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Wang M, Lavelle D, Yu C, Zhang W, Chen J, Wang X, Michelmore RW, Kuang H. The upregulated LsKN1 gene transforms pinnately to palmately lobed leaves through auxin, gibberellin, and leaf dorsiventrality pathways in lettuce. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2022; 20:1756-1769. [PMID: 35634731 PMCID: PMC9398307 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Leaf shape represents a vital agronomic trait for leafy vegetables such as lettuce. Some lettuce cultivars produce lobed leaves, varying from pinnately to palmately lobed, but the genetic mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we cloned one major quantitative trait locus (QTL) controlling palmately lobed leaves. The candidate gene, LsKN1, encodes a homeobox transcription factor, and has been shown previously to be critical for the development of leafy heads in lettuce. The LsKN1 allele that is upregulated by the insertion of a transposon promotes the development of palmately lobed leaves. We demonstrated that LsKN1 upregulated LsCUC2 and LsCUC3 through different mechanisms, and their upregulation was critical for the development of palmately lobed leaves. LsKN1 binds the promoter of LsPID to promote auxin biosynthesis, which positively contributes to the development of palmately lobed leaves. In contrast, LsKN1 suppresses GA biosynthesis to promote palmately lobed leaves. LsKN1 also binds to the promoter of LsAS1, a dorsiventrality gene, to downregulate its expression. Overexpression of the LsAS1 gene compromised the effects of the LsKN1 gene changing palmately to pinnately lobed leaves. Our study illustrated that the upregulated LsKN1 gene led to palmately lobed leaves in lettuce by integrating several downstream pathways, including auxin, gibberellin, and leaf dorsiventrality pathways.
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- Menglu Wang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of EducationCollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of EducationCollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of EducationCollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of EducationCollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of EducationCollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of EducationCollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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Bull T, Michelmore R. Molecular Determinants of in vitro Plant Regeneration: Prospects for Enhanced Manipulation of Lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:888425. [PMID: 35615120 PMCID: PMC9125155 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.888425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In vitro plant regeneration involves dedifferentiation and molecular reprogramming of cells in order to regenerate whole organs. Plant regeneration can occur via two pathways, de novo organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis. Both pathways involve intricate molecular mechanisms and crosstalk between auxin and cytokinin signaling. Molecular determinants of both pathways have been studied in detail in model species, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms controlling de novo shoot organogenesis in lettuce. This review provides a synopsis of our current knowledge on molecular determinants of de novo organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis with an emphasis on the former as well as provides insights into applying this information for enhanced in vitro regeneration in non-model species such as lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.).
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- Tawni Bull
- The Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
- Graduate Group in Horticulture and Agronomy, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- The Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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Zhang L, Qian J, Han Y, Jia Y, Kuang H, Chen J. Alternative splicing triggered by the insertion of a CACTA transposon attenuates LsGLK and leads to the development of pale-green leaves in lettuce. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 109:182-195. [PMID: 34724596 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15563] [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: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is one of the most important vegetable crops in the world. As a leafy vegetable, the polymorphism of lettuce leaves from dark to pale green is an important trait. However, the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying such variations remain poorly understood. In this study, one major locus controlling the polymorphism of dark- and pale-green leaves in lettuce was identified using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). This locus was then fine mapped to an interval of 5375 bp on chromosome 4 using a segregating population containing 2480 progeny. Only one gene, homologous to the GLK genes in Arabidopsis and other plants, is present in the candidate region. A complementation test confirmed that the candidate gene, LsGLK, contributes to the variation of dark- and pale-green leaves. Sequence analysis showed that a CACTA transposon of 7434 bp was inserted 10 bp downstream of the stop codon of LsGLK, followed by a duplication of a 1826-bp fragment covering exons 3-6 of the LsGLK gene. The transposon insertion did not change the expression level of the LsGLK gene. However, because of alternative splicing, only 6% of the transcripts produced from the transposon insertion were wild-type transcripts, which led to the production of pale-green leaves. An evolutionary analysis revealed that the insertion of the CACTA transposon occurred in cultivated lettuce and might have been selected in particular cultivars to satisfy the diverse demands of consumers. In this study, we demonstrated that a transposon insertion near a gene may affect its splicing and consequently generate phenotypic variations.
