转基因烟草中PVYN CP基因沉默及其介导的抗病性受温度的调控

 本研究以转不可翻译的马铃薯Y病毒坏死株系外壳蛋白基因(PVY^N CP)烟草的T₃代植株为材料,在获得高度抗病植株并证明转基因植株的抗病性是由RNA沉默介导的基础上,采用Northern杂交及ELISA检测病毒的方法,分析了温度对转基因烟草中RNA沉默以及转基因植株抗病水平的影响。结果表明,低温可以改变转基因植株中已发生的RNA沉默和转基因植株的抗病状态。在15℃低温下生长的转基因植株,转基因产生的RNA沉默被抑制,转基因植株失去了对PVY^N高度抗病的特性,表现感病症状;而在25℃或以上高温(30℃、35℃)下生长的转基因植株,转基因产生的RNA沉默没有发生被抑制的现象,转基因植株对PVY^N病毒的侵染仍保持高度抗病性。     

苏云金芽胞杆菌Vip3Aa11蛋白C端点突变对其杀虫活性的影响

为研究Vip3Aa11羧基端对其杀虫活性和敏感性的影响,本研究利用定点突变技术构建了Vip3Aa11的3个突变体S543N、D547E和T681V。经SDS-PAGE分析证实3个突变体蛋白均能在大肠杆菌中表达分子量约88 kD的目的蛋白,生物活性测定显示,与Vip3Aa11相比,突变体S543N对甜菜夜蛾Helicoverpa armigera的杀虫活性提高了5倍。突变体D547E对甜菜夜蛾杀虫活性显著降低。突变体S543N、D547E和T681V对棉铃虫Spodoptera exigua的杀虫活性无明显变化。说明Vip3Aa11 C端部分氨基酸的定点突变对其杀虫活性有影响,且对不同害虫的杀虫活性变化趋势不同。本研究比较了Vip3Aa11蛋白与突变蛋白之间杀虫活性的差异,为研究Vip3Aa类蛋白的结构和机理奠定基础。     

灰葡萄孢菌nit突变体的诱导及其在营养体亲和性测定中的应用初探

 从山西运城、临汾、长治、晋中、大同等地保护地黄瓜灰霉病病株上采集、分离的分属于3个不同菌丝融合群的8个灰葡萄孢菌单孢菌株,经氯酸盐诱导处理,共获得了抗氯酸盐的硝酸盐利用缺陷突变体(nit突变体)59株,其中nit1型38株,nit3型10株,nitM型11株。所有nit突变株分别在PDA斜面转管培养3次(21 d)后,除6株恢复成野生菌株外,其余多数nit突变菌株表现稳定。来源于同一野生菌株的不同类型nit突变体间或同一菌丝融合群不同野生菌株的nit突变体间可产生互补反应而形成异核体,其中以nitM型突变株互补性最好,在利用nit突变体测定灰葡萄孢菌营养体亲和性时应作为标准菌株。来源于不同菌丝融合群的nit突变体间不能产生互补反应。     

多重RT-PCR同时检测6种马铃薯病毒及1种类病毒

病毒病是限制我国马铃薯生产的重要因子之一。本研究通过引物设计和体系优化建立了一套多重RT-PCR检测方法，可以在一个反应体系中同时检测6种马铃薯病毒和1种马铃薯类病毒以及1个马铃薯内参基因，包括马铃薯Y病毒(potato virus Y, PVY)、马铃薯M病毒(potato virus M, PVM)、马铃薯S病毒(potato virus S, PVS)、马铃薯X病毒(potato virus X, PVX)、马铃薯A病毒(potato virus A, PVA)、马铃薯卷叶病毒(potato leaf curl virus, PLRV)、马铃薯纺锤块茎类病毒(potato spindle tuber viroid, PSTVd)和细胞色素c氧化酶亚基Ⅰ(cytochrome c oxidase subunitⅠ,CoxⅠ)基因的特异片段，产物大小依次为181、226、275、565、630、681、359、500 bp,符合理论预期。采用建立的方法以相应病毒和类病毒的质粒作模板进行检测，其检测灵敏度在1.6×10^-3～1.8×10^-1 ...     

