水稻糖质胚乳突变体Sug-11籽粒灌浆过程的淀粉合成关键酶活性及其与淀粉理化特性关系

以水稻糖质胚乳突变体Sug-11与其野生型对照中花11为材料,通过对两者籽粒中可溶性总糖、蔗糖含量和淀粉含量以及有关淀粉品质理化指标的比较,结合籽粒灌浆过程中糖类物质含量、淀粉合成代谢关键酶活性和相关同工型基因转录表达水平的动态测定,从籽粒淀粉合成代谢角度,对水稻糖质突变体Sug-11的籽粒糖类含量变化和千粒重下降的生理原因进行了分析。结果表明,Sug-11糖质突变体与其野生型在灌浆初期的可溶性糖和蔗糖含量差异并不明显,随着籽粒灌浆进程,两者间的籽粒糖分含量差异在灌浆中后期逐步趋于明显;与野生型相比,Sug-11糖质胚乳突变体的稻米直链淀粉含量和直链淀粉碘蓝值显著下降,而淀粉溶解度和支链淀粉碘蓝值则显著升高,糖质胚乳突变对稻米淀粉的理化特性也产生了明显的影响;在籽粒淀粉合成代谢的几个关键酶中,Sug-11糖质突变体籽粒中的DBE活性及其在灌浆过程中的动态变化与其野生型存在明显差异,揭示了胚乳糖质突变体Sug-11籽粒中淀粉积累减少、糖分含量增加主要是由籽粒灌浆中后期的PUL转录表达水平和DBE活性的大幅下降所引起的,而Sug-11的籽粒灌浆不良和千粒重下降等现象,则与其ADPGase活性在籽粒灌浆前期的显著下降存在一定的联系。     

水稻粉质胚乳突变体flo7的理化性质及基因定位

淀粉约占水稻胚乳干物质总量的80%,胚乳中淀粉的组分与含量以及颗粒结构决定了稻米品质。从粳稻品种日本晴(Nipponbare)组培后代中获得了一个稳定遗传的粉质胚乳突变体flo7(floury endosperm 7)。该突变体胚乳表现为白色不透明粉质状,同时突变体种子粒长有所增加,而粒宽、粒厚和千粒重均显著降低。与野生型相比,在灌浆过程中突变体flo7籽粒中干物质的积累量减少,而葡萄糖、果糖等游离糖含量增加。突变体flo7成熟种子的直链淀粉含量和胶稠度显著下降,而碱消值显著增加。胚乳横截面扫描电镜分析发现,突变体flo7胚乳中淀粉颗粒形状不规则,排列疏松。遗传分析表明flo7粉质状胚乳突变表型符合单隐性核基因控制的遗传分离规律。以突变体flo7和南京11杂交衍生的F2群体为材料,利用简单重复序列(SSR)和插入缺失(Indel)分子标记,将flo7定位在第12染色体长臂末端C2-11和C5-15之间,物理距离为95.1kb,该区间内包含13个开放阅读框(ORF)。在籽粒灌浆过程中利用实时荧光定量PCR分析淀粉合成相关基因的表达,发现在突变体中多个淀粉合成相关基因表现出不同程度的上调和下调,表明FLO7在水稻种子中淀粉的合成与调控中起着重要作用。     

OsESV1基因对水稻淀粉合成的影响

【目的】 研究水稻EARLY STARVATION1 (OsESV1)基因对水稻淀粉代谢的影响。【方法】 通过CRISPR-Cas9技术获得osesv1突变体,考查osesv1的表型及胚乳淀粉的理化特性,分析OsESV1的表达特性及相关功能。【结果】 OsESV1蛋白在植物界中十分保守。osesv1突变体株高、穗长、每穗粒数低于野生型,分蘖数显著多于野生型,叶片中淀粉含量显著下降,籽粒中的直链淀粉含量上升,而总淀粉含量无明显变化。OsESV1呈组成型表达,并且具有昼夜节律表达的特征。OsESV1蛋白定位在叶绿体内且呈点状分布。酵母双杂交和双分子荧光互补实验结果表明OsESV1蛋白可以与ADP-葡萄糖焦磷酸化酶小亚基(OsAGPS) 2a和OsAGPS1互作。【结论】 OsESV1基因影响水稻叶片的淀粉合成途径,而对胚乳淀粉合成的影响不明显。     