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- Lei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, 221116, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, China
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Zhang B, Tong Y, Luo K, Zhai Z, Liu X, Shi Z, Zhang D, Li D. Identification of GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR transcription factors in lettuce (Lactuca sativa) genome and functional analysis of LsaGRF5 in leaf size regulation. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:485. [PMID: 34688264 PMCID: PMC8539887 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03261-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs (GRFs), a type of plant-specific transcription factors, play important roles in regulating plant growth and development. Although GRF gene family has been identified in various plant species, a genome-wide analysis of this family in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) has not been reported yet. RESULTS Here we identified 15 GRF genes in lettuce and performed comprehensive analysis of them, including chromosomal locations, gene structures, and conserved motifs. Through phylogenic analysis, we divided LsaGRFs into six groups. Transactivation assays and subcellular localization of LsaGRF5 showed that this protein is likely to act as a transcriptional factor in the cell nucleus. Furthermore, transgenic lettuce lines overexpressing LsaGRF5 exhibited larger leaves, while smaller leaves were observed in LsaMIR396a overexpression lines, in which LsaGRF5 was down-regulated. CONCLUSIONS These results in lettuce provide insight into the molecular mechanism of GRF gene family in regulating leaf growth and development and foundational information for genetic improvement of the lettuce variations specialized in leaf character.
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- Bin Zhang
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, 100097, PR China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing, 100097, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the P. R. China, Beijing, 100097, PR China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, PR China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, 100097, PR China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing, 100097, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the P. R. China, Beijing, 100097, PR China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, PR China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, PR China.
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- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, 100097, PR China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing, 100097, PR China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the P. R. China, Beijing, 100097, PR China.
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Darqui FS, Radonic LM, Beracochea VC, Hopp HE, López Bilbao M. Peculiarities of the Transformation of Asteraceae Family Species: The Cases of Sunflower and Lettuce. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:767459. [PMID: 34899788 PMCID: PMC8662702 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.767459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The Asteraceae family is the largest and most diversified family of the Angiosperms, characterized by the presence of numerous clustered inflorescences, which have the appearance of a single compound flower. It is estimated that this family represents around 10% of all flowered species, with a great biodiversity, covering all environments on the planet, except Antarctica. Also, it includes economically important crops, such as lettuce, sunflower, and chrysanthemum; wild flowers; herbs, and several species that produce molecules with pharmacological properties. Nevertheless, the biotechnological improvement of this family is limited to a few species and their genetic transformation was achieved later than in other plant families. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is a model species in molecular biology and plant biotechnology that has easily adapted to tissue culture, with efficient shoot regeneration from different tissues, organs, cells, and protoplasts. Due to this plasticity, it was possible to obtain transgenic plants tolerant to biotic or abiotic stresses as well as for the production of commercially interesting molecules (molecular farming). These advances, together with the complete sequencing of lettuce genome allowed the rapid adoption of gene editing using the CRISPR system. On the other hand, sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is a species that for years was considered recalcitrant to in vitro culture. Although this difficulty was overcome and some publications were made on sunflower genetic transformation, until now there is no transgenic variety commercialized or authorized for cultivation. In this article, we review similarities (such as avoiding the utilization of the CaMV35S promoter in transformation vectors) and differences (such as transformation efficiency) in the state of the art of genetic transformation techniques performed in these two species.
