红麻MYB21基因的克隆、表达及载体构建

克隆红麻不育系和保持系的MYB21基因,分析MYB21基因在红麻不育系和保持系各器官的表达量,并构建过表达载体和RNAi载体,旨在为进一步研究该基因在红麻中的功能奠定基础。以同源克隆的方法克隆MYB21基因;用实时荧光定量的方法分析MYB21基因在红麻不育系和保持系不同组织器官的表达模式;根据酶切-连接的方法,构建过表达载体和RNAi载体。结果显示,红麻MYB21基因在不育系和保持中的基因序列没有差异,其c DNA全长序列为922 bp,包含843 bp的开放阅读框,DNA全长序列为1 108 bp,包含3个外显子和2个内含子(NCBI序列登录号为KT898146);MYB21基因主要在花药中表达,在不育系和保持系花药之间表达量呈极显著差异;成功构建MYB21过表达载体和RNAi载体。成功克隆MYB21基因的全长序列;实时荧光定量结果表明MYB21基因主要在花药中进行表达;构建的植物过表达载体PBI121-MYB21和RNAi载体p ART27-PK-R1-F2可用于该基因的功能研究。     

辣椒雄性不育系SDH4基因的表达特性分析

为了探究线粒体电子传递复合体Ⅱ的关键酶基因(SDH4)与辣椒细胞质雄性不育的关系,该试验通过GenBank报道的辣椒线粒体基因组序列,特异引物扩增SDH4基因,并通过分析SDH4基因的时空表达及转录本编辑位点,以期找到辣椒细胞质雄性不育系9704A和保持系9704B的差异。结果表明:(1)从辣椒细胞质雄性不育系9704A和保持系9704B中获得的目的基因编码区片段长度一致,全长均为378bp,编码125个氨基酸残基。(2)辣椒保持系不同组织中SDH4基因表达存在差异,种子中表达最高,茎中表达最低。(3)在不同材料花蕾发育的同一时期,SDH4基因表达也不一致,在花粉母细胞减数分裂时期,不育系SDH4基因表达量明显低于保持系;而在造孢细胞增殖期、小孢子单核期和小孢子成熟期的表达量均高于保持系。(4)不育材料中SDH4基因在29位点出现RNA编辑,导致氨基酸由丝氨酸变为亮氨酸,增强了蛋白结构的疏水性能。研究认为,辣椒细胞质雄性不育系9704A和保持系9704B中SDH4基因的表达差异可能引起植物的能量代谢供应出现异常,从而导致雄性不育的产生。     

青花菜谷胱甘肽S-转移酶的克隆及表达特性分析

本研究采用RT-PCR技术从青花菜自交系‘WN12-95B’中克隆到谷胱甘肽S-转移酶基因。序列分析表明,青花菜GST基因全长690 bp,ORF长度为675 bp,推导编码蛋白含有224个氨基酸,相对分子量为26.15 kD,理论pI值为6.56,属于Tau类家族成员。青花菜GST蛋白的二级结构主要以α-螺旋和延伸链为主。通过构建系统进化树发现,GST基因与油菜、芜菁亲缘关系最近。利用荧光定量PCR检测GST基因在青花菜保持系不同组织中的表达量,结果显示GST基因在根、叶、荚中的表达丰度较高,花蕾中表达丰度较低。青花菜Ogu不育系及其保持系不同发育阶段花蕾时空表达特性分析表明,花蕾发育早期(2 mm)表达量最高,随着发育进程的推移,表达量逐渐下降。同时期不育系的表达量高于保持系。本研究为探讨青花菜GST基因在花粉发育过程中的功能提供一定理论依据。     

两个育性相关基因在几类小麦雄性不育材料中的表达研究

以1B/1R类K型不育系K3314A及其保持系3314B,非1B/1R类K型不育系732A及其保持系732B,YS温敏雄性不育小麦A3017为材料,提取不同温度处理下各时期小穗的总RNA进行反转录,对AY914051和AY660990两个目标基因进行半定量PCR和电泳分析,测定其在小麦中的表达变化趋势,以分析其与这几种不育系的育性相关关系,探讨这几种不育小麦败育的关键发育时期。结果表明,除AY914051基因在2种保持系3314B和732B中表达量变化不大之外,其它均有明显差异;2个目标基因与这几种雄性不育系的败育有关,但与育性相关程度不同,不育系两个目的基因的表达受温度变化影响程度明显大于保持系。由实验结果推测,1B/1R类K型不育系、非1B/1R类K型不育系和YS温敏雄性不育系的败育关键时期为单核期或单核期至二核期之间;温度差异可能会导致YS温敏雄性不育系的育性相关基因表达时期错位,错位后的表达差异积累可能最终导致其败育。     