鸟苷酸激酶OsGK1对水稻种子发育至关重要

【目的】对水稻粉质皱缩突变体fse2进行表型分析及基因克隆,为阐明水稻淀粉合成机制以及胚的发育奠定基础。【方法】fse2来自粳稻品种滇粳优1号的MNU(N-甲基-N-亚硝基脲)诱变突变体库。本研究考查了突变体fse2籽粒的理化性状,利用扫描电镜和半薄切片观察了淀粉颗粒的结构;构建了fse2与N22的F₂群体,通过图位克隆及转基因互补验证确定目标基因;通过qRT-PCR以及GUS活性染色对FSE2进行组织表达分析;免疫印迹分析了突变体中淀粉合成相关基因以及线粒体基因的蛋白变化。【结果】fse2籽粒粉质皱缩,千粒重显著下降;胚乳中淀粉颗粒变小变圆,排列松散,不能形成正常的复合淀粉颗粒;突变体中总淀粉、直链淀粉含量均显著下降,脂肪含量显著上升,突变体淀粉的糊化特性发生明显改变。FSE2编码一个线粒体和质体双定位的鸟苷酸激酶(guanylate kinase),命名为OsGK1。OsGK1在各器官中组成型表达,并在花后6 d的胚乳中表达水平最高。突变体胚乳中淀粉合成相关蛋白水平显著降低,尤其是AGPS2b和PHOI。此外,突变体fse2的胚发育严重受损,导致种子纯合致死;线粒体定位的AOX积累显著增强,而野生型中几乎检测不到,表明线粒体呼吸途径受损。【结论】由于OsGK1的功能缺陷,导致水稻种子中线粒体和造粉体发育异常,进而产生了胚致死以及胚乳粉质皱缩的表型,因此OsGK1对水稻种子的发育至关重要。     

色氨酰-tRNA合成酶基因WRS1调控水稻种子发育

【目的】氨酰-tRNA合成酶（aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, aaRSs）与遗传信息传递密切相关,已发现植物中aaRSs家族蛋白在维持翻译功能之余,还参与配子发生与胚发育、质体的早期发育以及免疫信号的感知与病害防御等生物学过程。本研究利用水稻胚乳发育缺陷突变体,分析水稻色氨酰-tRNA合成酶（WRS1）在胚乳发育中的作用,证明WRS1基因编码一个影响水稻胚乳发育的关键因子。【方法】本研究通过甲烷磺酸乙酯（ethyl methane sulfonate, EMS）诱变籼稻（Oryza sativa subsp. indica）品种N22,筛选到一个稳定遗传的水稻粉质胚乳突变体（wrs1）,图位克隆获得目标基因。对wrs1成熟种子进行形态学观察以及淀粉相关理化性质测定,利用细胞学切片分析wrs1发育中胚乳的结构,利用实时荧光定量PCR（quantitative real-time PCR, qRT-PCR）和GUS活性染色分析基因表达模式,通过qRT-PCR比较野生型与突变体花后12 d胚乳中淀粉合成相关基因表达情况,免疫印迹检测野生型与突变体成熟种子中淀粉合成酶蛋白积累情况,使用全自动氨基酸分析仪测定游离氨基酸含量。【结果】 wrs1突变体幼苗表现出明显的发育滞后且逐渐蔫萎死亡,从杂合突变体（WRS1wrs1）中分离到的粉质籽粒呈现明显的腹部皱缩,粒厚、千粒重下降,同时总淀粉含量下降,糊化淀粉的峰值黏度和崩解值均低于野生型。wrs1突变体发育胚乳中复合淀粉颗粒变小,排列疏松。WRS1定位于第12染色体长臂约183 kb的区间内,测序发现编码色氨酰-tRNA合成酶（tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase, WRS）基因的第6外显子上发生单碱基替换,导致一个保守位置上的甲硫氨酸被替换。wrs1突变体中大部分淀粉合成相关基因表达量下调,且野生型与突变体间基因表达的变化与相应蛋白积累的差异存在不一致的趋势。wrs1突变体籽粒中蛋白质积累降低,而游离氨基酸含量显著升高。【结论】 WRS1编码色氨酰-tRNA合成酶,该基因突变后通过影响氨基酸稳态和蛋白质合成,造成淀粉合成相关基因异常表达从而影响淀粉的合成与积累,导致种子发育缺陷。     

