines obtained from particle bombardment, however, that was not always the case for T₁ lines obtained from Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Fertility of transgenic plants obtained from Agrobacterium-mediated transformation was better. In summary, the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is a good system to obtain transgenic plants with lower copy number, intact foreign gene and stable gene expression, while particle bombardment is a high efficiency system to produce large number of transgenic plants with a wide range of gene expression.     

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of pepino and regeneration of transgenic plants

Regeneration of pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.) shoots was achieved both by organogenesis and by embryogenesis. Shoots derived via organogenesis were easily rooted and most regenerated plants appeared phenotypically normal. Transgenic plants were obtained using the binary vector pKIWI110 in the avirulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404. Optimization of transformation protocols was rapidly achieved by monitoring early expression of the GUS (-D-glucuronidase) reporter gene carried on pKIWI110. Transgenic plants expressed GUS and selectable marker genes for kanamycin resistance and chlorsulfuron resistance. PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and Southern analysis provided molecular evidence for transformation.     

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of strawberry calli and recovery of transgenic plants

Transformed calli and shoots of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cv. Redcoat were obtained using Agrobacterium tumefaciens carrying plasmid pB1121. Inoculated leaf explants produced transgenic calli at a frequency of 3% on selection medium containing 50 g/ml kanamycin. Twenty per cent of selected caili regenerated, giving rise to transgenic shoots. All transgenic calli and shoots expressed substantial amounts of GUS and NPT-II activity. The Southern blot analysis confirmed the insertion of both marker genes into the strawberry genome as single and multiple copy inserts. The transgenic shoots elongated on rooting medium in the presence of 25 g/ml kanamycin, but exhibited reduced rooting ability.Abbreviations BA benzyladenine - NAA 1-naphthaleneacetic acid - 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - IBA indole-3-butyric acid - NPT-II neomycin phosphotransferase(EC 2.7.1.95) - GUS -glucuronidase(EC 3.2.1.31) - X-GLUC 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-glucuronide - 4-MU 4-methylumbelliferone NRCC No. 31227     

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sweet orange and regeneration of transgenic plants

Summary Transgenic sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) plants have been obtained by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transfer. An hypervirulent A. tumefaciens strain harboring a binary vector that contains the chimeric neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPT II) and ß-glucuronidase (GUS) genes was cocultivated with stem segments from in vivo grown seedlings. Shoots regenerated under kanamycin selection were harvested from the stem segments within 12 weeks. Shoot basal portions were assayed for GUS activity and the remaining portions were shoot tip grafted in vitro for production of plants. Integration of the GUS gene was confirmed by Southern analysis. This transformation procedure showed the highest transgenic plant production efficiency reported for Citrus.Abbreviations BA benzyladenine - CaMV cauliflowermosaic virus - GUS ß-glucuronidase - LB Luria Broth - MS Murashige and Skoog - NAA naphthalenacetic acid - NOS nopaline synthase - NPT II neomycin phosphotransferase II - PEG polyethylene glycol - RM rooting medium - SRM shoot regeneration medium     

T-DNA vector backbone sequences are frequently integrated into the genome of transgenic plants obtained by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation

Transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco plants (125) derived from seven Agrobacterium-mediated transformation experiments were screened by polymerase chain reaction and DNA gel blot analysis for the presence of vector `backbone' sequences. The percentage of plants with vector DNA not belonging to the T-DNA varied between 20% and 50%. Neither the plant species, the explant type used for transformation, the replicon type nor the selection seem to have a major influence on the frequency of vector transfer. Only the border repeat sequence context could have an effect because T-DNA vector junctions were found in more than 50% of the plants of three different transformation series in which T-DNAs with octopine borders without inner border regions were used. Strikingly, many transgenic plants contain vector backbone sequences linked to the left T-DNA border as well as vector junctions with the right T-DNA border. DNA gel blots indicate that in most of these plants the complete vector sequence is integrated. We assume that integration into the plant genome of complete vector backbone sequences could be the result of a conjugative transfer initiated at the right border and subsequent continued copying at the left and right borders, called read-through. This model would imply that the left border is not frequently recognized as an initiation site for DNA transfer and that the right border is not efficiently recognized as a termination site for DNA transfer.     

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Citrus stem segments and regeneration of transgenic plants

Summary A method for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Citrus and organogenic regeneration of transgenic plants is reported. Internodal stem segments were co-cultured with Agrobacterium harboring binary vectors that contained the genes for the scorable marker ß-glucuronidase (GUS) and the selectable marker NPT-II. A low but significant percentage ( 5%) of the shoots regenerated in the presence of 100 g/ml kanamycin were GUS⁺. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis confirmed that GUS⁺ shoots contained T-DNA. Two plants established in soil were shown to be transgenic by Southern analysis.     

Acquiring transgenic tobacco plants with insect resistance and glyphosate tolerance by fusion gene transformation

The advantages of gene 'stacking' or 'pyramiding' are obvious in genetically modified (GM) crops, and several different multi-transgene-stacking methods are available. Using linker peptides for multiple gene transformation is considered to be a good method to meet a variety of needs. In our experiment, the Bt cry1Ah gene, which encodes the insect-resistance protein, and the mG ( 2 ) -epsps gene, which encodes the glyphosate-tolerance protein, were connected by a 2A or LP4/2A linker. Linker 2A is a peptide from the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) that has self-cleavage activity. LP4 is a peptide from Raphanus sativus seeds that has a recognition site and is cleaved by a protease. LP4/2A is a hybrid peptide that contains the first 9 amino acids of LP4 and 20 amino acids from 2A. We used the linker peptide to construct four coordinated expression vectors: pHAG, pHLAG, pGAH and pGLAH. Two single gene expression vectors, pSAh and pSmG(2), were used as controls. The six expression vectors and the pCAMBIA2301 vector were transferred into tobacco by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation, and 529 transformants were obtained. Molecular detection and bioassay detection data demonstrated that the transgenic tobaccos possessed good pest resistance and glyphosate tolerance. The two genes in the fusion vector were expressed simultaneously. The plants with the genes linked by the LP4/2A peptide showed better pest resistance and glyphosate tolerance than the plants with the genes linked by 2A. The expression level of the two genes linked by LP4/2A was not significantly different from the single gene vector. Key message The expression level of the two genes linked by LP4/2A was higher than those linked by 2A and was not significantly different from the single gene vector.