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- Flavia Soledad Darqui
- IABIMO (Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular), UEDD INTA-CONICET, CNIA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- IABIMO (Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular), UEDD INTA-CONICET, CNIA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- IABIMO (Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular), UEDD INTA-CONICET, CNIA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- IABIMO (Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular), UEDD INTA-CONICET, CNIA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular (FBMC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- IABIMO (Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular), UEDD INTA-CONICET, CNIA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- *Correspondence: Marisa López Bilbao,
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Su W, Tao R, Liu W, Yu C, Yue Z, He S, Lavelle D, Zhang W, Zhang L, An G, Zhang Y, Hu Q, Larkin RM, Michelmore RW, Kuang H, Chen J. Characterization of four polymorphic genes controlling red leaf colour in lettuce that have undergone disruptive selection since domestication. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2020; 18:479-490. [PMID: 31325407 PMCID: PMC6953203 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 07/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Anthocyanins protect plants from biotic and abiotic stressors and provide great health benefits to consumers. In this study, we cloned four genes (Red Lettuce Leaves 1 to 4: RLL1 to RLL4) that contribute to colour variations in lettuce. The RLL1 gene encodes a bHLH transcription factor, and a 5-bp deletion in some cultivars abolishes its function to activate the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway. The RLL2 gene encodes an R2R3-MYB transcription factor, which was derived from a duplication followed by mutations in its promoter region. The RLL3 gene encodes an R2-MYB transcription factor, which down-regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis through competing with RLL2 for interaction with RLL1; a mis-sense mutation compromises the capacity of RLL3 to bind RLL1. The RLL4 gene encodes a WD-40 transcription factor, homologous to the RUP genes suppressing the UV-B signal transduction pathway in Arabidopsis; a mis-sense mutation in rll4 attenuates its suppressing function, leading to a high concentration of anthocyanins. Sequence analysis of the RLL1-RLL4 genes from wild and cultivated lettuce showed that their function-changing mutations occurred after domestication. The mutations in rll1 disrupt anthocyanin biosynthesis, while the mutations in RLL2, rll3 and rll4 activate anthocyanin biosynthesis, showing disruptive selection for leaf colour during domestication of lettuce. The characterization of multiple polymorphic genes in this study provides the necessary molecular resources for the rational breeding of lettuce cultivars with distinct levels of red pigments and green cultivars with high levels of health-promoting flavonoids.
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- Wenqing Su
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCAUSA
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant BiologyMinistry of EducationKey Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region)MOACollege of Horticulture and Forestry SciencesHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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Shan S, Mavrodiev EV, Li R, Zhang Z, Hauser BA, Soltis PS, Soltis DE, Yang B. Application of CRISPR/Cas9 to Tragopogon (Asteraceae), an evolutionary model for the study of polyploidy. Mol Ecol Resour 2018; 18:1427-1443. [PMID: 30086204 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Tragopogon (Asteraceae) is an excellent natural system for studies of recent polyploidy. Development of an efficient CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing platform in Tragopogon will facilitate novel studies of the genetic consequences of polyploidy. Here, we report our initial results of developing CRISPR/Cas9 in Tragopogon. We have established a feasible tissue culture and transformation protocol for Tragopogon. Through protoplast transient assays, use of the TragCRISPR system (i.e. the CRISPR/Cas9 system adapted for Tragopogon) was capable of introducing site-specific mutations in Tragopogon protoplasts. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation with Cas9-sgRNA constructs targeting the phytoene desaturase gene (TraPDS) was implemented in this model polyploid system. Sequencing of PCR amplicons from the target regions indicated simultaneous mutations of two alleles and four alleles of TraPDS in albino shoots from Tragopogon porrifolius (2x) and Tragopogon mirus (4x), respectively. The average proportions of successfully transformed calli with the albino phenotype were 87% and 78% in the diploid and polyploid, respectively. This appears to be the first demonstration of CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing in any naturally formed neopolyploid system. Although a more efficient tissue culture system should be developed in Tragopogon, application of a robust CRISPR/Cas9 system will permit unique studies of biased fractionation, the gene-balance hypothesis and cytonuclear interactions in polyploids. In addition, the CRISPR/Cas9 platform enables investigations of those genes involved in phenotypic changes in polyploids and will also facilitate novel functional biology studies in Asteraceae. Our workflow provides a guide for applying CRISPR/Cas9 to other nongenetic model plant systems.