茄子雄性不育系与保持系生理生化特性比较分析

以赤茄（Solanum integrifolium）和栽培品种远缘杂交选育得到的核质互作型雄性不育系05-506及其保持系05-507为材料,测定并分析了叶片激素、叶绿素、游离总氨基酸、可溶性糖含量及光合特性。结果表明,茄子不育系苗期叶片中IAA和GA3含量低于保持系,ZR含量高于保持系,ABA／（IAA＋ZR＋GA3）比值约为保持系的1.3倍;不育系叶绿素含量幼苗期低于保持系,盛花期和保持系相近,结果期高于保持系;可溶性糖和游离总氨基酸含量高低随光合速率的变化而变化．幼苗期C／N比值低,盛花期C／N比值增大,碳水化合物代谢加强,结果期C／N比值下降,但不育系下降幅度较保持系少。不育系与保持系的Pn日变化均呈双峰曲线,即有光合“午休”现象;Pn值顺序不育系为幼苗期＜盛花期＜结果期,保持系为幼苗期＜结果期＜盛花期;不育系在营养生长和生殖生长时期的光饱和点均高于保持系,光补偿点在幼苗期和盛花期高于保持系,但结果期比保持系低。     

茄子雄性不育系与保持系生理生化特性比较分析

以赤茄(Solanum integrifolium)和栽培品种远缘杂交选育得到的核质互作型雄性不育系05-506及其保持系05-507为材料,测定并分析了叶片激素、叶绿素、游离总氨基酸、可溶性糖含量及光合特性.结果表明,茄子不育系苗期叶片中IAA和GA3含量低于保持系,ZR含量高于保持系,ABA/(IAA+ZR+GA3)比值约为保持系的1.3倍;不育系叶绿素含量幼苗期低于保持系,盛花期和保持系相近,结果期高于保持系;可溶性糖和游离总氨基酸含量高低随光合速率的变化而变化,幼苗期C/N比值低,盛花期C/N比值增大,碳水化合物代谢加强,结果期C/N比值下降,但不育系下降幅度较保持系少.不育系与保持系的Pn日变化均呈双峰曲线,即有光合"午休"现象;Pn值顺序不育系为幼苗期<盛花期<结果期,保持系为幼苗期<结果期<盛花期;不育系在营养生长和生殖生长时期的光饱和点均高于保持系,光补偿点在幼苗期和盛花期高于保持系,但结果期比保持系低.     

辣椒雄性不育系与保持系花药POD、SOD和EST同工酶表达差异研究

利用辣椒质核互作雄性不育材料,采用聚丙酰胺凝胶垂直板电泳技术,研究了在花药发育不同时期,甜椒和辣椒核质互作雄性不育系及其保持系POD、SOD和EST同工酶的差异.结果表明:不育系与保持系,在花药发育的不同时期POD同工酶表达种类及表达活性之间存在差异,其中甜椒不育系在减数分裂期POD同工酶的活性非常低,辣椒雄性不育系在减数分裂期及花粉成熟期分别多一条POD特征带.不育系与保持系之间SOD同工酶的表达活性及其表达种类无明显差异.在减数分裂期和花粉成熟期,甜椒和辣椒不育系与保持系花药EST同工酶酶带均存在明显的差异.     

玉米新选细胞质雄性不育系小孢子发育的细胞学观察及DNA甲基化分析

细胞质雄性不育在高等植物中普遍存在,是杂种优势利用的重要工具,为推动植物杂种优势的利用发挥了重要作用。文章以本课题组前期新选的玉米细胞质雄性不育系A1、A2及保持系18(红)为材料,利用石蜡切片技术对不育材料小孢子发育过程进行细胞学观察,采用高效液相色谱法(HPLC)对不同发育时期的叶片及不同发育时期的雄穗DNA进行甲基化分析,从细胞学和表观遗传学角度了解不育系A1、A2的败育机制。结果表明：不育材料A1、A2小孢子发生败育的主要时期为四分体时期至单核小孢子中期。在不育系A2中还存在另一种败育方式,即在花粉母细胞时期表现出败育特征。甲基化分析结果表明,保持系18(红)的叶片DNA甲基化水平从苗期到拔节期迅速上升,而不育系A1、A2叶片DNA甲基化水平基本保持不变;保持系雄穗DNA甲基化水平表现为从花粉母细胞时期到双核期逐渐升高,而不育材料A1、A2从花粉母细胞时期到双核期的雄穗DNA甲基化水平表现为先上升后下降的趋势,达到最高峰的时期均出现在小孢子发育的四分体时期。从小孢子发育的细胞学观察结果可以发现,小孢子败育的主要时期往往具有较高的甲基化水平,推测DNA甲基化水平变化可能与不育材料A1、A2的花粉败育有关。     

