Sugar-Dependent Gibberellin-Induced Chalcone Synthase Gene Expression in Petunia Corollas

The induction of anthocyanin synthesis and anthocyanin biosynthetic gene expression in detached petunia (Petunia hybrida) corollas by gibberellic acid (GA3) requires sucrose. Neither sucrose nor GA3 alone can induce these processes. We found that GA3 enhances sucrose uptake by 20 to 30%, and we tested whether this is the mechanism by which the hormone induces gene expression. Changing the intracellular level of sucrose with the inhibitors p-chloromercuribenzenesulfonic acid and vanadate did not inhibit the induction of chalcone synthase gene (chs) expression by GA3. Growing detached corollas in various sucrose concentrations did not affect the induction of the gene but did affect its level of expression and the level of anthocyanin accumulated. Only metabolic sugars promoted GA3-induced anthocyanin accumulation. Mannitol and sorbitol had no effect and 3-O-methylglucose only slightly promoted chs expression and anthocyanin accumulation. Our results do not support the suggestion that sugars act as specific signals in the activation of anthocyanin biosynthetic gene expression during petunia corolla development. We suggest that sugars are essential as general sources of carbohydrates for carbon metabolism, upon which the induction of pigmentation is dependent.     

蓝光和蔗糖对拟南芥花色素苷积累和CHS基因表达的影响

以在20μmol m^-2s^-1白光下生长13d的拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana,Landsbcrg生态型)幼苗为材料,采用测定叶片花色素苷含量和Northern blot方法,研究蓝光与蔗糖在诱导植物花色素苷积累及相关基因表达中的作用。结果表明：蓝光处理后,叶片花色素苷积累随光强和照光时间的延长而增加,突变体hy4叶片的花色素苷含量明显低于野生型(WT),说明隐花色素1(cry1)是蓝光诱导花色素苷积累的主要光受体：WT中苯基苯乙烯酮合酶基因(CHS)的表达受蓝光诱导,处理4h即有表达,8h达到最高,之后逐渐下降;蓝光不能诱导突变体hy4中CHS基因的表达,说明cry1介导蓝光诱导CHS基因的表达。培养基中不含蔗糖,削弱了蓝光诱导的拟南芥叶片花色素苷的积累,CHS基因表达也受到抑制。蔗糖不仅作为碳源参与蓝光诱导的花色素苷积累,还可能作为信号分子参与蓝光诱导的CHS表达。     

银杏查尔酮合成酶基因表达的时间进程

查尔酮合成酶是银杏叶黄酮合成途径中的第一个关键酶。利用RACE技术克隆到银杏的一个查尔酮合成酶基因,命名为GbCHS2,其cDNA全长1608bp,包括长1173bp的读码框,编码391个氨基酸。GbCHS2蛋白与已从银杏克隆到的GbCHS1蛋白具有很高的同源性,并包含其所有相同的活性位点。用半定量RT-PCR方法研究了银杏叶生长过程中chs基因的转录水平的变化,并对CHS活性变化和黄酮含量的变化曲线进行了线性回归分析。结果显示,在整个银杏叶生长过程中,CHS活性与黄酮含量呈极显著线性相关,表明CHS是银杏叶黄酮合成途径中的一个关键限速酶;chs基因的转录水平的变化与黄酮的积累是同步的,chs基因的这种表达模式表明chs基因的转录水平可能决定了银杏叶黄酮的积累。     

百合查尔酮合成酶基因克隆及其转化烟草的花色表达分析

以‘西伯利亚’百合为试材,利用PCR技术克隆了查尔酮合成酶基因(CHS),构建了CHS基因的正义和反义植物表达载体,采用农杆菌介导法转化烟草叶盘,获得了转正义CHS基因的本明烟草18株,转反义CHS基因的普通烟草21株,总转化率为26.0%。高效液相色谱法(HPLC)检测结果显示,正义CHS转基因的本明烟草类黄酮含量升高14.0%～59.7%,反义CHS转基因的普通烟草类黄酮含量降低44.5%～76.4%。花色观察结果显示,正义转基因烟草的花瓣颜色未见变化,反义转基因烟草部分植株的花瓣颜色变浅。研究表明,CHS基因遗传转化是进行花色调控的有效手段之一。     

