病毒诱导的PVX cp转基因沉默及其DNA甲基化

利用PCR方法获得了马铃薯X病毒(PVX)外壳蛋白(CP)基因(cp),并将其构建到植物表达载体中,利用农杆菌介导的叶盘法转化烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.)。Northern杂交及Run on实验表明有3株转基因烟草发生了转录后基因沉默。发生沉默的cp基因的甲基化分析结果表明,发生转录后基因沉默的cp基因发生了不同程度的甲基化,说明DNA甲基化并没有完全抑制cp基因的转录。利用PVX病毒对外壳蛋白正常表达的转基因烟草进行接毒,Northern杂交检测结果表明,病毒诱导cp发生了基因沉默。进一步的Run on结果表明,转基因烟草中cp基因在沉默前后转录速率并没有发生变化,说明病毒诱导的沉默是一种转录后沉默。对cp基因沉默前后的甲基化分析表明,病毒的侵染导致了cp基因甲基化程度的增加。     

The first intron of rice EPSP synthase enhances expression of foreign gene

The first intron (EPI) of rice 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase gene was isolated by PCR from one clone with genomic EPSP synthase gene. Sequence analysis showed that the first intron is 704 bp in length with 36.2% G+C content. To investigate its effect on expression of foreign gene, we inserted the first intron between CaMV35S promoter and β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene. The transient expression results showed that GUS could be expressed effectively with EPI. The GUS activity in transgenic tobacco shows that the EPI can greatly enhance the expression level of β-glucuronidase (P < 0.01) compared with transgenic tobacco without the first intron, and 3-to 6-fold increase in GUS activity in some transgenic tobaccos. Northern blot indicated the first intron was spliced from GUS pre-mRNA, and the steady-state mRNA levels of GUS with EPI in transgenic tobaccos were higher than that in transgenic tobacco without EPI, which suggested that the first intron of EPSP was a non-translated intron.     

豌豆核基质结合区的分离及其在转基因烟草中的功能分析

从豌豆基因组中分离出一段具有核基质结合区(matrix attachment region,MAR)特征的DNA序列,与已知序列相比,获得的序列中部缺失了115bp的重复序列.重复序列上、下游两段序列与已知序列相对应的序列有较高的同源性,并具有A-box,T-box和TATAAA等典型的MAR序列特征.为验证此DNA序列的功能,以β-葡糖醛酸酶(β-glucuronidase,GUS)基因(uidA)作报导基因构建了植物表达载体,通过农杆菌介导转化了烟草.GUS定量检测表明,由于此DNA序列的存在,uidA基因的平均表达水平提高了2倍,最高的单株可达6倍.上述结果表明,该DNA具有MAR序列的特征序列,并且具有增加转基因表达的功能.     

水稻EPSP合酶cDNA克隆、序列分析及其拷贝数测定

根据本室分离的水稻EPSP合酶基因的基因组序列设计一对引物,利用RT-PCR方法首次从水稻(Oryza sativa L. subsp. indica)叶片的RNA中扩增获得了水稻编码EPSP合酶的全长为1 585 bp的cDNA片段,它含有一个完整的开放读码框,编码511个氨基酸,包括444个氨基酸组成的成熟肽序列以及N端的67个氨基酸组成的叶绿体转运肽序列.成熟肽氨基酸序列对比表明,除真菌来源的EPSP合酶变异较大外,其他来源的EPSP合酶同源性较高,均在51%以上.而叶绿体转运肽氨基酸序列同源性较低.Southern杂交表明水稻EPSP合酶基因在水稻基因组中以单拷贝形式存在.RT-PCR分析表明,水稻EPSP合酶基因在根、未成熟种子和叶片中均有转录表达,在叶片中表达量最高.     