两个育性相关基因在BNS和YS小麦温敏雄性不育系中的表达差异分析

为研究雄性不育相关基因TA1和TA2在BNS和YS小麦温敏雄性不育系732A花粉发育时期的表达特点,探讨这2个育性相关基因与温敏雄性不育小麦育性转换的联系,本研究利用荧光实时定量PCR方法,在BNS和YS型不育系732A花药发育四分体期、单核期、二核期和三核期定量检测基因TA1和TA2的mRNA表达水平。结果表明:(1)在732A和BNS花粉发育四分体时期至二核期,基因TA1相对表达量上调,在三核期相对表达量下降;(2)基因TA2相对表达量在BNS花粉发育的四分体时期至二核期逐渐下降,三核期上升;在732A花粉发育4个时期中的相对表达量变化刚好相反;(3)在BNS和732A花粉发育二核期,基因TA1和TA2均表现极值,推测二核期可能为BNS和YS型小麦温敏雄性不育系花粉发育最敏感时期;(4)在不育系BNS和732A花粉发育过程中,基因TA1的相对表达量变化幅度比TA2的高。推测TA1对不育系BNS和732A花粉败育影响程度强于TA2;(5)基因TA1和TA2相对表达量在BNS的花粉发育时期表达趋势相反,推测其对BNS花粉败育影响表现为拮抗作用,且2个基因不连锁;在732A花粉发育时期表达趋势相同,推测其对不育系732A花粉败育影响表现为协同作用。     

辣椒胞质雄性不育系CaCOX3的克隆与表达分析

探究线粒体呼吸链第4个复合体亚基细胞色素氧化酶第三亚基(COX3)与辣椒胞质雄性不育之间的关系,为研究辣椒CMS与能量代谢的关系提供参考。以辣椒胞质雄性不育系9704A和保持系9704B为材料,根据GenBank报道的辣椒线粒体基因组序列,设计特异引物扩增CaCOX3,进行生物信息学分析,并研究其时空表达特性,比较两系间的差异。在辣椒胞质雄性不育系9704A和保持系9704B中克隆获得的目的基因CaCOX3,全长均为798 bp,编码265个氨基酸残基;辣椒保持系9704B不同组织中,CaCOX3表达存在差异,果皮中表达最高,叶中表达最低。在不同的花蕾发育时期,两系CaCOX3表达存在差异。胞质雄性不育系9704A的造孢细胞增殖期和花粉母细胞减数分裂期,CaCOX3的表达量明显低于保持系9704B;在小孢子单核期,两系CaCOX3的表达量持平;在小孢子成熟期,胞质雄性不育系明显高于保持系。CaCOX3在辣椒胞质雄性不育9704A和保持系9704B的时空表达存在差异,可能引起能量代谢异常,造成不育。     

Expression characterization of genes for CMS-C in maize

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS)-C is one of the most attractive sources of male sterility in the production of hybrid maize. However, the abortion mechanism of CMS-C is currently unknown. The major aim of this work was to characterize the expression of genes and proteins during pollen abortion. The materials assayed included CMS-C line C48-2, its maintainer line N48-2, and fertile F₁ (C48-2?×?18 white). A total of 20 unique genes and 25 proteins were identified by suppression subtractive hybridization and 2-D electrophoresis, respectively. Most of the genes and proteins identified are closely related to energy metabolism, stress responses, molecular chaperones, and cell death, which are generally considered to be essential to pollen development. Based on the function of these identified genes and proteins, reactive oxygen species in isolated mitochondria and DNA fragments were analyzed. The results from this study indicate that the oxidative stress which was associated with the specific expression patterns of some genes may be the physiological cause for the abortion of premature microspores in the maize CMS-C line.     

A characterization of the MADS-box gene family in maize

Studies on distantly related dicot plant species have identified homeotic genes that specify floral meristem identity and determine the fate of floral organ primordia. Most of these genes belong to a family characterized by the presence of a structural motif, the MADS-box, which encodes a protein domain with DNA-binding properties. As part of an effort to understand how such genes may have been recruited during the evolution of flowers with different organ types such as those found in maize, two members of this gene family in maize, ZAG1 and ZAG2, have been characterized previously. Here, the isolation and characterization of four new members of this gene family, designated ZAP1, ZAG3, ZAG4 and ZAG5, are described and the genetic map position of these and 28 additional maize MADS-box genes is determined. The first new member of this family appears to be the Zea mays ortholog of the floral homeotic gene APETALA1 (AP1) and has been designated ZAP1. One of these genes, ZAG4, is unusual in that its deduced protein sequence includes the MADS domain but lacks the K-domain characteristically present in this family of genes. In addition, its copy number and expression varies among different inbreds. A large number of maize MADS-box genes map to duplicated regions of the genome, including one pair characterized here, ZAG3 and ZAG5. These data underscore the complexity of this gene family in maize, and provide the basis for further studies into the regulation of floral organ morphogenesis among the grasses.     

