Establishing VIGS and CRISPR/Cas9 techniques to verify RsPDS function in radish

Virus-induced gene silencing(VIGS)and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein(CRISPR/Cas)systems are effective technologies for rapid and accurate gene function verification in modern plant biotechnology.However,the investigation of gene silencing and editing in radish remains limited.In this study,a bleaching phenotype was generated through the knockdown of RsPDS using tobacco rattle virus(TRV)-and turnip yellow mosaic virus(TYMV)-mediated gene silencing vectors.The TYMV-mediated gene silencing efficiency was higher than the TRV-based VIGS system in radish.The expression level of RsPDS was significantly inhibited using VIGS in'NAU-067'radish leaves.The rootless seedlings of‘NAU-067'were infected with Agrobacterium rhizogenes using the 2300GN-Ubi-RsPDS-Cas9 vector with two target sequences.Nine adventitious roots were blue with GUs staining,and four of these adventitious roots were edited at target sequence 1 of the RsPDS gene as indicated by Sanger sequencing.Furthermore,albino lines were generated with A.tumefaciens-mediated transformation of radish cotyledons.Five base substitutions and three base deletions occurred at target sequence 2 in Line 1,and three base insertions and three base substitutions occurred at target sequence 1 in Line 2.This study shows that VIGS and CRISPR/Cas9 techniques can be employed to precisely verify the biological functions of genes in radish,which will facilitate the genetic improvement of vital horticultural traits in radish breeding programs.

Enemies atpeace:Recentprogressin Agrobacterium-mediated cereal transformation

Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated plant transformation is a versatile tool for plant genetic engineering following its discovery nearly half a century ago.Numerous modifications were made in its application to increase efficiency,especially in the recalcitrant major cereals plants.Recent breakthroughs in transformation efficiency continue its role as a mainstream technique in CRISPR/Cas-based genome editing and gene stacking.These modifications led to higher transformation frequency and lower but more stable transgene copies with the capability to revolutionize modern agriculture.In this review,we provide a brief overview of the history of Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation and focus on the most recent progress to improve the system in both the Agrobacterium and the host recipient.A promising future for transformation in biotechnology and agriculture is predicted.

石油生物催化脱硫菌Agrobacterium tumefaciens UP3的分离筛选

从胜利油田被原油污染的土壤中筛选到一株能有效降解模型化合物二苯并噻吩 (DBT)的菌株。根据常规的形态分析、生理生化性状及 16SrDNA序列分析 ,将其鉴定为根癌土壤杆菌 (AgrobacteriumtumefaciensUP3)。该菌不能以十二烷、十六烷、液体石蜡和萘作为唯一碳源和能源生长 ,具有工业应用的潜力。对该菌株DBT降解能力的初步研究表明 ,5 4h内可将 5 0 0mg L的DBT降解至 15 0mg L。对降解产物的分析表明 ,根癌土壤杆菌降解DBT的途径与Kodama路线及 4_S路线不同。

Genetic Transformation of Aloe barbadensis Miller by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Despite the importance of aloe in cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, improvement of aloe （Aloe barbadensis Miller） by genetic engineering was seldom reported previously. In this study, regeneration and transformation conditions, including explant selection and surface sterilization, use of different Agrobacterium strains, and co-culture processing, are optimized. The use of 20.0% sodium hypochloride （25 rain） for sterilization was less detrimental to the health of explant than 0.1% mercuric chloride （10 min）. Regeneration frequency from stems was much higher than that from leaves or sheaths. Explants were infected by Agrobacterium （30 rain） in liquid co-cultural medium, and this was followed by three days co-culture on sterile filter papers with light for 10 h per day at 24℃. Histochemical data demonstrated that the transient expression of GUS gene in the stem explants of aloe infected with Agrobacterium strains EHAI05 and C58CI was 80.0% and 30.0%, respectively, suggesting the higher sensitivity of the explants to EHAI05 than to C58C1. Infected tissues were selected using G418 （10.0-25.0 mg/L） to generate transformants. Sixty-seven G418 resistant plantlets were generated from the infected explants. Southern blotting, PCR, and ELISA analyses indicated that the alien gene were successfully transferred into aloe and was expressed in the transgenic plants. This newly established transformation system could be used for the genetic improvement of aloe.