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- Shengchen Shan
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.,Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.,Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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- Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.,Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.,Biodiversity Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.,Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.,Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.,Biodiversity Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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Bertier LD, Ron M, Huo H, Bradford KJ, Britt AB, Michelmore RW. High-Resolution Analysis of the Efficiency, Heritability, and Editing Outcomes of CRISPR/Cas9-Induced Modifications of NCED4 in Lettuce ( Lactuca sativa). G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2018; 8:1513-1521. [PMID: 29511025 PMCID: PMC5940144 DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.300396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 02/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
CRISPR/Cas9 is a transformative tool for making targeted genetic alterations. In plants, high mutation efficiencies have been reported in primary transformants. However, many of the mutations analyzed were somatic and therefore not heritable. To provide more insights into the efficiency of creating stable homozygous mutants using CRISPR/Cas9, we targeted LsNCED4 (9-cis-EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE4), a gene conditioning thermoinhibition of seed germination in lettuce. Three constructs, each capable of expressing Cas9 and a single gRNA targeting different sites in LsNCED4, were stably transformed into lettuce (Lactuca sativa) cvs. Salinas and Cobham Green. Analysis of 47 primary transformants (T1) and 368 T2 plants by deep amplicon sequencing revealed that 57% of T1 plants contained events at the target site: 28% of plants had germline mutations in one allele indicative of an early editing event (mono-allelic), 8% of plants had germline mutations in both alleles indicative of two early editing events (bi-allelic), and the remaining 21% of plants had multiple low frequency mutations indicative of late events (chimeric plants). Editing efficiency was similar in both genotypes, while the different gRNAs varied in efficiency. Amplicon sequencing of 20 T1 and more than 100 T2 plants for each of the three gRNAs showed that repair outcomes were not random, but reproducible and characteristic for each gRNA. Knockouts of NCED4 resulted in large increases in the maximum temperature for seed germination, with seeds of both cultivars capable of germinating >70% at 37°. Knockouts of NCED4 provide a whole-plant selectable phenotype that has minimal pleiotropic consequences. Targeting NCED4 in a co-editing strategy could therefore be used to enrich for germline-edited events simply by germinating seeds at high temperature.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Seed Biotechnology Center
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- Departments of Plant Sciences, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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Pniewski T, Czyż M, Wyrwa K, Bociąg P, Krajewski P, Kapusta J. Micropropagation of transgenic lettuce containing HBsAg as a method of mass-scale production of standardised plant material for biofarming purposes. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:49-60. [PMID: 27655251 PMCID: PMC5206250 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-2056-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Micropropagation protocol of transgenic lettuce bearing S-, M- and L-HBsAg was developed for increased production of uniformised material for oral vaccine preparation. Effective manufacturing of plant-based biopharmaceuticals, including oral vaccines, depends on sufficient content of a protein of interest in the initial material and its efficient conversion into an administrable formulation. However, stable production of plants with a uniformised antigen content is equally important for reproducible processing. This can be provided by micropropagation techniques. Here, we present a protocol for micropropagation of transgenic lettuce lines bearing HBV surface antigens: S-, M- and L-HBsAg. These were multiplied through axillary buds to avoid the risk of somaclonal variation. Micropropagation effectiveness reached 3.5-5.7 per passage, which implies potential production of up to 6600 plant clones within a maximum 5 months. Multiplication and rooting rates were statistically homogenous for most transgenic and control plants. For most lines, more than 90 % of clones obtained via in vitro micropropagation had HBsAg content as high as reference plants directly developed from seeds. Clones were also several times more uniform in HBsAg expression. Variation coefficients of HBsAg content did not exceed 10 % for approximately 40-85 % of clones, or reached a maximum 20 % for 90 % of all clones. Tissue culture did not affect total and leaf biomass yields. Seed production for clones was decreased insignificantly and did not impact progeny condition. Micropropagation facilitates a substantial increase in the production of lettuce plants with high and considerably equalised HBsAg contents. This, together with the previously reported optimisation of plant tissue processing and its long-term stability, constitutes a successive step in manufacturing of a standardised anti-HBV oral vaccine of reliable efficacy.
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- Tomasz Pniewski
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland.
