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Brooks EG, Elorriaga E, Liu Y, Duduit JR, Yuan G, Tsai CJ, Tuskan GA, Ranney TG, Yang X, Liu W. Plant Promoters and Terminators for High-Precision Bioengineering. BIODESIGN RESEARCH 2023; 5:0013. [PMID: 37849460 PMCID: PMC10328392 DOI: 10.34133/bdr.0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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High-precision bioengineering and synthetic biology require fine-tuning gene expression at both transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. Gene transcription is tightly regulated by promoters and terminators. Promoters determine the timing, tissues and cells, and levels of the expression of genes. Terminators mediate transcription termination of genes and affect mRNA levels posttranscriptionally, e.g., the 3'-end processing, stability, translation efficiency, and nuclear to cytoplasmic export of mRNAs. The promoter and terminator combination affects gene expression. In the present article, we review the function and features of plant core promoters, proximal and distal promoters, and terminators, and their effects on and benchmarking strategies for regulating gene expression.
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- Emily G. Brooks
- Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resource, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Mountain Crop Improvement Lab, Department of Horticultural Science, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, North Carolina State University, Mills River, NC 28759, USA
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- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resource, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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Guo H, Mao M, Deng Y, Sun L, Chen R, Cao P, Lai J, Zhang Y, Wang C, Li C, Li Y, Bai Q, Tan T, Yang J, Wang S. Multi-Omics Analysis Reveals That SlERF.D6 Synergistically Regulates SGAs and Fruit Development. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:860577. [PMID: 35463452 PMCID: PMC9024245 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.860577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs) are cholesterol-derived molecules that contribute to the pathogen defense in tomato but are toxic and considered to be antinutritional compounds to humans. APETALA2/Ethylene Responsive Factor (AP2/ERF) family transcription factors (TFs) play an indispensable role in various biological processes, such as plant growth and development, fruit ripening, biotic and abiotic stresses responses, and SGA biosynthesis. In this study, we identified 176 AP2/ERF genes that were domesticated or improved SlAP2/ERF in the tomato variome (Solanum lycopersicum) within either domestication or improvement sweeps, respectively. According to the RNA-sequencing data, 93 of the ERF genes with high transcriptional level (Transcripts Per Million, TPM > 1) belong to six clusters. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and metabolite-based genome-wide association study (mGWAS) analyses revealed that the expression level of the Solyc04g071770 (SlERF.D6) gene in the cluster six gradually increased as the fruit matured. Transient transformation verified that the overexpression of SlERF.D6 significantly promoted fruit ripening and regulated the expression of multiple genes in the SGA synthesis pathway, thereby affecting the SGA content of the fruit. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) showed that the silencing of SlERF.D6 delayed fruit ripening and influenced the content of SGAs. Our data provide new insights into AP2/ERF TFs in tomato, offer a candidate TF for fruit development and steroidal glycoalkaloids, and provide new resources for tomato breeding and improvement.
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- Hao Guo
- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, China
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A Rapid Pipeline for Pollen- and Anther-Specific Gene Discovery Based on Transcriptome Profiling Analysis of Maize Tissues. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22136877. [PMID: 34206810 PMCID: PMC8267723 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Recently, crop breeders have widely adopted a new biotechnology-based process, termed Seed Production Technology (SPT), to produce hybrid varieties. The SPT does not produce nuclear male-sterile lines, and instead utilizes transgenic SPT maintainer lines to pollinate male-sterile plants for propagation of nuclear-recessive male-sterile lines. A late-stage pollen-specific promoter is an essential component of the pollen-inactivating cassette used by the SPT maintainers. While a number of plant pollen-specific promoters have been reported so far, their usefulness in SPT has remained limited. To increase the repertoire of pollen-specific promoters for the maize community, we conducted a comprehensive comparative analysis of transcriptome profiles of mature pollen and mature anthers against other tissue types. We found that maize pollen has much less expressed genes (>1 FPKM) than other tissue types, but the pollen grain has a large set of distinct genes, called pollen-specific genes, which are exclusively or much higher (100 folds) expressed in pollen than other tissue types. Utilizing transcript abundance and correlation coefficient analysis, 1215 mature pollen-specific (MPS) genes and 1009 mature anther-specific (MAS) genes were identified in B73 transcriptome. These two gene sets had similar GO term and KEGG pathway enrichment patterns, indicating that their members share similar functions in the maize reproductive process. Of the genes, 623 were shared between the two sets, called mature anther- and pollen-specific (MAPS) genes, which represent the late-stage pollen-specific genes of the maize genome. Functional annotation analysis of MAPS showed that 447 MAPS genes (71.7% of MAPS) belonged to genes encoding pollen allergen protein. Their 2-kb promoters were analyzed for cis-element enrichment and six well-known pollen-specific cis-elements (AGAAA, TCCACCA, TGTGGTT, [TA]AAAG, AAATGA, and TTTCT) were found highly enriched in the promoters of MAPS. Interestingly, JA-responsive cis-element GCC box (GCCGCC) and ABA-responsive cis-element-coupling element1 (ABRE-CE1, CCACC) were also found enriched in the MAPS promoters, indicating that JA and ABA signaling likely regulate pollen-specific MAPS expression. This study describes a robust and straightforward pipeline to discover pollen-specific promotes from publicly available data while providing maize breeders and the maize industry a number of late-stage (mature) pollen-specific promoters for use in SPT for hybrid breeding and seed production.
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Vejlupkova Z, Warman C, Sharma R, Scheller HV, Mortimer JC, Fowler JE. No evidence for transient transformation via pollen magnetofection in several monocot species. NATURE PLANTS 2020; 6:1323-1324. [PMID: 33139861 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-00798-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- Zuzana Vejlupkova
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Crop Genetics and Informatics Group, School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon States University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
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Vejlupkova Z, Warman C, Sharma R, Scheller HV, Mortimer JC, Fowler JE. No evidence for transient transformation via pollen magnetofection in several monocot species. NATURE PLANTS 2020; 6:1323-1324. [PMID: 33139861 DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.01.071266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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ABSTRACTThe development of rapid and efficient transformation methods for many plant species remains an obstacle in both the basic and applied plant sciences. A novel method described by Zhao et al. (2017) used magnetic nanoparticles to deliver DNA into pollen grains of several dicot species, and one monocot (lily), to achieve transformation (“pollen magnetofection”). Using the published protocol, extensive trials by two independent research groups showed no indication of transient transformation success with pollen from two monocots, maize and sorghum. To further address the feasibility of magnetofection, lily pollen was used for side-by-side trials of magnetofection with a proven methodology for transient transformation, biolistics. Using a Green Fluorescent Protein reporter plasmid, transformation efficiency with the biolistic approach averaged 0.7% over three trials. However, the same plasmid produced no recognizable transformants via magnetofection, despite screening >3500 individual pollen grains. We conclude that pollen magnetofection is not effective for transient transformation of pollen for at least three species of monocots, and suggest that efforts to replicate the magnetofection protocol in dicot species would be useful to fully assess its potential.ARISING FROM Zhao et al. Nature Plantshttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-017-0063-z (2017)
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- Zuzana Vejlupkova
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Crop Genetics and Informatics Group, School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon States University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
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Gao L, Tian Y, Chen MC, Wei L, Gao TG, Yin HJ, Zhang JL, Kumar T, Liu LB, Wang SM. Cloning and functional characterization of epidermis-specific promoter MtML1 from Medicago truncatula. J Biotechnol 2019; 300:32-39. [PMID: 31085201 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Epidermis-specific promoters are necessary for ectopic expression of specific functional genes such as the cuticle-related genes. Previous studies indicated that both ECERIFERUM 6 (AtCER6) and MERISTEM L1 LAYER (ATML1) promoters from Arabidopsis thaliana can drive gene expression specifically in the epidermis of shoot apical meristems (SAMs) and leaves. However, the epidermis-specific promoters from legume plants have not been reported. Here, we cloned a 5' flanking sequence from the upstream -2150 bp to the translational start ATG codon of MtML1 gene of legume model plant Medicago truncatula. PlantCARE analysis indicated that this sequence matches the characteristics of a promoter, having TATA box and CAAT box, as well as contains some conserved elements of epidermis-specific promoters like AtCER6 and ATML1 promoters. The β-glucuronidase (GUS) histochemical analysis showed that MtML1 promoter can drive GUS gene expression in transiently transformed Nicotiana tabacum leaves under non-inducing condition. Furthermore, it can also control GUS expression in leaves and siliques rather than roots of the stably transformed Arabidopsis. More importantly, the leaf cross-section observations indicated that MtML1 exclusively expressed in the epidermis of leaves. These results suggested that MtML1 promoter performed the epidermis-specific in plant shoot. Our study establishes the foundation for driving the cuticle-related gene to express in epidermis, which may be very useful in genetic engineering of legume plants.
