用基因枪法介导OSISAP1基因遗传转化洋葱

以洋葱栽培品种‘HG400B’的鳞茎盘胚性愈伤组织为受体,利用基因枪介导法将水稻锌指蛋白基因OSISAP1导入洋葱中。组织化学染色检测到GUS基因在胚性愈伤组织中的瞬间表达活性,PCR、Southern杂交和RT-PCR分析,证实OSISAP1基因已整合到洋葱基因组中并实现高水平表达,转化率约为10%。对获得的转基因植株进行NaC1和NaHCO_3胁迫处理,当总浓度为200 mmol/L、处理1周后,未转基因植株会黄化、枯萎、死亡,而转基因植株却有很强的抗性,能耐受400mmol/L浓度的胁迫,表明OSISAP1基因的导入提高了转基因植株的耐盐碱性。

Genetic Transformation of OSISAP1 Gene to Onion (Allium cepa L.) Mediated by Microprojectile Bombardment

Microprojectile bombardment-mediated transformation method has been developed for onion (Allium cepa L.) using embryogenic calli, induced from stem discs, as target tissue. Zinc-finger protein gene OSISAP1 (Oryza sative subspecies indica stress-associated protein gene) was introduced into the open-pollinated onion cultivar (subs.) 'HG400B'. Bombardment parameters were optimized as: the pressure is 1,100 psi, the distance is 6 cm, two times, the ratio of mass between plasmid DNA and golden particles is 1:320. An efficient microprojectile bombardment-mediated transformation system of onion (Allium cepa L.) callus has been established. The binary vector used carried the nptII gene for kanamycin resistance and the GUS reporter gene. Transgenic cultures were screened for their ability to express the GUS reporter gene and to grow in the presence of kanamycin (150 mg/L). Transient expression of GUS reporter gene was observed through histochemical staining of embryogenic callus transformed by microprojectile bombardment. The putative transgenic plants were analysed at the molecular level using PCR, southern hybridization, and RT-PCR. The results confirmed that the OSISAP1 gene was integrated as one copy into the genome of onion and expression. Transgenic plants were produced efficiently with a transformation frequency of about 10%. Test of salinity-alkali stress showed that sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate at 200 mmol/L effectively killed non-transgenic plants within 1 week of irrigation, while the transgenic plants were completely unaffected by salinity of 400 mmol/L. So transformation with the OSISAP1 gene raised the salinity-alkali-tolerance of the transgenic plants to a high level.