农杆菌介导的黄瓜炭疽菌遗传转化

建立并优化了农杆菌介导转化瓜类炭疽菌(Colletotrichum lagenarium)获得T-DNA插入突变体体系,包括农杆菌使用浓度、农杆菌与炭疽菌孢子共培养时间、抗生素配合使用抑制农杆菌污染等.所用的转化载体pBIG2RHPH2-GUS-GFP除了抗生素选择标记外还携带有融合GFP-GUS报告基因.转化106个孢子平均可获得约150～200个潮霉素抗性转化子.PCR检测表明,所有潮霉素抗性转化子菌株都能从其基因组DNA中扩增到转化载体中的GUS基因片段,而且都能产生GFP荧光或GUS染色阳性.转化子菌株经过连续继代培养后保持稳定.随机对36个转化子菌株进行致病性测定,发现1个转化子菌株对黄瓜致病性下降,1个丧失致病性,而大多数表现为野生型致病性.农杆菌介导转化瓜类炭疽菌体系的建立,为进一步构建大库容量的T-DNA插入突变体库、致病性突变体筛选以及致病性相关基因的克隆鉴定奠定了基础.     

根癌农杆菌介导获得稗草Ecppc转基因小麦的研究

采用携带pUbi-Ecppc质粒的3个根癌农杆菌菌株（LBA4404、EHA105和C58c1）,对经过预培养10~12 d的春小麦品种扬麦158、Bobwhite和扬麦12的幼胚愈伤组织进行了遗传转化。对筛选中的抗生素浓度、菌液浓度、共培养温度和时间、受体基因型、菌株-质粒组合等影响转化的重要因素进行了研究。首次将单子叶野生C₄植物稗草的磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶基因（Ecppc）导入小麦受体基因型,并得到具有潮霉素（Hyg）抗性的转化植株。从816块共培养愈伤组织中转化得到34株抗性植株,其中14株PCR检测为阳性。扬麦158的转化效率达3.03%。Southern和RT-PCR分析表明外源基因已整合到小麦基因组并得到正确的转录。生理学检测显示,转基因小麦植株的光合速率和PEPC活性都有所提高。说明Ubiqintin基因启动子控制的稗草PEPC cDNA基因在小麦中可以正确表达和起到一定的生理作用。这些工作为进一步探讨PEPC对小麦光合作用及其他生理过程的影响奠定了基础。     

Somatic embryogenesis of Limonium sinense: a study on the regeneration efficacy via direct and indirect approach followed by Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation

An efficient indirect somatic embryogenesis and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol for Limonium sinense has been established, wherein neomycin phosphotransferase II (npt II) and β-glucuronidase (GUS) genes were used as selectable and screenable markers, respectively. The efficiency of plantlet regeneration from transformed tissue was compared between direct embryogenesis from leaf and indirect embryogenesis from callus. Embryogenic callus (EC) was initiated from leaf explants on MS medium supplemented with 6.7 μM 2,4-D and 2.22 μM BA. The somatic embryos were induced, matured, and germinated when ECs were transferred onto MS medium supplemented with 4.44 μM BA and 1.07 μM NAA. Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA 4404 containing the vector pBI121 was used for the transformation. Transient GUS expression frequency was evaluated and putative transgenic plants were successfully grown on culture medium in presence of kanamycin (80–100 mg L^?1). PCR analysis of putative transgenic plants confirmed the presence of GUS and nptII genes. The transformation efficiency obtained through indirect embryogenesis from calluses (4%) was much higher than through direct embryogenesis from leaf explants (0.9%).