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- Li Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730020, P.R. China.
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Li J, Li Y, Deng Y, Chen P, Feng F, Chen W, Zhou X, Wang Y. A calcium-dependent protein kinase, ZmCPK32, specifically expressed in maize pollen to regulate pollen tube growth. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0195787. [PMID: 29813101 PMCID: PMC5973587 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CPKs) play an essential role in the regulation of pollen tube growth. Although CPK genes have been identified in maize, and some have been functionally characterized, the molecular function of ZmCPKs associated with pollen tube development remains less well studied. Here, we report that a pollen-specific CPK, ZmCPK32, is involved in the regulation of pollen germination and tube extension. ZmCPK32 exhibited CPK activity and was localized on the plasma membrane and punctate internal membrane compartments via N-terminal acylation. In situ hybridization and real-time PCR revealed that ZmCPK32 transcripts accumulated in pollen and expression was dramatically upregulated during shedding. To elucidate the function of this gene, we transiently expressed a ZmCPK32-GFP fusion protein in tobacco pollen using microparticle bombardment. ZmCPK32 accumulation inhibited pollen germination and reduced pollen tube growth, but this effect was abolished when the kinase-inactive variant was expressed, indicating that kinase activity is critical for its regulatory function. In addition, the plasma membrane localization of ZmCPK32 is essential for regulating polar growth, as pollen expressing the cytosol-localized kinase displayed reduced tube length but germinated well. Moreover, the constitutively active form of ZmCPK32 enhanced the reduction in the germination rate, indicating that the specific activation of ZmCPK32 via calcium ions at the cortical growth point is essential for regulating appropriate germination. The results suggest that ZmCPK32 is functionally associated with pollen tube growth, and could represent a potential target for breeding male-sterile maize.
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- Jie Li
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Department of Crop Genomic & Genetic Improvement, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (YDW); (XJZ)
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (YDW); (XJZ)
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Zhang D, Wu S, An X, Xie K, Dong Z, Zhou Y, Xu L, Fang W, Liu S, Liu S, Zhu T, Li J, Rao L, Zhao J, Wan X. Construction of a multicontrol sterility system for a maize male-sterile line and hybrid seed production based on the ZmMs7 gene encoding a PHD-finger transcription factor. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2018; 16:459-471. [PMID: 28678349 PMCID: PMC5787847 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Although hundreds of genetic male sterility (GMS) mutants have been identified in maize, few are commercially used due to a lack of effective methods to produce large quantities of pure male-sterile seeds. Here, we develop a multicontrol sterility (MCS) system based on the maize male sterility 7 (ms7) mutant and its wild-type Zea mays Male sterility 7 (ZmMs7) gene via a transgenic strategy, leading to the utilization of GMS in hybrid seed production. ZmMs7 is isolated by a map-based cloning approach and encodes a PHD-finger transcription factor orthologous to rice PTC1 and Arabidopsis MS1. The MCS transgenic maintainer lines are developed based on the ms7-6007 mutant transformed with MCS constructs containing the (i) ZmMs7 gene to restore fertility, (ii) α-amylase gene ZmAA and/or (iii) DNA adenine methylase gene Dam to devitalize transgenic pollen, (iv) red fluorescence protein gene DsRed2 or mCherry to mark transgenic seeds and (v) herbicide-resistant gene Bar for transgenic seed selection. Self-pollination of the MCS transgenic maintainer line produces transgenic red fluorescent seeds and nontransgenic normal colour seeds at a 1:1 ratio. Among them, all the fluorescent seeds are male fertile, but the seeds with a normal colour are male sterile. Cross-pollination of the transgenic plants to male-sterile plants propagates male-sterile seeds with high purity. Moreover, the transgene transmission rate through pollen of transgenic plants harbouring two pollen-disrupted genes is lower than that containing one pollen-disrupted gene. The MCS system has great potential to enhance the efficiency of maize male-sterile line propagation and commercial hybrid seed production.
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- Danfeng Zhang
- College of Bioscience and BiotechnologyHunan Agricultural UniversityChangshaChina
- Advanced Biotechnology and Application Research CenterSchool of Chemistry and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingChina
- Beijing Engineering Laboratory of Main Crop Biotechnology BreedingBeijing Solidwill Sci‐Tech Co. Ltd.BeijingChina
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- Advanced Biotechnology and Application Research CenterSchool of Chemistry and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingChina
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- Advanced Biotechnology and Application Research CenterSchool of Chemistry and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingChina
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- Advanced Biotechnology and Application Research CenterSchool of Chemistry and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingChina
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- Advanced Biotechnology and Application Research CenterSchool of Chemistry and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingChina
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- Beijing Engineering Laboratory of Main Crop Biotechnology BreedingBeijing Solidwill Sci‐Tech Co. Ltd.BeijingChina
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Maize DNA Fingerprinting and Molecular BreedingMaize Research CenterBeijing Academy of Agriculture & Forestry SciencesBeijingChina
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- Beijing Engineering Laboratory of Main Crop Biotechnology BreedingBeijing Solidwill Sci‐Tech Co. Ltd.BeijingChina
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- Beijing Engineering Laboratory of Main Crop Biotechnology BreedingBeijing Solidwill Sci‐Tech Co. Ltd.BeijingChina
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- College of Bioscience and BiotechnologyHunan Agricultural UniversityChangshaChina
- Beijing Engineering Laboratory of Main Crop Biotechnology BreedingBeijing Solidwill Sci‐Tech Co. Ltd.BeijingChina
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- Advanced Biotechnology and Application Research CenterSchool of Chemistry and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingChina
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- Beijing Engineering Laboratory of Main Crop Biotechnology BreedingBeijing Solidwill Sci‐Tech Co. Ltd.BeijingChina
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- College of Bioscience and BiotechnologyHunan Agricultural UniversityChangshaChina
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Maize DNA Fingerprinting and Molecular BreedingMaize Research CenterBeijing Academy of Agriculture & Forestry SciencesBeijingChina
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- College of Bioscience and BiotechnologyHunan Agricultural UniversityChangshaChina
- Advanced Biotechnology and Application Research CenterSchool of Chemistry and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingChina
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Abstract
Promoters regulate gene expression, and are essential biotechnology tools. Since its introduction in the mid-1990s, biotechnology has greatly enhanced maize productivity primarily through the development of insect control and herbicide tolerance traits. Additional biotechnology applications include improving seed nutrient composition, industrial protein production, therapeutic production, disease resistance, abiotic stress resistance, and yield enhancement. Biotechnology has also greatly expanded basic research into important mechanisms that govern plant growth and reproduction. Many novel promoters have been developed to facilitate this work, but only a few are widely used. Transgene optimization includes a variety of strategies some of which effect promoter structure. Recent reviews examine the state of the art with respect to transgene design for biotechnology applications. This chapter examines the use of transgene technology in maize, focusing on the way promoters are selected and used. The impact of new developments in genomic technology on promoter structure is also discussed.
