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Thomson G, Dickinson L, Jacob Y. Genomic consequences associated with Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plants. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 117:342-363. [PMID: 37831618 PMCID: PMC10841553 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
Abstract
Attenuated strains of the naturally occurring plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens can transfer virtually any DNA sequence of interest to model plants and crops. This has made Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (AMT) one of the most commonly used tools in agricultural biotechnology. Understanding AMT, and its functional consequences, is of fundamental importance given that it sits at the intersection of many fundamental fields of study, including plant-microbe interactions, DNA repair/genome stability, and epigenetic regulation of gene expression. Despite extensive research and use of AMT over the last 40 years, the extent of genomic disruption associated with integrating exogenous DNA into plant genomes using this method remains underappreciated. However, new technologies like long-read sequencing make this disruption more apparent, complementing previous findings from multiple research groups that have tackled this question in the past. In this review, we cover progress on the molecular mechanisms involved in Agrobacterium-mediated DNA integration into plant genomes. We also discuss localized mutations at the site of insertion and describe the structure of these DNA insertions, which can range from single copy insertions to large concatemers, consisting of complex DNA originating from different sources. Finally, we discuss the prevalence of large-scale genomic rearrangements associated with the integration of DNA during AMT with examples. Understanding the intended and unintended effects of AMT on genome stability is critical to all plant researchers who use this methodology to generate new genetic variants.
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- Geoffrey Thomson
- Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine; New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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Lin J, Yin X, Zeng Y, Hong X, Zhang S, Cui B, Zhu Q, Liang Z, Xue Z, Yang D. Progress and prospect: Biosynthesis of plant natural products based on plant chassis. Biotechnol Adv 2023; 69:108266. [PMID: 37778531 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Plant-derived natural products are a specific class of active substances with numerous applications in the medical, energy, and industrial fields. Many of these substances are in high demand and have become the fundamental materials for various purposes. Recently, the use of synthetic biology to produce plant-derived natural products has become a significant trend. Plant chassis, in particular, offer unique advantages over microbial chassis in terms of cell structure, product affinity, safety, and storage. The development of the plant hairy root tissue culture system has accelerated the commercialization and industrialization of synthetic biology in the production of plant-derived natural products. This paper will present recent progress in the synthesis of various plant natural products using plant chassis, organized by the types of different structures. Additionally, we will summarize the four primary types of plant chassis used for synthesizing natural products from plant sources and review the enabling technologies that have contributed to the development of synthetic biology in recent years. Finally, we will present the role of isolated and combined use of different optimization strategies in breaking the upper limit of natural product production in plant chassis. This review aims to provide practical references for synthetic biologists and highlight the great commercial potential of plant chassis biosynthesis, such as hairy roots.
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- Junjie Lin
- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation in Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation in Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation in Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation in Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China..
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation in Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China; Shaoxing Biomedical Research Institute of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Co., Ltd, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for the Development Technology of Medicinal and Edible Homologous Health Food, Shaoxing 312075, China.
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Gätjens-Boniche O, Jiménez-Madrigal JP, Whetten RW, Valenzuela-Diaz S, Alemán-Gutiérrez A, Hanson PE, Pinto-Tomás AA. Microbiome and plant cell transformation trigger insect gall induction in cassava. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1237966. [PMID: 38126017 PMCID: PMC10731979 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1237966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Several specialised insects can manipulate normal plant development to induce a highly organised structure known as a gall, which represents one of the most complex interactions between insects and plants. Thus far, the mechanism for insect-induced plant galls has remained elusive. To study the induction mechanism of insect galls, we selected the gall induced by Iatrophobia brasiliensis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in cassava (Euphorbiaceae: Manihot esculenta Crantz) as our model. PCR-based molecular markers and deep metagenomic sequencing data were employed to analyse the gall microbiome and to test the hypothesis that gall cells are genetically transformed by insect vectored bacteria. A shotgun sequencing discrimination approach was implemented to selectively discriminate between foreign DNA and the reference host plant genome. Several known candidate insertion sequences were identified, the most significant being DNA sequences found in bacterial genes related to the transcription regulatory factor CadR, cadmium-transporting ATPase encoded by the cadA gene, nitrate transport permease protein (nrtB gene), and arsenical pump ATPase (arsA gene). In addition, a DNA fragment associated with ubiquitin-like gene E2 was identified as a potential accessory genetic element involved in gall induction mechanism. Furthermore, our results suggest that the increased quality and rapid development of gall tissue are mostly driven by microbiome enrichment and the acquisition of critical endophytes. An initial gall-like structure was experimentally obtained in M. esculenta cultured tissues through inoculation assays using a Rhodococcus bacterial strain that originated from the inducing insect, which we related to the gall induction process. We provide evidence that the modification of the endophytic microbiome and the genetic transformation of plant cells in M. esculenta are two essential requirements for insect-induced gall formation. Based on these findings and having observed the same potential DNA marker in galls from other plant species (ubiquitin-like gene E2), we speculate that bacterially mediated genetic transformation of plant cells may represent a more widespread gall induction mechanism found in nature.
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- Omar Gätjens-Boniche
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Escuela de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Tecnológico Local San Carlos, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Escuela de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Tecnológico Local San Carlos, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Human Microbiome Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, The Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Escuela de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Tecnológico Local San Carlos, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Alajuela, Costa Rica
- Laboratorio de Genómica y Biodiversidad, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillán, Chile
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- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, San José, Costa Rica
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- Center for Research in Microscopic Structures and Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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Rajabu CA, Dallas MM, Chiunga E, De León L, Ateka EM, Tairo F, Ndunguru J, Ascencio-Ibanez JT, Hanley-Bowdoin L. SEGS-1 a cassava genomic sequence increases the severity of African cassava mosaic virus infection in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1250105. [PMID: 37915512 PMCID: PMC10616593 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1250105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Cassava is a major crop in Sub-Saharan Africa, where it is grown primarily by smallholder farmers. Cassava production is constrained by Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which is caused by a complex of cassava mosaic begomoviruses (CMBs). A previous study showed that SEGS-1 (sequences enhancing geminivirus symptoms), which occurs in the cassava genome and as episomes during viral infection, enhances CMD symptoms and breaks resistance in cassava. We report here that SEGS-1 also increases viral disease severity in Arabidopsis thaliana plants that are co-inoculated with African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) and SEGS-1 sequences. Viral disease was also enhanced in Arabidopsis plants carrying a SEGS-1 transgene when inoculated with ACMV alone. Unlike cassava, no SEGS-1 episomal DNA was detected in the transgenic Arabidopsis plants during ACMV infection. Studies using Nicotiana tabacum suspension cells showed that co-transfection of SEGS-1 sequences with an ACMV replicon increases viral DNA accumulation in the absence of viral movement. Together, these results demonstrated that SEGS-1 can function in a heterologous host to increase disease severity. Moreover, SEGS-1 is active in a host genomic context, indicating that SEGS-1 episomes are not required for disease enhancement.
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- Cyprian A. Rajabu
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
- Department of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
- Department of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute-Mikocheni, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute-Mikocheni, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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Neelakandan AK, Kabahuma M, Yang Q, Lopez M, Wisser RJ, Balint-Kurti P, Lauter N. Characterization of integration sites and transfer DNA structures in Agrobacterium-mediated transgenic events of maize inbred B104. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2023; 13:jkad166. [PMID: 37523773 PMCID: PMC10542558 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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In maize, the community-standard transformant line B104 is a useful model for dissecting features of transfer DNA (T-DNA) integration due to its compatibility with Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and the availability of its genome sequence. Knowledge of transgene integration sites permits the analysis of the genomic environment that governs the strength of gene expression and phenotypic effects due to the disruption of an endogenous gene or regulatory element. In this study, we optimized a fusion primer and nested integrated PCR (FPNI-PCR) technique for T-DNA detection in maize to characterize the integration sites of 89 T-DNA insertions in 81 transformant lines. T-DNA insertions preferentially occurred in gene-rich regions and regions distant from centromeres. Integration junctions with and without microhomologous sequences as well as junctions with de novo sequences were detected. Sequence analysis of integration junctions indicated that T-DNA was incorporated via the error-prone repair pathways of nonhomologous (predominantly) and microhomology-mediated (minor) end-joining. This report provides a quantitative assessment of Agrobacterium-mediated T-DNA integration in maize with respect to insertion site features, the genomic distribution of T-DNA incorporation, and the mechanisms of integration. It also demonstrates the utility of the FPNI-PCR technique, which can be adapted to any species of interest.
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
- Interdisciplinary Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
- Laboratoire d’Ecophysiologie des Plantes sous Stress Environmentaux, INRAE, University of Montpellier, L’Institut Agro, Montpellier 34000, France
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Plant Science Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
- Interdisciplinary Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Hsieh JWA, Chang P, Kuang LY, Hsing YIC, Chen PY. Rice transformation treatments leave specific epigenome changes beyond tissue culture. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 193:1297-1312. [PMID: 37394940 PMCID: PMC10517251 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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During transgenic plant production, tissue culture often carries epigenetic, and genetic changes that underlie somaclonal variations, leading to unpredictable phenotypes. Additionally, specific treatments for rice (Oryza sativa) transformation processes may individually or jointly contribute to somaclonal variations, but their specific impacts on rice epigenomes toward transcriptional variations remain unknown. Here, the impact of individual transformation treatments on genome-wide DNA methylation and the transcriptome were examined. In addition to activating stress-responsive genes, individual transformation components targeted different gene expression modules that were enriched in specific functional categories. The transformation treatments strongly impacted DNA methylation and expression; 75% were independent of tissue culture. Furthermore, our genome-wide analysis showed that the transformation treatments consistently resulted in global hypo-CHH methylation enriched at promoters highly associated with downregulation, particularly when the promoters were colocalized with miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements. Our results clearly highlight the specificity of impacts triggered by individual transformation treatments during rice transformation with the potential association between DNA methylation and gene expression. These changes in gene expression and DNA methylation resulting from rice transformation treatments explain a significant portion of somaclonal variations, that is, way beyond the tissue culture effect.