山药潜隐病毒RT-LAMP快速检测方法的建立

<正>0引言山药(Dioscorea oppositifolia L．)是薯蓣科薯蓣属植物,可作为药用或食用材料^[1],广泛分布于全球热带及亚热带地区,在我国河南、山东、江苏、广西和江西等省份都有种植。山药生产中以块茎无性繁殖方式为主,导致病毒病发生严重^[2]。侵染山药的病毒主要包括马铃薯Y病毒属(Potyvirus)^[3]、杆状DNA病毒属(Badnavirus)^[4]、香石竹潜隐病毒属(Carlavirus)^[5]以及蚕豆病毒属(Fabavirus)^[6]的一些病毒。     

两种亚菊属植物挥发油及其主要成分对马铃薯腐烂茎线虫的触杀活性

为探究植物挥发油对马铃薯腐烂茎线虫的防治效果，本研究用丝裂亚菊和光苞亚菊挥发油及其主要组分对该线虫进行触杀毒杀活性的测试。采用药物浸泡法，将提取的两种植物挥发油及其主要的共有组分桉叶油醇和马鞭草烯醇作用于马铃薯腐烂茎线虫，测试致死中浓度，进而将桉叶油醇和马鞭草烯醇按不同比例进行复配混合，测试两者复配后的杀线虫活性，结果显示：处理24 h后，丝裂亚菊和光苞亚菊的挥发油均对马铃薯腐烂茎线虫有一定的触杀毒杀活性，致死中浓度（LC_{50/24 h}）分别为1.50 mg/mL和1.23 mg/mL；处理48 h后，丝裂亚菊和光苞亚菊的挥发油对马铃薯腐烂茎线虫的致死中浓度（LC_{50/48 h}）分别为1.06 mg/mL和0.70 mg/mL，较处理24 h后杀虫作用更显著。处理24 h后，桉叶油醇（LC₅₀＝0.49 mg/ml）与马鞭草烯醇（LC₅₀＝1.09 mg/mL）的杀线虫活性强于两种亚菊属植物挥发油；桉叶油醇和马鞭草烯醇以2：6、4：4和3：5的体积比混配后，其LC₅₀（0.18、0.17和0.20 mg/mL）都明显比两种化合物单独处理时要低，说明这两种化合物在挥发油中发挥了协同杀线虫的作用，且效果明显。本研究可为亚菊属植物挥发油及其主要组分绿色防控马铃薯腐烂茎线虫奠定基础。     

外源脱落酸对抗寒性狗牙根抗氧化酶活性的影响

以寒敏感的普通狗牙根、海岸狗牙根和抗寒的新农1号狗牙根、喀什狗牙根为供试材料,研究外源脱落酸（0 mg•L^-1、5 mg•L^-1、15 mg•L^-1、25 mg•L^-1）在4 ℃低温处理下（处理时间24 h、72 h）对叶片相对电导率（EC）、丙二醛（MDA）含量、超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性、过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性、过氧化物酶（POD）活性的影响。结果表明：与CK2（喷水、常温培养）相比,4 ℃低温处理24 h、72 h,无论是否喷施外源脱落酸,狗牙根均表现为[WTBX]EC[WTBZ]增大,MDA含量增加;但与CK1（喷水、4 ℃低温处理）相比,喷施外源脱落酸可以诱导狗牙根细胞EC、MDA含量降低,促进SOD活性、POD活性、CAT活性的进一步增加,保护膜系统的完整性,增强其对低温的适应。综合分析认为,抗寒狗牙根的适宜外源脱落酸喷施浓度为15 mg•L-1,寒敏感狗牙根为5 mg•L^-1更有利于其对低温的适应。随着低温处理时间的延长,抗寒狗牙根SOD活性增加率、MDA含量降低率明显高于寒敏感狗牙根,说明SOD酶活性不同可能是狗牙根抗寒性差异的原因之一。     

紫外线诱导小麦条锈菌毒性突变的研究

 以紫外线照射小麦条锈菌条中29号小种夏孢子诱发突变,用抗病小麦品种筛选毒性突变体,建立了7个毒性突变菌株,毒性突变率为10^-6~10^-4,各突变菌株都能正常感染其筛选品种,其毒性谱不同于任何已知小种。抗源品种群体对突变菌株有明显的抗性分化。研究证实毒性突变是该菌毒性变异的重要途径。     

高温激活RNA沉默介导的心叶烟抗病毒防御反应

 在真核细胞内,RNA沉默是一种保守的抵抗病毒及外源基因等寄生分子的防御机制。温度可以明显地影响植物体与病毒之间的相互作用。在常温状态下,常常会伴随病毒病的爆发,但在较高温度下,症状则会减轻,甚至有些感病植株新生叶片可以较快地恢复健康。目前这类现象的内在机制还不完全清楚。本文通过定量分析不同温度下马铃薯X病毒(Potato virus X,PVX)和马铃薯Y病毒(Potato virus Y,PVY)侵染的心叶烟(Nicotiana glutinosa)植株体内病毒蛋白含量,结合症状观察,确定30℃左右是PVX和PVY在心叶烟上引起症状消失即发生系统性RNA沉默的临界温度,此时的感病植株上部新生展开叶片呈现无症状态,下部已发病叶片症状不变。在常温时,由病毒激发的RNA沉默会受到抑制,病毒来源的小分子干涉RNA (small interfering RNAs,siRNAs)含量极少或根本检测不到,植株对于病毒的敏感性较强。当温度达到30或32℃时,感病植株下部症状保持叶片中,病毒起源的siRNAs含量明显增加,而上部新生健康叶片中却检测不到siRNAs的存在。这说明高温激活了RNA沉默介导的植物抗病毒防御反应,导致病毒症状减轻甚至消失。     