异养硝化好氧反硝化菌株Agrobacterium tumefaciens LAD9羟胺氧化酶的分离纯化

羟氨氧化酶(Hydroxylamine oxidase,HAO)的作用方式直接决定了异养硝化好氧反硝化细菌的代谢途径,分离得到纯度较高的HAO也就成为研究这类细菌脱氮机制的重要环节。以异养硝化好氧反硝化细菌Agrobacterium tumefaciens LAD9为代表,建立了该菌株HAO的分离纯化方法:首先采用渗透压休克法提取细胞周质液,然后采用DEAE Sepharose CL-6B离子交换层析和Sephacryl S-100凝胶过滤层析对细胞周质液进行分离纯化。结果表明,经过离子交换层析可得到分子量分别为55.3、35.7和19.2kD的杂蛋白,进一步经过凝胶过滤层析即可得到电泳纯的HAO,纯化倍数为5.79,产率为39.71%。对其酶学性质的初步研究表明,该菌株HAO的分子量为18.8 kD,能够将羟胺氧化为亚硝酸盐氮,且Fe2+的加入可显著增强其酶活。

一株脱有机硫菌Agrobacterium tumefaciens W3的分离鉴定及特性的研究

从杭州炼油厂的土壤中筛选到的能降解二苯并噻吩（Dibenzothiophene,DBT）的菌株,并进行了显微形态、生理生化分析和16S rDNA序列分析,将其鉴定为Agrobacteriumtume faciens W3;对该菌株的降解产物分析表明,其降解DBT的终产物为2-羟基联苯（2-hydroxybiphenyl,2-HBP）,符合4-S脱硫途径;对该菌株的部分脱硫特性进行分析表明,5 g/L葡萄糖,3 g/L NH4Cl,0.15 mmol/L DBT,初始pH 6.9-7.5为其适宜的培养条件,培养时间72-96 h可达到最大生长,脱硫效果可达83%.

石油生物脱硫菌Agrobacterium tumefaciens UP-3

对能降解二苯并噻吩(DBT)的根癌土壤杆菌AgrobacteriumtumefaciensUP3菌株进行了固定化研究,以聚乙烯醇(PVA)和海藻酸钠(SA)混合物为包埋法固定化载体,固定化最佳操作条件为4℃交联,PVA和SA混合物总浓度7%,两者最佳浓度比为6,细胞浓度为0.05g/mL。当DBT加入量为2.7mmol/L时,UP-3的静息细胞最高脱硫率为13%,而固定化细胞的脱硫效率超过了60%;固定化细胞的最佳使用条件为降解5d,温度28℃～32℃。

Study on Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated Transformation of Brassica campestris L. with Fusion Gene Ycoil-bFGF

[ Objective] The study is to generate pharmaceutical protein via plant transgenic technique. [Methed] Using the cotyledons with petiole as transformation receptor, the fusion gene of rapeseed oil-body gene and bFGF was introduced into the rapeseed （ Brassica campestris L. ） by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation; meanwhile regeneration conditions of rapeseed were also optimized, and the regenerated resistant plantlets were detected by PCR and Southern blot. [ Result] This fusion gene had been integrated into rapeseed genome successfully, and the optimized conditions of transformation and regeneration were as follows： explants pre-culture for 2 d, co-culture for 3 d, bacteria solution OD600 for 0.3 and infection time for 5 min. [ Conclusion] The results laid a solid foundation for extraction, isolation and purification of protein in transgenic plant seeds.