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Qu X, Zhang R, Zhang M, Diao M, Xue Y, Huang S. Organizational Innovation of Apical Actin Filaments Drives Rapid Pollen Tube Growth and Turning. MOLECULAR PLANT 2017; 10:930-947. [PMID: 28502709 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Polarized tip growth is a fundamental cellular process in many eukaryotes. In this study, we examined the dynamic restructuring of the actin cytoskeleton and its relationship to vesicle transport during pollen tip growth in Arabidopsis. We found that actin filaments originating from the apical membrane form a specialized structure consisting of longitudinally aligned actin bundles at the cortex and inner cytoplasmic filaments with a distinct distribution. Using actin-based pharmacological treatments and genetic mutants in combination with FRAP (fluorescence recovery after photobleaching) technology to visualize the transport of vesicles within the growth domain of pollen tubes, we demonstrated that cortical actin filaments facilitate tip-ward vesicle transport. We also discovered that the inner apical actin filaments prevent backward movement of vesicles, thus ensuring that sufficient vesicles accumulate at the pollen tube tip to support the rapid growth of the pollen tube. The combinatorial effect of cortical and internal apical actin filaments perfectly explains the generation of the inverted "V" cone-shaped vesicle distribution pattern at the pollen tube tip. When pollen tubes turn, apical actin filaments at the facing side undergo depolymerization and repolymerization to reorient the apical actin structure toward the new growth direction. This actin restructuring precedes vesicle accumulation and changes in tube morphology. Thus, our study provides new insights into the functional relationship between actin dynamics and vesicle transport during rapid and directional pollen tube growth.
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- Xiaolu Qu
- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
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Wang H, Fan M, Wang G, Zhang C, Shi L, Wei Z, Ma W, Chang J, Huang S, Lin F. Isolation and characterization of a novel pollen-specific promoter in maize (Zea mays L.). Genome 2017; 60:485-495. [PMID: 28177828 DOI: 10.1139/gen-2016-0089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ZmSTK2_USP, located on the long arm of chromosome 4, belongs to the serine/threonine kinase gene in maize. The sequence analysis of 2100 bp upstream from the start codon ATG has shown that it contains cis-element motifs and two types of anther/pollen-specific promoter elements (GTGA and AGAAA), suggesting that it is the pollen-specific promoter. To investigate the function of ZmSTK2_USP promoter, the GUS gene fusion system was employed. In proZmSTK2_USP-GUS genetically modified plants, GUS activity was detected in mature pollen grains and pollen tubes but not found in other floral and vegetative tissues. These results show that proZmSTK2_USP is the pollen-specific promoter and drives pollen-specific activity during the middle stage of pollen development until pollen maturation.
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- He Wang
- a Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, No. 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China.,b Biotechnology and Bioscience College, Shenyang Agricultural University, No. 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China.,c Corn Research Institute, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 84 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
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- a Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, No. 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China.,b Biotechnology and Bioscience College, Shenyang Agricultural University, No. 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
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- c Corn Research Institute, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 84 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
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- b Biotechnology and Bioscience College, Shenyang Agricultural University, No. 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
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- c Corn Research Institute, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 84 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
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- d Laboratory of Plant Bioreactor and Genetics Engineering, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agro-Biotechnology Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 1363 Shengtai St., Changchun 130033, China
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- b Biotechnology and Bioscience College, Shenyang Agricultural University, No. 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
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- b Biotechnology and Bioscience College, Shenyang Agricultural University, No. 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
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- b Biotechnology and Bioscience College, Shenyang Agricultural University, No. 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
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- b Biotechnology and Bioscience College, Shenyang Agricultural University, No. 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
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Nguyen HTK, Kim SY, Cho KM, Hong JC, Shin JS, Kim HJ. A Transcription Factor γMYB1 Binds to the P1BS cis-Element and Activates PLA2-γ Expression with its Co-Activator γMYB2. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 57:784-97. [PMID: 26872838 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Phospholipase A2(PLA2) hydrolyzes phospholipid molecules to produce two products that are both precursors of second messengers of signaling pathways and signaling molecules per se.Arabidopsis thaliana PLA2 paralogs (-β,-γ and -δ) play critical roles during pollen development, pollen germination and tube growth. In this study, analysis of the PLA2-γ promoter using a deletion series revealed that the promoter region -153 to -1 is crucial for its pollen specificity. Using a yeast one-hybrid screening assay with the PLA2-γ promoter and an Arabidopsis transcription factor (TF)-only library, we isolated two novel MYB-like TFs belonging to the MYB-CC family, denoted here as γMYB1 and γMYB2. By electrophoretic mobility shift assay, we found that these two TFs bind directly to the P1BS (phosphate starvation response 1-binding sequence)cis-element of the PLA2-γ promoter. γMYB1 alone functioned as a transcriptional activator for PLA2-γ expression, whereas γMYB2 directly interacted with γMYB1 and enhanced its activation. Overexpression of γMYB1 in the mature pollen grain led to increased expression of not only the PLA2-γ gene but also of several genes whose promoters contain the P1BS cis-element and which are involved in the Pi starvation response, phospholipid biosynthesis and sugar synthesis. Based on these results, we suggest that the TF γMYB1 binds to the P1BS cis-element, activates the expression of PLA2-γ with the assistance of its co-activator, γMYB2, and regulates the expression of several target genes involved in many plant metabolic reactions.
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- Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Life Science, Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus Program), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea; Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation and Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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Safiarian MJ, Pertl-Obermeyer H, Lughofer P, Hude R, Bertl A, Obermeyer G. Lost in traffic? The K(+) channel of lily pollen, LilKT1, is detected at the endomembranes inside yeast cells, tobacco leaves, and lily pollen. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:47. [PMID: 25713578 PMCID: PMC4322604 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Fertilization in plants relies on fast growth of pollen tubes through the style tissue toward the ovules. This polarized growth depends on influx of ions and water to increase the tube's volume. K(+) inward rectifying channels were detected in many pollen species, with one identified in Arabidopsis. Here, an Arabidopsis AKT1-like channel (LilKT1) was identified from Lilium longiflorum pollen. Complementation of K(+) uptake deficient yeast mutants was only successful when the entire LilKT1 C-terminus was replaced by the AKT1 C-terminus. No signals were observed in the plasma membrane (PM) of pollen tubes after expression of fluorescence-tagged LilKT1 nor were any LilKT1-derived peptides detectable in the pollen PM by mass spectrometry analysis. In contrast, fluorescent LilKT1 partly co-localized with the lily PM H(+) ATPase LilHA2 in the PM of tobacco leaf cells, but exhibited a punctual fluorescence pattern and also sub-plasma membrane localization. Thus, incorporation of LilKT1 into the pollen PM seems tighter controlled than in other cells with still unknown trafficking signals in LilKT1's C-terminus, resulting in channel densities below detection limits. This highly controlled incorporation might have physiological reasons: an uncontrolled number of K(+) inward channels in the pollen PM will give an increased water influx due to the raising cytosolic K(+) concentration, and finally, causing the tube to burst.