稻米垩白性状对高温耐性的QTL分析

【目的】本研究旨在筛选与稻米外观品质高温耐性连锁的分子标记,为稻米品质育种提供参考。【方法】以耐热水稻品系996和热敏感水稻品系4628为亲本构建的重组自交系为材料,采用垩白粒率耐热指数、垩白大小耐热指数和垩白度耐热指数为评价指标,对水稻垩白性状的高温耐性QTL进行检测。【结果】采用复合区间作图法两年共检测到垩白性状高温耐性QTL 24个,包括垩白粒率高温耐性QTL 8个,垩白大小高温耐性QTL 12个,垩白度高温耐性QTL 4个。其中,第6染色体上的2个垩白粒率高温耐性QTL和第7染色体上的2个垩白度高温耐性QTL在两年中重复检测到,且这2个稳定表达的垩白度位点与2015年检测到的第7染色体上的垩白粒率位点重合。另外,发现有4个QTL一因多效,同时影响垩白粒率、垩白大小及垩白度。【结论】控制垩白粒率耐热指数的q HTCGR6.1和控制垩白度耐热指数的q HTCD7.1是新的QTL。     

结实期籽粒乙烯释放速率和1-氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸浓度与稻米外观品质的关系

 为阐明水稻籽粒乙烯与稻米外观品质的关系，试验采用10个不同基因型的水稻材料，测定了结实期籽粒乙烯释放速率、1 氨基环丙烷 1 羧酸（ACC）浓度和稻米的外观品质，分析了它们之间的关系并用化学调控等方法进行验证。结果表明，灌浆中后期籽粒乙烯释放速率和ACC浓度与稻米的垩白粒率和垩白度均呈极显著的正相关。籽粒中ACC浓度低的品种，胚乳淀粉体排列紧密，间隙较小；而籽粒中ACC浓度高的品种，淀粉体排列疏松，间隙大。在灌浆中后期分别用1 μmol/L ACC 处理稻穗，稻米的淀粉体排列变疏松，垩白粒率、垩白大小和垩白度均显著增加，用1 μmol/L氨基 乙氧基乙烯基甘氨酸（ACC合成酶抑制剂）处理稻穗，结果则相反。结实期进行轻干 湿交替灌溉，降低了籽粒乙烯释放速率、ACC浓度和垩白度。说明籽粒中乙烯和ACC对稻米胚乳淀粉结构和外观品质起重要的调控作用，通过品种选育、化学调控和灌溉等措施降低籽粒乙烯释放速率和ACC浓度，可以改善稻米的外观品质。     

稻米垩白形成的研究进展

优质稻米的最主要品质性状之一就是垩白性状指标,该指标直接关系到稻米的商品价值以及稻米品质构成,同时也是优质稻选育的主要限制因子之一。本文对前人关于水稻垩白形成的生理、经典遗传和分子生物学基础以及环境影响因素等方面的研究进行了总结,表明水稻的垩白发生是一个复杂的生理过程,与水稻＂源＂与＂库＂关系、籽粒灌浆动态以及胚乳内淀粉的合成与积累密切相关。灌浆期的温度、光照、肥水条件等对水稻垩白的发生也有影响,但是不同品种对外界条件的影响反应不一。在经典遗传上对垩白发生的原因也是说法不一。对水稻优质育种提出了一些建议。     

