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Rather GA, Ayzenshtat D, Teper-Bamnolker P, Kumar M, Forotan Z, Eshel D, Bocobza S. Advances in protoplast transfection promote efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in tetraploid potato. PLANTA 2022; 256:14. [PMID: 35713718 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-022-03933-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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An efficient method of DNA-free gene-editing in potato protoplasts was developed using linearized DNA fragments, UBIQUITIN10 promoters of several plant species, kanamycin selection, and transient overexpression of the BABYBOOM transcription factor. Plant protoplasts represent a reliable experimental system for the genetic manipulation of desired traits using gene editing. Nevertheless, the selection and regeneration of mutated protoplasts are challenging and subsequent recovery of successfully edited plants is a significant bottleneck in advanced plant breeding technologies. In an effort to alleviate the obstacles related to protoplasts' transgene expression and protoplasts' regeneration, a new method was developed. In so doing, it was shown that linearized DNA could efficiently transfect potato protoplasts and that UBIQUITIN10 promoters from various plants could direct transgene expression in an effective manner. Also, the inhibitory concentration of kanamycin was standardized for transfected protoplasts, and the NEOMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE2 (NPT2) gene could be used as a potent selection marker for the enrichment of transfected protoplasts. Furthermore, transient expression of the BABYBOOM (BBM) transcription factor promoted the regeneration of protoplast-derived calli. Together, these methods significantly increased the selection for protoplasts that displayed high transgene expression, and thereby significantly increased the rate of gene editing events in protoplast-derived calli to 95%. The method developed in this study facilitated gene-editing in tetraploid potato plants and opened the way to sophisticated genetic manipulation in polyploid organisms.
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- Gulzar A Rather
- Department of Ornamental Plants and Agricultural Biotechnology, The Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, ARO, Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel
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- Department of Ornamental Plants and Agricultural Biotechnology, The Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, ARO, Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel
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- Department of Postharvest Science, The Institute of Postharvest and Food Sciences, The Volcani Center, ARO, Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel
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- Department of Ornamental Plants and Agricultural Biotechnology, The Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, ARO, Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel
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- Department of Ornamental Plants and Agricultural Biotechnology, The Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, ARO, Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel
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- Department of Postharvest Science, The Institute of Postharvest and Food Sciences, The Volcani Center, ARO, Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel
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- Department of Ornamental Plants and Agricultural Biotechnology, The Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, ARO, Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel.
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Nishio T, Yoshikawa Y, Yoshikawa K, Sato SI. Longer DNA exhibits greater potential for cell-free gene expression. Sci Rep 2021; 11:11739. [PMID: 34083658 PMCID: PMC8175755 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91243-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Cell-free gene expression systems have been valuable tools for understanding how transcription/translation can be regulated in living cells. Many studies have investigated the determining factors that affect gene expression. Here we report the effect of the length of linearized reporter DNAs encoding the firefly luciferase gene so as to exclude the influence of supercoiling. It is found that longer DNA molecules exhibit significantly greater potency in gene expression; for example, the expression level for DNA with 25.7 kbp is 1000-times higher than that for DNA of 1.7 kbp. AFM observation of the DNA conformation indicates that longer DNA takes shrunken conformation with a higher segment density in the reaction mixture for gene expression, in contrast to the stiff conformation of shorter DNA. We propose an underlying mechanism for the favorable effect of longer DNA on gene expression in terms of the enhancement of access of RNA polymerase to the shrunken conformation. It is expected that the enhancement of gene expression efficiency with a shrunken DNA conformation would also be a rather general mechanism in living cellular environments.
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- Takashi Nishio
- Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyoto, 610-0394, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyoto, 610-0394, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyoto, 610-0394, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan.
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Southgate EM, Davey MR, Power JB, Marchant R. Factors affecting the genetic engineering of plants by microprojectile bombardment. Biotechnol Adv 2003; 13:631-51. [PMID: 14536367 DOI: 10.1016/0734-9750(95)02008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Since its development in the mid-1980s, microprojectile bombardment has been widely employed as a method for direct gene transfer into a wide range of plants, including the previously difficult-to-transform monocotyledonous species. Although the numerous instruments available for microprojectile-mediated gene delivery and their applications have been widely discussed, less attention has been paid to the critical factors which affect the efficiency of this method of gene delivery. In this review we do not wish to describe the array of devices used for microprojectile delivery or their uses which have already been definitively described, but instead wish to report on research developments investigating the factors which affect microprojectile-mediated transformation of plants.