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- Jo-Wei Allison Hsieh
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica,
Taipei 115201, Taiwan
- Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, Academia Sinica and National
Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica,
Taipei 115201, Taiwan
- Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation/Department
of Biological Science and Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and
Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan
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- The Transgenic Plant Core Facility, Agricultural Biotechnology Research
Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115201, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica,
Taipei 115201, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica,
Taipei 115201, Taiwan
- Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, Academia Sinica and National
Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Zhang Z, Huang Y, Dong Y, Ren Y, Du K, Wang J, Yang M. Effect of T-DNA Integration on Growth of Transgenic Populus × euramericana cv. Neva Underlying Field Stands. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12952. [PMID: 37629133 PMCID: PMC10454723 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241612952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Multigene cotransformation has been widely used in the study of genetic improvement in crops and trees. However, little is known about the unintended effects and causes of multigene cotransformation in poplars. To gain insight into the unintended effects of T-DNA integration during multigene cotransformation in field stands, here, three lines (A1-A3) of Populus × euramericana cv. Neva (PEN) carrying Cry1Ac-Cry3A-BADH genes and three lines (B1-B3) of PEN carrying Cry1Ac-Cry3A-NTHK1 genes were used as research objects, with non-transgenic PEN as the control. Experimental stands were established at three common gardens in three locations and next generation sequencing (NGS) was used to identify the insertion sites of exogenous genes in six transgenic lines. We compared the growth data of the transgenic and control lines for four consecutive years. The results demonstrated that the tree height and diameter at breast height (DBH) of transgenic lines were significantly lower than those of the control, and the adaptability of transgenic lines in different locations varied significantly. The genotype and the experimental environment showed an interaction effect. A total of seven insertion sites were detected in the six transgenic lines, with B3 having a double-site insertion and the other lines having single copies. There are four insertion sites in the gene region and three insertion sites in the intergenic region. Analysis of the bases near the insertion sites showed that AT content was higher than the average chromosome content in four of the seven insertion sites within 1000 bp. Transcriptome analysis suggested that the differential expression of genes related to plant hormone transduction and lignin synthesis might be responsible for the slow development of plant height and DBH in transgenic lines. This study provides an integrated analysis of the unintended effects of transgenic poplar, which will benefit the safety assessment and reasonable application of genetically modified trees.
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- Zijie Zhang
- Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
- Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, Baoding 071000, China
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- Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
- Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, Baoding 071000, China
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- Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
- Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, Baoding 071000, China
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- Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
- Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, Baoding 071000, China
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- Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
- Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, Baoding 071000, China
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- Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
- Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, Baoding 071000, China
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- Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
- Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, Baoding 071000, China
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Hooykaas PJJ. The Ti Plasmid, Driver of Agrobacterium Pathogenesis. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:594-604. [PMID: 37098885 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-11-22-0432-ia] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
The phytopathogenic bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens causes crown gall disease in plants, characterized by the formation of tumor-like galls where wounds were present. Nowadays, however, the bacterium and its Ti (tumor-inducing) plasmid is better known as an effective vector for the genetic manipulation of plants and fungi. In this review, I will briefly summarize some of the major discoveries that have led to this bacterium now playing such a prominent role worldwide in plant and fungal research at universities and research institutes and in agricultural biotechnology for the production of genetically modified crops. I will then delve a little deeper into some aspects of Agrobacterium biology and discuss the diversity among agrobacteria and the taxonomic position of these bacteria, the diversity in Ti plasmids, the molecular mechanism used by the bacteria to transform plants, and the discovery of protein translocation from the bacteria to host cells as an essential feature of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.
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Corcoran ET, LeBlanc C, Huang YC, Arias Tsang M, Sarkiss A, Hu Y, Pedmale UV, Jacob Y. Systematic histone H4 replacement in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a role for H4R17 in regulating flowering time. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:3611-3631. [PMID: 35879829 PMCID: PMC9516085 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Despite the broad array of roles for epigenetic mechanisms on regulating diverse processes in eukaryotes, no experimental system is currently available in plants for the direct assessment of histone function. In this work, we present the development of a genetic strategy in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) whereby modified histone H4 transgenes can completely replace the expression of endogenous histone H4 genes. Accordingly, we established a collection of plants expressing different H4 point mutants targeting residues that may be post-translationally modified in vivo. To demonstrate its utility, we screened this new H4 mutant collection to uncover substitutions in H4 that alter flowering time. We identified different mutations in the H4 tail (H4R17A) and the H4 globular domain (H4R36A, H4R39K, H4R39A, and H4K44A) that strongly accelerate the floral transition. Furthermore, we identified a conserved regulatory relationship between H4R17 and the ISWI chromatin remodeling complex in plants: As with other biological systems, H4R17 regulates nucleosome spacing via ISWI. Overall, this work provides a large set of H4 mutants to the plant epigenetics community that can be used to systematically assess histone H4 function in Arabidopsis and a roadmap to replicate this strategy for studying other histone proteins in plants.
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- Emma Tung Corcoran
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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Lacroix B, Citovsky V. Genetic factors governing bacterial virulence and host plant susceptibility during Agrobacterium infection. ADVANCES IN GENETICS 2022; 110:1-29. [PMID: 37283660 PMCID: PMC10241481 DOI: 10.1016/bs.adgen.2022.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Several species of the Agrobacterium genus represent unique bacterial pathogens able to genetically transform plants, by transferring and integrating a segment of their own DNA (T-DNA, transferred DNA) in their host genome. Whereas in nature this process results in uncontrolled growth of the infected plant cells (tumors), this capability of Agrobacterium has been widely used as a crucial tool to generate transgenic plants, for research and biotechnology. The virulence of Agrobacterium relies on a series of virulence genes, mostly encoded on a large plasmid (Ti-plasmid, tumor inducing plasmid), involved in the different steps of the DNA transfer to the host cell genome: activation of bacterial virulence, synthesis and export of the T-DNA and its associated proteins, intracellular trafficking of the T-DNA and effector proteins in the host cell, and integration of the T-DNA in the host genomic DNA. Multiple interactions between these bacterial encoded proteins and host factors occur during the infection process, which determine the outcome of the infection. Here, we review our current knowledge of the mechanisms by which bacterial and plant factors control Agrobacterium virulence and host plant susceptibility.
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Kralemann LEM, de Pater S, Shen H, Kloet SL, van Schendel R, Hooykaas PJJ, Tijsterman M. Distinct mechanisms for genomic attachment of the 5' and 3' ends of Agrobacterium T-DNA in plants. NATURE PLANTS 2022; 8:526-534. [PMID: 35534719 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-022-01147-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a pathogenic bacterium capable of transforming plants through horizontal gene transfer, is nowadays the preferred vector for plant genetic engineering. The vehicle for transfer is the T-strand, a single-stranded DNA molecule bound by the bacterial protein VirD2, which guides the T-DNA into the plant's nucleus where it integrates. How VirD2 is removed from T-DNA, and which mechanism acts to attach the liberated end to the plant genome is currently unknown. Here, using newly developed technology that yields hundreds of T-DNA integrations in somatic tissue of Arabidopsis thaliana, we uncover two redundant mechanisms for the genomic capture of the T-DNA 5' end. Different from capture of the 3' end of the T-DNA, which is the exclusive action of polymerase theta-mediated end joining (TMEJ), 5' attachment is accomplished either by TMEJ or by canonical non-homologous end joining (cNHEJ). We further find that TMEJ needs MRE11, whereas cNHEJ requires TDP2 to remove the 5' end-blocking protein VirD2. As a consequence, T-DNA integration is severely impaired in plants deficient for both MRE11 and TDP2 (or other cNHEJ factors). In support of MRE11 and cNHEJ specifically acting on the 5' end, we demonstrate rescue of the integration defect of double-deficient plants by using T-DNAs that are capable of forming telomeres upon 3' capture. Our study provides a mechanistic model for how Agrobacterium exploits the plant's own DNA repair machineries to transform it.
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- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Yan H, Liu B, Cui Y, Wang Y, Sun S, Wang J, Tan M, Wang Y, Zhang Y. LpNAC6 reversely regulates the alkali tolerance and drought tolerance of Lilium pumilum. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 270:153635. [PMID: 35124291 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2022.153635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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NAC transcription factors have multiple biological functions in plants. In this study, a new NAC transcription factor, LpNAC6, was cloned from Lilium pumilum, and its salt and drought resistance functions were identified. We treated LpNAC6 transgenic tobacco plants with different intensities of alkali and drought stress. Results showed that LpNAC6 transgenic tobacco had enhanced alkali tolerance, but decreased drought tolerance. Antioxidant enzyme (SOD, POD, CAT) activity, chlorophyll content, proline content, and photosynthetic capacity of transgenic tobacco were significantly higher than those of wild-type tobacco, while the contents of MDA, H2O2, and O2- were significantly lower than those of wild-type tobacco. The expression level of stress-related genes in transgenic tobacco increased significantly, and the alkali tolerance was enhanced, but the opposite was true under drought stress. Our findings suggest that LpNAC6 has a reverse regulatory effect on alkaline and drought tolerance in plants, which is of great significance for plant screening and stress tolerance regulation of transgenic plants in arid saline-alkali land.
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- Hao Yan
- College of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China.
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The Structure of T-DNA Insertions in Transgenic Tobacco Plants Producing Bovine Interferon-Gamma. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12020761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Many of the most modern drugs are of a protein nature and are synthesized by transgenic producer organisms. Bacteria, yeast, or animal cell cultures are commonly used, but plants have a number of advantages—minimal biomass unit cost, animal safety (plants are not attacked by mammalian pathogens), the agricultural scale of production, and the ability to produce complex proteins. A disadvantage of plants may be an unstable level of transgene expression, which depends on the transgene structure and its insertion site. We analyzed the structure of T-DNA inserts in transgenic tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum L.) belonging to two lines obtained using the same genetic construct but demonstrating different biological activities of the recombinant protein (bovine interferon-gamma). We found that, in one case, T-DNA was integrated into genomic DNA in the region of centromeric repeats, and in the other, into a transcriptionally active region of the genome. It was also found that in one case, the insert has a clustered structure and consists of three copies. Thus, the structure of T-DNA inserts in both lines is not optimal (the optimal structure includes a single copy of the insert located in the active region of the genome). It is desirable to carry out such studies at the early stages of transgenic plants selection.
