短短芽孢杆菌JK-2的GFP标记及其抑菌作用

本文采用gfp基因标记枯萎病生防菌短短芽孢杆菌Brevibacillus brevis菌株JK-2。标记菌株菌落圆形,菌体短杆状,与原始菌株相同;荧光显微观察发现菌落和菌体发绿色荧光。标记菌株起始期生长缓慢,进入对数生长期后生长迅速。在无选择压力条件下连续转接15次,GFP标记仅丢失11.7%。gfp标记菌株对不同植物枯萎病菌具有很强的抑菌能力,与野生型菌株相当。     

用gfp基因标记法研究金龟子绿僵菌在玉米根际的定殖动态

利用草胺磷抗性基因bar为筛选标记,将绿色荧光蛋白基因（gfp）转入载体pbarGPE1,得到了组成性表达载体pGPE-GFP,并转入金龟子绿僵菌RCEF3377,获成功表达。用含有gfp基因的金龟子绿僵菌孢子粉配制种衣剂,对玉米种子包衣。于玉米苗期对根际定殖情况进行定期取样观测。结果表明,与非根际土壤相比,在根际土壤中被标记的绿僵菌带菌量不仅最大,而且在播种后10d数量达最大,20～30d内数量即不再显著变动。相比之下,非根际土壤中的带菌量不仅极显著少于根际土壤,且随时间的延长明显降低;在表层土中的带菌量很低,亦随时间的延长显著降低。表明应用该种衣剂剂型,金龟子绿僵菌孢子在玉米根际有较高活力和定殖效果。     

芽孢杆菌绿色荧光蛋白标记及其在小麦体表定殖的初探

 将来自质粒pAD4412的启动子和绿色荧光蛋白基因gfpmut3a插入大肠杆菌-枯草芽孢杆菌穿梭载体pBE2,构建成芽孢杆菌表达载体pGF P4412,用其转化野生型生防芽孢杆菌83-6和A-47等8个菌株,均得到良好的发光表型。质粒稳定性实验表明重组质粒pG FP4412稳定性为92%。借助荧光显微镜对gfp标记的菌株A-47-gfp在小麦体表的定殖进行初步的研究。结果表明:A-47-gfp能够在小麦根际及小麦体表定殖(包括根表和茎叶表面);相对于在茎叶表面定殖的A-47-gf p在根表定殖的菌体与根的结合更为牢固;从根基到根尖A-47-gfp的定殖量有明显的减少趋势。     

绿色荧光蛋白及其在丝状真菌研究中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein, GFP) 来源于海洋生物水母(Aequorea victoria),gfp基因作为报告基因已被广泛地应用于丝状真菌生物学研究中。Gfp基因通过与目标基因融合,可进行真菌的蛋白质及细胞器定位、细胞动力学、突变体致病力检测、生态学行为以及与其他生物互作等研究。     

臂形草内生真菌HND5的GFP标记及其抑菌作用

臂形草Brachiaria brizantha内生真菌HND5及其产生的挥发性气体对多种植物病原真菌均有拮抗作用。本研究通过原生质体转化将绿色荧光蛋白（GFP）表达载体质粒pPKNTG转入HND5菌株中,获得了带绿色荧光且遗传稳定的转化子;PCR鉴定结果表明绿色荧光与外源质粒的插入相关。随机选取7个荧光转化子进行拮抗活性评价,发现其中5个转化子及其产生的挥发性气体对多主棒孢Corynespora cassiicola的拮抗活性与野生型菌株HND5相当。该结果为深入研究HND5菌株内生性及生防作用机理奠定了基础。     

Transient expression of gfp in the obligate biotrophic oomycete Plasmopara halstedii using electroporation and a mechanoperforation method