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- E M Southgate
- Plant Genetic Manipulation Group, Department of Life Science, University of Nottingham, UK
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Hershkovitz M, Gruenbaum Y, Zakai N, Loyter A. Gene transfer in plant protoplasts Inhibition of gene activity by cytosine methylation and expression of single-stranded DNA constructs. FEBS Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)80952-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zakai N, Ballas N, Hershkovitz M, Broido S, Ram R, Loyter A. Transient gene expression of foreign genes in preheated protoplasts: stimulation of expression of transfected genes lacking heat shock elements. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 21:823-834. [PMID: 8467078 DOI: 10.1007/bf00027114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Transfection of preheated petunia protoplasts with several biologically active DNA constructs resulted in a significantly higher gene expression than that observed in transfected unheated protoplasts. It was observed with supercoiled, linearized and single-stranded DNA structures that stimulation of transient gene expression in preheated protoplasts was neither dependent on the reporter gene nor on the regulatory elements used. Heat treatment at 42 degrees C also increased expression in protoplasts transfected with a plasmid bearing the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) translational enhancer, omega. Northern blot analysis revealed that heat treatment of protoplasts before the transfection event greatly increased the amount of the newly synthesized transcripts. Preheating of protoplasts did not affect the transfection efficiency, namely the number of transfected cells in the population, nor the amount of DNA in transfected nuclei, as was inferred from histochemical staining and Southern blot analysis, respectively. The possible mechanism by which heat treatment stimulates transient gene expression of genes lacking obvious heat shock elements is offered. The relevance of the present findings to transient gene expression in plants in general and to viral gene expression in particular is discussed.
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- N Zakai
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Steinbiss HH, Davidson A. Transient gene expression of chimeric genes in cells and tissues of crops. Subcell Biochem 1991; 17:143-66. [PMID: 1796483 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-9365-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- H H Steinbiss
- Max-Planck Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Abt. Genetische Grundlagen der Pflanzenzüchtung, Köln, Germany
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Hershkovitz M, Gruenbaum Y, Renbaum P, Razin A, Loyter A. Effect of CpG methylation on gene expression in transfected plant protoplasts. Gene 1990; 94:189-93. [PMID: 2258051 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90386-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Activity of the cat gene driven by the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter has been assayed by transfecting petunia protoplasts with the pUC8CaMVCAT plasmid. In vitro methylation of this plasmid with M.HpaII (methylates C in CCGG sites) and M.HhaI (methylates GCGC sites) did not affect bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) activity. It should be noted, however, that no HpaII or HhaI sites are present in the promoter sequence. In contrast, in vitro methylation of the plasmid with the spiroplasma methylase M.SssI, which methylates all CpG sites, resulted in complete inhibition of CAT activity. The promoter sequence contains 16 CpG sites and 13 CpNpG sites that are known to be methylation sites in plant DNA. In the light of this fact, and considering the results of the experiments presented here, we conclude that methylation at all CpG sites leaving CpNpG sites unmethylated is sufficient to block gene activity in a plant cell. Methylation of CpNpG sites in plant cells may, therefore, play a role other than gene silencing.
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- M Hershkovitz
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Köhler F, Benediktsson I, Cardon G, Andreo CS, Schieder O. Effect of various irradiation treatments of plant protoplasts on the transformation rates after direct gene transfer. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 1990; 79:679-685. [PMID: 24226584 DOI: 10.1007/bf00226883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/1989] [Accepted: 12/20/1989] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In P. hybrida and B. nigra an enhancement of transformation rates (direct gene transfer) of about six to seven-fold was obtained after irradiation of protoplasts with 12.5 Gy (X-ray). The effect of protoplast irradiation was similar in experiments where protoplasts were irradiated 1h before transformation (X-ray/DNA) or 1h after completion of the transformation procedure (DNA/X-ray). Increased X-ray doses up to 62.5 Gy resulted in further enhancement of percentages of transformed colonies, indicating a correlation between relative transformation frequencies (RTF) and the doses applied. Estimation of degradation rates of plasmid sequences in plant protoplasts yielded a reduction of plasmid concentration to 50% 8-12 h after transformation. In 1-day-old protoplasts, the level of plasmid fragments dropped to 0%-10% compared to 1h after transformation. The results demonstrate that the integration rates of plasmid sequences into the plant genome may in part be governed by DNA repair mechanisms. This could be an explanation for the observed genotypic dependence of transformation rates in different plant species and plant genotypes. Gene copy number reconstructions revealed enhanced integration rates of plasmid sequences in transformed colonies derived from irradiated protoplasts.
