Evaluation of factors influencing Agrobacterium-mediated spinach transformation and transformant selection by EGFP fluorescence under low-selective pressure |
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Authors: | Quyen Van Nguyen Kyung Hwan Boo Hyeon Jin Sun Dang Viet Cao Doseung Lee Seung Hee Ko Seungtae Kang Seonyoung Yoon Seong Cheol Kim Se Pill Park Key-Zung Riu Dong-Sun Lee |
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Affiliation: | 1. College of Applied Life Science, Jeju National University, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea 2. Center for Environmental Research and Education, Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, Vietnam 3. Subtropical Horticulture Research Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea 4. Agricultural Research Center for Climate Change, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeju, 690-150, Republic of Korea
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Abstract: | We developed an efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol for spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) that uses root-derived callus. Evaluation of this protocol was based on the systematic evaluation of factors that influence transformation efficiency. Four of the five factors that were tested significantly affected the transformation efficiency, including spinach cultivar, Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain and density, and the duration of co-cultivation. Transgenic spinach plants were generated based on optimized conditions, consisting of callus explants of the cultivar Gyeowoonae, A. tumefaciens strain EHA105 with OD600 of 0.2, a co-cultivation period of 4 d, and 100 μM acetosyringone supplemented in the inoculation and co-cultivation media. After co-cultivation with A. tumefaciens, explants were cultured in low-selective and then non-selective conditions to enhance the growth of putative transgenic explants. Visualization of the fluorescent marker, enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP), was used to select transgenic explants at several stages, including callus, somatic cotyledonary embryo, and plantlet. The best results for fluorescence visualization screening were obtained at the somatic cotyledonary embryo stage. On average, 24.96?±?6.05% of the initial calli regenerated shoots that exhibited EGFP fluorescence. The putative transgenic plants were subjected to β-glucuronidase (GUS)-staining assay, phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) strip test, and molecular analyses to assess the transgene incorporation into plant genome and its expression. All EGFP-positive plants tested were confirmed to be transgenic by GUS-staining assay, PAT strip test, and molecular analyses. The transformation system described in this study could be a practical and powerful technique for functional genetic analysis and genetic modification of spinach. |
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