水稻稻瘟病菌对烯肟菌胺的抗性风险评估及抗性机制初探

 采用菌丝生长速率法测定了100株采自我国主要水稻产区的水稻稻瘟病菌对烯肟菌胺的敏感性, 结果表明, 其EC₅₀分布于0.011 1~0.295 6 μg·mL^-1, 平均EC₅₀=(0.078 6±0.056 1) μg·mL^-1。供试菌株对烯肟菌胺的敏感性分布呈单侧峰曲线, 未出现抗药性亚群体, 可将该曲线作为稻病瘟菌对烯肟菌胺的敏感性基线。通过室内药剂驯化获得了7株抗药突变体, 突变频率为1.11×10^-4, 其中2株高抗突变体NJ0811-I和A10的抗性水平大于1 000倍, 抗药性性状能稳定遗传, 致病力显著弱于其亲本菌株;5株低抗突变体抗性水平在2.05～4.55倍之间, 抗药稳定性差, 适合度与亲本无显著性差异。交互抗药性结果表明, 烯肟菌胺与嘧菌酯存在正交互抗药性, 与田间防治稻瘟病常用药剂稻瘟灵、异稻瘟净无交互抗药性。综合分析表明, 稻瘟病菌对烯肟菌胺可能存在低到中等抗性风险。进一步克隆了抗药突变体及其亲本的cytb基因, CYTB氨基酸序列比对结果表明, 2株高抗突变体均在143位由甘氨酸突变为丝氨酸(G143S), 建立了高抗菌株的AS-PCR分子检测方法;而5株低抗突变体cytb基因未发生点突变, 推测可能存在其他的抗性分子机制。     

Diverse conserved domains and a positively selected site in the sugarcane streak mosaic virus P1 protein are essential for RNA silencing suppression and protein stability

RNA silencing is one of the conserved antiviral mechanisms in plants, and viruses encode RNA silencing suppressors (RSS) to overcome host RNA silencing and facilitate virus infection. Sugarcane streak mosaic virus (SCSMV; species Sugarcane streak mosaic virus, genus Poacevirus, family Potyviridae) is a major causal agent of sugarcane mosaic disease in many countries in Asia, including China. In this study, we used Agrobacterium co-infiltration to show that the SCSMV P1 protein, rather than the helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro), functions as a strong RSS to suppress local RNA silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana. Mutational analysis indicated that the 15 amino acids (aa; aa 1–15) of the SCSMV P1 N-terminus were not important for RNA silencing suppression, but rather another 15 aa domain (aa 108–122) containing a conserved motif (LFR/KNKQAYIST) was essential for efficient silencing suppression by P1. In addition to the 15 aa (aa 344–358) domain in the P1 N-terminus, another 15 aa domain (aa 65–79) of P1, containing the LXKA motif and one conserved aa (D78), were associated with P1 protein stability. Furthermore, substituting the histidine (H263) residue in P1 with threonine (H263T) or alanine (H263A) also affected P1 protein stability. Notably, the H263 residue is both a positively selected site and part of the serine protease catalytic triad (HDS). Taken together, our data demonstrate that SCSMV P1, and not HC-Pro, plays a functional role in suppressing RNA silencing, and also show that some conserved motifs and a positivelyselected site in the P1 protein are associated with RSS activity and protein stability.     

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.     

马铃薯Y病毒HC-Pro第182位赖氨酸残基参与引起烟草叶脉坏死

马铃薯Y病毒(potato virus Y,PVY)是侵染烟草的最重要病毒之一.不同PVY株系侵染烟草可引起不同症状,有些PVY株系可引起烟草叶脉坏死,严重影响烟草的产量和品质.PVY A12分离物属于NTN-NW株系,但侵染珊西烟(Nicoti-ana tabacum cv.Xanthi)不能引起叶脉坏死.分析发现,...     

A Point Mutation in the FRNK Motif of the Potyvirus Helper Component-Protease Gene Alters Symptom Expression in Cucurbits and Elicits Protection Against the Severe Homologous Virus

Sequence comparison had previously shown three amino acid changes in conserved motifs in the 455-amino acid sequence of the helper component-protease (HC-Pro) between a severe field strain of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV-NAT) and a mild field strain of ZYMV (ZYMV-WK). In this study, exchange of fragments and site-directed mutagenesis within the HC-Pro gene in an infectious clone of ZYMV enabled the effects of the mutations on symptom expression to be mapped. The substitution of Ile for Arg at position 180 in the conserved motif Phe-Arg-Asn-Lys (FRNK) of potyviruses was found to affect symptom expression. Infection of cucurbits with the engineered ZYMV (ZYMV-AG) that contained this mutation caused a dramatic symptom change from severe to mild in squash and to a symptom-free appearance in cucumber, melon, and watermelon. The Ile to Arg mutation was found to be stable, and no revertant virus was found after several passages through plants after long incubation periods. The AG strain was detected 4 days postinoculation and accumulated in cucurbits to a level and with kinetics similar to that of the wild-type ZYMV-AT strain. Cucurbit plants infected with the AG strain were protected against infection by the severe strain.     