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Gong W, Zhou Y, Wang R, Wei X, Zhang L, Dai Y, Zhu Z. Analysis of T-DNA integration events in transgenic rice. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 266:153527. [PMID: 34563791 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation has been widely used for introducing transgene(s) into a plant genome and plant breeding. However, our understanding of T-DNA integration into rice genome remains limited relative to that in the model dicot Arabidopsis. To better elucidate the T-DNA integration into the rice genome, we investigated extensively the T-DNA ends and their flanking rice genomic sequences from two transgenic rice plants carrying Cowpea Trypsin Inhibitor (CpTI)-derived gene Signal-CpTI-KDEL (SCK) and Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) gene, respectively, by TAIL-PCR method. Analysis of the junction sequences between the T-DNA ends and rice genome DNA indicated that there were three joining patterns of microhomology, filler DNA sequences, and exact joining, and both the T-DNA ends tend to adopt identical manner to join the rice genome. After T-DNA integration, there were several variations of rice genomic sequences, including small deletions at the integration sites, superfluous DNA inserted between T-DNA and genome, and translocation of genomic DNA in the flanking regions. The translocation block could be from a noncontiguous region in the same chromosome or different chromosomes at the integration sites, and the originating position of the translocated block resulted in comparable deletion based on a cut/paste mechanism rather than a replication mechanism. Our study may lead to a better understand of T-DNA integration mechanism and facilitate functional genomic studies and further crop improvement.
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- Wankui Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, 455000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; Public Health Emergency Center, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Plant DNA Repair and Agrobacterium T-DNA Integration. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22168458. [PMID: 34445162 PMCID: PMC8395108 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Agrobacterium species transfer DNA (T-DNA) to plant cells where it may integrate into plant chromosomes. The process of integration is thought to involve invasion and ligation of T-DNA, or its copying, into nicks or breaks in the host genome. Integrated T-DNA often contains, at its junctions with plant DNA, deletions of T-DNA or plant DNA, filler DNA, and/or microhomology between T-DNA and plant DNA pre-integration sites. T-DNA integration is also often associated with major plant genome rearrangements, including inversions and translocations. These characteristics are similar to those often found after repair of DNA breaks, and thus DNA repair mechanisms have frequently been invoked to explain the mechanism of T-DNA integration. However, the involvement of specific plant DNA repair proteins and Agrobacterium proteins in integration remains controversial, with numerous contradictory results reported in the literature. In this review I discuss this literature and comment on many of these studies. I conclude that either multiple known DNA repair pathways can be used for integration, or that some yet unknown pathway must exist to facilitate T-DNA integration into the plant genome.
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Sunaryo W. Protocol for screening and expression studies of T-DNA and tagging-based insertional knox mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana. 3 Biotech 2021; 11:332. [PMID: 34194915 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-02868-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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KNOTTED1-like homeobox (KNOX) genes serve important roles in meristem function and many developmental processes in all higher plants. In Arabidopsis, studies of KNOX genes especially among members of class II KNOX genes remain limited and functional data are largely lacking. In the present study, we established a reproducible protocol that is important for genetic studies of KNOX genes using Arabidopsis insertional mutants. This protocol contains a reproducible and serial procedure containing detailed and step-by-step laboratory and field works covering all experiment steps from the screening of homozygous mutant lines to the KNOX expression analysis using qRT-PCR in a single paper. The troubleshooting and challenges that might occur are also presented and discussed. T-DNA insertion mutants for all Arabidopsis KNOX genes (except for knat4) were isolated based on kanamycin screening, phenotype selection, and PCR genotyping. Surprisingly, the insertions resulted in strong repression of the respective KNOX genes. However, no gene suppression was observed for the positively selected knat5 mutant. Moreover, qRT-PCR was effective for transcript analysis among the knox mutant samples. The use of different relative expression quantification produces a similar indication of expression level. Overall, the proposed procedure is highly effective for expression studies of KNOX genes in Arabidopsis mutants and will serve as a fundamental work protocol to open opportunities for genetic studies of genes involving insertional mutants in Arabidopsis. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-021-02868-8.
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Hata T, Takada N, Hayakawa C, Kazama M, Uchikoba T, Tachikawa M, Matsuo M, Satoh S, Obokata J. De novo activated transcription of inserted foreign coding sequences is inheritable in the plant genome. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252674. [PMID: 34111139 PMCID: PMC8191969 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The manner in which inserted foreign coding sequences become transcriptionally activated and fixed in the plant genome is poorly understood. To examine such processes of gene evolution, we performed an artificial evolutionary experiment in Arabidopsis thaliana. As a model of gene-birth events, we introduced a promoterless coding sequence of the firefly luciferase (LUC) gene and established 386 T2-generation transgenic lines. Among them, we determined the individual LUC insertion loci in 76 lines and found that one-third of them were transcribed de novo even in the intergenic or inherently unexpressed regions. In the transcribed lines, transcription-related chromatin marks were detected across the newly activated transcribed regions. These results agreed with our previous findings in A. thaliana cultured cells under a similar experimental scheme. A comparison of the results of the T2-plant and cultured cell experiments revealed that the de novo-activated transcription concomitant with local chromatin remodelling was inheritable. During one-generation inheritance, it seems likely that the transcription activities of the LUC inserts trapped by the endogenous genes/transcripts became stronger, while those of de novo transcription in the intergenic/untranscribed regions became weaker. These findings may offer a clue for the elucidation of the mechanism by which inserted foreign coding sequences become transcriptionally activated and fixed in the plant genome.
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- Takayuki Hata
- Graduate School of Life and Environfmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
- Faculty of Agriculture, Setsunan University, Hirakata-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environfmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environfmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environfmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environfmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Setsunan University, Hirakata-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environfmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Setsunan University, Hirakata-shi, Osaka, Japan
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Anjanappa RB, Gruissem W. Current progress and challenges in crop genetic transformation. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 261:153411. [PMID: 33872932 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Plant transformation remains the most sought-after technology for functional genomics and crop genetic improvement, especially for introducing specific new traits and to modify or recombine already existing traits. Along with many other agricultural technologies, the global production of genetically engineered crops has steadily grown since they were first introduced 25 years ago. Since the first transfer of DNA into plant cells using Agrobacterium tumefaciens, different transformation methods have enabled rapid advances in molecular breeding approaches to bring crop varieties with novel traits to the market that would be difficult or not possible to achieve with conventional breeding methods. Today, transformation to produce genetically engineered crops is the fastest and most widely adopted technology in agriculture. The rapidly increasing number of sequenced plant genomes and information from functional genomics data to understand gene function, together with novel gene cloning and tissue culture methods, is further accelerating crop improvement and trait development. These advances are welcome and needed to make crops more resilient to climate change and to secure their yield for feeding the increasing human population. Despite the success, transformation remains a bottleneck because many plant species and crop genotypes are recalcitrant to established tissue culture and regeneration conditions, or they show poor transformability. Improvements are possible using morphogenetic transcriptional regulators, but their broader applicability remains to be tested. Advances in genome editing techniques and direct, non-tissue culture-based transformation methods offer alternative approaches to enhance varietal development in other recalcitrant crops. Here, we review recent developments in plant transformation and regeneration, and discuss opportunities for new breeding technologies in agriculture.
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- Ravi B Anjanappa
- Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Road, Taichung City 402, Taiwan.
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Chen X, Dong Y, Huang Y, Fan J, Yang M, Zhang J. Whole-genome resequencing using next-generation and Nanopore sequencing for molecular characterization of T-DNA integration in transgenic poplar 741. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:329. [PMID: 33957867 PMCID: PMC8101135 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07625-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The molecular characterization information of T-DNA integration is not only required by public risk assessors and regulators, but is also closely related to the expression of exogenous and endogenous genes. At present, with the development of sequencing technology, whole-genome resequencing has become an attractive approach to identify unknown genetically modified events and characterise T-DNA integration events. RESULTS In this study, we performed genome resequencing of Pb29, a transgenic high-resistance poplar 741 line that has been commercialized, using next-generation and Nanopore sequencing. The results revealed that there are two T-DNA insertion sites, located at 9,283,905-9,283,937 bp on chromosome 3 (Chr03) and 10,868,777-10,868,803 bp on Chr10. The accuracy of the T-DNA insertion locations and directions was verified using polymerase chain reaction amplification. Through sequence alignment, different degrees of base deletions were detected on the T-DNA left and right border sequences, and in the flanking sequences of the insertion sites. An unknown fragment was inserted between the Chr03 insertion site and the right flanking sequence, but the Pb29 genome did not undergo chromosomal rearrangement. It is worth noting that we did not detect the API gene in the Pb29 genome, indicating that Pb29 is a transgenic line containing only the BtCry1AC gene. On Chr03, the insertion of T-DNA disrupted a gene encoding TAF12 protein, but the transcriptional abundance of this gene did not change significantly in the leaves of Pb29. Additionally, except for the gene located closest to the T-DNA integration site, the expression levels of four other neighboring genes did not change significantly in the leaves of Pb29. CONCLUSIONS This study provides molecular characterization information of T-DNA integration in transgenic poplar 741 line Pb29, which contribute to safety supervision and further extensive commercial planting of transgenic poplar 741.
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- Xinghao Chen
- Forest Department, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, 071000, Baoding, PR China
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- Forest Department, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, 071000, Baoding, PR China
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- Forest Department, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, 071000, Baoding, PR China
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- Forest Department, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, 071000, Baoding, PR China
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- Forest Department, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China. .,Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, 071000, Baoding, PR China.
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- Forest Department, Forestry College, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China. .,Hebei Key Laboratory for Tree Genetic Resources and Forest Protection, 071000, Baoding, PR China.
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Monreal-Escalante E, Sández-Robledo C, León-Gallo A, Roupie V, Huygen K, Hori-Oshima S, Arce-Montoya M, Rosales-Mendoza S, Angulo C. Alfalfa Plants (Medicago sativa L.) Expressing the 85B (MAP1609c) Antigen of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Elicit Long-Lasting Immunity in Mice. Mol Biotechnol 2021; 63:424-436. [PMID: 33649932 PMCID: PMC7920848 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-021-00307-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the etiological agent of Paratuberculosis, a contagious, untreatable, and chronic granulomatous enteritis that results in diarrhea, emaciation, and death in farmed ruminants (i.e., cattle, sheep, and goats). In this study, the Ag85B antigen from MAP was expressed in transgenic alfalfa as an attractive vaccine candidate. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation allowed the rescue of 56 putative transformed plants and transgenesis was confirmed in 19 lines by detection of the Ag85B gene (MAP1609c) by PCR. Line number 20 showed the highest Ag85B expression [840 ng Ag85B per gram of dry weight leaf tissue, 0.062% Total Soluble Protein (TSP)]. Antigenicity of the plant-made Ag85B was evidenced by its reactivity with a panel of sera from naturally MAP-infected animals, whereas immunogenicity was assessed in mice immunized by either oral or subcutaneous routes. The plant-made Ag85B antigen elicited humoral responses by the oral route when co-administered with cholera toxin as adjuvant; significant levels of anti-85B antibodies were induced in serum (IgG) and feces (IgA). Long-lasting immunity was evidenced at day 180 days post-first oral immunization. The obtained alfalfa lines expressing Ag85B constitute the first model of a plant-based vaccine targeting MAP. The initial immunogenicity assessment conducted in this study opens the path for a detailed characterization of the properties of this vaccine candidate.