Studying plant biotrophic oomycetes is difficult, because they depend on living plant cells for nutrition, which necessitates investigations in planta . Internal optical labelling is a powerful tool for analysing intra- and interspecific interactions. Different approaches are described for establishing a gfp -transformation system for Plasmopara halstedii , the causal agent of sunflower downy mildew. A vector containing gfp and the oomycete-specific ham34 regulators from Bremia lactucae was constructed for transformation experiments. Particle bombardment of infected sunflower cotyledons during different developmental stages of the pathogen did not result in successful transformation. In contrast, transient gfp expression in sporangia was achieved using electroporation. However, gfp expression was lost during the subsequent round of infection. A novel transformation method for biotrophic organisms in planta employing mechanoperforation – so-called Löchern–resulted in sporangiophores of P. halstedii transiently expressing gfp and emerging distant from the site of transformation. The new technique is advantageous compared with others as the transformed hyphae can recover during their vegetative growth, before reproductive structures occur. This first step lays an important foundation for further investigations of obligate biotrophic organisms.     

利用绿色荧光蛋白GFP研究稻瘟病菌与水稻的互作

稻瘟病菌Magnaporthe oryzae严重威胁水稻的产量与质量,明确稻瘟病菌与水稻互作过程及机理,对防治稻瘟病具有重要意义。本研究利用稻瘟病菌常用致病菌株GUY11和ZB25,构建了绿色荧光蛋白GFP的过量表达菌株,并通过荧光显微观察菌株侵染寄主水稻过程中侵染结构的形成与发育,包括孢子萌发、附着胞形成、侵染钉形成、侵染菌丝增殖、坏死斑形成及产孢。另外,通过比较过量表达菌株对稻瘟病高抗水稻和易感水稻的侵染过程,发现侵染过程的差异主要集中于侵染钉的穿透和侵染菌丝的定殖。本研究为分析稻瘟病菌对寄主水稻的定殖规律提供了一种有效工具。     

Assessment of blast disease resistance in transgenic PRms rice using a gfp-expressing Magnaporthe oryzae strain

Rice blast caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (anamorph Pyricularia grisea ) is one of the most devastating diseases of cultivated rice worldwide. In this study, a green fluorescent protein ( gfp )-expressing M. oryzae strain was generated and used to investigate the infection process in a commercial rice cultivar. Expression of the gfp gene did not affect the pathogenicity of the M. oryzae transformants. Confocal microscopy allowed in vivo imaging of this pathogen during infection of rice tissues. Magnaporthe oryzae pathogenicity was examined on both leaf and root tissues. In roots of wild-type plants, the fungus penetrated into epidermal and cortical cells, and colonized the central cylinder and xylem vessels. However, the dimorphic growth pattern typically observed during the biotrophic and necrotrophic stages of leaf colonization was not observed during colonization of root tissues. Furthermore, events occurring during infection of rice plants constitutively expressing the maize pathogenesis-related PRms gene were characterized and compared with those occurring during the interaction of this pathogen with untransformed rice plants. Fungal penetration was drastically reduced and delayed in tissues of PRms plants compared to untransformed plants. These results indicated that the gfp -expressing M. oryzae represents a strategic tool for the assessment of blast disease resistance in transgenic rice which can be also applied to the analysis of the M. oryzae interaction with other cultivars or mutants of important crop species.     

核盘菌一分支酸变位酶同源效应蛋白的亚细胞定位

前期研究表明核盘菌Sclerotinia sclerotiorum产生的一种分支酸变位酶同源效应蛋白能够提高其致病能力。为了进一步研究该效应蛋白在核盘菌致病过程中的作用机制,我们通过构建GFP融合蛋白对其分泌行为和亚细胞定位开展了研究。首先通过PCR技术扩增了该基因的启动区+信号肽(SP)+叶绿体定位肽(CTP)的DNA序列,构建GFP融合载体,然后借助REMI技术转化核盘菌原生质体,筛选GFP能够表达的转化子,最后接种转化子菌丝于烟草叶片,激光共聚焦检测GFP荧光信号,发现GFP荧光与叶绿体自体荧光共定位,表明该效应蛋白可分泌进入寄主叶绿体内发挥作用。     