水稻粉质皱缩胚乳突变体fse4的表型分析与基因克隆

【目的】水稻种子主要以淀粉形式储藏能量。淀粉合成需要多种酶类和调控因子参与，机制较为复杂。本研究利用水稻胚乳发育缺陷突变体，克隆和鉴定新的调控淀粉合成相关基因，旨在为研究淀粉合成及其调控提供理论依据。【方法】从化学诱变剂甲基亚硝基脲（1-methyl-1-nitroso-urea, MNU）处理的宁粳3号(Ningjing 3, WT)突变体库中筛选到一个能稳定遗传的胚乳粉质皱缩突变体，命名为fse4 (floury and shrunken 4 )。与籼稻品种Dular杂交获得F1种子（F2），通过图位克隆的策略确定FSE4候选基因。利用杂合植株（FSE4fse4）分离出的粉质种子，观察形态学特征，分析其理化性质。使用扫描电镜和半薄切片技术观察胚乳结构。使用qRT-PCR和免疫印迹分析淀粉合成相关基因表达模式和淀粉合成相关酶类的蛋白积累量。利用全自动氨基酸分析仪测定成熟胚乳各氨基酸含量。【结果】突变体fse4籽粒宽度、厚度以及千粒重显著下降，同时胚乳中总淀粉、总蛋白、直链淀粉含量亦显著下降，而脂肪含量显著上升；淀粉黏度、崩解值和消减值显著低于野生型。突变体fse4中多为单粒型淀粉颗粒，且排列分散。FSE4定位于第5染色体长臂约252 kb的区间内，测序发现编码Δ1-吡咯啉-5-羧酸合成酶基因 （Delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase, P5CS）第1外显子上发生单碱基替换，导致一保守的氨基酸发生变异。突变体fse4中大部分淀粉合成相关基因表达量下调，多种淀粉合成相关蛋白积累量减少。突变体fse4米粉中多种氨基酸含量发生显著变化，游离氨基酸含量是其野生型的3.6倍。此外，外源喷施脯氨酸能部分恢复突变体fse4种子萌发缺陷表型。【结论】FSE4编码脯氨酸合成关键限速酶P5CS，该基因对胚乳中氨基酸的合成及代谢起重要的调控作用，并影响淀粉的合成与积累。     

人工控温条件下稻米垩白形成变化及胚乳扫描结构观察

 利用人工气候箱设高温（33℃）和适温（23℃）2个不同的温度处理,对2个不同垩白类型品种西农8116和广二矮104抽穗后稻米垩白的变化动态进行了研究,并通过对不同温度下稻米胚乳内部淀粉体形态、大小、发育程度、排列结构的扫描电镜观察,分析了稻米垩白形成变化与胚乳内部淀粉体结构特征的关系,结果表明,水稻灌浆结实期稻米垩白形成的变化过程主要是在抽穗5 d到15~20 d的这一时期,其余时段垩白度的变化幅度不大;高温（33℃）与适温（23℃）处理相比,以抽穗后10~20 d间的变化差别最为明显;胚乳淀粉体表现为“裸露型”还是“非裸露型”,主要与胚乳细胞内部淀粉粒发育程度有关,而与品种本身的垩白类型特征无必然联系     