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- Minou J. Safiarian
- Molecular Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, University of SalzburgSalzburg, Austria
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- Molecular Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, University of SalzburgSalzburg, Austria
- Plant Systems Biology, University of HohenheimStuttgart, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, University of SalzburgSalzburg, Austria
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- Molecular Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, University of SalzburgSalzburg, Austria
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- Yeast Membrane Biology, Department of Biology, Darmstadt University of TechnologyDarmstadt, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, University of SalzburgSalzburg, Austria
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Lang V, Usadel B, Obermeyer G. De novo sequencing and analysis of the lily pollen transcriptome: an open access data source for an orphan plant species. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 87:69-80. [PMID: 25341867 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0261-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Pollen grains of Lilium longiflorum are a long-established model system for pollen germination and tube tip growth. Due to their size, protein content and almost synchronous germination in synthetic media, they provide a simple system for physiological measurements as well as sufficient material for biochemical studies like protein purifications, enzyme assays, organelle isolation or determination of metabolites during germination and pollen tube elongation. Despite recent progresses in molecular biology techniques, sequence information of expressed proteins or transcripts in lily pollen is still scarce. Using a next generation sequencing strategy (RNAseq), the lily pollen transcriptome was investigated resulting in more than 50 million high quality reads with a length of 90 base pairs. Sequenced transcripts were assembled and annotated, and finally visualized with MAPMAN software tools and compared with other RNAseq or genome data including Arabidopsis pollen, Lilium vegetative tissues and the Amborella trichopoda genome. All lily pollen sequence data are provided as open access files with suitable tools to search sequences of interest.
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- Veronika Lang
- Molecular Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry, Depatment of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr.11, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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Hsu CC, Wu PS, Chen TC, Yu CW, Tsai WC, Wu K, Wu WL, Chen WH, Chen HH. Histone acetylation accompanied with promoter sequences displaying differential expression profiles of B-class MADS-box genes for phalaenopsis floral morphogenesis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106033. [PMID: 25501842 PMCID: PMC4263434 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Five B-class MADS-box genes, including four APETALA3 (AP3)-like PeMADS2∼5 and one PISTILLATA (PI)-like PeMADS6, specify the spectacular flower morphology in orchids. The PI-like PeMADS6 ubiquitously expresses in all floral organs. The four AP3-like genes, resulted from two duplication events, express ubiquitously at floral primordia and early floral organ stages, but show distinct expression profiles at late floral organ primordia and floral bud stages. Here, we isolated the upstream sequences of PeMADS2∼6 and studied the regulatory mechanism for their distinct gene expression. Phylogenetic footprinting analysis of the 1.3-kb upstream sequences of AP3-like PeMADS2∼5 showed that their promoter regions have sufficiently diverged and contributed to their subfunctionalization. The amplified promoter sequences of PeMADS2∼6 could drive beta-glucuronidase (GUS) gene expression in all floral organs, similar to their expression at the floral primordia stage. The promoter sequence of PeMADS4, exclusively expressed in lip and column, showed a 1.6∼3-fold higher expression in lip/column than in sepal/petal. Furthermore, we noted a 4.9-fold increase in histone acetylation (H3K9K14ac) in the translation start region of PeMADS4 in lip as compared in petal. All these results suggest that the regulation via the upstream sequences and increased H3K9K14ac level may act synergistically to display distinct expression profiles of the AP3-like genes at late floral organ primordia stage for Phalaenopsis floral morphogenesis.
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- Chia-Chi Hsu
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Tropic Plant Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Orchid Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Orchid Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Berson T, von Wangenheim D, Takáč T, Šamajová O, Rosero A, Ovečka M, Komis G, Stelzer EHK, Šamaj J. Trans-Golgi network localized small GTPase RabA1d is involved in cell plate formation and oscillatory root hair growth. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 14:252. [PMID: 25260869 PMCID: PMC4180857 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0252-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Small Rab GTPases are important regulators of vesicular trafficking in plants. AtRabA1d, a member of the RabA1 subfamily of small GTPases, was previously found in the vesicle-rich apical dome of growing root hairs suggesting a role during tip growth; however, its specific intracellular localization and role in plants has not been well described. RESULTS The transient expression of 35S::GFP:RabA1d construct in Allium porrum and Nicotiana benthamiana revealed vesicular structures, which were further corroborated in stable transformed Arabidopsis thaliana plants. GFP-RabA1d colocalized with the trans-Golgi network marker mCherry-VTI12 and with early FM4-64-labeled endosomal compartments. Late endosomes and endoplasmic reticulum labeled with FYVE-DsRed and ER-DsRed, respectively, were devoid of GFP-RabA1d. The accumulation of GFP-RabA1d in the core of brefeldin A (BFA)-induced-compartments and the quantitative upregulation of RabA1d protein levels after BFA treatment confirmed the association of RabA1d with early endosomes/TGN and its role in vesicle trafficking. Light-sheet microscopy revealed involvement of RabA1d in root development. In root cells, GFP-RabA1d followed cell plate expansion consistently with cytokinesis-related vesicular trafficking and membrane recycling. GFP-RabA1d accumulated in disc-like structures of nascent cell plates, which progressively evolved to marginal ring-like structures of the growing cell plates. During root hair growth and development, GFP-RabA1d was enriched at root hair bulges and at the apical dome of vigorously elongating root hairs. Importantly, GFP-RabA1d signal intensity exhibited an oscillatory behavior in-phase with tip growth. Progressively, this tip localization dissapeared in mature root hairs suggesting a link between tip localization of RabA1d and root hair elongation. Our results support a RabA1d role in events that require vigorous membrane trafficking. CONCLUSIONS RabA1d is located in early endosomes/TGN and is involved in vesicle trafficking. RabA1d participates in both cell plate formation and root hair oscillatory tip growth. The specific GFP-RabA1d subcellular localization confirms a correlation between its specific spatio-temporal accumulation and local vesicle trafficking requirements during cell plate and root hair formation.
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- Tobias Berson
- />Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, Bonn, D-53115 Germany
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- />Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15, Frankfurt am Main, 60438 Germany
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- />Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc, 783 71 Czech Republic
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- />Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc, 783 71 Czech Republic
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- />Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc, 783 71 Czech Republic
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- />Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc, 783 71 Czech Republic
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- />Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc, 783 71 Czech Republic
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- />Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15, Frankfurt am Main, 60438 Germany
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- />Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc, 783 71 Czech Republic
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Jiang SY, Vanitha J, Bai Y, Ramachandran S. A novel binary T-vector with the GFP reporter gene for promoter characterization. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107328. [PMID: 25197968 PMCID: PMC4157869 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Several strategies have been developed to clone PCR fragments into desired vectors. However, most of commercially available T-vectors are not binary vectors and cannot be directly used for Agrobacterium-mediated plant genetic transformation. In this study, a novel binary T-vector was constructed by integrating two AhdI restriction sites into the backbone vector pCAMBIA 1300. The T-vector also contains a GFP reporter gene and thus, can be used to analyze promoter activity by monitoring the reporter gene. On the other hand, identification and characterization of various promoters not only benefit the functional annotation of their genes but also provide alternative candidates to be used to drive interesting genes for plant genetic improvement by transgenesis. More than 1,000 putative pollen-specific rice genes have been identified in a genome-wide level. Among them, 67 highly expressed genes were further characterized. One of the pollen-specific genes LOC_Os10g35930 was further surveyed in its expression patterns with more details by quantitative real-time reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis. Finally, its promoter activity was further investigated by analyzing transgenic rice plants carrying the promoter::GFP cassette, which was constructed from the newly developed T-vector. The reporter GFP gene expression in these transgenic plants showed that the promoter was active only in mature but not in germinated pollens.