Green Fluorescent Detection of Fungal Colonization and Endopolygalacturonase Gene Expression in the Interaction of Alternaria citri with Citrus

ABSTRACT Alternaria citri, a postharvest pathogen, produces endopolygalacturonase (endoPG) and causes black rot on citrus fruit. We previously described that an endoPG-disrupted mutant of Alternaria citri was significantly reduced in its ability to macerate plant tissue and cause black rot symptoms on citrus. In order to investigate colonization of citrus fruit tissues by Alternaria citri, pTEFEGFP carrying a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene was introduced into wild-type Alternaria citri and its endoPG-disrupted mutant (M60). Green fluorescence was observed in spores, germ tubes, appressoria, and infection hyphae of transformants G1 (derived from wild type) and GM4 (derived from M60). Hyphae of G1 but not GM4 vertically penetrated the peel, but the hyphae of both G1 and GM4 spread equally in the juice sac area of citrus fruit. Green fluorescence of Alternaria citri transformant EPG7 carrying a GFP gene under control of the endoPG gene promoter of Alternaria citri was induced by pectin in the peel during the infection stage, but repressed completely in the juice sac area, likely by carbon catabolite repression by sugars in the juice.     

绿色荧光蛋白基因标记棉花黄萎病菌

以携带有潮霉素抗性筛选标记的pCTHyg载体为骨架,构建了含有增强型绿色荧光蛋白基因sGFP的载体pCH-sGFP,并通过农杆菌介导的遗传转化法导入引起棉花黄萎病的高致病力大丽轮枝菌Vd991,获得了sGFP整合到大丽轮枝菌基因组的转化株。通过转化子荧光信号、生长表型和致病力筛选鉴定,获得了1株与Vd991生长和致病力无显著差异且荧光信号强烈的转化株Vd gfp77。侵染棉花根部试验表明,Vd-gfp77侵染棉花后快速扩展繁殖,子代仍然能发出强烈的荧光信号。本试验绿色荧光蛋白标记大丽轮枝菌的成功构建,为后续大丽轮枝菌侵染棉花过程的组织学和致病机理研究提供了良好的研究材料。     

Characterization of Macrophomina phaseolina, the charcoal rot pathogen of cluster bean, using conventional techniques and PCR-based molecular markers

Phenotypic and genetic diversity of 59 Macrophomina phaseolina isolates collected from various host species growing in or near cluster bean ( Cyamopsis tetragonoloba ) fields in four states of north and north-west India were characterized using RAPD and PCR–RFLPs of the ITS region. These isolates, and 11 from various hosts from culture collections, were classified into three mycelial phenotypes: dense, feathery and restricted, based on variable growth patterns on nutrient agar containing 120 m m chlorate. Pathogenicity of isolates was evaluated by measuring the length of stem lesions 21 days post-inoculation on the susceptible cluster bean genotype FS 277. Isolates showed considerable variation in aggressiveness, with the isolates from cluster bean with dense chlorate phenotype producing relatively higher lesion lengths on cluster bean plants. The results of the RAPD assay clearly distinguished the isolates on the basis of chlorate phenotype and host origin. Isolates from a single host were generally similar to each other, but differed distinctly from those from other hosts. Chlorate-sensitive isolates were distinct from chlorate-resistant isolates within a given host. A high degree of polymorphism in restriction patterns of the ITS region, including part of 25S rDNA, has been reported for the first time in the charcoal rot fungus.     

