基于RNA干扰原理抗病毒转基因作物的应用及安全性

基因沉默是广泛存在于各种生物中的一种古老现象,是生物抵抗外来入侵者的保护机制。RNA干扰（RNA interference,RNAi）则是近年来发现的一种重要基因沉默现象。此策略已在植物抗病毒育种等研究中应用,如对水稻、大麦、大豆、玉米、马铃薯、番茄、辣椒、木瓜、南瓜、李、烟草等的抗病毒研究。在转基因抗病毒展现出诱人的前景时,对转基因抗病毒植物释放的安全性问题的关注也越来越多。本文介绍了RNAi的作用机制,在转基因抗病毒育种中的应用,并探讨了以RNAi为基础的转基因抗病毒作物的食用安全性和环境安全性等问题。     

瞬时表达靶向TMV外壳蛋白基因的siRNA能干扰病毒侵染

 RNA干扰(RNA interference,RNAi)是与内源性mRNA编码区某段序列同源的双链RNA导入细胞后,该mRNA发生特异性降解,从而导致该基因表达沉默的现象。小干扰RNA(small interfering RNA,siRNA)作为RNAi途径的重要中介,已被广泛应用于动、植物抗病毒治疗研究。本文以烟草花叶病毒(Tobacco mosaic virus,TMV)外壳蛋白基因为靶位,设计合成表达小干扰RNA的寡核苷酸,亚克隆到植物双元表达载体pBI121中,直接转化根癌农杆菌。通过根癌农杆菌介导的瞬时表达法,研究了同源于TMV外壳蛋白的siRNA对TMV侵染的干扰作用。结果表明,瞬时表达的siRNA能够特异性干扰TMV侵染。含有重组表达载体pBI121/siRNA的根癌农杆菌渗入普通烟植株,在TMV接种后14d其上部叶片没有表现典型的花叶症状。对这些叶片进行Northern杂交试验也没有检测到TMV病毒的RNA积累或仅有很少量的积累。在枯斑寄主心叶烟上,siRNA的瞬时表达可使TMV侵染后的枯斑数明显减少,甚至不产生枯斑。此外,同源于TMV外壳蛋白的siRNA瞬时表达对非同源的黄瓜花叶病毒(Cucumber mosaic virus,CMV)没有抑制作用,表明siRNA的干扰作用具有高度的同源依赖性。     

基于RNA干扰的生物农药的发展现状与展望

RNA干扰又称转录后基因沉默,是一种能有效沉默或抑制目标基因表达的新兴基因工程技术。基于RNA干扰的生物农药被认为是未来植保领域的颠覆性技术,将极大改变人类防治农业病、虫、草等有害生物的思路和策略。本文我们简单回顾了RNA干扰的基本作用机制和发展历程,全面总结了RNAi生物农药的研究水平和应用现状,深入分析了RNAi生物农药发展面临的机遇和挑战,以及未来的发展前景。以期为我国RNAi生物农药的研发提供参考。     

RNAi在农业病虫害防控中的应用研究进展

RNAi (RNA干扰) 是指由诱导分子siRNA (小干扰 RNA)、miRNA (微小RNA)或piRNA (P 转座子诱导互作 RNA) 特异性降解或者抑制同源mRNA,引起靶标基因沉默的现象。RNAi技术具有操作简便、特异性和选择性强等显著特点,是目前农业生命科学领域最有可能应用于病虫害防控的新技术之一。本文通过综述近年来RNAi在农业病虫害防控领域应用的最新研究成果,并对RNAi技术在新靶标基因筛选、高效dsRNA载体开发、与传统农药相结合以及拓宽应用范围等诸多方面的发展前景进行了展望,同时还针对RNAi干扰效率、稳定性、成本控制、抗性发展及抗性治理等方面所面临的挑战进行了深入探讨,提出了合理建议。基于RNAi技术的病虫害防控策略将继续焕发新的活力,为综合防控提供新理念。     

RNAi基因沉默技术及其在植物抗病性改良中应用的策略

RNAi (RNA interference) 是一种由dsRNA参与、对靶基因表达进行干扰或沉默的现象。由此发展起来的RNAi基因沉默技术已成为当今植物基因功能研究和遗传改良的一个重要手段。该技术已经在靶向病原物(真菌、细菌、病毒和线虫)基因沉默方面得到了广泛的应用,并且产生了一批抗病性增强的转基因植物。人工设计和合成的amiRNAs和ata siRNAs的成功研发加快了RNAi技术的应用。本文对RNAi基因沉默机制、RNAi技术研发进展及其在植物抗病性遗传改良中的应用进行综述,并对其应用策略进行探讨。     