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- Shu-Ye Jiang
- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, the National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, the National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, the National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, the National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Xu K, Huang X, Wu M, Wang Y, Chang Y, Liu K, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zhang F, Yi L, Li T, Wang R, Tan G, Li C. A rapid, highly efficient and economical method of Agrobacterium-mediated in planta transient transformation in living onion epidermis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e83556. [PMID: 24416168 PMCID: PMC3885512 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Transient transformation is simpler, more efficient and economical in analyzing protein subcellular localization than stable transformation. Fluorescent fusion proteins were often used in transient transformation to follow the in vivo behavior of proteins. Onion epidermis, which has large, living and transparent cells in a monolayer, is suitable to visualize fluorescent fusion proteins. The often used transient transformation methods included particle bombardment, protoplast transfection and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Particle bombardment in onion epidermis was successfully established, however, it was expensive, biolistic equipment dependent and with low transformation efficiency. We developed a highly efficient in planta transient transformation method in onion epidermis by using a special agroinfiltration method, which could be fulfilled within 5 days from the pretreatment of onion bulb to the best time-point for analyzing gene expression. The transformation conditions were optimized to achieve 43.87% transformation efficiency in living onion epidermis. The developed method has advantages in cost, time-consuming, equipment dependency and transformation efficiency in contrast with those methods of particle bombardment in onion epidermal cells, protoplast transfection and Agrobacterium-mediated transient transformation in leaf epidermal cells of other plants. It will facilitate the analysis of protein subcellular localization on a large scale.
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- Kedong Xu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Science, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Science, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
- College of Life Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Science, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Science, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Science, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Science, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, People's Republic of China
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Huang Z, Gan Z, He Y, Li Y, Liu X, Mu H. Functional analysis of a rice late pollen-abundant UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (OsUgp2) promoter. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 38:4291-302. [PMID: 21113669 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0553-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OsUgp2, a rice UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase gene, has previously been shown to preferentially express in maturing pollens and plays an important role in pollen starch accumulation. Here, a 1943 bp promoter fragment (P1943) of OsUgp2 was characterized by 5' deletion and gain-of-function experiments. P1943 and its 5' deletion derivatives (P1495, P1005, P665 and P159) were fused to GUS reporter gene and stably introduced into rice plants. Histochemical analyses of different tissues and pollens at different developmental stages of the transgenic plants showed that P1943 could only direct GUS expression in binucleate pollens. P1495 and P1005 could still drive GUS expression in binucleate pollens but at a lower level. On the other hand, neither P665 nor P159 transformant exhibited any GUS activity in pollens. Gain-of-function analyses showed that the region (-1005 to -665 relative to translation start site) combined with a minimal CaMV 35S promoter could direct GUS expression in pollens. Further analysis of 5' deletion truncated at -952, -847 and -740 delimited a 53 bp region (-1005 to -952) essential for pollen-specific expression. The 53 bp sequence contains two motifs of TTTCT and TTTC, which were known to be pollen-specific cis-elements. In addition, the same P1943-GUS fusion construct was introduced into tobacco to analyze its specificity in dicotyledon. Interestingly, the GUS expression pattern in transgenic tobacco was quite different from that in rice. High level of GUS expression was detected in mature pollens as well as leaves, roots, sepals and stigmas. These findings suggested a complicated transcriptional regulation of OsUgp2.
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- Ziying Huang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Guangdong Province, College of Life Science, South China Agricultural University, 510642 Guangzhou, China
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Swapna L, Khurana R, Kumar SV, Tyagi AK, Rao KV. Pollen-specific expression of Oryza sativa indica pollen allergen gene (OSIPA) promoter in rice and Arabidopsis transgenic systems. Mol Biotechnol 2011; 48:49-59. [PMID: 21061188 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-010-9347-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Earlier, a pollen-specific Oryza sativa indica pollen allergen gene (OSIPA), coding for expansins/pollen allergens, was isolated from rice, and its promoter--upon expression in tobacco and Arabidopsis--was found active during the late stages of pollen development. In this investigation, to analyze the effects of different putative regulatory motifs of OSIPA promoter, a series of 5' deletions were fused to β-glucuronidase gene (GUS) which were stably introduced into rice and Arabidopsis. Histochemical GUS analysis of the transgenic plants revealed that a 1631 bp promoter fragment mediates maximum GUS expression at different stages of anther/pollen development. Promoter deletions to -1272, -966, -617, and -199 bp did not change the expression profile of the pollen specificity. However, the activity of promoter was reduced as the length of promoter decreased. The region between -1567 and -199 bp was found adequate to confer pollen-specific expression in both rice and Arabidopsis systems. An approximate 4-fold increase in the GUS activity was observed in the pollen of rice when compared to that of Arabidopsis. As such, the OSIPA promoter seems promising for generation of stable male-sterile lines required for the production of hybrids in rice and other crop plants.
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- L Swapna
- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500007, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Wang H, Jiang L. Transient expression and analysis of fluorescent reporter proteins in plant pollen tubes. Nat Protoc 2011; 6:419-26. [PMID: 21412270 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The pollen tube is an excellent single-cell model system for studying cellular processes in plant cell biology. This protocol describes a detailed step-by-step procedure with optimized conditions for introducing various fluorescent reporter proteins into lily, tobacco and Arabidopsis pollen grains by means of biolistics for their transient expression and subsequent analysis in germinating pollen tubes. The whole experiment consists of four major stages: coating gold microcarriers with DNA constructs, preparation of pollen grains, transformation of plasmid DNA into pollen grains by particle delivery system and germination of bombarded pollen grains in optimized germination media to obtain pollen tubes for protein trafficking, protein localization, drug treatment and organelle dynamics analysis. This protocol takes about 4-12 h from pollen preparation to protein detection.
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- Hao Wang
- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Iven T, Strathmann A, Böttner S, Zwafink T, Heinekamp T, Guivarc'h A, Roitsch T, Dröge-Laser W. Homo- and heterodimers of tobacco bZIP proteins counteract as positive or negative regulators of transcription during pollen development. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 63:155-66. [PMID: 20409000 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Expression of BZI-1 Delta N, a dominant-negative form of the tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor BZI-1 leads to severe defects in pollen development which coincides with reduced transcript abundance of the stamen specific invertase gene NIN88 and decreased extracellular invertase enzymatic activity. This finding suggests a function of BZI-1 in regulating carbohydrate supply of the developing pollen. BZI-1 heterodimerises with the bZIP factors BZI-2, BZI-3 and BZI-4 in vitro and in planta. Whereas BZI-1 exhibits only weak activation properties, BZI-1/BZI-2 heterodimers strongly activate transcription. Consistently, approaches leading to reduced levels of functional BZI-1 or BZI-2 both significantly interfere with pollen development, auxin responsiveness and carbohydrate partitioning. In situ hybridisation studies for BZI-1 and BZI-2 confirmed temporal and spatial overlapping expression patterns in tapetum and pollen supporting functional cooperation of these factors during pollen development. Plants over-expressing BZI-4 produce significantly reduced amounts of intact pollen and are also impaired in NIN88 transcription and enzymatic activity. BZI-4 homodimer efficiently binds to a G-box located in the NIN88 promoter but exhibits almost no transcriptional activation capacity. As BZI-4 does not actively repress transcription, we propose that its homodimer blocks G-box mediated transcription. In summary, these data support a regulatory model in which BZI-4 homodimers and BZI-1/BZI-2 heterodimers perform opposing functions as negative or positive transcriptional regulators during pollen development.
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- Tim Iven
- Julius-von-Sachs-Institut, Pharmazeutische Biologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany
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Yang A, Zhang S, Liu S, Zhao Q, Pan G. Structural and functional characterization of a pollen-specific promoter NTPp13 in tobacco. RUSS J GENET+ 2010. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795410040034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Chen L, Tu Z, Hussain J, Cong L, Yan Y, Jin L, Yang G, He G. Isolation and heterologous transformation analysis of a pollen-specific promoter from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Mol Biol Rep 2010; 37:737-44. [PMID: 19562512 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9582-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2009] [Accepted: 06/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The promoter of a pollen-specific gene TaPSG719 was isolated from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by inverse-PCR (IPCR). Sequence analysis revealed that the promoter contains two cis-acting elements (AGAAA and GTGA) known to confer anther/pollen-specific gene expression which suggests that the promoter of TaPSG719 gene is a pollen-specific one. To ascertain the regulatory function of TaPSG719 promoter, two deleted fragments (-1,776 to -1 bp and -1,019 to -1 bp) were fused to the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) gene and transformed into tobacco plants. Similar GUS expression patterns were observed in all transformed plants and its activity was detected exclusively in pollen. No GUS activity in any other floral or vegetative tissue was observed. The results confirm that TaPSG719 promoter is pollen-specific and active during the middle stages of pollen development till anther matured, and it can drive pollen-specific gene expression across the species.
