A high-throughput <Emphasis Type="Italic">Agrobacterium</Emphasis>-mediated transformation system for the grass model species <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brachypodium distachyon</Emphasis> L. |
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Authors: | Daniel Ioan Păcurar Hans Thordal-Christensen Klaus Kristian Nielsen Ingo Lenk |
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Institution: | 1.University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine,Cluj Napoca,Romania;2.Plant and Soil Science Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences,University of Copenhagen,Frederiksberg C,Denmark;3.DLF-TRIFOLIUM A/S,Store Heddinge,Denmark |
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Abstract: | In the ongoing process of developing Brachypodium distachyon as a model plant for temperate cereals and forage grasses, we have developed a high-throughput Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system for a diploid accession. Embryogenic callus, derived from immature embryos of the accession BDR018, were transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain AGL1 carrying two T-DNA plasmids, pDM805 and pWBV-Ds-Ubi-bar-Ds. Transient and stable transformation efficiencies were optimised by varying the pre-cultivation period, which had a strong effect on stable transformation efficiency. On average 55% of 17-day-old calli co-inoculated with Agrobacterium regenerated stable transgenic plants. Stable transformation frequencies of up to 80%, which to our knowledge is the highest transformation efficiency reported in graminaceous species, were observed. In a study of 177 transgenic lines transformed with pDM805, all of the regenerated transgenic lines were resistant to BASTA((R)), while the gusA gene was expressed in 88% of the transgenic lines. Southern blot analysis revealed that 35% of the tested plants had a single T-DNA integration. Segregation analysis performed on progenies of ten selected T(0) plants indicated simple Mendelian inheritance of the two transgenes. Furthermore, the presence of two selection marker genes, bar and hpt, on the T-DNA of pWBV-Ds-Ubi-bar-Ds allowed us to characterize the developed transformation protocol with respect to full-length integration rate. Even when not selected for, full-length integration occurred in 97% of the transformants when using bialaphos as selection agent. |
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Keywords: | Brachypodium distachyon Model plant Agrobacterium Transformation Optimization |
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