Fertile transgenic barley generated by direct DNA transfer to protoplasts |
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Authors: | H. Funatsuki H. Kuroda M. Kihara P. A. Lazzeri E. Müller H. Lörz I. Kishinami |
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Affiliation: | (1) Plant Bioengineering Research Laboratories, Sapporo Breweries Ltd., 37-1, Kizaki, Nitta, 370-03 Gunma, Japan;(2) Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Rothamsted Experimental Station, AL5 2JQ Herpenden, Herts, UK;(3) Institut für Allemeine Botanik, AMP II, University of Hamburg, Ohnhorststraße 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany;(4) Present address: Genetic Resource Utilization Laboratory, Hokkaido National Agricultural Experiment Station, Fukuro 2, Engaru, 099-04 Hokkaido, Japan |
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Abstract: | We report the generation of transgenic barley plants via PEG-mediated direct DNA uptake to protoplasts. Protoplasts isolated from embryogenic cell suspensions of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv Igri ) were PEG-treated in a solution containing a plasmid which contained the neomycin phosphotransferase (NPT II) gene under the control of the rice actin promoter and the nos terminator. Colonies developing from the treated protoplasts were incubated in liquid medium containing the selective antibiotic G418. Surviving calli were subsequently transferred to solid media containing G418, on which embryogenic calli developed. These calli gave rise to albino and green shoots on antibiotic-free regeneration medium. NPT II ELISA revealed that approximately half of the morphogenic calli expressed the foreign gene. In total, 12 plantlets derived from NPT-positive calli survived transfer to soil. Southern hybridization analysis confirmed the stable transformation of these plants. However, the foreign gene seemed to be inactivated in plants from one transgenic line. Most of the transgenic plants set seed, and the foreign gene was transmitted and expressed in their progenies, which was ascertained by Southern hybridization and NPT II ELISA. |
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Keywords: | Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Protoplast Regeneration Transformation |
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