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- Ling Chen
- China-UK HUST-RRes Genetic Engineering and Genomics Joint Laboratory, The Genetic Engineering International Cooperation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Ministry of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyo Road 1037, 430074, Wuhan, China
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Hirsche J, Engelke T, Völler D, Götz M, Roitsch T. Interspecies compatibility of the anther specific cell wall invertase promoters from Arabidopsis and tobacco for generating male sterile plants. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2009; 118:235-45. [PMID: 18825361 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0892-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 09/06/2008] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Histochemical GUS-staining and fluorometric analyses revealed strong tissue specific activities of the cell wall invertase promoters Nin88 from Nicotiana tabacum and AtcwINV2 from Arabidopsis thaliana that are restricted tightly to anthers and pollen, respectively. Both in A. thaliana and N. tabacum repression of invertase activity by anther specific RNA-interference turned out to be an efficient method to circumvent carbohydrate supply of the symplastically isolated pollen with subsequent strong decrease of pollen germination ability and seed setting. In the case of tobacco, comparable results were also obtained by expressing a proteinaceous invertase inhibitor, whereas this approach was less efficient in Arabidopis. The present study revealed that anther specific interference with invertase-activity in order to generate male sterile plants can be applied to members of the two different plant families Solanaceae (N. tabacum) and Brassicaceae (A. thalaina) and the strategy seems to be a general tool for practical application in hybrid breeding or as biological safety precautions. To elucidate the compatibility of the isolated promoters beyond plant families, we transferred the regulatory sequences into the respectively heterologous systems, i.e. the Nin88 promoter into Arabidopsis and the AtcwINV2 promoter into tobacco. The specificities of both promoters are maintained in the heterologous backgrounds, but their activities are strongly reduced as GUS-stainings of flowers and pollen revealed and fluorometrical quantification confirmed.
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- J Hirsche
- Lehrstuhl für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Julius von Sachs Institut, Universität Würzburg, Julius von Sachs Platz 2, 97082, Würzburg, Germany
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Shepherd CT. Transient expression of GFP in immature seed tissues. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 526:23-28. [PMID: 19378005 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-494-0_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Transient expression is the nonstable expression of a transgene whereby the transgene does not integrate into the host's genomic DNA. Transient expression assays have 20 years of history in plant molecular biology research, being used to answer a variety of questions. The method described here allows the ability to test promoter activity for seed-specific expression by quantifying reporter protein production in immature seed tissues. This method is especially suited to test vector activity for stable expression, test promoter activity, and discern regions of a promoter that is necessary for transcription in seed tissues. The transient expression assay is a tool that has aided a great deal of molecular biology research.
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Wang HJ, Wan AR, Jauh GY. An actin-binding protein, LlLIM1, mediates calcium and hydrogen regulation of actin dynamics in pollen tubes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 147:1619-36. [PMID: 18480376 PMCID: PMC2492651 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.118604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Actin microfilaments are crucial for polar cell tip growth, and their configurations and dynamics are regulated by the actions of various actin-binding proteins (ABPs). We explored the function of a lily (Lilium longiflorum) pollen-enriched LIM domain-containing protein, LlLIM1, in regulating the actin dynamics in elongating pollen tube. Cytological and biochemical assays verified LlLIM1 functioning as an ABP, promoting filamentous actin (F-actin) bundle assembly and protecting F-actin against latrunculin B-mediated depolymerization. Overexpressed LlLIM1 significantly disturbed pollen tube growth and morphology, with multiple tubes protruding from one pollen grain and coaggregation of FM4-64-labeled vesicles and Golgi apparatuses at the subapex of the tube tip. Moderate expression of LlLIM1 induced an oscillatory formation of asterisk-shaped F-actin aggregates that oscillated with growth period but in different phases at the subapical region. These results suggest that the formation of LlLIM1-mediated overstabilized F-actin bundles interfered with endomembrane trafficking to result in growth retardation. Cosedimentation assays revealed that the binding affinity of LlLIM1 to F-actin was simultaneously regulated by both pH and Ca(2+): LlLIM1 showed a preference for F-actin binding under low pH and low Ca(2+) concentration. The potential functions of LlLIM1 as an ABP sensitive to pH and calcium in integrating endomembrane trafficking, oscillatory pH, and calcium circumstances to regulate tip-focused pollen tube growth are discussed.
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- Huei-Jing Wang
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Honys D, Oh SA, Reňák D, Donders M, Šolcová B, Johnson JA, Boudová R, Twell D. Identification of microspore-active promoters that allow targeted manipulation of gene expression at early stages of microgametogenesis in Arabidopsis. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2006; 6:31. [PMID: 17184530 PMCID: PMC1769379 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-6-31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2006] [Accepted: 12/21/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The effective functional analysis of male gametophyte development requires new tools enabling the spatially and temporally controlled expression of both marker genes and modified genes of interest. In particular, promoters driving expression at earlier developmental stages including microspores are required. RESULTS Transcriptomic datasets covering four progressive stages of male gametophyte development in Arabidopsis were used to select candidate genes showing early expression profiles that were male gametophyte-specific. Promoter-GUS reporter analysis of candidate genes identified three promoters (MSP1, MSP2, and MSP3) that are active in microspores and are otherwise specific to the male gametophyte and tapetum. The MSP1 and MSP2 promoters were used to successfully complement and restore the male transmission of the gametophytic two-in-one (tio) mutant that is cytokinesis-defective at first microspore division. CONCLUSION We demonstrate the effective application of MSP promoters as tools that can be used to elucidate gametophytic gene functions in microspores in a male-specific manner.
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- David Honys
- Laboratory of Pollen Biology, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR, Rozvojová 135, 165 02 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Viničná 5, 128 44, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K
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- Laboratory of Pollen Biology, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR, Rozvojová 135, 165 02 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Viničná 5, 128 44, Prague 2, Czech Republic
- University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Dept. of Plant Physiology and Anatomy, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR, Rozvojová 135, 165 02 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Pollen Biology, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR, Rozvojová 135, 165 02 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K
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Voigt B, Timmers ACJ, Samaj J, Hlavacka A, Ueda T, Preuss M, Nielsen E, Mathur J, Emans N, Stenmark H, Nakano A, Baluska F, Menzel D. Actin-based motility of endosomes is linked to the polar tip growth of root hairs. Eur J Cell Biol 2005; 84:609-21. [PMID: 16032929 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2004.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Plant tip growth has been recognized as an actin-based cellular process requiring targeted exocytosis and compensatory endocytosis to occur at the growth cone. However, the identity of subcellular compartments involved in polarized membrane trafficking pathways remains enigmatic in plants. Here we characterize endosomal compartments in tip-growing root hair cells. We demonstrate their presence at the growing tip and differential distribution upon cessation of tip growth. We also show that both the presence of endosomes as well as their rapid movements within the tip region depends on an intact actin cytoskeleton and involves actin polymerization. In conclusion, actin-propelled endosomal motility is tightly linked to the polar tip growth of root hairs.