以beta-tubulin基因为选择标记的淡紫紫孢菌遗传转化

[目的]建立稳定的食线虫真菌淡紫紫孢菌遗传转化体系,并获得插入突变体。[方法]介导的方法,以淡紫紫孢菌20-7的分生孢子为受体,将新构建的携带beta tubulin基因的质粒转化进入淡紫紫孢菌的细胞中,通过优化诱导乙酰丁香酮(AS)的浓度、诱导培养时间、农杆菌终浓度OD660值、共培养AS的浓度、共培养时间和共培养温度等因子,建立高效遗传转化体系,获得致病力不同的突变体。[结果]共培养过程中使用萌发孢子是成功建立淡紫紫孢菌遗传转化体系的必要条件;淡紫紫孢菌萌发的孢子与农杆菌EHA105在25℃共振荡培养48 h时,且在共培养阶段当乙酰丁香酮浓度为200μg·mL^(−1)(pH5.5)时转化效率最高,转化效率为1200~3200个转化子/106分生孢子,阳性抗性转化子比率为96%;转化子PCR表明,T-DNA已整合到淡紫紫孢菌的基因组中;Southern杂交验证表明,83.3%的转化子为T-DNA单拷贝插入;成功建立了可靠的淡紫紫孢菌的遗传转化体系,并从20个转化子中筛选到16个致病力变异的突变体。[结论]本研究成功构建了农杆菌介导的、以beta-tubulin基因为选择标记的淡紫紫孢菌高效遗传转化体系,并获得致病力变异的插入突变体,为淡紫紫孢菌的基因功能、致病机制研究及优良菌株选育奠定了基础。

根癌农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens)对毛白杨五种防御酶系统的影响

用野生根癌农杆菌接种毛白杨后,定期测定叶片内5种酶活性的动态变化,旨在揭示毛白杨对根癌农杆菌侵染后的生理响应,阐明杨树根癌病的病害生理。毛白杨接种病原菌后,SOD、POD、PPO前期活性高于对照,有1个酶活高峰,后期下降接近对照;CAT出现2个酶活高峰,25 d虽有下降,但一直高于对照;PAL活性变化幅度比较小,基本保持在对照水平,与对照相比差异不显著。研究结果表明:SOD和CAT对根癌农杆菌最敏感,POD和PPO次之,PAL敏感性最差。

根癌农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens)介导培育富含叶黄素的基因工程小球藻(Chlorella vulgaris)的研究

采用基因克隆技术构建双元载体pCAMBIA2301-idi,通过电转转入农杆菌LBA4404中。利用根癌农杆菌介导的转化方法,将pCAMBIA2301-idi质粒的T-DNA区转入小球藻,以G418抗性基因(NPTⅡ)作为筛选标记,筛选出阳性转化子。通过PCR扩增表明idi基因和NPTⅡ基因已经整合到小球藻基因组中。测定转化子的生物量,结果表明大部分转化子的生物量与野生型相似。测定转化子小球藻干粉的叶黄素含量,发现转化子叶黄素含量最高达到0.84mg/g,与野生型相比提高了30.95%。进一步分析藻液中叶黄素的产量,发现转化子的叶黄素产量最高达到1.98mg/L,比野生型提高了36.77%。

Improvement of Plant Regeneration from Immature Embryos of Wheat Infected by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Wheat, one of the most important food crops, has been extensively studied with respects to plant regeneration and transformation employing the immature embryos as recipient tissues. However, the transformed tissues often become severely necrotic after co-cultivation with Agrobacterium, which is one of the major obstacles in gene delivery. In this study, wheat varieties CB037, Kenong 199, Xinchun 9, Lunxuan 987, and Shi 4185 showed desirable culture potential or high infection ability in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Similarly, optimal regeneration conditions were determined by testing their ability to inhibit the cell necrosis and cell death phenotype. Two auxins of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid （2,4-D） and 3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid （dicamba） were evaluated for highly significant effect on both callus and plantlet production, although they were genotype-dependent in wheat. Substitution of 2,4-D by dicamba enhanced the growth and regeneration ability of callus from the immature embryos of most genotypes tested. The callus growth state couldn’t be modified by adding antioxidants such as ascorbic acid, cysteine, and silver nitrate or organic additives such as thiamine HCl and asparagine to the media. On the contrary, the best tissue statement and plant regeneration was achieved by employing the media containing the simplest MS （Murashige and Skoog） components and dicamba without organic components and vitamins. Thereby, our results are thought to inhibit wheat cell necrosis effectively and suggested to be used for more wheat genotypes.