橘小实蝇RNAi效应的持效期研究

喂食橘小实蝇磷脂酶A2(PLA2)基因以及生殖相关基因的同源ds RNA,利用Realtime PCR技术检测靶基因的表达水平,检测了靶基因沉默效应在橘小实蝇中的持续时间。结果表明,通过喂食两个基因的ds RNA均成功沉默靶标基因表达,持效期3d~4d,为利用RNAi防治果实蝇属害虫提供了理论基础。     

RNAi技术在农业害虫防治中的应用研究进展

RNA干扰(RNA interference,RNAi)是指由内源或外源的双链RNA(double-stranded RNA,dsRNA)引发的mRNA降解,导致特异性阻碍靶标基因表达的现象,在昆虫学研究领域中得到广泛应用。如功能基因研究、基因表达调控及信号传导通路、益虫保护、新型农药的开发、害虫防治等。本文总结了RNAi技术应用于害虫防治上的原理,即以miRNA、siRNA及piRNA等小分子RNA介导的基因沉默过程,分析了影响RNAi技术防治效率的因素,如dsRNA导入方式、导入剂量和靶标基因的选择等,旨在进一步探讨RNAi应用于害虫防治的机理和存在问题,为运用RNAi技术防治害虫新思路奠定基础。     

沉默GSTs基因影响棉铃虫对甲氧虫酰肼的敏感性

利用RNAi技术对GSTs基因进行沉默处理,明确了沉默棉铃虫GSTs基因可以影响其对甲氧虫酰肼的敏感性。结果表明,通过饲喂siRNA在1d内就可以有效干扰GSTs基因表达,进而降低了GSTs酶活性;停止饲喂siRNA后,RNA干扰效果并不会立刻消失;沉默GSTs基因后,棉铃虫对甲氧虫酰肼的敏感性显著提高。     

RNA干扰在鳞翅目昆虫中的应用研究进展

鳞翅目(Lepidoptera)是昆虫纲中的第二大目,现已经记载的鳞翅目昆虫多达18万个种.鳞翅目昆虫中的许多成员是重要的全球性农业害虫.多数鳞翅目害虫具有繁殖快、危害重、抗药性强及长距离迁飞等特性,对农业生产构成巨大威胁.RNA干扰(RNAi)技术是指通过将目的基因特异性同源双链RNA(dsRNA)导入到细胞内,引起与其同源的mRNA特异性降解,从而达成目标基因表达沉默的一种分子技术.目前该技术已被广泛应用于鳞翅目昆虫的基因功能研究和绿色害虫防治策略探索,并在近年来取得了显著成效和进展.基于此,对RNAi在昆虫中的作用机理进行了归纳和概括,并重点总结和探讨了近年来RNAi技术在鳞翅目昆虫基因功能研究以及鳞翅目害虫防治新方法探索方面取得的新进展,以期为鳞翅目昆虫相关科学研究和生产实践提供参考.     

基于RNA干扰的杀菌剂开发及其对化学杀菌剂的影响

RNA干扰(RNA interference, RNAi)是真核生物中高度保守的基因沉默现象，在医药与植物保护领域展现出广阔的应用潜力，相关产品已进入或即将进入医药与杀虫剂市场。近年来，科研工作者在基于RNAi技术的植物病原微生物的防控方面开展了大量研究，取得了进展，但仍无法实现基于RNAi防治植物病原真菌技术的商业化应用。本文概述了RNAi研究从1990年至今的发展历程，从细胞生物学、分子生物学角度提出了RNAi病害防控技术产品化瓶颈问题的新见解，同时讨论了基于RNAi的杀菌剂对传统化学杀菌剂的影响，可为RNAi杀菌剂的创制和应用提供参考。     

siRNA对烟草原生质体中TMV RNA积累的干扰作用研究(英文)

 RNA干扰被认为是转录后基因沉默的一种机制。RNA干扰通过小干扰RNA特异性降解目标mRNA来沉默基因表达。本文以烟草花叶病毒126kD蛋白为靶蛋白,在原生质体水平上研究了小干扰RNA对病毒侵染的干扰和抑制作用。ELISA和Northern杂交的实验结果表明,共转染小干扰RNA和TMV的原生质体内检测到较低的病毒含量。在枯斑寄主上,叶片接种小干扰RNA和TMV共转染原生质体后,与对照叶片相比,仅有很少量的病斑产生。这说明,小干扰RNA能够在原生质体水平对病毒起到干扰和抑制作用。因此认为,烟草原生质体系统有利于快速和定量分析小干扰RNA介导对植物病毒的抑制作用。     

植物抗病毒的可能机制--基因沉默

根据目前RNA介导的植物病毒抗性(RMVR)、转录后基因沉默(PTGS)的研究成果,综述了基因沉默可能是植物抵抗病毒的一种机制,深入研究基因沉默不仅在抗病机制上有重要的理论意义,而且对彻底解决植物病毒问题有较大的潜在实用价值.     