小桐子低温诱导查耳酮合酶基因的克隆及其表达分析

为了解查耳酮合酶在小桐子(Jatropha curcas)抗冷性形成中的作用, 基于小桐子低温锻炼转录组和数字基因表达谱数据, 克隆了低温新诱导表达的小桐子查耳酮合酶基因(JcCHS), 并分析了该基因的表达特性和功能。结果表明, JcCHS 基因的cDNA全长为1386 bp, 包含完整开放阅读框(ORF) 1170 bp, 编码389个氨基酸, JcCHS的理论分子量为42.2 kDa、等电点为6.53, 与蓖麻CHS 蛋白序列的相似性高达93.6%, 具有III 型聚酮合酶家族保守的查耳酮合酶/ 对苯乙烯合酶结构域。半定量RTPCR分析表明, JcCHS 在小桐子各组织中都有表达, 其中根的表达量较高。JcCHS 基因的表达能在一定程度上提高重组酵母菌的低温抵抗能力, 这说明JcCHS 基因可能参与了小桐子的抗低温响应。     

水蕨(Ceratopteris thalictroides)查尔酮合成酶基因的克隆和表达

查尔酮合酶(chalcone synthase, CHS)是植物类黄酮化合物合成的关键酶,有关蕨类植物CHS基因的序列及功能信息尚不完善。本研究采用快速扩增cDNA末端(RACE)技术克隆获得了模式蕨类植物——水蕨(Ceratopteris thalictroides)CtCHS基因(GenBank登录号:JX027616.1),其cDNA序列全长为1616 bp,具有3个外显子和2个内含子,开放阅读框(ORF)为1215 bp,编码404个氨基酸。进化树分析表明,CtCHS与问荆(Equisetum arvense)、松叶蕨(Psilotum nudum)和3种薄囊蕨的查尔酮合成酶基因聚为一枝,说明这些蕨类植物亲缘关系较近且为单系起源。通过构建原核表达体系成功获得CtCHS蛋白的多克隆抗体并用于免疫印迹分析,结果表明CtCHS基因的表达明显受紫外光(UV)诱导。CtCHS基因的克隆与表达分析为进一步研究水蕨类黄酮化合物的合成及其调控机制提供了依据。     

非洲菊查尔酮合酶基因的克隆、序列分析及在大肠杆菌中的表达

利用RT-PCR方法,从非洲菊(Gerbera hybrida)花瓣的CDNA中克隆到了查尔酮合酶(Chalcone Synthase,CHS)基因CHS,进行了序列分析。结果表明,克隆到的CHS基因全长为1197bps,编码一个由398个氨基酸残基组成的多肽,与Helariutta等发表的非洲菊查尔酮合酶CHSI基因的CDNA序列的CHS基因同源性高达99％。进一步将该基因克隆到表达载体pET32a上,经IPTG诱导表达,得到高效表达的融合蛋白。     

查尔酮合酶基因的克隆、全序列分析及在大肠杆菌中的高效表达

类黄酮是植物中的一种重要的次级代谢产物,它与植物的花色形成有关。查尔酮合酶是类黄酮合成途径中的一个关键酶,在植物体内,ＣＨＳ表达量的增加或减少都可能改变花的。从矮牵牛花瓣的ｃＤＮＡ中克隆到了ＣＨＳ－Ａ基因,进行了全序列分析,并与国外已报道的ＣＨＳ－Ａ－序列进行了同源性比较。     

Chalcone Synthase Promoters in Petunia Are Active in Pigmented and Unpigmented Cell Types