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- Elizabeth Monreal-Escalante
- Immunology and Vaccinology Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, SC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23096, Mexico
- CONACYT-Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23096, Mexico
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava Num. 6, Zona Universitaria., San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, 78210, Mexico
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- Immunology and Vaccinology Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, SC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23096, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava Num. 6, Zona Universitaria., San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, 78210, Mexico
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- Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Institute, VAR-CODA-CERVA, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
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- Scientific Service Immunology, Scientific Institute of Public Health WIV-ISP (Site Ukkel), 642 Engelandstraat, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Carretera San Felipe Km. 3.5, Fraccionamiento Laguna Campestre, Mexicali, Baja California, 21387, Mexico
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- Immunology and Vaccinology Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, SC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23096, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava Num. 6, Zona Universitaria., San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, 78210, Mexico.
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- Immunology and Vaccinology Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, SC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23096, Mexico.
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Skarzyńska A, Pawełkowicz M, Pląder W. Influence of transgenesis on genome variability in cucumber lines with a thaumatin II gene. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 27:985-996. [PMID: 34092948 PMCID: PMC8139995 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-00990-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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UNLABELLED The development of new plant varieties by genetic modification aims at improving their features or introducing new qualities. However, concerns about the unintended effects of transgenes and negative environmental impact of genetically modified plants are an obstacle for the use of these plants in crops. To analyze the impact of transgenesis on plant genomes, we analyze three cucumber transgenic lines with an introduced thaumatin II gene. After genomes sequencing, we analyzed the transgene insertion site and performed variant prediction. As a result, we obtained similar number of variants for all analyzed lines (average of 4307 polymorphisms), with high abundance in one region of chromosome 4. According to SnpEff analysis, the presence of genomic variants generally does not influence the genome functionality, as less than 2% of polymorphisms have high impact. Moreover, analysis indicates that these changes were more likely induced by in vitro culture than by the transgenesis itself. The insertion site analysis shows that the region of transgene integration could cause changes in gene expression, by gene disruption or loss of promoter region continuity. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-021-00990-8.
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- Agnieszka Skarzyńska
- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Flavell RB. Perspective: 50 years of plant chromosome biology. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 185:731-753. [PMID: 33604616 PMCID: PMC8133586 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The past 50 years has been the greatest era of plant science discovery, and most of the discoveries have emerged from or been facilitated by our knowledge of plant chromosomes. At last we have descriptive and mechanistic outlines of the information in chromosomes that programs plant life. We had almost no such information 50 years ago when few had isolated DNA from any plant species. The important features of genes have been revealed through whole genome comparative genomics and testing of variants using transgenesis. Progress has been enabled by the development of technologies that had to be invented and then become widely available. Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and rice (Oryza sativa) have played extraordinary roles as model species. Unexpected evolutionary dramas were uncovered when learning that chromosomes have to manage constantly the vast numbers of potentially mutagenic families of transposons and other repeated sequences. The chromatin-based transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms that co-evolved to manage the evolutionary drama as well as gene expression and 3-D nuclear architecture have been elucidated these past 20 years. This perspective traces some of the major developments with which I have become particularly familiar while seeking ways to improve crop plants. I draw some conclusions from this look-back over 50 years during which the scientific community has (i) exposed how chromosomes guard, readout, control, recombine, and transmit information that programs plant species, large and small, weed and crop, and (ii) modified the information in chromosomes for the purposes of genetic, physiological, and developmental analyses and plant improvement.
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- Richard B Flavell
- International Wheat Yield Partnership, 1500 Research Parkway, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Marenkova TV, Kuznetsov VV, Deineko EV. Features of Expression of Foreign Genes in Complex Insertions in Transgenic Tobacco Plants with a Mosaic Pattern of nptII Gene Expression. RUSS J GENET+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795421030108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Nishizawa-Yokoi A, Saika H, Hara N, Lee LY, Toki S, Gelvin SB. Agrobacterium T-DNA integration in somatic cells does not require the activity of DNA polymerase θ. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 229:2859-2872. [PMID: 33105034 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Integration of Agrobacterium tumefaciens transferred DNA (T-DNA) into the plant genome is the last step required for stable plant genetic transformation. The mechanism of T-DNA integration remains controversial, although scientists have proposed the participation of various nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathways. Recent evidence suggests that in Arabidopsis, DNA polymerase θ (PolQ) may be a crucial enzyme involved in T-DNA integration. We conducted quantitative transformation assays of wild-type and polQ mutant Arabidopsis and rice, analyzed T-DNA/plant DNA junction sequences, and (for Arabidopsis) measured the amount of integrated T-DNA in mutant and wild-type tissue. Unexpectedly, we were able to generate stable transformants of all tested lines, although the transformation frequency of polQ mutants was c. 20% that of wild-type plants. T-DNA/plant DNA junctions from these transformed rice and Arabidopsis polQ mutants closely resembled those from wild-type plants, indicating that loss of PolQ activity does not alter the characteristics of T-DNA integration events. polQ mutant plants show growth and developmental defects, perhaps explaining previous unsuccessful attempts at their stable transformation. We suggest that either multiple redundant pathways function in T-DNA integration, and/or that integration requires some yet unknown pathway.
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- Ayako Nishizawa-Yokoi
- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2 Owashi, Tsukuba, 305-8634, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2 Owashi, Tsukuba, 305-8634, Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2 Owashi, Tsukuba, 305-8634, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-1392, USA
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2 Owashi, Tsukuba, 305-8634, Japan
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, 641-12, Maioka-cho, Yokohama, 244-0813, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-1392, USA
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Bolaños-Martínez OC, Govea-Alonso DO, Cervantes-Torres J, Hernández M, Fragoso G, Sciutto-Conde E, Rosales-Mendoza S. Expression of immunogenic poliovirus Sabin type 1 VP proteins in transgenic tobacco. J Biotechnol 2020; 322:10-20. [PMID: 32659239 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2020.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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One of the milestones of vaccinology is the depletion of the global impact of Poliomyelitis. The current vaccines to deal with Polio comprise the Sabin and Salk formulations. The main limitation of the former is the use of attenuated viruses that can revert into pathogenic forms, whereas the latter is more expensive and induces no protection in the intestinal tract; the site of virus replication. Genetically engineered plants cope with such limitations. In addition, they offer a low-cost alternative for production, storage and delivery of vaccines. This technology has been narrowly applied in the development of Polio vaccines. Herein, we explored the ability of tobacco cells to express the immunogenic VP1, VP2, VP3, and VP4 Polio antigens, which are relevant for vaccine development. Evidence on the expression of the plant-made Polio VPs is presented and an immunogenicity assessment proved their capacity to induce local and systemic humoral responses when administered by subcutaneous and oral routes. The plant-made VPs will be useful in the development of low-cost vaccine formulations able to induce effective mucosal immunity without the risks associated to the use of attenuated viruses; therefore there is a potential for this technology to contribute toward Polio eradication.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/analysis
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- Antigens, Viral/genetics
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- Antigens, Viral/metabolism
- Capsid Proteins/genetics
- Capsid Proteins/immunology
- Capsid Proteins/metabolism
- Feces/chemistry
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Molecular Farming
- Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics
- Poliomyelitis/prevention & control
- Poliomyelitis/virology
- Poliovirus/genetics
- Poliovirus/immunology
- Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral/genetics
- Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral/immunology
- Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral/metabolism
- Nicotiana/genetics
- Vaccines, Subunit/genetics
- Vaccines, Subunit/immunology
- Vaccines, Subunit/metabolism
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- Omayra C Bolaños-Martínez
- Laboratorio de Biofarmacéuticos Recombinantes, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava 6, S.L.P, 78210, Mexico; Sección de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud y Biomedicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona 550, Lomas 2ª. Sección, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., 78210, Mexico; Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Ciudad de México, 04650, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biofarmacéuticos Recombinantes, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava 6, S.L.P, 78210, Mexico; Sección de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud y Biomedicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona 550, Lomas 2ª. Sección, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., 78210, Mexico
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- Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Ciudad de México, 04650, Mexico
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- Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Ciudad de México, 04650, Mexico
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- Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Ciudad de México, 04650, Mexico
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- Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Ciudad de México, 04650, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Biofarmacéuticos Recombinantes, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava 6, S.L.P, 78210, Mexico; Sección de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud y Biomedicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona 550, Lomas 2ª. Sección, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., 78210, Mexico.
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Brown AJ, Newhouse AE, Powell WA, Parry D. Comparative efficacy of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) entomopathogens on transgenic blight-tolerant and wild-type American, Chinese, and hybrid chestnuts (Fagales: Fagaceae). INSECT SCIENCE 2020; 27:1067-1078. [PMID: 31339228 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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American chestnut (Castanea dentata [Marsh.] Borkh.) was once the dominant hardwood species in Eastern North America before an exotic fungal pathogen, Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr, functionally eliminated it across its range. One promising approach toward restoring American chestnut to natural forests is development of blight-tolerant trees using genetic transformation. However, transformation and related processes can result in unexpected and unintended phenotypic changes, potentially altering ecological interactions. To assess unintended tritrophic impacts of transgenic American chestnut on plant-herbivore interactions, gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) caterpillars were fed leaf disks excised from two transgenic events, Darling 54 and Darling 58, and four control American chestnut lines. Leaf disks were previously treated with an LD50 dose of either the species-specific Lymantria dispar multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (LdMNPV) or the generalist pathogen Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki (Btk). Mortality was quantified and compared to water blank controls. Tree genotype had a strong effect on the efficacies of both pathogens. Larval mortality from Btk-treated foliage from only one transgenic event, Darling 54, differed from its isogenic progenitor, Ellis 1, but was similar to an unrelated wild-type American chestnut control. LdMNPV efficacy was unaffected by genetic transformation. Results suggest that although genetic modification of trees may affect interactions with other nontarget organisms, this may be due to insertion effects, and variation among different genotypes (whether transgenic or wild-type) imparts a greater change in response than transgene presence.