辣椒胶孢炭疽菌遗传转化体系的建立

由辣椒胶孢炭疽菌Colletotrichum gloeosporioides导致的辣椒炭疽病是辣椒生产上最为严重的真菌病害之一。本文以辣椒胶孢炭疽菌CSLL11为供试菌株,采用PEG-CaCl_2介导的原生质体转化法,将含有潮霉素B抗性基因和eGFP表达基因的DNA片段成功转入辣椒胶孢炭疽菌的原生质体中,获得了稳定表达绿色荧光的转化子,从而成功建立了辣椒胶孢炭疽菌的遗传转化体系。试验结果表明,可有效筛选阳性转化子的潮霉素B浓度为500 mg/L;PCR及Southern blot结果显示,eGFP表达基因已单拷贝整合至辣椒胶孢炭疽菌转化子的基因组中;使用荧光显微镜观察第一代及继代培养后的转化子,菌丝与分生孢子均表现出强烈的绿色荧光信号,说明GFP能在转化子中稳定遗传;将转化子与野生型菌株相比,菌落形态、生长速率及致病力水平无明显差异。本研究建立了辣椒胶孢炭疽菌遗传转化体系并获得了稳定表达绿色荧光蛋白的转化子,对辣椒炭疽菌与寄主互作的研究及病害防治具有重要意义。     

绿色荧光蛋白在植物病理学研究中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白（green fluorescent protein, GFP）是生命科学研究中的一种重要报告基因,本文在论述GFP的发现、结构和发光原理的基础上,从抗病基因的亚细胞定位、启动子活性分析、病原菌 植物互作研究和基因表达分析等方面讨论GFP在植物病理学研究中的应用。     

球毛壳ND35菌株在宿主植物上的侵染定殖

为了解球毛壳Chaetomium globosum ND35菌株在宿主植物上的侵染定殖方式和途径,以毛白杨组培苗为宿主植物,借助光学显微镜、扫描电镜、透射电镜,结合免疫荧光标记技术,研究了球毛壳ND35菌株子囊孢子萌发后在毛白杨上的侵染行为及其菌丝在组培苗根部的定殖。结果显示,子囊孢子萌发后形成的菌丝,能从杨树苗根、茎部表面细胞间的缝隙侵入或在根表面形成附着胞,进而形成侵染钉直接从表皮细胞侵入,在叶部主要从气孔侵入叶片内部。侵入根部的菌丝主要定殖于表皮细胞、外皮层细胞和细胞间隙,未进入内皮层和维管束组织。     

草莓胶孢炭疽菌CFEM候选效应子的生物信息学鉴定及其侵染过程中的转录分析

病原真菌通常分泌效应子到寄主组织中调控寄主的生理过程,从而有利于其侵染。CFEM(common in several fungal extracellular membrane)蛋白是真菌所独有的,且与致病性密切相关。本研究利用Pfam数据库对草莓胶孢炭疽菌全基因组进行搜索,鉴定获得22个CFEM蛋白。对CFEM蛋白的信号肽、跨膜结构域和亚细胞定位进行分析,结果表明仅有8个CFEM蛋白为分泌蛋白。对CFEM分泌蛋白在不同侵染阶段的转录情况进行转录组学及RT-PCR分析,结果显示8个CFEM蛋白在侵染后不同时期均有表达。其中,1个CFEM分泌蛋白于附着胞形成期特异表达,2个于活体寄生阶段特异表达,2个于死体寄生阶段特异表达。综合上述分析结果,预测这8个分泌蛋白可能为草莓胶孢炭疽菌的效应子。本研究为深入解析植物病原真菌CFEM效应子提供了理论依据。     

A green fluorescent protein-based screening method for identification of resistance in anthurium to systemic infection by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae

Resistance of cultivars of Anthurium andraeanum to systemic infection by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae , the causal organism of bacterial blight disease of anthurium, was investigated using a bioengineered bacterial strain containing p519ngfp plasmid. Successful infection establishment in anthurium was found to be cultivar and inoculum density dependent, but independent of plant age. Injection of cut petioles (stage-2 leaf) with 100  µ L inoculum (10⁹ CFU mL⁻¹) resulted in 100% infection establishment in susceptible cultivars on a repeatable basis, and differentiated between various levels of observed field resistance. Time to death (weeks) and proportion of dead plants best differentiated between levels of resistance and cultivars were placed in four groups based on these criteria. The susceptible group (32 cultivars) rapidly declined within 6–12 weeks of inoculation (WAI) and resulted in 100% plant death; the moderately resistant group (10 cultivars) declined within 12 WAI, but resulted in less than 100% plant death; the resistant category had less than 100% plant death with a slow decline taking over 20 weeks; and the highly resistant category (15 cultivars) showed 0% infection. The correlation coefficient between green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fluorescence and eventual death of plants was 0·90, indicating that the final death of individual plants can be reasonably well predicted based on GFP-fluorescence data at 5 WAI. Hence GFP data at 5 WAI can be used for early detection of latently infected plants and may assist screening for resistance in segregating populations of anthurium.     