Chalcone synthase (CHS) catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of flavonoids that function in flower pigmentation, protection against stress, and induction of nodulation. The petunia genome contains eight complete chs genes, of which four are differentially expressed in floral tissues and UV-light-induced seedlings. The 5[prime]-flanking regions of these four chs genes were fused to the [beta]-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene and introduced into petunia plants by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. We show that expression of each construct is identical to the expression of the authentic chs gene, implying that the differences in expression pattern between these chs genes are caused at least in part by their promoters. Histochemical analyses of GUS expression show that chs promoters are not only active in pigmented cell types (epidermal cells of the flower corolla and tube and [sub] epidermal cells of the flower stem) but also in a number of unpigmented cell types (mesophylic cells of the corolla, several cell types in the ovary and the seed coat). Comparison of chs-GUS expression and flavonoid accumulation patterns in anthers suggests that intercellular transport of flavonoids and enzymes occurs in this organ. Analysis of the flavonoids accumulated in tissues from mutant lines shows that only a subset of the genes that control flavonoid biosynthesis in the flower operates in the ovary and seed. This implies that (genetic) control of flavonoid biosynthesis is highly tissue specific.     

Tissue-Dependent Expression of the Rice wx+ Gene Promoter in Transgenic Rice and Petunia

The waxy (wx) locus, which controls the amylose synthesis, isknown to be expressed specifically in the endosperm and pollen.To study the tissue-specific regulation of the wx⁺ gene, weintroduced a fusion gene that consisted of the upstream sequenceof the wx⁺ gene and the gene for rß-glucuronidase(GUS) into cells of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and petunia (Petuniahybrida L.). GUS activity was examined in the regenerated transgenicrice and petunia plants. In transgenic rice, the upstream sequenceof the wx⁺ gene was sufficient to direct the tissue-specificexpression of GUS in the endosperm and pollen, and the controlof expression was quantitative. By contrast, in transgenic petunia,the same fusion gene was expressed in pollen but not in theendosperm. These results suggest that the putative cis-actingelements that direct pollen-specific expression are common toor similar in both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants,whereas ciy-elements responsible for the endosperm-specificexpression of the rice wx⁺ gene do not function in petunia,in which development of the endosperm differs from that in rice. ⁴Present address: Division of Biological Sciences, GraduateSchool of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060Japan     

甘露碱合成酶基因启动子调控的萤光素酶基因在转化烟草中的表达

利用我们自己分离的甘露碱含成酶基因启动子与萤光素酶结构基因、胭脂碱合成酶基因’3末端结构相拼构成一融合基因,并在带有此融合基因的中间载体PBZ7610插入Ti质粒T区的tmr基因,构成中间载体pBZ7621。利用改建的Ti质粒载体PGV3850,将萤光素酶融合基因引入了烟草植株,结果表明,萤光素酶融合基因在转化烟草中能表达。中间载体pBZ7610还带有PstⅠ,HindⅢ,XbaⅠ等多个单一的酶切位点,外源基因极易插入。利用中间载体pBZ7621,还可研究启动子在高等植物不同发育阶段中的功能特征。     

植物查尔酮合成酶超基因家族的分子进化

查尔酮合成酶(CHS)超基因家族又称为植物类型III聚酮合酶超基因家族, 其编码酶通过催化和合成一系列结构多样及生理活性各异的次生代谢物, 在植物生长发育和适应环境的过程中扮演着重要角色。为全面了解CHS超基因家族在植物中的进化规律, 重建其进化历史, 该研究利用14种具有全基因组数据的代表植物, 通过生物信息学手段, 深入挖掘和分析了不同植物类群基因组中查尔酮合成酶超基因家族的成员构成, 推测了其可能的扩增机制和功能分歧, 并探讨了该超基因家族在植物中的总体进化趋势。结果共识别144条具有表达信息的同源序列, 它们全部来自9种陆生植物的基因组, 藻类植物基因组中没有发现相关序列。系统发育和进化分析表明, CHS超基因家族的起源古老, 它们可能为适应复杂的生态环境而出现在早期的陆生植物中, 之后在长期的进化过程中不断发生谱系的特异扩张和拷贝丢失, 最后通过功能分歧的形式在不同植物类群中被分别固定。此外, 进化检验也显示, 尽管CHS超基因家族内部发生了多样的遗传改变, 但整个超基因家族仍处于强烈的纯化选择之下, 并且个体基因中也无任何单氨基酸位点受到正向选择的影响。     

