三个水稻逆转座子相关基因的逆境响应特征

 逆转座子是植物基因组的重要成分, 对基因组的大小、结构、功能和进化都有重要影响。研究表明多种生物和非生物逆境胁迫可以激活植物逆转座子的转录, 但其调控机制和功能还属未知。本研究从稻瘟菌侵染后云南地方水稻品种月亮谷的基因转录谱中筛选出3个逆转座子相关基因, 通过RT PCR分析了逆境胁迫处理对其表达水平的影响。结果表明, 稻瘟病菌、水杨酸、2, 4 D和NaCl处理水稻苗都能诱导这3个基因的快速转录, 表明这3个基因能够同时响应生物逆境和非生物逆境, 是研究该类逆转座子表达调控的良好候选基因。通过生物信息学分析还发现, 它们在月亮谷基因组中没有发生大的结构变异;且在水稻基因组中都具有与植物抗病相关的旁系同源物, 意味着其表达后可能对抗性产生影响, 因此, 这些基因在逆境和非生物逆境中的表达模式和功能值得关注。     

The effect of salt stress on Arabidopsis thaliana and Phelipanche ramosa interaction

Salinity and Orobanche or Phelipanche spp. infection are important crop stress factors in agricultural areas. In this study, we investigated the effect of salt stress on Phelipanche ramosa seed germination and its attachment onto Arabidopsis thaliana roots. We also evaluated the effect of both stresses on the expression of genes regulated by abiotic and biotic stresses. According to our results, high concentration of NaCl delayed P. ramosa seed germination in the presence of a strigolactone analogue (GR24). A similar pattern was observed in the presence of A. thaliana plants. Furthermore, we found that salt‐treated A. thaliana seedlings were more sensitive to P. ramosa attachment compared with the untreated plants, indicating that there was a positive correlation between salt sensitivity and the ability of P. ramosa to infect A. thaliana plants. At the molecular level, a synergystic effect of both salt and P. ramosa stresses was observed on the cold‐regulated (COR) gene expression profile of treated A. thaliana seedlings. Our data clarify the interaction between parasitic plants and their hosts under abiotic stress conditions.     

Horizontal resistance: core to a research breakthrough to combat Striga in Africa

The parasltie flowering plants, Striga species, represent the largest biological constraint to cereal and legume crop production in sub-Saharan Africa. Eighty-three percent of Striga worldwide (35 species) occurs in Africa. Among them, Striga hermonthica causes the greatest damage. The IITA's scientists began research on breeding maize for horizontal resistance to Striga in 1982. By 1995 a comprehensive approach to combat Striga on maize had been developed and demonstrated. This included the development of a simple field infestation technique, the discovery of durable resistance genes, genetic studies of resistance genes and the formation of many resistant varieties (hybrids and synthetics) with high grain quality, high grain and stover yields and a combined resistance to major biotic and abiotic stresses. Multilocation testing and subsequent seed multiplication of the resistant varieties was carried out by national programmes in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo. Striga-resistant maize varieties show horizontal resistance not only to S. hermonthica, but also to another species, Striga asiatica. Based on the results of a 15 year research, an integrated approach using resistant varieties and cereal-legume intercropping or rotation is recommended as a sustainable and permanent solution to combat Striga in Africa. This horizontal resistance package, with a combined resistance to other biotic stresses, could be applicable not only to Striga problems in other crops such as sorghum, millet, rice and cowpea, but also to other parasitic weeds, such as Orobanche species. This paper reviews and discusses why, approximately a century's research work on parasitic weeds, has not led to a major research breakthrough.     

Identification of differentially expressed genes in the mutualistic association of tall fescue with Neotyphodium coenophialum

Tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum), an agronomically important forage grass, is typically associated with a mutualistic asexual fungus Neotyphodium coenophialum. Plant colonization is endophytic with no symptoms, and fungal growth is confined to the intercellular spaces. The endophyte enhances host fitness by providing protection from various abiotic and biotic stresses and by improving nutrient acquisition. By suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) we identified 29 genes that are up-regulated or down-regulated in endophyte-infected tall fescue as compared to endophyte-free tall fescue. Of the genes that had matches to known genes present in the NCBI databases (approximately 50%), several had roles related to plant defense and stress tolerance. Differential expression of these genes was confirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR, competitive RT-PCR, and northern hybridization. Endophyte-associated changes in gene expression patterns were consistent among cultivars of tall fescue but differed in some other grass–endophyte associations. Our results indicate that both partners in this symbiosis are active participants, and that the endophyte may be suppressing at least one plant defense gene (putatively encoding PR-10). Further analyses of the differentially expressed genes should aid in understanding the fundamental nature of this mutualistic symbiosis and provide insight into the mechanisms of documented endophyte-enhanced plant improvements.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Trichoderma harzianum</Emphasis> elicits defence response genes in roots of potato plantlets challenged by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhizoctonia solani</Emphasis>