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- Aaron J Brown
- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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Target-specific gene delivery in plant systems and their expression: Insights into recent developments. J Biosci 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-020-0008-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Oliva N, Florida Cueto-Reaño M, Trijatmiko KR, Samia M, Welsch R, Schaub P, Beyer P, Mackenzie D, Boncodin R, Reinke R, Slamet-Loedin I, Mallikarjuna Swamy BP. Molecular characterization and safety assessment of biofortified provitamin A rice. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1376. [PMID: 31992721 PMCID: PMC6987151 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57669-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Part of the studies involved in safety assessment of genetically engineered crops includes characterizing the organization, integrity, and stability of the inserted DNA and evaluating the potential allergenicity and toxicity of newly-expressed proteins. Molecular characterization of the introduced DNA in provitamin A biofortified rice event GR2E confirmed insertion of a single copy of the transfer-DNA in the genome and its inheritance as a single locus. Nucleotide sequencing of the inserted DNA confirmed it was introduced without modifications. The phytoene synthase, and carotene desaturase proteins did not display sequence similarity with allergens or toxins. Both proteins were rapidly digested in simulated gastric fluid and their enzymatic activity was inhibited upon heat treatment. Acute oral toxicity testing of the protein in mice demonstrated lack of adverse effects. These evidences substantiated the lack of any identifiable hazards for both proteins and in combination with other existing comparative analyses provided assurance that food derived from this rice is safe. This conclusion is in line with those of the regulatory agencies of US Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada and Food Standard Australia and New Zealand.
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- Norman Oliva
- Strategic Innovation Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Strategic Innovation Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Strategic Innovation Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Strategic Innovation Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Faculty of Biology, Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for International Crop Improvement, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
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- Strategic Innovation Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Strategic Innovation Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Strategic Innovation Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Metro Manila, Philippines.
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- Strategic Innovation Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Metro Manila, Philippines.
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Cao X, Dong Z, Tian D, Dong L, Qian W, Liu J, Liu X, Qin H, Zhai W, Gao C, Zhang K, Wang D. Development and characterization of marker-free and transgene insertion site-defined transgenic wheat with improved grain storability and fatty acid content. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2020; 18:129-140. [PMID: 31141279 PMCID: PMC6920130 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Development of marker-free and transgene insertion site-defined (MFTID) transgenic plants is essential for safe application of transgenic crops. However, MFTID plants have not been reported for wheat (Triticum aestivum). Here, we prepared a RNAi cassette for suppressing lipoxygenase (LOX) gene expression in wheat grains using a double right border T-DNA vector. The resultant construct was introduced into wheat genome via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, with four homozygous marker-free transgenic lines (namely GLRW-1, -3, -5 and -8) developed. Aided by the newly published wheat genome sequence, the T-DNA insertion sites in GLRW-3 and GLRW-8 were elucidated at base-pair resolution. While the T-DNA in GLRW-3 inserted in an intergenic region, that of GLRW-8 inactivated an endogenous gene, which was thus excluded from further analysis. Compared to wild -type (WT) control, GLRW-1, -3 and -5 showed decreased LOX gene expression, lower LOX activity and less lipid peroxidation in the grains; they also exhibited significantly higher germination rates and better seedling growth after artificial ageing treatment. Interestingly, the three GLRW lines also had substantially increased contents of several fatty acids (e.g., linoleic acid and linolenic acid) in their grain and flour samples than WT control. Collectively, our data suggest that suppression of grain LOX activity can be employed to improve the storability and fatty acid content of wheat seeds and that the MFTID line GLRW-3 is likely of commercial value. Our approach may also be useful for developing the MFTID transgenic lines of other crops with enhanced grain storability and fatty acid content.
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- Xuemin Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- College of Agronomy and State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop ScienceHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- College of Agronomy and State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop ScienceHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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Trujillo E, Rosales-Mendoza S, Angulo C. A multi-epitope plant-made chimeric protein (LTBentero) targeting common enteric pathogens is immunogenic in mice. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 102:159-169. [PMID: 31820286 PMCID: PMC7223238 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00938-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE A plant-based multiepitopic protein (LTBentero) containing epitopes from ETEC, S. typhimurium, and V. parahaemolyticus was produced in plants cells and triggered systemic and intestinal humoral responses in immunized mice. Around 200 million people suffer gastroenteritis daily and more than 2 million people die annually in developing countries due to such pathologies. Vaccination is an alternative to control this global health issue, however new low-cost vaccines are needed to ensure proper vaccine coverage. In this context, plants are attractive hosts for the synthesis and delivery of subunit vaccines. Therefore, in this study a plant-made multiepitopic protein named LTBentero containing epitopes from antigens of enterotoxigenic E. coli, S. typhimurium, and V. parahaemolyticus was produced and found immunogenic in mice. The LTBentero protein was expressed in tobacco plants at up to 5.29 µg g-1 fresh leaf tissue and was deemed immunogenic when administered to BALB/c mice either orally or subcutaneously. The plant-made LTBentero antigen induced specific IgG (systemic) and IgA (mucosal) responses against LTB, ST, and LptD epitopes. In conclusion, multiepitopic LTBentero was functionally produced in plant cells, being capable to trigger systemic and intestinal humoral responses and thus it constitutes a promising oral immunogen candidate in the fight against enteric diseases.
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- Edgar Trujillo
- Immunology & Vaccinology Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, SC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, 23096, La Paz, B.C.S, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Sección de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud y Biomedicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava 6, 78210, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
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- Immunology & Vaccinology Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, SC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, 23096, La Paz, B.C.S, Mexico.
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, SC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, 23096, La Paz, B.C.S, Mexico.
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Hettiarachchige IK, Ludlow EJ, Ekanayake PN, Brohier ND, Sahab S, Sawbridge TI, Spangenberg GC, Guthridge KM. Generation of Epichloë Strains Expressing Fluorescent Proteins Suitable for Studying Host-Endophyte Interactions and Characterisation of a T-DNA Integration Event. Microorganisms 2019; 8:E54. [PMID: 31892173 PMCID: PMC7023320 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8010054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Methods for the identification and localisation of endophytic fungi are required to study the establishment, development, and progression of host-symbiont interactions, as visible reactions or disease symptoms are generally absent from host plants. Fluorescent proteins have proved valuable as reporter gene products, allowing non-invasive detection in living cells. This study reports the introduction of genes for two fluorescent proteins, green fluorescent protein (GFP) and red fluorescent protein, DsRed, into the genomes of two distinct perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)-associated Epichloë endophyte strains using A. tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Comprehensive characterisation of reporter gene-containing endophyte strains was performed using molecular genetic, phenotypic, and bioinformatic tools. A combination of long read and short read sequencing of a selected transformant identified a single complex T-DNA insert of 35,530 bp containing multiple T-DNAs linked together. This approach allowed for comprehensive characterisation of T-DNA integration to single-base resolution, while revealing the unanticipated nature of T-DNA integration in the transformant analysed. These reporter gene endophyte strains were able to establish and maintain stable symbiotum with the host. In addition, the same endophyte strain labelled with two different fluorescent proteins were able to cohabit the same plant. This knowledge can be used to provide the basis to develop strategies to gain new insights into the host-endophyte interaction through independent and simultaneous monitoring in planta throughout its life cycle in greater detail.
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- Inoka K. Hettiarachchige
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; (I.K.H.); (E.J.L.); (P.N.E.); (N.D.B.); (S.S.); (T.I.S.); (G.C.S.)
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; (I.K.H.); (E.J.L.); (P.N.E.); (N.D.B.); (S.S.); (T.I.S.); (G.C.S.)
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; (I.K.H.); (E.J.L.); (P.N.E.); (N.D.B.); (S.S.); (T.I.S.); (G.C.S.)
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; (I.K.H.); (E.J.L.); (P.N.E.); (N.D.B.); (S.S.); (T.I.S.); (G.C.S.)
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; (I.K.H.); (E.J.L.); (P.N.E.); (N.D.B.); (S.S.); (T.I.S.); (G.C.S.)
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; (I.K.H.); (E.J.L.); (P.N.E.); (N.D.B.); (S.S.); (T.I.S.); (G.C.S.)
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; (I.K.H.); (E.J.L.); (P.N.E.); (N.D.B.); (S.S.); (T.I.S.); (G.C.S.)
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; (I.K.H.); (E.J.L.); (P.N.E.); (N.D.B.); (S.S.); (T.I.S.); (G.C.S.)
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Han R, Gu C, Li R, Xu W, Wang S, Liu C, Qu C, Chen S, Liu G, Yu Q, Jiang J, Li H. Characterization and T-DNA insertion sites identification of a multiple-branches mutant br in Betula platyphylla × Betula pendula. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:491. [PMID: 31718548 PMCID: PMC6852751 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2098-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant architecture, which is mostly determined by shoot branching, plays an important role in plant growth and development. Thus, it is essential to explore the regulatory molecular mechanism of branching patterns based on the economic and ecological importance. In our previous work, a multiple-branches birch mutant br was identified from 19 CINNAMOYL-COENZYME A REDUCTASE 1 (CCR1)-overexpressed transgenic lines, and the expression patterns of differentially expressed genes in br were analyzed. In this study, we further explored some other characteristics of br, including plant architecture, wood properties, photosynthetic characteristics, and IAA and Zeatin contents. Meanwhile, the T-DNA insertion sites caused by the insertion of exogenous BpCCR1 in br were identified to explain the causes of the mutation phenotypes. RESULTS The mutant br exhibited slower growth, more abundant and weaker branches, and lower wood basic density and lignin content than BpCCR1 transgenic line (OE2) and wild type (WT). Compared to WT and OE2, br had high stomatal conductance (Gs), transpiration rate (Tr), but a low non-photochemical quenching coefficient (NPQ) and chlorophyll content. In addition, br displayed an equal IAA and Zeatin content ratio of main branches' apical buds to lateral branches' apical buds and high ratio of Zeatin to IAA content. Two T-DNA insertion sites caused by the insertion of exogenous BpCCR1 in br genome were found. On one site, chromosome 2 (Chr2), no known gene was detected on the flanking sequence. The other site was on Chr5, with an insertion of 388 bp T-DNA sequence, resulting in deletion of 107 bp 5' untranslated region (UTR) and 264 bp coding sequence (CDS) on CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1 (BpCOII). In comparison with OE2 and WT, BpCOI1 was down-regulated in br, and the sensitivity of br to Methyl Jasmonate (MeJA) was abnormal. CONCLUSIONS Plant architecture, wood properties, photosynthetic characteristics, and IAA and Zeatin contents in main and lateral branches' apical buds changed in br over the study's time period. One T-DNA insertion was identified on the first exon of BpCOI1, which resulted in the reduction of BpCOI1 expression and abnormal perception to MeJA in br. These mutation phenotypes might be associated with a partial loss of BpCOI1 in birch.