烟草tga1a基因的表达对外源基因在植物中表达的影响

烟草DNA结合蛋白TGA1a可特异地作用于CaMV35S增强子的激活序列as-1(-83~-63), 并表现为转录激活功能. 为了研究tga1a基因的表达对外源基因在植物中表达的影响, 将它置于维管束特异性启动子rolC下游, 并与CaMV35S启动子控制的报道基因串联成一种反式调控系统, 构建了植物表达载体, 同时, 以CaMV35S和rolC分别控制的报道基因构建植物表达载体为阳性对照. 通过农杆菌介导方法转化烟草和分子鉴定, 证明报道基因存在于转化烟草基因组中, 分别测定了不同转基因单株的GUS活性, 结果表明: rolC控制下的tga1a的表达显著增强了CaMV35S控制下的报道基因表达, 其GUS活性明显高于CaMV35S或rolC单独调控报道基因的转化植株, 单株的最高GUS活性达到两个阳性对照的10倍以上. 组织化学定位证实该串联系统使GUS蛋白主要集中在维管束组织. 这一研究结果为提高外源基因在转基因植株中的表达水平和外源基因的组织特异性表达创立了一个新模式.     

水稻EPSP合酶cDNA克隆、序列分析及其拷贝数测定

根据本室分离的水稻EPSP合酶基因的基因组序列设计一对引物 ,利用RT_PCR方法首次从水稻 (Oryzasati vaL .subsp .indica)叶片的RNA中扩增获得了水稻编码EPSP合酶的全长为 15 85bp的cDNA片段 ,它含有一个完整的开放读码框 ,编码 5 11个氨基酸 ,包括 44 4个氨基酸组成的成熟肽序列以及N端的 6 7个氨基酸组成的叶绿体转运肽序列。成熟肽氨基酸序列对比表明 ,除真菌来源的EPSP合酶变异较大外 ,其他来源的EPSP合酶同源性较高 ,均在 5 1%以上。而叶绿体转运肽氨基酸序列同源性较低。Southern杂交表明水稻EPSP合酶基因在水稻基因组中以单拷贝形式存在。RT_PCR分析表明 ,水稻EPSP合酶基因在根、未成熟种子和叶片中均有转录表达 ,在叶片中表达量最高     

Cloning of genomic DNA of rice 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase gene and chromosomal localization of the gene

The shikimate pathway enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase (EPSPs) is the target of nonselective herbicide glyphosate. A partial rice epsps cDNA was generated by RT-PCR with primers designed according to EST sequence in GenBank and used as probe for rice genomic library screening. In a screen of approximately 8.0 ×10⁴ clones from the rice genomic library, sixteen positive clones were obtained, which strongly hybridized to the probe. One clone, E11, was selected for further analysis and the full-length 3661 bp rice epsps genomic sequence was obtained. Sequence analysis and homologous comparison revealed that epsps gene is composed of 8 exons and 7 introns. Analysis by restriction fragment length polymorphism with the probe of rice epsps cDNA fragment confirmed that rice epsps is located on chromosome 6 with an indicajaponica (ZYQ8-JX17) double-haploid (DH) population. This is the first report on the EPSP synthase from monocotyledons.     

玉米核基质结合区在烟草中对外源转基因表达水平的影响

为研究核基质结合区(matrix attachment region, MAR)在转基因植物中的功能,将来自玉米基因组的MAR序列构建在植物表达载体T-DNA中, 并将报告基因β-葡糖醛酸酶(β-glucuronidase, GUS)基因(uidA)插入两段MARs序列之间.将此载体与不包含MARs序列的植物表达载体分别转化烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.).GUS活性检测表明,MARs可以显著提高外源基因uidA在转基因烟草中的表达水平,平均表达水平提高2倍,最高单株活性可达10倍.并且转基因植株GUS活性高低与稳定mRNA的量成正比,表明MARs在转录水平提高基因表达.     

Isolation of pea matrix attachment region and study on its function in transgenic tobaccos

A DNA fragment containing consensus sequence of matrix attachment region (MAR) has been isolated from pea genome. Compared with original DNA sequence, one 115 bp-long repeat sequence is deleted in the obtained DNA sequence. DNA fragments located upstream and downstream of repeat DNA sequence respectively share 84% and 93% homology to the corresponding original sequence, and contain A-box or T-box and TATAA sequence, which is characteristics short sequence of MARs. To test the function of the DNA sequence, the plant expression vectors in which β-glucuronidase gene (GUS, uidA) was used as reporter gene were constructed and transferred into tobaccos via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation procedure. Quantitative GUS assay showed that the average level of uidA expression was increased twofold for the presence of MAR, and the highest level of GUS activity of transgenic plants could be increased six times. The results cited above suggest that the isolated DNA sequence contains consensus sequence of MARs and