Infection and colonization of strawberry by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Gnomonia fragariae</Emphasis> strain expressing green fluorescent protein

Gnomonia fragariae is a poorly studied ascomycete, which was recently demonstrated to be a cause of severe root rot and petiole blight of strawberry. The pathogen was genetically transformed with the GFP as a vital marker and hygromycin resistance gene. Several stable transformants were obtained, which did not differ in their phenotype from the wild type isolate. Using one of the GFP-tagged isolates the infection process and colonization of roots and petioles of host plant by the pathogen were studied. Fluorescence microscopy examinations of the inoculated plants at different time points showed that plant infection occurs 24 h after inoculation and intensively continues during first 3 days. The specific penetration sites on epidermal cells and preferences in colonization for certain root and petiole tissues were observed. The pathogen intensively colonized and destroyed cortex of roots and petioles and spread rapidly longitudinally within intercellular spaces. The petioles were colonized by the hyphae, which grew mostly in the intracellular spaces of the cortical cells while in the roots the intracellular growth of hyphae occurred only in the later stages of infection. The fungus was also capable to infect the vascular tissues of petioles although these were not the primary tissues colonized by the pathogen. The mature ascomata were formed on the infected petiole bases several weeks after the inoculation. This study presents a genetic transformation method for Gnomonia fragariae and it demonstrates details on infection process and colonization of root, crown and petiole tissues of strawberry by the pathogen.     

A PAL1 Gene Promoter–Green Fluorescent Protein Reporter System to Analyse Defence Responses in Live Cells of Arabidopsis thaliana

Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia-0 was transformed with a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene under control of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) promoter. PAL is a key enzyme of the phenylpropanoid pathway and is induced to high levels during plant stress. Constitutive expression of PAL1 promoter-controlled GFP occurred in vascular tissues within stems, leaves and roots and in developing flowers. PAL1 promoter–GFP expression was examined in leaves of transgenic plants subjected to an abiotic elicitor, mechanical wounding or to inoculation with the pathogens Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato or Peronospora parasitica. Wounding of leaves and treatment with an abiotic elicitor and compatible interactions produced low to moderate levels of GFP. However, in incompatible interactions there were high levels of GFP produced. In incompatible interactions, the intensity of GFP fluorescence was similar to that produced in transgenic plants expressing GFP driven by the CaMV promoter. The bright green fluorescence produced in live cells and tissues was readily visualised using conventional fluorescence microscopy and was quantified using spectroflourometry. This is the first report of the use of GFP as a reporter of defence gene activation against pathogens. It has several advantages over other reporter genes including real time analysis of gene expression and visualisation of defence gene activation in a non-invasive manner.     

莲腐败病菌遗传转化体系的构建

由共享镰刀菌Fusarium commune引起的莲腐败病是我国莲生产上的主要病害之一。本研究以强致病力菌株FCN23为供试菌株,通过PEG介导的遗传转化法研究了菌龄、酶解时间和渗透压稳定剂等对原生质体制备的影响。结果表明,分生孢子在YPD液体培养基培养24 h获得新鲜菌丝,在酶解时间为2.5 h,渗透压稳定剂为0.7 mol/L NaCl溶液时原生质体制备效率最高。进而将遗传霉素的抗性基因和绿色荧光蛋白基因转入莲腐败病菌原生质体中,获得了稳定表达的转化子,能够稳定遗传gfp基因,说明莲腐败病菌的遗传转化体系构建成功。该体系的建立为莲腐败病菌的侵染过程及基因功能研究奠定了基础。