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics, Starościńska 5, 05-216, Warsaw, Poland
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Huo H, Henry IM, Coppoolse ER, Verhoef-Post M, Schut JW, de Rooij H, Vogelaar A, Joosen RVL, Woudenberg L, Comai L, Bradford KJ. Rapid identification of lettuce seed germination mutants by bulked segregant analysis and whole genome sequencing. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 88:345-360. [PMID: 27406937 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) seeds exhibit thermoinhibition, or failure to complete germination when imbibed at warm temperatures. Chemical mutagenesis was employed to develop lettuce lines that exhibit germination thermotolerance. Two independent thermotolerant lettuce seed mutant lines, TG01 and TG10, were generated through ethyl methanesulfonate mutagenesis. Genetic and physiological analyses indicated that these two mutations were allelic and recessive. To identify the causal gene(s), we applied bulked segregant analysis by whole genome sequencing. For each mutant, bulked DNA samples of segregating thermotolerant (mutant) seeds were sequenced and analyzed for homozygous single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Two independent candidate mutations were identified at different physical positions in the zeaxanthin epoxidase gene (ABSCISIC ACID DEFICIENT 1/ZEAXANTHIN EPOXIDASE, or ABA1/ZEP) in TG01 and TG10. The mutation in TG01 caused an amino acid replacement, whereas the mutation in TG10 resulted in alternative mRNA splicing. Endogenous abscisic acid contents were reduced in both mutants, and expression of the ABA1 gene from wild-type lettuce under its own promoter fully complemented the TG01 mutant. Conventional genetic mapping confirmed that the causal mutations were located near the ZEP/ABA1 gene, but the bulked segregant whole genome sequencing approach more efficiently identified the specific gene responsible for the phenotype.
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- Heqiang Huo
- Seed Biotechnology Center, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Rijk Zwaan Breeding B.V., 2678, ZG De Lier, The Netherlands
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- Rijk Zwaan Breeding B.V., 2678, ZG De Lier, The Netherlands
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- Rijk Zwaan Breeding B.V., 2678, ZG De Lier, The Netherlands
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- Rijk Zwaan Breeding B.V., 2678, ZG De Lier, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Seed Biotechnology Center, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Christopoulou M, Wo SRC, Kozik A, McHale LK, Truco MJ, Wroblewski T, Michelmore RW. Genome-Wide Architecture of Disease Resistance Genes in Lettuce. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2015; 5:2655-69. [PMID: 26449254 PMCID: PMC4683639 DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.020818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Genome-wide motif searches identified 1134 genes in the lettuce reference genome of cv. Salinas that are potentially involved in pathogen recognition, of which 385 were predicted to encode nucleotide binding-leucine rich repeat receptor (NLR) proteins. Using a maximum-likelihood approach, we grouped the NLRs into 25 multigene families and 17 singletons. Forty-one percent of these NLR-encoding genes belong to three families, the largest being RGC16 with 62 genes in cv. Salinas. The majority of NLR-encoding genes are located in five major resistance clusters (MRCs) on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 and cosegregate with multiple disease resistance phenotypes. Most MRCs contain primarily members of a single NLR gene family but a few are more complex. MRC2 spans 73 Mb and contains 61 NLRs of six different gene families that cosegregate with nine disease resistance phenotypes. MRC3, which is 25 Mb, contains 22 RGC21 genes and colocates with Dm13. A library of 33 transgenic RNA interference tester stocks was generated for functional analysis of NLR-encoding genes that cosegregated with disease resistance phenotypes in each of the MRCs. Members of four NLR-encoding families, RGC1, RGC2, RGC21, and RGC12 were shown to be required for 16 disease resistance phenotypes in lettuce. The general composition of MRCs is conserved across different genotypes; however, the specific repertoire of NLR-encoding genes varied particularly of the rapidly evolving Type I genes. These tester stocks are valuable resources for future analyses of additional resistance phenotypes.