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- Rui Han
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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- Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL 33850 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040 China
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Lin KH, Sei SC, Su YH, Chiang CM. Overexpression of the Arabidopsis and winter squash superoxide dismutase genes enhances chilling tolerance via ABA-sensitive transcriptional regulation in transgenic Arabidopsis. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2019; 14:1685728. [PMID: 31680612 PMCID: PMC6866689 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2019.1685728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The winter squash (Cucurbita moschata, Cm) superoxide dismutase (SOD) CmSOD gene and Arabidopsis thaliana (At)SOD gene were transferred under a ubiquitin promoter into Arabidopsis via Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The expression and amount of SOD and the SOD activities in the AtSOD and CmSOD transgenic lines were significantly higher than those of non-transgenic (NT) plants exposed to 23 or 4°C treatment for 6 ~ 192-h periods. Furthermore, expressions of the cold-inducible gene (AtCBF2) and desiccation-responsible transcription factors (AtRD29A/B) were also activated in all transgenic lines compared to NT plants after chilling treatments. Compared to NT plants under chilling stress, superoxide (•O2-) accumulation was significantly lower, and chlorophyll (Chl) contents were significantly higher in all transgenic lines with higher SOD activity. Moreover, Arabidopsis seedlings overexpressing AtSOD and CmSOD also displayed greater resistance to chilling and less oxidative injury than NT plants under chilled conditions, indicating that the overexpression of AtSOD and CmSOD in Arabidopsis enhanced chilling tolerance by eliminating •O2-. The expression of AtRD29A was strongly up-regulated only in AtSOD transgenic plants treated with abscisic acid (ABA), while it was repressed in other transgenic plants, indicating ABA-sensitive AtCBF2 and AtRD29A/B transcriptional regulation signaling pathways in transgenic Arabidopsis under chilling conditions.
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- Abscisic Acid/pharmacology
- Adaptation, Physiological/drug effects
- Adaptation, Physiological/genetics
- Arabidopsis/drug effects
- Arabidopsis/genetics
- Arabidopsis/physiology
- Chlorophyll/metabolism
- Cold Temperature
- Cucurbita/enzymology
- Cucurbita/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects
- Genes, Plant
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Regeneration/drug effects
- Stress, Physiological/drug effects
- Stress, Physiological/genetics
- Superoxide Dismutase/genetics
- Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism
- Superoxides/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
- Transformation, Genetic
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- Kuan-Hung Lin
- Department of Horticulture and Biotechnology, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Chen Z, Lu HH, Hua S, Lin KH, Chen N, Zhang Y, You Z, Kuo YW, Chen SP. Cloning and overexpression of the ascorbate peroxidase gene from the yam (Dioscorea alata) enhances chilling and flood tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2019; 132:857-866. [PMID: 31493170 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-019-01136-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Minghuai 1 (MH1) is a yam (Dioscorea alata) cultivar with high tolerance to flooding but sensitivity to chilling. MH1 responded differently to chilling and flooding according to various physiological parameters and antioxidant enzymes. Flooding led to an increase in ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activity in both roots and leaves, while chilling did not affect APX activity. The full length DaAPX ORF sequence from MH1 (750 bp) was then cloned. Phylogenetic analysis showed that plant cytosolic APXs into four major clusters and DaAPX was closely related to Oncidium. The DaAPX gene driven by a 35S promoter was transferred into Arabidopsis. The gene expression and enzyme activity of APX in the DaAPX transgenic lines 1-3 were significantly higher than in wild type (WT) plants. Compared to WT plants, seedling growth characteristics were significantly better in all transgenic lines under chilling, flooding, and oxidative stresses, indicating that the overexpression of DaAPX in Arabidopsis enhanced tolerance to several abiotic stresses. MH1 plants supplied with H2O2 presented an increase in the activity of APX leading to enhanced tolerance to chilling. Functional characterization of the APX gene should improve our understanding of the chilling- and flood-response mechanism in the yam.
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- Zhihua Chen
- Institute of Dryland Crops, Sanming Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanming, 365000, Fujian, China
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- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 11110, Taiwan
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- Institute of Dryland Crops, Sanming Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanming, 365000, Fujian, China
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- Department of Horticulture and Biotechnology, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, 11114, Taiwan
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- Institute of Dryland Crops, Sanming Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanming, 365000, Fujian, China
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- Institute of Dryland Crops, Sanming Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanming, 365000, Fujian, China
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- Institute of Dryland Crops, Sanming Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanming, 365000, Fujian, China
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- Institute of Dryland Crops, Sanming Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanming, 365000, Fujian, China
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- Institute of Dryland Crops, Sanming Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanming, 365000, Fujian, China.
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Lacroix B, Citovsky V. Pathways of DNA Transfer to Plants from Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Related Bacterial Species. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2019; 57:231-251. [PMID: 31226020 PMCID: PMC6717549 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Genetic transformation of host plants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens and related species represents a unique model for natural horizontal gene transfer. Almost five decades of studying the molecular interactions between Agrobacterium and its host cells have yielded countless fundamental insights into bacterial and plant biology, even though several steps of the DNA transfer process remain poorly understood. Agrobacterium spp. may utilize different pathways for transferring DNA, which likely reflects the very wide host range of Agrobacterium. Furthermore, closely related bacterial species, such as rhizobia, are able to transfer DNA to host plant cells when they are provided with Agrobacterium DNA transfer machinery and T-DNA. Homologs of Agrobacterium virulence genes are found in many bacterial genomes, but only one non-Agrobacterium bacterial strain, Rhizobium etli CFN42, harbors a complete set of virulence genes and can mediate plant genetic transformation when carrying a T-DNA-containing plasmid.
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- Benoît Lacroix
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5215, USA;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5215, USA;
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Caisová L, Jobe TO. Regeneration and transient gene expression in protoplasts of Draparnaldia (chlorophytes), an emerging model for comparative analyses with basal streptophytes. PLANT METHODS 2019; 15:74. [PMID: 31338114 PMCID: PMC6624896 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-019-0460-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Green plants comprise two lineages: (1) the streptophytes that colonised land and (2) the chlorophytes that have adaptations to land but remained mostly aquatic. To better understand what made streptophytes so successful, we are currently establishing the chlorophyte alga Draparnaldia sp. (Chaetophorales, Chlorophyceae) as a model for comparative analyses between these two lineages. However, establishing Draparnaldia as a valuable model requires that it can be transformed. Thus, our goal is to develop a transformation protocol for this alga. RESULTS We have established the first transformation protocol for Draparnaldia. This protocol is based on protoplast transformation by electroporation. It includes instructions on protoplast isolation, regeneration and transient transfection. It also provides a list of the effective selective agents for future Draparnaldia transformations. CONCLUSIONS Our protocol opens a way for Draparnaldia functional genomics analyses. Moreover, it also provides an important base for establishment of stable transformation.
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- Lenka Caisová
- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Botanical Institute, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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Mohanasundaram B, Rajmane VB, Jogdand SV, Bhide AJ, Banerjee AK. Agrobacterium-mediated Tnt1 mutagenesis of moss protonemal filaments and generation of stable mutants with impaired gametophyte. Mol Genet Genomics 2019; 294:583-596. [PMID: 30689096 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-019-01532-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The gametophyte of moss exhibits a simple body plan, yet its growth is regulated by complex developmental phenomena similar to angiosperms. Because moss can be easily maintained under laboratory conditions, amenable for gene targeting and the availability of genome sequence, P. patens has become an attractive model system for studying evolutionary traits. Until date, there has been no Agrobacterium-mediated Tnt1 mutagenesis protocol for haploid protonemal filaments of moss. Hence, we attempted to use the intact tobacco Tnt1 retrotransposon as a mutagen for P. patens. Bioinformatic analysis of initiator methionyl-tRNA (Met-tRNAi), a critical host factor for Tnt1 transposition process, suggested that it can be explored as a mutagen for bryophytes. Using protonemal filaments and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, 75 Tnt1 mutants have been generated and cryopreserved. SSAP analysis and TAIL-PCR revealed that Tnt1 is functional in P. patens and has a high-preference for gene and GC-rich regions. In addition, LTR::GUS lines exhibited a basal but tissue-specific inducible expression pattern. Forward genetic screen resulted in 5 novel phenotypes related to hormonal and gravity response, phyllid, and gamete development. SSAP analysis suggests that the Tnt1 insertion pattern is stable under normal growth conditions and the high-frequency phenotypic deviations are possibly due to the combination of haploid explant (protonema) and the choice of mutagen (Tnt1). We demonstrate that Agrobacterium-mediated Tnt1 insertional mutagenesis could generate stable P. patens mutant populations for future forward genetic studies.
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MESH Headings
- Agrobacterium/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Bryopsida/genetics
- Chromosomes, Plant/genetics
- DNA, Plant/classification
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- Genome, Plant/genetics
- Germ Cells, Plant/metabolism
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Phylogeny
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- RNA, Transfer, Met/classification
- RNA, Transfer, Met/genetics
- Retroelements/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Nicotiana/genetics
- Transformation, Genetic
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- Boominathan Mohanasundaram
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Pune), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra, 411 008, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Pune), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra, 411 008, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Pune), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra, 411 008, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Pune), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra, 411 008, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Pune), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra, 411 008, India.