Biological control of Rhizoctonia solani with Trichoderma harzianum has been demonstrated in several studies. However, none have reported the dynamics of expression of defence response genes. Here we investigated the expression of these genes in potato roots challenged by R. solani in the presence/absence of T. harzianum Rifai MUCL 29707. Analysis of gene expression revealed an induction of PR1 at 168 h post-inoculation (hpi) and PAL at 96 hpi in the plants inoculated with T. harzianum Rifai MUCL 29707, an induction of PR1, PR2 and PAL at 48 hpi in the plants inoculated with R. solani and an induction of Lox at 24 hpi and PR1, PR2, PAL and GST1 at 72 hpi in the plants inoculated with both organisms. These results suggest that in the presence of T. harzianum Rifai MUCL 29707, the expression of Lox and GST1 genes are primed in potato plantlets infected with R. solani at an early stage of infection. Mycothèque de l’Université catholique de Louvain of S. Cranenbrouck's affiliation is part of the Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (BCCM).     

46份野生葡萄株系对霜霉病的抗性鉴定及其相关基因的表达

为明确不同野生葡萄株系对霜霉病的抗性差异,以18个种的46份野生葡萄株系为试材,采用叶盘法鉴定其对霜霉病的抗性,并利用实时荧光定量PCR(real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction,RT-qPCR)技术对部分关键基因进行定量分析,探讨其在不同抗病株系中的表达模式差异。结果表明,46份野生葡萄株系的病情指数为0～34.72,其中17份为感病株系,病情指数在25.93～34.72;21份为抗病株系,病情指数在5.32～24.35;5份圆叶葡萄株系均表现为免疫,病情指数为0.00;云南-元谋2、云南-2和木扎岭-3为高抗株系,病情指数分别为1.81、4.40和1.62。当被霜霉病菌侵染后,抗病株系和感病株系中的PAL、PR1、TLP和NPR1基因的诱导表达模式不同;与感病株系相比,抗病株系中的TLP、PR1和NPR1基因有强烈的诱导表达,PAL基因在感病株系比在抗病株系中表达量高。在免疫株系普莱德和高抗株系云南-元谋2中,NPR1与其它3个基因的表达模式差异最大;TLP在抗病株系蘡薁-林县中与其它3个基因的表达模式差异最大;在感病株系秋-嵩县中,NPR1与TLP表达模式相近,PAL和PR1表达模式相近。研究表明,在中国野生葡萄种质中,云南-元谋2、云南-2和木扎岭-3对霜霉病有良好的抗性,可作为抗病育种的原始材料;抗性基因可能在抗病株系中发挥着重要作用。     

玉米NF-YC亚基基因的鉴定与表达规律分析

0 引言 NF-Y(nuclear factor-Y,NF-Y)是一类与CCAAT基序结合的转录因子,由NF-YA、NF-YB和NF-YC 3个亚基组成[1-2].NF-YC参与并调控植物生长发育的进程以及在生物和非生物胁迫响应过程中起作用[3].AtNF-YC1通过与AtXTH21基因启动子区的CCAAT-box结合...     

Rice response to simultaneous bacterial blight and drought stress during compatible and incompatible interactions

Plant response to one type of stress can be affected by simultaneous exposure to a second stress, for example when abiotic and biotic stresses occur together. Ten rice genotypes comprising those with bacterial blight (BB) resistance (R) genes, drought quantitative trait loci (QTLs) plus a BB R gene, and BB susceptible genotypes, were subjected to mild and moderate drought stress and plants were inoculated with two Xoo strains (PXO99 and PXO145) to simulate the challenges rice crops face under simultaneous stress of drought and BB. Plant height and dry shoot biomass were significantly reduced by drought stress treatments. The BB disease lesion lengths varied according to rice genotypes and PXO99 Xoo multiplication and spread in planta was higher compared to that of PXO145, which generally decreased under mild drought stress. Rice genotype IRBB7 (Xa7) showed less Xoo spread and a reduced Xoo multiplication under drought stress compared to the well-watered control with PXO145. In contrast, in genotypes with a different BB R gene and/or drought QTLs [IRBB4 (Xa4), IR87705–6-9-B (Xa4 + qDYT _2.2 ), IR87707–445-B-B-B (Xa4 + qDYT _2.2  + qDYT _4.1 ) and IR87707–446-B-B-B (Xa4 + qDYT _2.2  + qDYT _4.1 )], Xoo multiplication and spread in planta was higher with drought stress. This study has shown that drought stress affected rice response to the BB pathogen and the response varied according to the rice genotype. It is concluded that evaluating rice varieties under combined abiotic and biotic stresses will be the best strategy to determine biotic stress resistance durability under climate change.     