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- Boris Voigt
- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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Ueda K, Suzuki M, Ono M, Ide N, Tanaka I, Inoue M. Male gametic cell-specific histone gH2A gene of Lilium longiflorum: genomic structure and promoter activity in the generative cell. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 59:229-38. [PMID: 16247554 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-005-8521-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2005] [Accepted: 06/08/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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A genomic clone containing the gH2A gene, a histone variant specifically expressed in male gametic cells within the pollen of Lilium longiflorum, was isolated. Sequence analysis revealed that the coding region of the gene is interrupted by one intron, as is the case with the somatic type of plant histone H2A genes, suggesting derivation from the same ancestral gene containing one intron. In addition, a 2.8-kbp fragment of the 5' upstream region of gH2A contained TATA and CAAT boxes, but neither a plant histone-specific regulatory DNA element nor vegetative cell-specific cis-elements were found. A histochemical study of stable transformants demonstrated that the 5' upstream region of the gene can drive gene expression specifically in the generative cell of pollen; no activity was detectable in the vegetative cell or in other reproductive and vegetative tissues of transgenic Nicotiana tabacum. These results strongly suggest that the generative cell can direct specific gene expression, that this expression may be regulated by a putative male gametic factor, and that the gH2A promoter may therefore serve as a useful male gametic cell fate marker in angiosperms.
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- Kenji Ueda
- Biotechnology Institute, Akita Prefectural University, Ohgata, Akita, 010-0444, Japan.
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Hulzink RJM, de Groot PFM, Croes AF, Quaedvlieg W, Twell D, Wullems GJ, Van Herpen MMA. The 5'-untranslated region of the ntp303 gene strongly enhances translation during pollen tube growth, but not during pollen maturation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 129:342-53. [PMID: 12011364 PMCID: PMC155897 DOI: 10.1104/pp.001701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2002] [Accepted: 01/30/2002] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Transcripts of the ntp303 gene accumulate abundantly throughout pollen development, whereas the protein only accumulates to detectable levels after pollen germination. In an attempt to explain the divergence in the accumulation profiles of the mRNA and the protein, we investigated the role of the untranslated regions (UTRs) in enhancing ntp303 translation during the transition from developing to germinating pollen. Luciferase reporter gene fusion constructs containing the ntp303 5'-UTR gave rise to luciferase activity that was up to 60-fold higher during pollen tube growth than that of constructs containing different 5'-UTRs. No apparent differences in the luciferase activity of these constructs were observed during pollen development. The ntp303 5'-UTR-mediated increase in luciferase activity was not significantly influenced by coding region or 3'-UTR sequences. Furthermore, enhanced luciferase activity directed by the ntp303 5'-UTR occurred predominantly at the post-transcriptional level. A series of 5'-UTR deletion constructs was created to identify putative regulatory sequences required for the high level of translation during pollen tube growth. Two predicted stem loop structures (H-I and H-II) caused a complete inhibition of the enhanced translation after their total or partial deletion. A (GAA)(8) repeat within the H-I stem loop structure was demonstrated to be important for the modulation of translation efficiency. The H-II stem loop structure was found to be essential for the determination of mRNA stability.
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- Raymond J M Hulzink
- Department of Experimental Botany, Plant Genetics, Catholic University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Casas AM, Kononowicz AK, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM. Cereal transformation through particle bombardment. PLANT BREEDING REVIEWS 2001; 13:235-64. [PMID: 11543586 DOI: 10.1002/9780470650059.ch7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- A M Casas
- Laboratorio Asociado de Agronomia y Medio Ambiente (DGA-CSIC), Estacion Experimental de Aula Dei, Zaragoza, Spain
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Kim KN, Guiltinan MJ. Identification of cis-acting elements important for expression of the starch-branching enzyme I gene in maize endosperm. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 121:225-36. [PMID: 10482678 PMCID: PMC59371 DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.1.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/1998] [Accepted: 05/30/1999] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The genes encoding the starch-branching enzymes (SBE) SBEI, SBEIIa, and SBEIIb in maize (Zea mays) are differentially regulated in tissue specificity and during kernel development. To gain insight into the regulatory mechanisms controlling their expression, we analyzed the 5'-flanking sequences of Sbe1 using a transient gene expression system. Although the 2.2-kb 5'-flanking sequence between -2,190 and +27 relative to the transcription initiation site was sufficient to promote transcription, the addition of the transcribed region between +28 and +228 containing the first exon and intron resulted in high-level expression in suspension-cultured maize endosperm cells. A series of 5' deletion and linker-substitution mutants identified two critical positive cis elements, -314 to -295 and -284 to -255. An electrophoretic mobility-shift assay showed that nuclear proteins prepared from maize kernels interact with the 60-bp fragment containing these two elements. Expression of the Sbe1 gene is regulated by sugar concentration in suspension-cultured maize endosperm cells, and the region -314 to -145 is essential for this effect. Interestingly, the expression of mEmBP-1, a bZIP transcription activator, in suspension-cultured maize endosperm cells resulted in a 5-fold decrease in Sbe1 promoter activity, suggesting a possible regulatory role of the G-box present in the Sbe1 promoter from -227 to -220.
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- K N Kim
- Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology, The Biotechnology Institute, and Department of Horticulture, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Nishihara M, Seki M, Kyo M, Irifune K, Morikawa H. Transgenic haploid plants ofNicotiana rustica produced by bombardment-mediated transformation of pollen. Transgenic Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01972531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Grula JW, Hudspeth RL, Hobbs SL, Anderson DM. Organization, inheritance and expression of acetohydroxyacid synthase genes in the cotton allotetraploid Gossypium hirsutum. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 28:837-846. [PMID: 7640356 DOI: 10.1007/bf00042069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) gene family of the cotton AD allotetraploid Gossypium hirsutum has been cloned and characterized. We have identified six different AHAS genes from an analysis of genomic clones and Southern blots of genomic DNA. Four of the six genes are organized as tandem pairs, in which the genes are separated by only 2-3 kb. Conservation of restriction fragment length polymorphisms between G. hirsutum and A-genome and D-genome-containing diploid cottons was sufficient to assign the single genes in clones A5 and A19 to the A and D subgenomes, respectively. Each diploid genome has one tandem pair, but in these cases we could not make specific subgenomic assignments. DNA and deduced amino acid sequences were determined for the A5 and A19 genes, and an AHAS cDNA clone isolated from a leaf library. The sequence of the A19 gene matches that of the cDNA clone, while the A5 gene is 97.8% similar. The four genes comprising the tandem pairs are much less similar to the cDNA clone. The deduced amino acid sequences of the mature polypeptides encoded by the A5 and A19 genes are collinear with the housekeeping forms of AHAS from Arabidopsis thaliana, Nicotiana tabacum and Brassica napus. The constitutive expression of A5 and A19 was confirmed with RNase protection assays and northern blots. We conclude that these genes encode the main housekeeping forms of AHAS in G. hirsutum. Among the four AHAS genes comprising the two tandem pairs, at least two are functional. These genes exhibit either low-level constitutive expression (one or both of the 'downstream' genes of each pair), or highly specific expression in reproductive tissue (one or both of the 'upstream' genes of each pair). The AHAS gene family of G. hirsutum is more complex than that of other plants so far examined.
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Jardinaud MF, Souvré A, Beckert M, Alibert G. Optimisation of DNA transfer and transientβ-glucuronidase expression in electroporated maize (Zea mays L.) microspores. PLANT CELL REPORTS 1995; 15:55-58. [PMID: 24185654 DOI: 10.1007/bf01690253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/1994] [Revised: 01/18/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The ability to deliver free DNA into microspores of a highly androgenic hybrid of maize was assessed by electroporation, using a square wave pulse discharge apparatus. The electroporation medium was chosen according to its ability to maintain a high level of regeneration. Nuclease activities were analyzed and were inhibited by the addition of 100 mM KNO3 and MgSO4 in the electroporation medium. Seven expression vectors withUid A as the reporter gene under the control of cauliflower mosaic virus 35S, Lat 52-7, Zmg 13, Emu, Ubiq-1, Al, or Actl promoters were tested in relation to the level of ß-glucuronidase expression in maize microspores. The highest level of expression was obtained when theUid A gene was driven by the Actl promoter. Therefore, this vector was further used to define optimal conditions leading to highest levels of ß-glucuronidase expression. The parameters determined in this study could provide an ideal starting point for the obtention of transgenic maize plants from electroporated microspores.