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- Marilena Christopoulou
- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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Pniewski T, Kapusta J, Bociąg P, Wojciechowicz J, Kostrzak A, Gdula M, Fedorowicz-Strońska O, Wójcik P, Otta H, Samardakiewicz S, Wolko B, Płucienniczak A. Low-dose oral immunization with lyophilized tissue of herbicide-resistant lettuce expressing hepatitis B surface antigen for prototype plant-derived vaccine tablet formulation. J Appl Genet 2011; 52:125-36. [PMID: 21107787 PMCID: PMC3088802 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-010-0001-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Revised: 10/11/2010] [Accepted: 10/12/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Efficient immunization against hepatitis B virus (HBV) and other pathogens with plant-based oral vaccines requires appropriate plant expressors and the optimization of vaccine compositions and administration protocols. Previous immunization studies were mainly based on a combination of the injection of a small surface antigen of HBV (S-HBsAg) and the feeding with raw tissue containing the antigen, supplemented with an adjuvant, and coming from plants conferring resistance to kanamycin. The objective of this study was to develop a prototype oral vaccine formula suitable for human immunization. Herbicide-resistant lettuce was engineered, stably expressing through progeny generation micrograms of S-HBsAg per g of fresh weight and formed into virus-like particles (VLPs). Lyophilized tissue containing a relatively low, 100-ng VLP-assembled antigen dose, administered only orally to mice with a long, 60-day interval between prime and boost immunizations and without exogenous adjuvant, elicited mucosal and systemic humoral anti-HBs responses at the nominally protective level. Lyophilized tissue was converted into tablets, which preserved S-HBsAg content for at least one year of room temperature storage. The results of the study provide indications on immunization methodology using a durable, efficacious, and convenient plant-derived prototype oral vaccine against hepatitis B.
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- Tomasz Pniewski
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland.
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Tomilov AA, Tomilova NB, Wroblewski T, Michelmore R, Yoder JI. Trans-specific gene silencing between host and parasitic plants. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 56:389-97. [PMID: 18643992 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03613.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Species of Orobanchaceae parasitize the roots of nearby host plants to rob them of water and other nutrients. Parasitism can be debilitating to the host plant, and some of the world's most pernicious agricultural pests are parasitic weeds. We demonstrate here that interfering hairpin constructs transformed into host plants can silence expression of the targeted genes in the parasite. Transgenic roots of the hemi-parasitic plant Triphysaria versicolor expressing the GUS reporter gene were allowed to parasitize transgenic lettuce roots expressing a hairpin RNA containing a fragment of the GUS gene (hpGUS). When stained for GUS activity, Triphysaria roots attached to non-transgenic lettuce showed full GUS activity, but those parasitizing transgenic hpGUS lettuce lacked activity in root tissues distal to the haustorium. Transcript quantification indicated a reduction in the steady-state level of GUS mRNA in Triphysaria when they were attached to hpGUS lettuce. These results demonstrate that the GUS silencing signal generated by the host roots was translocated across the haustorium interface and was functional in the parasite. Movement across the haustorium was bi-directional, as demonstrated in double-junction experiments in which non-transgenic Triphysaria concomitantly parasitized two hosts, one transgenic for hpGUS and the other transgenic for a functional GUS gene. Observation of GUS silencing in the second host demonstrated that the silencing trigger could be moved from one host to another using the parasite as a physiological bridge. Silencing of parasite genes by generating siRNAs in the host provides a novel strategy for controlling parasitic weeds.
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- Alexey A Tomilov
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Liu S, Hu Y, Wang X, Zhong J, Lin Z. High content of resveratrol in lettuce transformed with a stilbene synthase gene of Parthenocissus henryana. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2006; 54:8082-5. [PMID: 17032013 DOI: 10.1021/jf061462k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Resveratrol (trans-3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene) is a plant phytoalexin which has positive effects on human health. Stilbene synthase (STS) is a key enzyme involved in resveratrol biosynthesis. To construct a vector for STS expression in lettuce plant, a cDNA-encoding STS of Parthenocissus henryana was fused to the Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter, and the bar gene was used as a selective marker gene. To increase the expression of STS, the expression cassette was flanked by MARs. In transgenic lettuce plants, an additional compound was identified as resveratrol by HPLC and ESI-MS. Quantitative analysis showed that the average content of resveratrol reached 56.40 +/- 5.52 microg/g leaf fresh weight, which was comparable to the amount in grape skin. Anticancer assay in HeLa cells revealed that apoptosis was induced by 200 microM of resveratrol extracted from transgenic lettuce.