Development of a Pseudomonas syringae–Eutrema salsugineum pathosystem to investigate disease resistance in a stress tolerant extremophile model plant

To improve the ability to understand how plants respond to multiple and/or concurrent stresses, disease resistance was investigated in Eutrema salsugineum, an extremophile model plant that is highly tolerant of abiotic stress. Compared to Arabidopsis (Col‐0), both Yukon and Shandong Eutrema accessions exhibit increased resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (Pst) and pv. maculicola (Psm), with Shandong Eutrema exhibiting greater resistance to Pst than Yukon Eutrema. RT‐PCR of the EsPR1 (Pathogenesis‐related 1) defence marker gene confirmed RNA‐Seq data that healthy Shandong Eutrema constitutively expresses EsPR1. The data suggests that Shandong Eutrema exists in a highly primed state of defence preparedness, as it displays heightened resistance compared to defence‐primed natural accessions of Arabidopsis (Can‐0, Bur‐0). Pathogen‐triggered PR1 expression was delayed in Yukon Eutrema; however, these plants were resistant to Pst suggesting that Yukon Eutrema employs a PR1‐independent mechanism to resist Pst. This study demonstrates that Eutrema is an excellent model to investigate biotic stress tolerance. The Eutrema–P. syringae pathosystem will facilitate future studies to understand how this extremophile tolerates both abiotic and biotic stress, and will allow exploration of the interplay of these responses to inform efforts to improve stress tolerance in crops.     

Erwinia carotovora Infection Enhances the Expression of Two Novel Abiotic Stress-inducible Genes in Potato

In this study, cDNAs of two Erwinia carotovora-induced potato genes, designated Solanum tuberosum–Erwinia-induced-1 and 2 (Stei1 and Stei2) were isolated by differential display technique. Stei1 and Stei2 were detected in low copy number in the potato genome and found to encode putative proteins with no significant homology to any genes with known function. Treatment of the leaves with salicylic acid, methyl jasmonate and ethylene elevated neither Stei1 nor Stei2 mRNA levels. However, Stei1 and Stei2 expression were induced not only by E. carotovora but also by infiltration of water in leaves, albeit to a lesser extent. In addition, Stei2 was up-regulated by NaCl, wounding, dehydration and abscisic acid. Thus Stei1 and Stei2 define novel genes belonging to the family of those pathogenesis-related genes whose expression can be induced both by biotic and abiotic stresses.     

Identification and characterization of a serine protease from wheat leaves

A putative serine protease with a potential role in the plant biotic and abiotic stress response was purified from wheat leaf apoplastic fluid and partially characterized. Following two-dimensional electrophoresis a protein of M_r = 75 k and a pI of 4.2 to 4.5 was observed. This protein displayed in-gel protease activity and was specifically inhibited by phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride and partially inhibited by Ca²⁺ and Zn²⁺, but not by E-64 or leupeptin. An internal tryptic fragment of 13 amino acids was identified by MALDI QqTOF MS/MS, and this peptide showed a high level of homology (85–100 % identity) to a highly conserved region of known plant subtilisin-like proteases. We demonstrated that the protease activity increased until a late stage of wheat leaf development and increased in response to heat shock. In both cases Rubisco large subunit was degraded with time. Protease activity was also increased during biotic stress. Leaves challenged with leaf rust (Puccinia triticina), showed an approximately three fold increase in protease activity during an incompatible interaction, compared to activity in mock-inoculated leaves and to leaves in a compatible leaf rust interaction. These results suggest that the expression of this serine protease could be involved in the defense response against both abiotic and biotic stresses.     

