转人工miRNA抗玉米粗缩病毒载体玉米的培育及其抗病能力

玉米是重要的粮食作物,水稻黑条矮缩病毒(RBSDV)是玉米粗缩病的病原,由其引起的玉米粗缩病给玉米生产造成重大损失。利用人工mi RNA构建抗病毒植物的技术已经在多种植物中被证明有效,但是在玉米中的尝试未见报道。实验根据玉米zea-mi R159a的前体序列和RBSDV基因组中编码功能蛋白的基因和基因沉默抑制子的序列信息设计引物,构建了用于沉默RBSDV编码基因和基因沉默抑制子的ami RNA(Artificial mi RNA)基因。构建p CAMBIA3301-121-ami RNA植物表达载体,利用农杆菌介导法转化玉米自交系综31(Z31)。对转基因玉米进行分子检测,选择mi RNA表达量高的纯合体株系进行自然发病实验,按0-4的分级标准调查玉米粗缩病的严重度。结果表明,转抗粗缩病毒人工mi RNA载体玉米纯合体株系的抗病表现好于野生型玉米,其中针对基因组6的S6-mi R159转基因玉米抗病情况较好。研究表明利用人工mi RNA技术构建抗病毒病玉米新品种是可行的。

Development of transgenic maize with anti-rough dwarf virus artificial miRNA vector and their disease resistance

Maize is one of the most important food crops. Rice black-streaked dwarf virus is a maize rough dwarf disease pathogen. The occurrence and transmission of maize rough dwarf disease brings great damage to maize production. The technology of using artificial miRNA to build antiviral plant has been proven effective in a variety of plants. However, such trials in maize have not been reported. We designed primers based on the sequence of maize zea-miR159a precursor and sequence of function protein genes and silencing RBSDV coding genes in RBSDV genome. We constructed amiRNA (artificial miRNA) gene for silencing RBSDV coding gene and gene silencing suppressor. We constructed pCAMBIA3301-121-amiRNA plant expression vector for transforming maize inbred lines Z31 by using agrobacterium mediated method. After molecular analysis of transgenic maize, homozygous lines with high miRNA expression were selected by molecular detection for a subsequent natural infection experiment. We studied the severity of maize rough dwarf disease according to a grading standard (grade 0 to 4). The experiment results showed that the disease resistance of transgenic homozygous maize with the anti-rough dwarf virus amiRNA vector was better than that of wild type. Among the transgenic maize, S6-miR159 transgenic maize had high disease resistance. It is feasible to create new maize variety by the use of artificial miRNA.