Attenuated mutants of Potato virus Y necrotic strain produced by nitrous acid treatment and mutagenesis-in-tissue culture methods

We produced attenuated mutants of Potato virus Y necrotic strain not only by nitrous acid treatment but also by a novel method, probably unique to plant viruses, which we call the “mutagenesis-in-tissue culture method”. This relies on the natural or experimental generation of virus sequence variants within an infected plant, and then isolating the mutants by serially cloning them in plants. A total of fifteen attenuated mutants were obtained and studied. Nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the genomes of the attenuated mutant populations were compared with those parental severe isolates, and the amino acid changes in relevant genomic regions for viral attenuation were inferred. Many of the mutations were located in the 5’ half of the genome; 65 % were located in the protein 1 (P1) and helper component proteinase protein (HC-Pro) encoding regions. Amino acid changes mostly involved simultaneous changes in two or more protein encoding regions, one of which was often in the HC-Pro encoding region. The attenuated mutants M-MY10 and N-NA10 were effective in cross-protection against the original severe isolate NTND6.     

Attenuated plant viruses: preventing virus diseases and understanding the molecular mechanism

Attenuated viruses have been isolated and studied not only as a practical means of controlling virus diseases but also to gain a molecular understanding of viral virulence and cross protection. They have been isolated from crop fields and generated through high/low temperature treatment or by mutagens such as nitrous acid and ultraviolet irradiation. Some viruses have been beneficially used in fields and evaluated for one or more decades. Molecular genetic studies on attenuated viruses have revealed that amino acid substitutions are located in replicase and the movement protein in tobamovirus, protein 2b for cucumovirus, and P1 and HC-Pro for potyvirus. In most cases, with a few exceptions, symptom attenuation is positively correlated with a reduced level of RNA silencing suppression. Molecular mechanisms underlying virus attenuation and cross protection and the rationale for practical use of attenuated viruses for effective virus disease control are discussed.     

灰葡萄孢对腐霉利的抗性分子机制及快速检测技术

为明确灰葡萄孢Botrytis cinerea对腐霉利的抗性现状,于2017—2018年采用单孢分离法从浙江省5个地区的草莓大棚共分离获得200个菌株.通过区分剂量法测定了其对腐霉利的抗性,对抗药性菌株的分子机制进行了分析,并根据抗药性分子机制,建立了B.cinerea腐霉利高抗基因型的环介导等温扩增(loop-med...     

烟草赤星病菌对嘧菌酯抗性突变体的诱导及其生物学特性

为评价烟草赤星病致病菌链格孢Alternaria alternata对嘧菌酯的抗性风险,以敏感菌株J6为试材,通过菌丝药剂驯化和分生孢子紫外诱变诱导抗性突变体,并对抗性突变体的生物学特性进行了研究,同时对抗性突变体与敏感菌株线粒体的细胞色素b基因 (cyt b) cDNA序列全长进行了测序分析。结果表明:经药剂驯化未获得抗性突变体,而紫外诱变共获得7株抗性突变体,突变频率约为0.007%,抗性水平分别为5.27、8.28、25.28、12.82、6.14、9.28和52.91倍。适合度研究表明,抗性突变体与敏感菌株的分生孢子萌发能力及致病力相当,但分生孢子产生量均高于敏感菌株,菌丝生长速率除突变体6-1外均快于敏感菌株。cyt b基因cDNA序列分析表明:有4株抗性突变体在不同位点上发生了核苷酸突变,其中突变体6-7 cyt b的249位和871位碱基由T突变为C,但其编码的氨基酸未发生突变;突变体6-8 cyt b的734位碱基由T突变为C,引起所编码的245位丙氨酸突变为缬氨酸 (V245A);突变体6-9 cyt b的510位碱基由T突变为A,所编码的170位由精氨酸替代了丝氨酸 (S170R);突变体6-11 cyt b的732位碱基由T突变为A,所编码的244位由苯丙氨酸替代了亮氨酸 (L244F),其776位碱基由T突变为C,所编码的259位由丙氨酸替代了缬氨酸（V259A）,其1 156位碱基由A突变为G,所编码的氨基酸未发生变化。研究结果初步表明,烟草赤星病菌对嘧菌酯存在潜在的抗药性风险,其cyt b基因的点突变与其对嘧菌酯的抗药性有关。