长喙田菁植物螯合肽合成酶基因在烟草中的表达

以pHANNIBAL及pART27为基础,构建了CaMV35S启动子驱动的长喙田菁(Sesbania rostrata)植物螯合肽合成酶SrPCS1基因植物超量表达载体pAM22,采用电击转化方法将pAM22导入根癌农杆菌EHA105,并用该菌株对烟草进行了转化,通过抗生素筛选、PCR及Northern-blotting检测了目的基因的表达水平,并用ClustalW对SrPCS1进行了进化分析.结果表明:SrPCS1编码233个氨基酸与豆科植物PCSs的同源性较高;得到27株抗性植株,23株PCR阳性植株,Northern-blotting证明得到了超量表达该基因的烟草14株,但基因的表达水平不同.     

金花茶查尔酮合成酶基因全长克隆与序列分析

利用RT-PCR和RACE方法,从我国珍稀植物金花茶(Camellia nitidissima)花瓣中获得了查尔酮合成酶(chalcone synthase,CHS)基因的cDNA全长,命名为Cn-CHS,GenBank登录号HQ269804.碱基序列分析表明,Cn-CHS全长1 454bp,包含77 bp的5'非翻译区、207 bp的3'非翻译区和一个长为1 170 bp编码389个氨基酸的开放阅读框.氨基酸序列分析显示该基因编码的蛋白具有CHS家族保守存在的所有功能活性位点和特征性多肽序列.氨基酸序列比对分析表明,CnCHS与蔷薇科、杜鹃花科、茄科等植物的CHS相似性都在92%以上;与山茶科山茶属物种山茶(C.japonica)CHS完全一致;与茶(C.sinensis)CHS相似性达99%,有5个氨基酸位点存在差异,其中包括一个功能性位点.     

百合查尔酮合成酶基因的克隆与分析

以西伯利亚百合为试材,通过半巢式PCR和RT-PCR技术分别克隆了查尔酮合成酶基因(CHS)的DNA和cDNA.生物信息学分析显示,CHS的DNA序列全长1 397 bp(登录号HM622754),包含2个外显子和1个内含子;cDNA序列编码区全长1 182 bp(登录号HQ161731),编码393个氨基酸,具有3个典型的CHS蛋白结构域:N-末端结构域(Lys3-Pro229)、C-末端结构域(Gln239-Pro389)和聚合酶Ⅲ结构域(Met1-Thr391);不同百合品种的CHS基因编码的氨基酸序列相似性高达98%,表明百合CHS基因在进化上呈现出十分保守的趋势;不同植物CHS基因序列的系统进化邻接树结果表明:百合与单子叶植物鸢尾及禾本科的水稻、大麦、玉米等亲缘关系更为接近.     

Regulated Expression of a Gene-Fusion Product Derived from the Gene for Phytochrome I from Pisum sativum and the uidA Gene from E. coli in Transgenic Petunia hybrida

The 5'-upstream region (2.4 kb) of the gene for phytochromeI from Pisum sativum (phyl) was fused to the uidA gene fromEscherichia coli that encodes ß-glucuronidase (GUS).The resulting PHY-GUS fusion was introduced into Petunia hybridaand was used as a reporter of the expression of the phyI genewhich was recognized by GUS activity. The PHY-GUS fusion wasexpressed at a relatively high level when transgenic plantswere grown in the dark, while leaves and stems of light-grownplants showed background activity. Flowers of light-grown plantswere shown to have significant levels of GUS activity but rootsdid not have such activity. When light-grown transgenic plantswere transferred to the dark, they expressed the activity atlevels that corresponded to those of dark-grown plants. Lighttreatment prior to growth in darkness revealed red/far-red reversibilityof recovery of the activity. Thus, the 2.4-kb fragment fromthe 5' region of the phyI gene carries the information necessaryfor the light-repressible autoregulation. (Received March 30, 1991; Accepted May 20, 1991)