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- M F Jardinaud
- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Amélioration des Plantes, Unité Associée INPT/INRA, ENSAT, 145 Av. de Muret, F-31076, Toulouse, France
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Lonsdale DM, Allen RL, Belostotsky D, Ghose TK, Harvey AJ, Rogers HJ, Tebbut SJ, Trick M. An analysis of the relative activities of a number of promoter constructs from genes which are expressed during late pollen development as determined by particle bombardment. PLANT CELL REPORTS 1995; 15:154-158. [PMID: 24185676 DOI: 10.1007/bf01690275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/1994] [Revised: 02/16/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The promoters of a tobacco actin gene, a tobacco pectate lyase, a tobacco and maize polygalacturonase and aBrassica S-locus related gene have been fused to theβ-glucuronidase reporter gene and their activities determined by biolistic transient assay in tobacco pollen. In stably transformed tobacco all the transgenes with the exception of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus-35S-β-glucuronidase appear to express efficiently in maturing pollen. Transient assay analysis showed that the tobacco pectate lyase and the polygalacturonase constructs were 8x more active than the tobacco actin construct, and that the tobacco polygalacturonase construct was some 33x more active than the maize polygalacturonase construct. Constructional manipulations that altered the lengths of the 5'-untranslated leaders including one which resulted in the removal of a 490 bp leader intron had little effect on the observed level of expression. However, the alteration of the context of the ATG from A/TnnATGG to CnnATGT resulting in a 70% reduction in the observed levels of activity, was obtained with the pectate lyase and polygalacturonase promoters. An identical reductional was also observed in transgenic plant populations transformed with the polygalacturonase transgenes.
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- D M Lonsdale
- Cambridge Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, NR4 7UJ, Norwich, Norfolk, U.K
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Ingersoll JC, Rothenberg M, Liedl BE, Folkerts K, Garvin D, Hanson MR, Doyle JJ, Mutschler MA. A novel anther-expressed adh-homologous gene in Lycopersicon esculentum. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 26:1875-1891. [PMID: 7858224 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Two novel tandemly-oriented open reading frames (ORFs) with homology to alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) were isolated from tomato. The predicted amino acid composition for each of the two tandem adh genes indicates the presence of 22 and 21, respectively, of 22 amino acids conserved in ADH proteins from plants and animals. However, comparison to known plant adh genes reveals a significantly lower similarity indicating that they belong to a novel class of ADHs. According to mapping data, the adh-homologous ORFs do not represent either of the previously studied adh1 or adh2 genes of tomato. The tandem genes, termed adh3a and adh3b, mapped to a distal region of the long arm of chromosome 4, unlike adh1, which maps closer to the centromere. Adh3a and adh3b have over 90% similarity to each other at the nucleotide and putative peptide levels. The adh3a gene has ten exons and nine introns with the transcription initiation site 57 bp upstream of the translation start. A putative TATA box and polyadenylation site have been identified. Adh3a is transcribed and, according to cDNA sequence analysis, fully processed in the late stages of anther development. According to transformation analysis, tissue-specific regulatory elements reside within the -448 to +724 region. The termination codon of adh3a is separated from the putative adh3b translation start site by 789 bp of intervening sequence. The 5' untranscribed sequences of each gene contain a stretch of 68 bp with 78% similarity. Within this stretch are sequences which are homologous to sequences found in anaerobically-induced or pollen-expressed genes from various plant species.
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MESH Headings
- Alcohol Dehydrogenase/genetics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Genes, Reporter
- Solanum lycopersicum/enzymology
- Solanum lycopersicum/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Plasmids/genetics
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- RNA, Plant/analysis
- RNA, Plant/genetics
- Regeneration
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Species Specificity
- Tissue Distribution
- Transformation, Genetic
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- J C Ingersoll
- Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Tsuchiya T, Toriyama K, Ejiri S, Hinata K. Molecular characterization of rice genes specifically expressed in the anther tapetum. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 26:1737-46. [PMID: 7858214 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In situ localization of mRNA was carried out on two cDNAs (Osc4 and Osc6) that had been isolated from rice anthers at the microspore stage. The mRNA corresponding to each cDNA was shown to be localized only in the tapetal cells of the rice immature anthers, but not in the microspores or the mature pollen. The corresponding genomic clone, Osg6B, was isolated, and its 5'-upstream region was found to regulate beta-glucuronidase expression in the tapetum of transgenic tobacco. A set of 5' deletions was also generated and a 1095 bp 5' region was revealed to be necessary for activation of the Osg6B promoter in transgenic tobacco.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant/genetics
- Genomic Library
- Glucuronidase/biosynthesis
- Glucuronidase/genetics
- In Situ Hybridization
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oryza/genetics
- Oryza/growth & development
- Plant Proteins/biosynthesis
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Shoots/growth & development
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Plants, Toxic
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/isolation & purification
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/biosynthesis
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Deletion
- Tissue Distribution
- Nicotiana/genetics
- Transformation, Genetic
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- T Tsuchiya
- Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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Register JC, Peterson DJ, Bell PJ, Bullock WP, Evans IJ, Frame B, Greenland AJ, Higgs NS, Jepson I, Jiao S. Structure and function of selectable and non-selectable transgenes in maize after introduction by particle bombardment. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 25:951-961. [PMID: 7919215 DOI: 10.1007/bf00014669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Zea mays transformants produced by particle bombardment of embryogenic suspension culture cells of the genotype A188 x B73 and selected on kanamycin or bialaphos were characterized with respect to transgene integration, expression, and inheritance. Selection on bialaphos, mediated by the bar or pat genes, was more efficient than selection on kanamycin, mediated by the nptII gene. Most transformants contained multicopy, single locus, transgene insertion events. A transgene expression cassette was more likely to be rearranged if expression of that gene was not selected for during callus growth. Not all plants regenerated from calli representing single transformation events expressed the transgenes, and a non-selectable gene (uidA) was expressed in fewer plants than was the selectable transgene. Mendelian inheritance of transgenes consistent with transgene insertion at a single locus was observed for approximately two thirds of the transformants assessed. Transgene expression was typically, but not always, predictable in progeny plants--transgene silencing, as well as poor transgene transmission to progeny was observed in some plant lines in which the parent plants had expressed the transgene.
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Bergman P, Glimelius K. Electroporation of rapeseed protoplasts - transient and stable transformation. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 1993; 88:604-611. [PMID: 28741766 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1993.tb01378.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Protoplasts of Brassica napus hypocotyls were transfected using electroporation. Parameters such as discharge potential, protoplast density and buffer constituents were tested to determine the most suitable conditions for gene transfer. To monitor the introduction of DNA into protoplasts a plasmid containing the β-glucuronidase (EC 3.2.1.31), and the neomycin phospotransferase (EC 2.7.1.95) genes was used. By using this construct, expression of a screenable marker gene for transient expression analysis as well as an antibiotic resistance marker gene for selection of stable transformants were obtained. Refined electroporation conditions resulted in a frequency of 0.1% transiently transformed protoplasts. Microcalluses were cultured under selective conditions in a bead-type culture system. Resistant callus, with an absolute transformation frequency of 4.9 × 10-5 and a relative transformation frequency of 0.3% could be achieved. X-ray irradiation of newly electroporated protoplasts did not enhance absolute transformation frequencies. From some of the resistant calluses, transgenic plants could be regenerated which were characterized by molecular analysis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Per Bergman
- Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, Dept of Plant Breeding, PO Box 7003, S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, Dept of Plant Breeding, PO Box 7003, S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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Affiliation(s)
- J P Mascarenhas
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Albany 12222
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