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Gang H, Liu G, Zhang M, Zhao Y, Jiang J, Chen S. Comprehensive characterization of T-DNA integration induced chromosomal rearrangement in a birch T-DNA mutant. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:311. [PMID: 31014254 PMCID: PMC6480916 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5636-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Integration of T-DNA into plant genomes via Agrobacterium may interrupt gene structure and generate numerous mutants. The T-DNA caused mutants are valuable materials for understanding T-DNA integration model in plant research. T-DNA integration in plants is complex and still largely unknown. In this work, we reported that multiple T-DNA fragments caused chromosomal translocation and deletion in a birch (Betula platyphylla × B. pendula) T-DNA mutant yl. Results We performed PacBio genome resequencing for yl and the result revealed that two ends of a T-DNA can be integrated into plant genome independently because the two ends can be linked to different chromosomes and cause chromosomal translocation. We also found that these T-DNA were connected into tandem fragment regardless of direction before integrating into plant genome. In addition, the integration of T-DNA in yl genome also caused several chromosomal fragments deletion. We then summarized three cases for T-DNA integration model in the yl genome. (1) A T-DNA fragment is linked to the two ends of a double-stranded break (DSB); (2) Only one end of a T-DNA fragment is linked to a DSB; (3) A T-DNA fragment is linked to the ends of different DSBs. All the observations in the yl genome supported the DSB repair model. Conclusions In this study, we showed a comprehensive genome analysis of a T-DNA mutant and provide a new insight into T-DNA integration in plants. These findings would be helpful for the analysis of T-DNA mutants with special phenotypes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-019-5636-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Huixin Gang
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China.
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Lee K, Eggenberger AL, Banakar R, McCaw ME, Zhu H, Main M, Kang M, Gelvin SB, Wang K. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted T-DNA integration in rice. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 99:317-328. [PMID: 30645710 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-018-00819-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Combining with a CRISPR/Cas9 system, Agrobacterium-mediated transformation can lead to precise targeted T-DNA integration in the rice genome. Agrobacterium-mediated T-DNA integration into the plant genomes is random, which often causes variable transgene expression and insertional mutagenesis. Because T-DNA preferentially integrates into double-strand DNA breaks, we adapted a CRISPR/Cas9 system to demonstrate that targeted T-DNA integration can be achieved in the rice genome. Using a standard Agrobacterium binary vector, we constructed a T-DNA that contains a CRISPR/Cas9 system using SpCas9 and a gRNA targeting the exon of the rice AP2 domain-containing protein gene Os01g04020. The T-DNA also carried a red fluorescent protein and a hygromycin resistance (hptII) gene. One version of the vector had hptII expression driven by an OsAct2 promoter. In an effort to detect targeted T-DNA insertion events, we built another T-DNA with a promoterless hptII gene adjacent to the T-DNA right border such that integration of T-DNA into the targeted exon sequence in-frame with the hptII gene would allow hptII expression. Our results showed that these constructs could produce targeted T-DNA insertions with frequencies ranging between 4 and 5.3% of transgenic callus events, in addition to generating a high frequency (50-80%) of targeted indel mutations. Sequencing analyses showed that four out of five sequenced T-DNA/gDNA junctions carry a single copy of full-length T-DNA at the target site. Our results indicate that Agrobacterium-mediated transformation combined with a CRISPR/Cas9 system can efficiently generate targeted T-DNA insertions.
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MESH Headings
- Agrobacterium/genetics
- Base Sequence
- CRISPR-Associated Proteins/metabolism
- CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Exons
- Gene Editing
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/genetics
- Gene Frequency
- Gene Targeting
- Genes, Plant/genetics
- Genetic Vectors/genetics
- Genome, Plant/genetics
- INDEL Mutation
- Luminescent Proteins/genetics
- Mutagenesis, Insertional/methods
- Oryza/genetics
- Oryza/metabolism
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics
- RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis
- Red Fluorescent Protein
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- Keunsub Lee
- Crop Bioengineering Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Crop Bioengineering Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Crop Bioengineering Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Crop Bioengineering Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
- Plant Transformation Facility, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
- Plant Transformation Facility, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Crop Bioengineering Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
- Interdepartmental Plant Biology Major, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Crop Bioengineering Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
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Philips JG, Dudley KJ, Waterhouse PM, Hellens RP. The Rapid Methylation of T-DNAs Upon Agrobacterium Inoculation in Plant Leaves. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:312. [PMID: 30930927 PMCID: PMC6428780 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been foundational in the development of transgenic plants for both agricultural biotechnology and plant molecular research. However, the transformation efficiency and level of transgene expression obtained for any given construct can be highly variable. These inefficiencies often require screening of many lines to find one with consistent and heritable transgene expression. Transcriptional gene silencing is known to affect transgene expression, and is associated with DNA methylation, especially of cytosines in symmetric CG and CHG contexts. While the specificity, heritability and silencing-associated effects of DNA methylation of transgene sequences have been analyzed in many stably transformed plants, the methylation status of transgene sequences in the T-DNA during the transformation process has not been well-studied. Here we used agro-infiltration of the eGFP reporter gene in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves driven by either an AtEF1α-A4 or a CaMV-35S promoter to study early T-DNA methylation patterns of these promoter sequences. The T-DNA was examined by amplicon sequencing following sodium bisulfite treatment using three different sequencing platforms: Sanger sequencing, Ion Torrent PGM, and the Illumina MiSeq. Rapid DNA methylation was detectable in each promoter region just 2-3 days post-infiltration and the levels continued to rapidly accumulate over the first week, then steadily up to 21 days later. Cytosines in an asymmetric context (CHH) were the most heavily and rapidly methylated. This suggests that early T-DNA methylation may be important in determining the epigenetic and transcriptional fate of integrated transgenes. The Illumina MiSeq platform was the most sensitive and robust way of detecting and following the methylation profiles of the T-DNA promoters. The utility of the methods was then used to show a subtle but significant difference in promoter methylation during intron-mediated enhancement. In addition, the method was able to detect an increase in promoter methylation when the eGFP reporter gene was targeted by siRNAs generated by co-infiltration of a hairpin RNAi construct.
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- Joshua G. Philips
- Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- *Correspondence: Joshua G. Philips,
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- Institute for Future Environments, Central Analytical Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Joseph JT, Poolakkalody NJ, Shah JM. Screening internal controls for expression analyses involving numerous treatments by combining statistical methods with reference gene selection tools. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 25:289-301. [PMID: 30804650 PMCID: PMC6352529 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-018-0608-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Real-time PCR is always the method of choice for expression analyses involving comparison of a large number of treatments. It is also the favored method for final confirmation of transcript levels followed by high throughput methods such as RNA sequencing and microarray. Our analysis comprised 16 different permutation and combinations of treatments involving four different Agrobacterium strains and three time intervals in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The routinely used reference genes for biotic stress analyses in plants showed variations in expression across some of our treatments. In this report, we describe how we narrowed down to the best reference gene out of 17 candidate genes. Though we initiated our reference gene selection process using common tools such as geNorm, Normfinder and BestKeeper, we faced situations where these software-selected candidate genes did not completely satisfy all the criteria of a stable reference gene. With our novel approach of combining simple statistical methods such as t test, ANOVA and post hoc analyses, along with the routine software-based analyses, we could perform precise evaluation and we identified two genes, UBQ10 and PPR as the best reference genes for normalizing mRNA levels in the context of 16 different conditions of Agrobacterium infection. Our study emphasizes the usefulness of applying statistical analyses along with the reference gene selection software for reference gene identification in experiments involving the comparison of a large number of treatments.
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- Joyous T. Joseph
- Department of Plant Science, Central University of Kerala, Periye, Kasaragod, 671316 India
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- Department of Plant Science, Central University of Kerala, Periye, Kasaragod, 671316 India
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Agrobacterium-mediated horizontal gene transfer: Mechanism, biotechnological application, potential risk and forestalling strategy. Biotechnol Adv 2018; 37:259-270. [PMID: 30579929 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The extraordinary capacity of Agrobacterium to transfer its genetic material to host cell makes it evolve from phytopathogen to a powerful transgenic vector. Agrobacterium-mediated stable transformation is widely used as the preferred method to create transgenic plants for molecular plant biology research and crop breeding. Recent years, both mechanism and application of Agrobacterium-mediated horizontal gene transfer have made significant progresses, especially Agrobacterium-mediated transient transformation was developed for plant biotechnology industry to produce recombinant proteins. Agrobacterium strains are almost used and saved not only by each of microbiology and molecular plant labs, but also by many of plant biotechnology manufacturers. Agrobacterium is able to transfer its genetic material to a broad range of hosts, including plant and non-plant hosts. As a consequence, the concern of environmental risk associated with the accidental release of genetically modified Agrobacterium arises. In this article, we outline the recent progress in the molecular mechanism of Agrobacterium-meditated gene transfer, focus on the application of Agrobacterium-mediated horizontal gene transfer, and review the potential risk associated with Agrobacterium-meditated gene transfer. Based on the comparison between the infecting process of Agrobacterium as a pathogen and the transgenic process of Agrobacterium as a transgenic vector, we realize that chemotaxis is the distinct difference between these two biological processes and thus discuss the possible role of chemotaxis in forestalling the potential risk of Agrobacterium-meditated horizontal gene transfer to non-target plant species.
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Ko DK, Nadakuduti SS, Douches DS, Buell CR. Transcriptome profiling of transgenic potato plants provides insights into variability caused by plant transformation. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0206055. [PMID: 30408049 PMCID: PMC6224046 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Crop genetic engineering involves transformation in which transgenic plants are regenerated through tissue culture manipulations that can elicit somaclonal variation due to mutations, translocations, and/or epigenetic alterations. Here, we report on alterations in the transcriptome in a panel of transgenic potato plants engineered to be herbicide resistant. Using an inbred diploid potato clone (DMRH S5 28–5), ten single-insert transgenic lines derived from independent Agrobacterium-mediated transformation events were selected for herbicide resistance using an allelic variant of acetolactate synthase (mALS1). Expression abundances of the single-copy mALS1 transgene varied in individual transgenic lines was correlated with the level of phenotypic herbicide resistance, suggesting the importance of transgene expression in transgenic performance. Using RNA-sequencing, differentially expressed genes were identified with the proportion of genes up-regulated significantly higher than down-regulated genes in the panel, suggesting a differential impact of the plant transformation on gene expression activation compared to repression. Not only were transcription factors among the differentially expressed genes but specific transcription factor binding sites were also enriched in promoter regions of differentially expressed genes in transgenic lines, linking transcriptomic variation with specific transcription factor activity. Collectively, these results provide an improved understanding of transcriptomic variability caused by plant transformation.