应用基因芯片检测烟草脆裂病毒

 Total RNA in tulips was extracted by Trizol method. Primers were designed according to the sequences of Tobacco rattle virus and 18S rRNA gene of plant. The corresponding sections were amplified by RT-PCR and the PCR products were labeled by Cy3-dCTP. The probes of plant virus, 18S rRNA gene and comparisons were designed and immobilized on chips. Labeled PCR products were hybridized with the probes and the signals were scanned by scanner and analyzed by GenePix Pro 4.0 software. Tobacco rattle virus was detected from tulips which were imported from Holand. The accuracy and sensitivity of the plant virus gene chip were proved.     

A Single Amino Acid Mutation in the Plum pox virus Helper Component-Proteinase Gene Abolishes Both Synergistic and RNA Silencing Suppression Activities

ABSTRACT The effects on symptom expression of single amino acid mutations in the central region of the Plum pox virus (PPV) helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro) gene were analyzed in Nicotiana benthamiana using Potato virus X (PVX) recombinant viruses. PVX recombinant virus expressing the wild-type variant of PPV HC-Pro induced the expected enhancement of PVX pathogenicity, manifested as necrosis and plant death. Recombinant virus expressing a variant of PPV HC-Pro containing a single point mutation ( HCL(134)H) was unable to induce this synergistic phenotype. The RNA silencing suppressor activity of PPV HC-Pro was demonstrated in a transient silencing suppression assay. In contrast, the HCL(134)H mutant showed no such activity. These results indicate that a unique point mutation in PPV HC-Pro impaired its ability to suppress RNA silencing and abolished its capacity to induce synergism, and clearly shows for the first time the link between these two functions in potyvirus HC-Pro. Additionally, we compared the effects on virus accumulation in N. benthamiana plants infected with either the PVX recombinant constructs or with native viruses in double infection experiments. PVX (+) and (-) strand genomic RNA accumulated at similar levels in plants infected with PVX recombinants, leading to an increase in PVX pathology, compared with plants infected with PVX alone. This finding confirms that the enhancement of pathogenicity associated with synergistic interaction is not a consequence of more efficient PVX replication due to RNA silencing suppression by PPV HC-Pro.     

表达dsRNA的细菌提取液可抑制黄瓜花叶病毒对烟草的侵染

 利用RT-PCR分别克隆了CMV P3613株系的RNA2片段、MP(movement protein)基因片段及CMV AN株系的CP(coat protein)基因片段。以CP基因为中间间隔序列,分别构建了含有RNA2片段和MP基因反向重复片段的原核表达载体。体外转录试验表明:两个载体转录后都能形成预期大小的dsRNA。经过IPTG诱导,在大肠杆菌HT115(DE3)菌株中可表达产生预期大小的核酸片段,经DNase和RNaseA消化处理,证实为dsRNA。将表达病毒基因dsRNA的细菌超声破碎后处理烟草,进行保护和治疗试验,结果表明:表达CMV MP基因和RNA2片段dsRNA的细菌破碎液能够诱导烟草对CMV产生抗性。接种病毒60d后,保护效果试验病株率分别为45%和60%,治疗效果试验病株率分别为75%和85%,而其他对照发病率均为100%。本研究结果证明了利用RNA沉默的原理,构建具有反向重复序列的原核表达载体,用细菌表达dsRNA的粗提取物可防治CMV对烟草的侵染。     

瞬时表达比较2种不同的RNAi载体的干涉效果

 RNAi with natural defence mechanism of homologous RNA degradation is widely used in research of antiviral plant. It is important to construct a highly efficent RNAi vector for transgenic plants of virus resis-tance. In this study, part fragments of coat protein gene of Potato virus Y (PVY) (451-750 bp) were inserted into the two expression vectors. Vector pROKY300 without intron and pHelY300 with PDK and CAT introns on the hpRNA stem were constructed. The silence efficiency of virus resistance of the two vectors was investigated as 88% (22/25)for pROKY300 and 92% (23/25) for pHelY300 through transient expression mediated by agroinfiltration. The results showed that both vectors were highly antiviral and elucidated the validity of RNAi-medicates resistance to virus.     

