Abstract: | Tobacco(Nicotiana tabacum) suspension cells were transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strin LBA 4404 containing pBI 121(Jeferson,1987)and pAL 4404, and kanamycin ─resistant(KmR) calli were produced on solid selective medium containing 250~300mg/L of kanamycin(Km) and 500~600/L of carbenicillin(Cb). A stable transgenic tobacco cell line was obtained after six months'subculture of the KmR tobacco calli on the selective medium containing Km and Cb. β─Glucuronidase(GUS) activities were detected histochemically in transgenit tobacco plants regenerated and in regenerating calli from the transgenic tobacco cell line. Carrot (Daucus carota) callus cells were co─cultured interfamilially with the stable transgenic tobacco cell line, treated with activated k+ hypotonic solution, and selected on the solid medium containing 200mg/L of Km,and KmR carrot cell lines were obtained. Some of the carrot plants regenerated from the KmR carrot cell lines were kanamycin resistant, and some exhibited GUS activity.These results indicate that the GUS reporter gene can be transferred interfamilially through intercellular channel (cytomictic channel) from transgenic tobacco cells to carrot cells via interfamilial plant cell co─culture and expressed in the carrot cells, and the method of cell co ─ culture in combination with activated hypotonic treatement developed here might be a useful approach to transfer or introduce genes from a species of line to another. In addition, it was found that the incompatibility between cells from different parents could be improved via cell co─culture, so the method presented here may be used to study plant cell recognition,plant cell compatibility, and improvement in incompatibility. |