Regular Production of Transgenic Wheat Mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Wheat is the number one crop both in acreage and total yield in the world. Therefore, it is very important to improve wheat by gene engineering techniques even though it belongs to the plants insensitive to gene transformation, especially to Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Wheat immature embryos of 1.0 - 1.5mm in size, C58cl of Agrobacterium strain harboring pPTN249, pPTN270, pPTN254, and pSIS-GFP respectively (all the vectors contain the aphA selectable gene driven by enhanced 35S promoter and a target gene controlled by ubi promoter or E35S promoter), AB medium for Agrobacterium activate culture, WCC medium for co-culture, were used in this study. The embryos with 4 days of pre-culture were transferred onto selection medium with 10mg/L geneticin, 50mg/L ticarcillin, 50mg/L vancomycin, and 50mg/L cefotaxine after 30 minutes of infection and 2 days of co-cultivation with Agrobacterium. Followed callus production, shoot regeneration on selection medium, 114 resistant plantlets were obtained from 10 transformation experiments of four genotypes. By nptll ELISA (nptII enzyme assay), PCR, Southern blot and leaf bleach, 29 positive plants were identified from two genotypes of Bobwhite and Yangmai 10, with an average transformation efficiency of 0.82%. The result tested by Southern blot also showed that the transgenic plants with single- copy integration of target gene took 65.52% among total positive plants. The ELISA value of transgenic plant was also related to the copies of alien DNA integrating into wheat chromosomes, the transgenic plants with single copy integration giving higher ELISA value than the ones with 2 or 3 copies integration.

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of rice with the spider insecticidal gene conferring resistance to leaffolder and striped stem borer

Immature embryos of rice varieties "Xiushui11" and "Chunjiang 11" precultured for 4d were infected and transformed by Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA101/pExT7 (containing the spider insecticidal gene). The resistant cant were transferred onto the differentiation medium and plants were regenerated. The transformation frequency reached 56%-72% measured as numbers of Geneticin (G418)-resistant calli produced and 36%-60% measured as numbers of transgenic plants regenerated, respectively. PCR and Southern blot analysis of transgenic plants confirmed that the T-DNA had been integrated into the rice genome. Insect bioassays using T1 transgenic plants indicated that the mortality of the leaffolder (Cnaphalocrasis medinalis) after 7d of leaf feeding reached 38%-61% and the corrected mortality of the striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis) after 7d of leaf feeding reached 16%-75%. The insect bioassay results demonstrated that the transgenic plants expressing the spider insecticidal protein conferred enhanced resistance to these pests.

Production of Transgenic Tall Fescue Plants with Enhanced Stress Tolerances by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation

In order to improve stress tolerances of turf-type tall fescue （Festuca arundinacea Schreb.）, Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA105 carrying plasmid pCMD containing stress tolerance-related CBF1 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana was used to transform mature seeds-derived embryogenic calli of four cultivars. A total of 112 transgenic plants were regenerated from 32 independent lines and verified by histochemical detection of GUS activity, PCR assay and Southern hybridization analysis. The transformation frequency ranged from 0.92 to 2.87% with apparent differences among the cultivars. Stress tolerances of transgenic plants were enhanced, which was shown by the facts that transgenic plants had distinct growth superiority and significantly higher survival rate than non-transformed ones under high salinity and high osmosis stresses, and that relative electronic conductivity of in vitro leaves treated with low and high temoeratures, dehvdration and high salinity stresses was 25-30% lower in transgenic plants than in control plants.In addition,it was observed that growth of transgenic plants was inhibited due to constitutive overexpression of CBF1 gene under normal environmental conditions.

Genetic transformation of loblolly pine using mature zygotic embryo explants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA 4404 carrying pBI121 plasmid was used to transform mature zygotic embryos of three genotypes (E-Hb, E-Ma, and E-Mc) of loblolly pine. The results demonstrated that the expression frequency of (-glucuronidase reporter gene (GUS) varied among genotypes after mature zygotic embryos were infected with Agrobacterium tumefaciens cultures. The highest frequency (27.8%) of GUS expressing embryos was obtained from genotype E-Mc with mean number of 21.9 blue GUS spots per embryo. Expression of (-glucuronidase reporter gene was observed on cotyledons, hypocotyls, and radicles of transformed mature zygotic embryos, as well as on organogenic callus and regenerated shoots derived from co-cultivated mature zygotic embryos. Nineteen regenerated transgenic plants were obtained from GUS expression and kanamycin resistant calli. The presence and integration of the GUS gene was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot analysis. These results suggested that an efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation protocol for stable integration of foreign genes into loblolly pine has been developed and that this transformation system could be useful for the future studies on transferring economically important genes to loblolly pine.