Phenotypic Analysis and Gene Cloning of Rice Floury Endosperm Mutant fse4

【Objective】Starch is the main energy reserve of rice endosperm. The biosynthesis of starch is complex, requiring a large number of synthetic enzymes and regulators. Screening rice endosperm defective mutants and cloning the underlying genes will lay theoretical basis for starch biosynthesis and its regulation. 【Method】 A stable genetic floury and shrunken endosperm mutant termed as fse4 (floury and shrunken4) were obtained from the mutant library of Ningjing 3 (WT), which was induced by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU). An F2 mapping population was generated by crossing the fse4 mutant with Dular (an indica rice variety) and the gene was finally isolated. The floury seeds segregated from the fse4 heterozygous plants were used to observe the morphological features, and the physicochemical properties of the brown rice flour were analyzed. The endosperm structure was observed with a scanning electron microscopy by the semi-thin section technology. The expression of starch synthesis related genes during grain filling was determined by qRT-PCR; Immunoblotting was used to detect the accumulation of proteins related to starch synthesis. The amino acids contents of each mature endosperm were determined with the fully automatic amino acid analyzer.【Result】The 1000-grain weight and grain size were significantly reduced in fse4. Compared with WT, the contents of total starch, amylose and total protein were signi?cantly lower in fse4, while the lipid content was signi?cantly higher. The starch viscosity, breakdown viscosity and setback viscosity of the fse4 mutant were lower than WT. The endosperm of the mutant had many single dispersed starch granules with large spaces between each other. Using 1568 recessive individuals, FSE4 was narrowed down to a 252 kb region. Sequencing revealed a single base substitution in the first exon of the delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS), resulting in a conserved amino acid variation. Most of the genes related to starch synthesis were downregulated in fse4 and the protein accumulation related to starch synthase were reduced. The contents of various amino acids in fse4 rice flour were increased or decreased, the total free amino acids contents in fse4 seeds was 2.6 times higher than those in WT. Exogenous proline was applied during the germination of fse4 seeds, and the embryonic lethal phenotype was partially recovered.【Conclusion】FSE4 encode the key rate-limiting enzyme P5CS of proline synthesis, which plays an important role in the biosynthesis and metabolism of amino acids in endosperm and affects the accumulation of starch.     

水稻淡绿叶基因PGL11的鉴定与精细定位

【目的】叶片是水稻进行光合作用的主要场所,叶片颜色的变化与水稻的生长发育直接相关。发掘水稻叶色突变体,是水稻功能基因组学研究的重要遗传基础。【方法】利用EMS诱变日本晴获得一个能稳定遗传的淡绿叶突变体,暂命名为pgl11(pale green leaf 11)。在不同生育期测定野生型与突变体的叶绿素含量。在苗期,取野生型与突变体叶片进行叶绿体结构的透射电镜观察。在分蘖期,测定野生型与突变体的光合参数并观察气孔结构。在成熟期,测定野生型和pgl11的主要农艺性状。以pgl11为母本,南京6号为父本构建相应的F2群体,采用图位克隆的方法,对该基因进行定位。【结果】从苗期开始,突变体pgl11的每一片新叶均表现为淡绿色,叶绿素含量显著降低,叶绿体发育异常。随着叶片的生长,叶色由淡绿逐渐转绿,至抽穗期时叶绿素含量亦无明显差异。pgl11还表现光合速率、气孔导度明显下降,胞间CO_2浓度上升。扫描电镜观察发现,突变体pgl11的气孔发育异常。与野生型相比,突变体的农艺性状如株高、剑叶宽、二次枝梗数、每穗粒数、粒长、粒宽、千粒重以及结实率等均显著降低。对叶绿素合成、光合作用以及质体发育相关基因的表达量测定表明,突变体pgl11中参与叶绿体转录和翻译相关基因的表达量显著升高,而叶绿素合成和光合作用相关基因的表达量显著下降。遗传分析表明,该突变表型受一对隐性核基因控制。通过图位克隆的方法将该基因定位于第1染色体上的C6和C8标记之间,物理距离约为110 kb。【结论】该定位区间内未见有叶色相关基因报道,推测PGL11基因可能是一个新的水稻叶色基因。     