Comparative analysis of rice MADS-box genes expressed during flower development

MADS-box genes involved in flower development have been isolated and studied in a wide variety of plant species. However, most of these studies are related to dicot species like Antirrhinum majus, Arabidopsis thaliana and Petunia hybrida. Although the floral structures of typical monocot and dicot flowers differ substantially, previous studies indicate that MADS-box genes controlling floral organ identity in dicots can also be identified in monocot plants like rice and maize. To extend this study further to obtain a more global picture of monocot and dicot MADS-box gene evolution, we performed a phylogenetic study using MADS-box genes from A. thaliana and Oryza sativa. Furthermore, we investigated whether the identified orthologues of Arabidopsis and rice have a conserved expression profile that could indicate conservation of function.     

玉米KNOX基因家族鉴定及组织和逆境表达分析

为揭示玉米转录因子KNOX家族基因功能,采用生物信息学手段在玉米基因组水平鉴定KNOX家族成员,并对家族基因逆境和组织表达谱进行分析。结果显示:(1)玉米基因组有22个ZmKNOX基因,根据其在染色体上的位置依次命名为ZmKNOX1-ZmKNOX22;编码蛋白质亚细胞定位预测发现,除ZmKNOX5、ZmKNOX11、ZmKNOX12和ZmKNOX15定位于线粒体以及ZmKNOX7定位于细胞质外,其余家族蛋白质均定位于细胞核;进化树分析表明,大多数ZmKNOX与高粱聚在一个分支,表明两物种系统发育关系较近,且基因结构与蛋白进化分类存在一定关联性。(2)全生育期组织表达分析发现,ZmKNOX具有不同的表达模式,且基因的生育期表达模式与蛋白进化分类具有一定相关性。其中ZmKNOX13、ZmKNOX20、ZmKNOX1和ZmKNOX21属全生育期组成型高表达,ZmKNOX3、ZmKNOX5、ZmKNOX6和ZmKNOX14为全生育期组成型低表达,而ZmKNOX4、ZmKNOX8、ZmKNOX9和ZmKNOX17-19的表达具有阶段性和组织特异性,并在胚胎、种子萌发时期、胚芽鞘、茎尖、茎节间、顶端分生组织和花序中较高表达;进一步对生育期数据进行共表达分析发现,ZmKNOX13所在的与根分生发育期相关性最高的模块,与蛋白质泛素化生物学过程密切相关。(3)在盐、冷、热和UV处理下,有8个ZmKNOX家族基因表现出不同的响应模式,但基因表达量变化不大。其中冷处理下ZmKNOX6表达明显上调,热处理下ZmKNOX14明显下调表达,盐胁迫下ZmKNOX13明显上调表达而ZmKNOX13和ZmKNOX14却明显下调,上述3个基因(除ZmKNOX13)均具有生育期低表达的特点。(4)测序数据分析发现,盐处理下叶片中上调的ZmKNOX3和ZmKNOX13基因,根系中下调的ZmKNOX3、ZmKNOX6和ZmKNOX17基因的表达模式基本一致,在不同处理时间ZmKNOX3在叶片和根中均稳定表达,但表达方式相反。研究表明,玉米ZmKNOX家族基因在玉米生长发育和逆境响应过程中具有重要作用。     

Expression patterns of germ line specific genes in mouse and human pluripotent stem cells are associated with regulation of ground and primed state of pluripotency

One of the main criteria of pluripotency is ability of cell lines to differentiate into the germ line. Pluripotent stem cell lines in ground state of pluripotency differ from the lines in primed state by their ability to give rise to the mature gametes. To understand molecular mechanisms involved in regulation of different states of pluripotency we investigated the expression patterns of germ line specific genes in different type pluripotent stem cells and mouse and human embryonic teratocarcinoma cells. We found that pluripotent stem cells in vitro, in blastocyst and gonocytes at stage E13.5 had similar expression patterns in contrast to the epiblast cells at stage E6.5. Quantitative real time PCR analysis showed that Vasa/Ddx4 expression in mouse and human embryonic stem cells was significantly lower than in blastocyst and gonocytes. Moreover, Vasa/Ddx4 and E-ras expression was significantly higher in mouse embryonic stem cells than in human embryonic stem cells. Our analysis of germ line specific gene expression in differentiating mouse embryonic stem and embryonic germ cells as well as in mouse embryonic teratocarcinoma cells maintained under conditions promoting cell reprogramming from primed to ground state of pluripotency (2i + LIF) revealed that only pluripotent stem cells are able to regulate the expression level of Oct4 and Vasa/Ddx4 and restore initial ground state, while in embryonic teratocarcinoma cells the expression level of these genes remained unchanged. We suggest that expression patterns of germ lines specific genes, in particular of Vasa/Ddx4, can underlie the regulation of ground and primed states of pluripotency.