向日葵3个谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶GST基因的克隆及表达模式分析

从向日葵转录组测序结果中获得了3个对盐胁迫有响应的谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶（GST,EC2.5.1.18）GST基因,构建了系统进化树并进行分析,得知这3个基因属于Tau型GST,并将它们命名为HaGSTU26（HanXRQChr04g0127901）、HaGSTU8（HanXRQChr06g0177581）、HaGSTU27（HanXRQChr10g0316331）,然后以向日葵Sk02R为试验材料,克隆这3个基因,并进行了不同组织和不同胁迫条件下的表达分析。序列分析表明：HaGSTU26基因组为1674bp,CDS（编码蛋白序列）长666bp,编码221个氨基酸,由2个外显子和1个内含子组成;HaGSTU8基因组为2271bp,CDS长654bp,编码217个氨基酸,由2个外显子和1个内含子组成; HaGSTU27基因组为663bp,CDS长663bp,编码220个氨基酸,由1个外显子组成。实时荧光定量PCR分析表明：向日葵HaGSTU26、HaGSTU8、HaGSTU27基因在不同组织（根、幼叶、成熟叶、茎、幼茎、苞叶）中表达量不同,其中,HaGSTU26基因和HaGSTU27基因在根中表达量最高,而HaGSTU8基因在苞叶中表达量最高,但这3个基因均在成熟茎中的表达量最低。在不同胁迫条件下,测定这3个基因在向日葵幼苗中的表达量,结果表明在盐及ABA胁迫下,基因表达量均随着处理时间的增加而呈现先增加后下降的趋势。其中,在盐胁迫下,HaGSTU26基因在12 h后相对表达量最高,HaGSTU8及HaGSTU27基因表达量在3h后相对表达量最高。在ABA胁迫后,HaGSTU26及HaGSTU27基因表达量在12 h后相对表达量最高,HaGSTU8在24 h后相对表达量最高。在冷胁迫下,HaGSTU26和HaGSTU27基因上调表达,它们分别在3、24 h后相对表达量最高,HaGSTU8基因下调表达,其相对表达量随处理时间的延长呈现逐渐减少的趋势。在热胁迫条件下,这3个基因的相对表达量随着胁迫时间的延长而增加,均在24 h后表达量最高。以上结果说明这3个基因对不同非生物胁迫（盐、ABA、冷、热胁迫）均有响应。     

Fusarium oxysporum Fo47 confers protection to pepper plants against Verticillium dahliae and Phytophthora capsici,and induces the expression of defence genes

The application of the nonpathogenic isolate Fusarium oxysporum 47 (Fo47) reduced the symptoms of verticillium wilt, phytophthora root rot and phytophthora blight in pepper plants. Botrytis cinerea was also tested on the leaves of plants treated with Fo47, but no protection was observed. Verticillium dahliae colonies cultured in the presence of Fo47 grew slower than control cultures, but Phytophthora capsici growth was unaffected by Fo47. At least part of the protection effect observed against V. dahliae could therefore be due to antagonism or competition. In order to search for induced resistance mechanisms, three defence genes previously related to pepper resistance were monitored over time. These genes encode a basic PR‐1 protein (CABPR1), a class II chitinase (CACHI2) and a sesquiterpene cyclase (CASC1) involved in the synthesis of capsidiol, a phytoalexin. These three genes were transiently up‐regulated in the roots by Fo47 in the absence of inoculation with the pathogen, but in the stem only CABPR1 was up‐regulated. In plants that were inoculated with V. dahliae after the Fo47 treatment, the three genes had a higher relative expression level than the control in both the roots and the stem.     

DNA methylation changes in fusarium wilt resistant and sensitive chickpea genotypes (Cicer arietinum L.)

DNA methylation plays an important role in the regulation of gene expression in biotic and abiotic stresses. In the present study, a methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP) analysis was performed to profile DNA methylation changes in seven resistant and sensitive chickpea genotypes following inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris. In all, 27468 DNA fragments, each representing a recognition site cleaved by either or both of two isoschizomers, were amplified using nine selective primer pairs. DNA methylation was evaluated in leaves, stems and roots in control and inoculated plants. Extensive cytosine methylation alterations were found in the pathogen-treated genotypes compared with the corresponding control, including hypermethylation and demethylation as well as the potential conversion of methylation types. For all genotypes, the percentage of demethylated sites were more than methylated sites in infected plants compared with the corresponding control. No significant differences were observed for banding patterns in infected and control leaf tissues, while the differences between percentage of unchanged, methylated and demethylated sites were significant in stem and root tissues. The total numbers of methylated polymorphic bands ranged from 137 to 154 bands in Sel95th1716 and Arman, accounting for 36.81%–44.64% of all bands, respectively. Ten fragments that were differentially amplified between infected and control plants were isolated and sequenced in three tissues separately. Most of sequenced fragments showed homology with disease related genes in GenBank. The results suggest that significant differences in cytosine methylation exist between resistant and sensitive chickpea genotypes, and that hypermethylation or hypomethylation of specific genes may be involved in the chickpea resistance to Fusarium wilt.