不同直链淀粉含量软米品种品质性状的比较

【目的】具有较低直链淀粉含量（5%～12%）的优良食味软米在国内市场上广受消费者欢迎,然而不同软米品种间稻米品质表现差异较大,造成这种差异的原因尚未明确。因此,有必要深入研究不同类型软米理化品质的差异及其成因。【方法】选取了江苏地区具有显著品质差异的4个软米品种、2个糯稻品种和2个常规品种（均为粳稻品种）为对象,对其稻米理化品质和淀粉结构进行了系统的比较分析。【结果】测序结果表明,软米品种南粳5055和南粳9108携带Wxmp等位基因,而软米品种香软玉和武香粳113携带跟2个常规粳稻品种相同的Wxb等位基因。品质分析表明,香软玉和武香粳113稻米较另两个软米品种中的直链淀粉含量更低,籽粒胚乳透明度更差;4个软米类稻米胚乳淀粉粒内部存在明显的孔隙,并且稻米胚乳越不透明,孔隙越明显;较低直链淀粉含量的软米食味表现更佳,这可能与低直链淀粉含量稻米具有更低的冷胶黏度、较大的崩解值和较小的消减值有关。淀粉精细结构测定表明,与常规粳稻米相比,软米的直链淀粉组分占比较低,而支链淀粉短链组分占比较高。【结论】目前江苏地区软米品种间存在显著的遗传和理化品质特性的差异,这为新型软米品种的培育和优异基因的克...     

Tryptophanyl-tRNA Synthetase Gene WRS1 Regulates Rice Seed Development

【Objective】Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) are closely related to the transmission of genetic information. Besides translation, aaRSs in plants participate in gametogenesis and embryo development, early plastid development, immune signal perception and disease defense. In this study, we used a rice endosperm defective mutant to analyze the function of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthase (WRS1) during seed development, proving that WRS1 gene encodes a key factor affecting rice endosperm development. 【Method】In this study, a stably-inherited rice floury endosperm mutant (wrs1) was screened from the mutant library of indica cultivar N22 (Oryza sativa subsp. indica) induced by ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS). Map-based cloning and complementation test identified the target gene. Morphological observation and starch physicochemical properties of wrs1 mature seeds were analyzed. Semi-thin sections were prepared to observe the developing endosperm structure with a scanning electron microscope. qRT-PCR and GUS staining were performed to analyze the expression of WRS1. The expression of starch synthesis related genes in the endosperm at 12 days after flowering was determined by qRT-PCR, and these protein expression levels in mature seed were detected by immunoblotting. The free amino acid contents of mature seeds were measured with a fully automatic amino acid analyzer. 【Result】The seedlings of wrs1 were featured by obvious delay in development and finally withered and died. The floury grains isolated from the heterozygous mutant (WRS1wrs1) showed shrunken belly, decreased grain thickness and thousand-grain weight. Total starch contents, the peak viscosity and breakdown viscosity of pasting starch were lower in wrs1. The compound starch granules in developing endosperm of wrs1 were smaller and loosely arranged. WRS1 was restricted to the 183 kb region of the long arm of chromosome 12. Sequencing revealed a single base substitution in exon 6 of the tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase gene (WRS1), resulting in a substitution of methionine. The expression of most starch synthesis-related genes in wrs1 was down-regulated, while these proteins showed different accumulation levels. The contents of proteins in wrs1 grains were decreased, while free amino acids contents were significantly increased. 【Conclusion】WRS1 encodes tryptophanyl-tRNA synthase. Mutation of this gene affects amino acid homeostasis and protein synthesis in rice endosperm, resulting in abnormal expression of the genes in starch synthesis pathway which affects starch synthesis and accumulation, and eventually lead to seed development defects.     

Endosperm Structure of White-Belly and White-Core Rice Grains Shown by Scanning Electron Microscopy

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White-belly and white-core are the major two types of grain chalkiness in japonica rice. This study aims to compare the morphological features of white-belly and white-core using a scanning electron microcope (SEM). A japonica rice cultivar Wuyujing3 and its mutants were used as materials. Nearly 1000 SEM images were observed, and 12 representative photos were selected. SEM images showed contrasting differences between white-belly and white-core in endosperm microstructure including the shape of endosperm cell, the size distribution of starch granules, and the amount of protein bodies. White-belly and white-core also varied markedly in morphological features of the cracked compound starch granules. Our findings should help to advance our understanding of the multi-faceted nature of grain chalkiness from the perspective of starch and protein accumulation, and should be of value for future work on rice grain chalkiness.