Optimization of the uidA Gene Transfer of Rosa hybrida via Agrobacterium tumefaciens: an Assessment of Factors Influencing the Efficiency of Gene Transfer

To develop a transformation protocol of Rosa hybrida Samantha via Agrobacterium tumefaciens, the authors examined the effect of different factors on T-DNA transfer by measuring transient expression levels of an intron-containing -glucuronidase gene. The results indicate that explant, light condition, salt concentration and acetosyringone (AS) concentration in co-culture medium are the most important factors, and factors like co-culture temperature, co-culture period and bacteria density have a strong effect on the growth of bacteria and then T-DNA transfer. Optimized co-cultivation was performed by inoculation of embryogenic callus with bacteria at a density of OD600= 0.50.8 for 20 min and co-culture in darkness under 23 C on medium with 1/2 MS salts and 300 mol稬1 AS for 3 d.

Genetic Transformation of Lycium barbarum L. via A. tumefaciens

A system for transformation and regeneration of Lycium barbarum L. , an important Chinese medical plant, has been established. Young stem segments from Lycium barbarum L. were infected with Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58cl(pGV3850: :ineo1130), and the transformed calli selected from the callus induction medium containing 50 fig/ml kanamycin could regenerate buds on differentiation medium containing 25 μg/ml kanamycin. 30% of the regenerated buds were normal in morphology. The normal buds could develop into whole plantlets after they were transferred to the rooting medium to induce roots. Nopa-line detection, NPT-Ⅱ enzyme activity assay and Southern blotting hybridization indicated that the foreign genes had been integrated into the genome of Lycium barbarum L. and expressed in the plant. In the processes of experiments, it was found that (i) after the pre-processes, the explants which formed callus quickly were easy to transform ; (Ⅱ) the rate of normal regenerated plants from transgenic calli was higher than that from the untransgenic ones.

Low Co-Cultivation Temperature at 20°C Resulted in the Reproducible Maximum Increase in Both the Fresh Weight Yield and Stable Expression of GUS Activity after <i>Agrobacterium tumefaciens</i>-Mediated Transformation of Tobacco Leaf Disks

The importance of controlled temperature during the four-days co-cultivation period was evaluated under the most physiologically relevant conditions for Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Xanthi (nn, Smith)) leaf disks. We compared the effect of temperatures ranging from 15°C, 18°C, 20°C, 22°C to 25°C on the stable expression of β-glucuronidase (GUS) activity of 14 days old hygromycin-selected leaf disks, and on the increase in the fresh weight yield of 28 days old kanamycin-selected calli. The highest average of GUS activity was obtained at 20°C among the five temperatures tested although the difference between the 18°C and 20°C treatment was not statistically significant. The GUS activity at 15°C was statistically lower than those at 18°C and 20°C. The GUS activity in 22°C treatment was an intermediate between the highest (18/20°C) and second highest averages (15°C), and was not statistically significantly different. The lowest average of GUS activity was observed at 25°C. The highest increase in the plate average of fresh weight yield was obtained at 20°C among the five temperature tested. The 20°C treatment was statistically significantly better than the 15°C and 18°C treatments. The 20°C co-cultivation treatment resulted in the higher FW yield than 22°C and 25°C even though the differences were not statistically significant. In conclusion, low co-cultivation temperature at 20°C resulted in the reproducible maximum increase in both the fresh weight yield and stable expression of GUS activity after transformation of tobacco leaf disks.

Trehalose Synthase Gene Transfer Mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens Enhances Resistance to Osmotic Stress in Sugarcane

Trehalose synthase gene (TSase) from Grifola frondosa was transferred into sugarcane (Sac-charum hybrid L.) using Agrobacterium-mediated method to improve sugarcane drought-tolerance. The results indicated that embryogenic callus of sugarcane was sensitive to A. tumefaciens EHA105 strain in the transformation system employed. The high frequency PPT-resistant plants were obtained from transformated with 3 weeks callus after incubation, which reached 4.5% on average. The transgenic plants were confirmed by PCR and Southern analysis. Some transgenic plants showed multiple phenotypic alterations and some plants demonstrated improvement tolerance to osmotic stress.