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- Shujun Liu
- College of Life Science, National Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering, and Plant Genetic Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Shen KA, Chin DB, Arroyo-Garcia R, Ochoa OE, Lavelle DO, Wroblewski T, Meyers BC, Michelmore RW. Dm3 is one member of a large constitutively expressed family of nucleotide binding site-leucine-rich repeat encoding genes. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2002; 15:251-61. [PMID: 11952128 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2002.15.3.251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The major cluster of resistance genes in lettuce cv. Diana contains approximately 32 nucleotide binding site-leucine-rich repeat encoding genes. Previous molecular dissection of this complex region had identified a large gene, RGC2B, as a candidate for encoding the downy mildew resistance gene, Dm3. This article describes genetic and transgenic complementation data that demonstrated RGC2B is necessary and sufficient to confer resistance with Dm3 specificity. Ethylmethanesulphonate was used to induce mutations to downy mildew susceptibility in cv. Diana (Dm1, Dm3, Dm7, and Dm8). Nineteen families were identified with a complete loss of resistance in one of the four resistance specificities. Sequencing revealed a variety of point mutations in RGC2B in the six dm3 mutants. Losses of resistance were due to single changes in amino acid sequence or a change in an intron splice site. These mutations did not cluster in any particular region of RGC2B. A full-length genomic copy of RGC2B was isolated from a lambdaphage library and introduced into two genotypes of lettuce. Transgenics expressing RGC2B exhibited resistance to all isolates expressing Avr3 from a wide range of geographical origins. In a wildtype Dm3-expressing genotype, many of the RGC2 family members are expressed at low levels throughout the plant.
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- Katherine A Shen
- Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Kapusta J, Modelska A, Figlerowicz M, Pniewski T, Letellier M, Lisowa O, Yusibov V, Koprowski H, Plucienniczak A, Legocki AB. A plant-derived edible vaccine against hepatitis B virus. FASEB J 1999; 13:1796-9. [PMID: 10506582 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.13.1796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The infectious hepatitis B virus represents 42 nm spherical double-shelled particles. However, analysis of blood from hepatitis B virus carriers revealed the presence of smaller 22 nm particles consisting of a viral envelope surface protein. These particles are highly immunogenic and have been used in the design of hepatitis B virus vaccine produced in yeast. Upon expression in yeast, these proteins form virus-like particles that are used for parenteral immunization. Therefore, the DNA fragment encoding hepatitis B virus surface antigen was introduced into Agrobacterium tumerifacience LBA4404 and used to obtain transgenic lupin (Lupinus luteus L.) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cv. Burpee Bibb expressing envelope surface protein. Mice that were fed the transgenic lupin tissue developed significant levels of hepatitis B virus-specific antibodies. Human volunteers, fed with transgenic lettuce plants expressing hepatitis B virus surface antigen, developed specific serum-IgG response to plant produced protein.