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- F Köhler
- Institute for Applied Genetics, Free University Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, D-1000, Berlin 33
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Zenvirth D, Ginzberg D, Hershkovitz M, Loyter A. Externally added DNA molecules support initiation of transcription in isolated nuclei from petunia. FEBS Lett 1990; 263:142-6. [PMID: 1691987 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80724-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nuclei isolated from protoplasts transfected with the pUC8CaMVCAT and pDO432 plasmids were able to support, in run off experiments, the synthesis of specific transcripts as was evident from analysis by dot blot hybridization. Also the addition of the above plasmids to nuclei, prepared from non-transfected protoplasts, supported the synthesis of specific transcripts. Dot blot analysis showed that most of the transcripts obtained were complementary to the relevant gene sequences. alpha-Amanitin, at concentrations which are known to block the activity of RNA polymerase II, significantly inhibited the synthesis of specific transcripts by the isolated nuclei. The transcription activity was found to be predominantly associated with the nuclear fraction while the transcription products (RNA molecules) appeared in the supernatant obtained following sedimentation of the nuclei.
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- D Zenvirth
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Koncz C, Langridge WHR, Olsson O, Schell J, Szalay AA. Bacterial and firefly luciferase genes in transgenic plants: Advantages and disadvantages of a reporter gene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1002/dvg.1020110308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Tautorus TE, Bekkaoui F, Pilon M, Datla RS, Crosby WL, Fowke LC, Dunstan DI. Factors affecting transient gene expression in electroporated black spruce (Picea mariana) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana) protoplasts. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 1989; 78:531-536. [PMID: 24225681 DOI: 10.1007/bf00290838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/1989] [Accepted: 05/09/1989] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Methods were developed for transient gene expression in protoplasts of black spruce (Picea mariana) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana). Protoplasts were isolated from embryogenic suspension cultures of black spruce and from non-embryogenic suspensions of jack pine. Using electroporation, transient expression of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene was assayed and shown to be affected by the cell line used, by voltage, temperature, and by the plasmid concentration and conformation. Increasing the plasmid DNA concentration (0-150μg ml(-1)) resulted in higher levels of transient CAT expression. In jack pine, linearized plasmid gave 2.5 times higher levels of CAT enzyme activity than circular. Optimal voltage varied for each cell line of the two species within the range 200-350 V cm(-1) (960 μF). A heat shock treatment of protoplasts for 5 min at 45 °C resulted in enhanced CAT gene expression for both species.
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- T E Tautorus
- National Research Council, Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Road, S7N OW9, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Wilson SM, Thorpe TA, Moloney MM. PEG-mediated expression of GUS and CAT genes in protoplasts from embryogenic suspension cultures of Picea glauca. PLANT CELL REPORTS 1989; 7:704-707. [PMID: 24240467 DOI: 10.1007/bf00272066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/1988] [Revised: 01/19/1989] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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ß-Glucuronidase (GUS) and chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) were used as reporter proteins in protoplasts from embryogenic suspension cultures of Picea glauca (Moench) Voss (white spruce). Plasmid DNA enclosing chimeric GUS and CAT constructs, using the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter, was introduced into Picea glauca protoplasts using polyethylene glycol (PEG). Transient expression was detected 12 to 40 h after PEG-mediated DNA delivery. Dose-response curves using covalently closed circular plasmid DNA, in the absence of carrier DNA, have been obtained for each of these reporter genes. Linearized plasmid DNA gave lower levels of expression than covalently closed circular plasmid DNA when assayed 40 h after PEG-mediated DNA transfer. The use of carrier DNA (herring sperm DNA), in combination with covalently closed circular plasmid DNA, increased the level of expression of GUS by about 50%. CAT expression was enhanced if PEG-mediated delivery was performed on ice rather than at room temperature. The highest level of expression for CAT, and the lowest signal-to-noise ratio, was found 24 h after PEG-mediated DNA transfer. Both GUS and CAT provided results that were quantifiable and can therefore be used as reporter genes in Picea glauca.
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- S M Wilson
- Department of Biological Sciences, Plant Physiology Research Group, T2N 1N4, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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