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- Dae Kwan Ko
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- MSU AgBioResearch, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- MSU AgBioResearch, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Li C, Lin F, Sun W, Yuan S, Zhou Z, Wu FG, Chen Z. Constitutive hyperproduction of sorbicillinoids in Trichoderma reesei ZC121. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2018; 11:291. [PMID: 30386428 PMCID: PMC6202828 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1296-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND In addition to its outstanding cellulase production ability, Trichoderma reesei produces a wide variety of valuable secondary metabolites, the production of which has not received much attention to date. Among them, sorbicillinoids, a large group of hexaketide secondary metabolites derived from polyketides, are drawing a growing interest from researchers because they exhibit a variety of important biological functions, including anticancer, antioxidant, antiviral, and antimicrobial properties. The development of fungi strains with constitutive, hyperproduction of sorbicillinoids is thus desired for future industry application but is not well-studied. Moreover, although T. reesei has been demonstrated to produce sorbicillinoids with the corresponding gene cluster and biosynthesis pathway proposed, the underlying molecular mechanism governing sorbicillinoid biosynthesis remains unknown. RESULTS Recombinant T. reesei ZC121 was constructed from strain RUT-C30 by the insertion of the gene 12121-knockout cassette at the telomere of T. reesei chromosome IV in consideration of the off-target mutagenesis encountered during the unsuccessful deletion of gene 121121. Strain ZC121, when grown on cellulose, showed a sharp reduction of cellulase production, but yet a remarkable enhancement of sorbicillinoids production as compared to strain RUT-C30. The hyperproduction of sorbicillinoids is a constitutive process, independent of culture conditions such as carbon source, light, pH, and temperature. To the best of our knowledge, strain ZC121 displays record sorbicillinoid production levels when grown on both glucose and cellulose. Sorbicillinol and bisvertinolone are the two major sorbicillinoid compounds produced. ZC121 displayed a different morphology and markedly reduced sporulation compared to RUT-C30 but had a similar growth rate and biomass. Transcriptome analysis showed that most genes involved in cellulase production were downregulated significantly in ZC121 grown on cellulose, whereas remarkably all genes in the sorbicillinoid gene cluster were upregulated on both cellulose and glucose. CONCLUSION A constitutive sorbicillinoid-hyperproduction strain T. reesei ZC121 was obtained by off-target mutagenesis, displaying an overwhelming shift from cellulase production to sorbicillinoid production on cellulose, leading to a record for sorbicillinoid production. For the first time, T. reesei degraded cellulose to produce platform chemical compounds other than protein in high yield. We propose that the off-target mutagenesis occurring at the telomere region might cause chromosome remodeling and subsequently alter the cell structure and the global gene expression pattern of strain ZC121, as shown by phenotype profiling and comparative transcriptome analysis of ZC121. Overall, T. reesei ZC121 holds great promise for the industrial production of sorbicillinoids and serves as a good model to explore the regulation mechanism of sorbicillinoids' biosynthesis.
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- Chengcheng Li
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096 China
- Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096 China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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Čermák V, Fischer L. Pervasive read-through transcription of T-DNAs is frequent in tobacco BY-2 cells and can effectively induce silencing. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 18:252. [PMID: 30348096 PMCID: PMC6196474 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1482-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant transformation via Agrobacterium tumefaciens is characterized by integration of commonly low number of T-DNAs at random positions in the genome. When integrated into an active gene region, promoterless reporter genes placed near the T-DNA border sequence are frequently transcribed and even translated to reporter proteins, which is the principle of promoter- and gene-trap lines. RESULTS Here we show that even internal promotorless regions of T-DNAs are often transcribed. Such spontaneous transcription was observed in the majority of independently transformed tobacco BY-2 lines (over 65%) and it could effectively induce silencing if an inverted repeat was present within the T-DNA. We documented that the transcription often occurred in both directions. It was not directly connected with any regulatory elements present within the T-DNAs and at least some of the transcripts were initiated outside of the T-DNA. The likeliness of this read-through transcription seemed to increase in lines with higher T-DNA copy number. Splicing and presence of a polyA tail in the transcripts indicated involvement of Pol II, but surprisingly, the transcription was able to run across two transcription terminators present within the T-DNA. Such pervasive transcription was observed with three different T-DNAs in BY-2 cells and with lower frequency was also detected in Arabidopsis thaliana. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate unexpected pervasive read-through transcription of T-DNAs. We hypothesize that it was connected with a specific chromatin state of newly integrated DNA, possibly affected by the adjacent genomic region. Although this phenomenon can be easily overlooked, it can have significant consequences when working with highly sensitive systems like RNAi induction using an inverted repeat construct, so it should be generally considered when interpreting results obtained with the transgenic technology.
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- Vojtěch Čermák
- Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Charles University, Faculty of Science, Viničná 5, 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Charles University, Faculty of Science, Viničná 5, 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Besnard J, Zhao C, Avice JC, Vitha S, Hyodo A, Pilot G, Okumoto S. Arabidopsis UMAMIT24 and 25 are amino acid exporters involved in seed loading. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:5221-5232. [PMID: 30312461 PMCID: PMC6184519 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Phloem-derived amino acids are the major source of nitrogen supplied to developing seeds. Amino acid transfer from the maternal to the filial tissue requires at least one cellular export step from the maternal tissue prior to the import into the symplasmically isolated embryo. Some members of UMAMIT (usually multiple acids move in an out transporter) family (UMAMIT11, 14, 18, 28, and 29) have previously been implicated in this process. Here we show that additional members of the UMAMIT family, UMAMIT24 and UMAMIT25, also function in amino acid transfer in developing seeds. Using a recently published yeast-based assay allowing detection of amino acid secretion, we showed that UMAMIT24 and UMAMIT25 promote export of a broad range of amino acids in yeast. In plants, UMAMIT24 and UMAMIT25 are expressed in distinct tissues within developing seeds; UMAMIT24 is mainly expressed in the chalazal seed coat and localized on the tonoplast, whereas the plasma membrane-localized UMAMIT25 is expressed in endosperm cells. Seed amino acid contents of umamit24 and umamit25 knockout lines were both decreased during embryogenesis compared with the wild type, but recovered in the mature seeds without any deleterious effect on yield. The results suggest that UMAMIT24 and 25 play different roles in amino acid translocation from the maternal to filial tissue; UMAMIT24 could have a role in temporary storage of amino acids in the chalaza, while UMAMIT25 would mediate amino acid export from the endosperm, the last step before amino acids are taken up by the developing embryo.
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- Julien Besnard
- Department of Soil and Crop, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- UMR INRA - UCBN 950 EVA, UFR des Sciences, Département de Biologie, Université de Caen Normandie, Esplanade de la Paix, Caen cedex, France
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- Microscopy and Imaging Center, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA
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- Stable Isotopes for Biosphere Science Laboratory, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA
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Sardesai N, Subramanyam S. Agrobacterium: A Genome-Editing Tool-Delivery System. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2018; 418:463-488. [PMID: 30043343 DOI: 10.1007/82_2018_101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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With the rapidly increasing global population, it will be extremely challenging to provide food to the world without increasing food production by at least 70% over the next 30 years. As we reach the limits of expanding arable land, the responsibility of meeting this production goal will rely on increasing yields. Traditional plant breeding practices will not be able to realistically meet these expectations, thrusting plant biotechnology into the limelight to fulfill these needs. Better varieties will need to be developed faster and with the least amount of regulatory hurdles. With the need to add, delete, and substitute genes into existing genomes, the field of genome editing and gene targeting is now rapidly developing with numerous new technologies coming to the forefront. Agrobacterium-mediated crop transformation has been the most utilized method to generate transgenic varieties that are better yielding, have new traits, and are disease and pathogen resistant. Genome-editing technologies rely on the creation of double-strand breaks (DSBs) in the genomic DNA of target species to facilitate gene disruption, addition, or replacement through either non-homologous end joining or homology-dependent repair mechanisms. DSBs can be introduced through the use of zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), or clustered regularly interspersed short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas nucleases, among others. Agrobacterium strains have been employed to deliver the reagents for genome editing to the specific target cells. Understanding the biology of transformation from the perspective not only of Agrobacterium, but also of the host, from processing of T-DNA to its integration in the host genome, has resulted in a wealth of information that has been used to engineer Agrobacterium strains having increased virulence. As more technologies are being developed, that will help overcome issues of Agrobacterium host range and random integration of DNA, combined with highly sequence-specific nucleases, a robust crop genome-editing toolkit finally seems attainable.
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- Nagesh Sardesai
- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, 8305 NW 62nd Avenue, Johnston, IA, USA.
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 915 W State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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Yang H, Xue Q, Zhang Z, Du J, Yu D, Huang F. GmMYB181, a Soybean R2R3-MYB Protein, Increases Branch Number in Transgenic Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1027. [PMID: 30065741 PMCID: PMC6056663 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Soybean (Glycine max) is an important economic crop that provides abundant oil and high quality protein for human beings. As the process of reproductive growth directly determines the crop seed yield and quality, we initiated studies to identify genes that regulate soybean floral organ development. One R2R3-MYB transcription factor gene, designated as GmMYB181, was found to be enriched in flowers based on microarray analysis and was further functionally investigated in transgenic Arabidopsis. GmMYB181 protein contains two MYB domains, which localized to the nucleus and displayed transcriptional activation in yeast hybrid system. Real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) results suggested GmMYB181 exclusively expressed in flower tissue. In Arabidopsis, overexpression of GmMYB181 altered the morphology of floral organs, fruit size and plant architecture, including outward curly sepals, smaller siliques, increased lateral branches and reduced plant height, indicating that GmMYB181 is involved in the development of reproductive organs and plays an important role in controlling plant architecture. Further, microarray analysis revealed that overexpressing GmMYB181 in Arabidopsis affected the expression of 3450 genes in mature flowers, including those involved in floral organ, seed/fruit development, and responded to different hormone signals.
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The Mechanism of T-DNA Integration: Some Major Unresolved Questions. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2018; 418:287-317. [DOI: 10.1007/82_2018_98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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