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- J Kapusta
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Okubara PA, Arroyo-Garcia R, Shen KA, Mazier M, Meyers BC, Ochoa OE, Kim S, Yang CH, Michelmore RW. A transgenic mutant of Lactuca sativa (lettuce) with a T-DNA tightly linked to loss of downy mildew resistance. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 1997; 10:970-7. [PMID: 9353944 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.1997.10.8.970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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One hundred and ninety-two independent primary transformants of lettuce cv. Diana were obtained by co-cultivation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens carrying constructs containing maize Ac transposase and Ds. R2 families were screened for mutations at four genes (Dm) for resistance to downy mildew. One family, designated dm3t524, had lost resistance to an isolate of Bremia lactucae expressing the avirulence gene Avr3. Loss of resistance segregated as a single recessive allele of Dm3. The mutation was not due to a large deletion as all molecular markers flanking Dm3 were present. Loss of Dm3 activity co-segregated with a T-DNA from which Ds had excised. Genomic DNA flanking the right border of this T-DNA was isolated by inverse polymerase chain reaction. This genomic sequence was present in four to five copies in wild-type cv. Diana. One copy was missing in all eight deletion mutants of Dm3 and altered in dm3t524, indicating tight physical linkage to Dm3. Three open reading frames (ORFs) occurred in a 6.6-kb region flanking the insertion site; however, expression of these ORFs was not detected. No similarities were detected between these ORFs and resistance genes cloned from other species. Transgenic complementation with 11-to 27-kb genomic fragments of Diana spanning the insertion site failed to restore Dm3 function to two ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-induced mutants of Dm3 or to cv. Cobham Green, which naturally lacks Dm3 activity. Therefore, either the T-DNA inserted extremely close to, but not within, Dm3 and the mutation may have been caused by secondary movement of Ds, or Dm3 activity is encoded by a gene extending beyond the fragments used for complementation.
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- P A Okubara
- Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Yang CH, Carroll B, Scofield S, Jones J, Michelmore R. Transactivation of Ds elements in plants of lettuce (Lactuca sativa). MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1993; 241:389-98. [PMID: 8246892 DOI: 10.1007/bf00284692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The maize transposable element, Activator (Ac), is being used to develop a transposon mutagenesis system in lettuce, Lactuca sativa. In this paper, we describe somatic and germinal transactivation of Ds by chimeric transposase genes in whole plants. Constructs containing either the Ds element or the Ac transposase open reading frame (ORF) were introduced into lettue. The Ds element was located between either the 35S or the Nos promoter and a chimeric spectinomycin resistance gene (which included a transit peptide), preventing expression of spectinomycin resistance. The genomic coding region of the Ac transposase was expressed from the 35S promoter. Crosses were made between 104 independent R1 plants containing Ds and three independent R1 plants expressing transposase. The excision of Ds in F1 progenies was monitored using a phenotypic assay on spectinomycin-containing medium. Green sectors in one-third of the F1 families indicated transactivation of Ds by the transposase at different developmental stages and at different frequencies in lettuce plants. Excision was confirmed using PCR and by Southern analysis. The lack of green sectors in the majority of F1 families suggest that the majority of T-DNA insertion sites are not conducive to excision. In subsequent experiments, the F1 plants containing both Ds and the transposase were grown to maturity and the F2 seeds screened on medium containing spectinomycin. Somatic excision was again observed in several F2 progeny; however, evidence for germinal excision was observed in only one F2 family.
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- C H Yang
- Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis 95616
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Yang CH, Ellis JG, Michelmore RW. Infrequent transposition of Ac in lettuce, Lactuca sativa. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 22:793-805. [PMID: 8395257 DOI: 10.1007/bf00027366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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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The maize transposable element Activator (Ac) is being used to develop a transposon mutagenesis system in lettuce, Lactuca sativa. Two constructs containing the complete Ac from the waxy-m7 locus of maize were introduced into lettuce and monitored for activity using Southern analysis and PCR amplification of the excision site. No transposition of Ac was detected in over 32 transgenic R1 plants, although these constructs were known to provide frequent transposition in other species. Also, no transposition was observed in later generations. In subsequent experiments, transposition was detected in lettuce calli using constructs that allowed selection for excision events. In these constructs, the neomycin phosphotransferase II gene was interrupted by either Ac or Ds. Excision was detected as the ability of callus to grow on kanamycin. Synthesis of the transposase from the cDNA of Ac expressed from the T-DNA 2' promoter resulted in more frequent excision of Ds than was observed with the wild-type Ac. No excision was observed with Ds in the absence of the transposase. The excision events were confirmed by amplification of the excision site by PCR followed by DNA sequencing. Excision and reintegration were also confirmed by Southern analysis. Ac/Ds is therefore capable of transposition in at least calli of lettuce.
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- C H Yang
- Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis 95616
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