Tomato necrotic ring virus (TNRV), a recently described tospovirus species infecting tomato and pepper in Thailand

Two tospovirus isolates collected from tomato and bell pepper in Thailand were studied. The isolates induced severe necrotic mottling and/or necrotic spots and rings on the leaves and fruits of the respective plants as confirmed by back-inoculation. A polyclonal antiserum raised against its nucleocapsid (N) protein reacted only with an extract from plants infected with the homologous virus. Analysis of the nucleocapsid (N) gene sequence and its deduced amino acid sequence (Mw ∼31 kDa) showed 99% amino acid sequence homology with that of Tomato necrotic ring virus (TNRV). The nucleotide sequence of the 5΄ untranslated region and intergenic region flanking the N gene revealed typical features of the S RNA segment of tospoviruses. Mechanical inoculation of the virus on some plant species showed that most of the tested solanaceous species were susceptible to this virus. The biological, serological and molecular data presented here indicate that both isolates are identical to TNRV, a recently described tospovirus species in Thailand.     

Biology of a new virus isolated from Lupinus nootkatensis plants in Alaska

A new virus named Nootka lupine vein-clearing virus (NLVCV) was isolated from Lupinus nootkatensis plants that were confined to a relatively small area in the Talkeetna mountains of south-central Alaska. Annual surveys (2000–03) consistently found leaf symptoms of pronounced vein clearing and mosaic on 3- to 4-week-old plants in late June. Spherical particles ≈30 nm in diameter were isolated from these leaves. Virions contained a single-stranded RNA of ≈4·0–4·2 kb and one species of capsid protein estimated to be ≈40 kDa. The double-stranded RNA profile from naturally infected leaves consisted of three major bands ≈4·2, 1·9 and 1·5 kbp. Protein extractions from either sap or virions of diseased plants reacted to polyclonal antiserum made against the virions in Western blot assays. A predicted PCR product ≈500 bp was synthesized from virion RNA using primers specific to the carmovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RDRP) gene. The nucleotide sequence of the amplified DNA did not match any known virus, but contained short regions of identity to several carmoviruses. Only species belonging to the Fabaceae were susceptible to NLVCV by mechanical inoculation. Based on dsRNA profile, size of virion RNA genome and capsid protein, and similarity of the RDRP gene to that of other carmoviruses, it is suggested that NLVCV is a member of the family Tombusviridae , and tentatively of the genus Carmovirus . As the host range, RDRP gene and dsRNA profile of NLVCV are different from those of known viruses, this is a newly described plant virus.     

The choice of target site is crucial in artificial miRNA-mediated virus resistance in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are negative regulators of gene expression via mRNA degradation or translational repression. The potential of artificial miRNAs (amiRNAs) as antiviral agents has been used in plant biotechnology. In this study, we designed eight amiRNAs derived from Potato Virus Y (PVY) Coat Protein RNA sequences and generated transgenic tobacco plants to express these amiRNAs to confer virus resistance against PVY. Together with transient assays, the hairpin amiRcp precursors that mimic natural miRNA precursor molecules proved to be effective in expressing amiRcps and silencing the target gene. Virus resistance assay revealed that not all amiRcps targeting viral CP sequence are equally effective in preventing PVY infection. Plants with amiRcp-8 targeting the 3′ end (nt735–nt754) region exhibited high virus resistance up to 64.69%. The amiRcp-6 harboring RNA sequence (nt567–nt586) induced the lowest percentages with only 17.05%. Besides, northern blots showed that there was a correlation between the resistance level and the accumulation of amiRNA expression. Furthermore, we used bioinformatics approach to predict the mRNA structure and found that targeting sequences of loose structure benefit to improve the virus resistance level. Our results indicate that the selection of appropriate target sequence is crucial for transgenic plant against virus and provide useful guideline for the design of pathogen-derived amiRNAs.     

烟草坏死病毒A大豆分离物的分子鉴定

 对曹琦和濮祖芹早期分离到的烟草坏死病毒大豆分离物的生物学、血清学和外壳蛋白的序列进行了进一步研究。该分离物能侵染8科29种植物, 除系统侵染大豆和本生烟外, 其余寄主均为局部侵染。电镜下病毒粒子呈球状, 直径约28nm。基因组为单组分RNA, 大小约为3.7 kb, 具有2条亚基因组, 分别约为1.6 kb和1.3 kb。外壳蛋白亚基的分子量约为30 kDa。血清学试验表明, 该分离物与TNV柳树分离物的抗血清呈特异反应, 与同属坏死病毒属(Necrovirus)的烟草坏死病毒D(TNV-D)和甜菜黑色焦枯病毒(BBSV)无血清学关系。利用简并引物通过RT-PCR克隆了该分离物的外壳蛋白基因。序列分析表明, 该分离物与烟草坏死病毒A(TNV-A)、TNV-D和TNV-D^H的外壳蛋白分别具有88.77%、45.13%和45.49%的氨基酸序列一致性。因此, 该大豆分离物属于TNV-A的一个新株系, 命名为TNV-A^C。