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Jozefkowicz C, Gómez C, Odorizzi A, Iantcheva A, Ratet P, Ayub N, Soto G. Expanding the Benefits of Tnt1 for the Identification of Dominant Mutations in Polyploid Crops: A Single Allelic Mutation in the MsNAC39 Gene Produces Multifoliated Alfalfa. Front Plant Sci 2021; 12:805032. [PMID: 35046986 PMCID: PMC8763170 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.805032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Most major crops are polyploid species and the production of genetically engineered cultivars normally requires the introgression of transgenic or gene-edited traits into elite germplasm. Thus, a main goal of plant research is the search of systems to identify dominant mutations. In this article, we show that the Tnt1 element can be used to identify dominant mutations in allogamous tetraploid cultivated alfalfa. Specifically, we show that a single allelic mutation in the MsNAC39 gene produces multifoliate leaves (mfl) alfalfa plants, a pivot trait of breeding programs of this forage species. Finally, we discuss the potential application of a combination of preliminary screening of beneficial dominant mutants using Tnt1 mutant libraries and genome editing via the CRISPR/Cas9 system to identify target genes and to rapidly improve both autogamous and allogamous polyploid crops.
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- Cintia Jozefkowicz
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, CNRS, Université d’Évry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Orsay, France
- Université de Paris, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris Saclay (IPS2), Orsay, France
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gill US, Serrani-Yarce JC, Lee HK, Mysore KS. Tissue Culture (Somatic Embryogenesis)-Induced Tnt1 Retrotransposon-Based Mutagenesis in Brachypodium distachyon. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1667:57-63. [PMID: 29039003 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7278-4_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Brachypodium distachyon is a model grass species for economically important cereal crops. Efforts are in progress to develop useful functional genomic resources in Brachypodium. A tobacco retrotransposon, Tnt1, has been used successfully in recent past to generate insertional mutagenesis in several dicot plant species. Tnt1 retrotransposon replicates, transposes, and inserts at multiple random genomic locations in the plant genome. Transposition occurs only during somatic embryogenesis but not during seed transmission. We developed Brachypodium transgenic plants that can express the Tnt1 element. Here, we describe an efficient tissue culture-based approach to generate Tnt1 insertional mutant population using transgenic Brachypodium line expressing the Tnt1 retrotransposon.
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- Upinder S Gill
- Noble Research Institute, LLC., 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC., 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76203, USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC., 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC., 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA.
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Legumes play irreplaceable roles in sustainable agriculture due to their unique capability of fixing gaseous nitrogen in the atmosphere and turning into plant-usable ammonium through interaction with rhizobia. With the completion of genome sequencing of several model and non-model legumes, it is highly desirable to generate mutant populations for characterizing gene functions in genome-wide scales. In the past decade, we have generated a near-saturated insertional mutant population in the model legume Medicago truncatula using the tobacco-derived Tnt1 retrotransposon at Noble Research Institute. The mutant population was generated through callus induction, subculture, and regeneration from a starting transgenic line harboring three homozygous copies of Tnt1 insertion. The population consists of 21,700 regenerated lines that encompass more than 500,000 Tnt1 insertions. Based on the genome size, average gene length, and random insertion nature of Tnt1, this mutant population covers about 90% of genes in the M. truncatula genome. Due to the convenience of known Tnt1 sequence, the mutant population is highly feasible for both forward and reverse genetics. Over the past 12 years, we have distributed more than 9000 mutant lines to 203 research groups in 24 countries.
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Cheng X, Krom N, Zhang S, Mysore KS, Udvardi M, Wen J. Enabling Reverse Genetics in Medicago truncatula Using High-Throughput Sequencing for Tnt1 Flanking Sequence Recovery. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1610:25-37. [PMID: 28439855 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7003-2_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The genome sequence of Medicago truncatula was published and released in 2011. A Tnt1 insertional mutant population with 21,700 independently regenerated lines was completed in 2012 at The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. With an estimated 25 insertions per line, the Tnt1 mutant population harbors more than 500,000 insertions in the M. truncatula genome. Based on the genome size, average gene length, and random insertion of Tnt1into the genome, the mutant population affects about 90% of genes in the M. truncatula genome. Therefore, the mutant population enables functional characterization of most genes in the M. truncatula genome. From 2006 to 2011, we sequenced about 33,000 flanking sequence tags (FSTs) from 2600 Tnt1 lines using TAIL-PCR followed by TA cloning, plasmid isolation, and traditional Sanger sequencing. To accelerate FST sequencing, we developed a two-dimensional DNA pooling strategy coupled with next-generation sequencing and produced about 380,000 FSTs from all 21,700 lines in a relatively short time. All FSTs are BLAST searchable in a web-based database. One can quickly search the database to find M. truncatula mutant lines with Tnt1 insertions in most genes of interest.
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- Xiaofei Cheng
- Division of Plant Biology, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Department of Computing Services, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Division of Plant Biology, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Division of Plant Biology, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Division of Plant Biology, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Division of Plant Biology, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA.
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Vives C, Charlot F, Mhiri C, Contreras B, Daniel J, Epert A, Voytas DF, Grandbastien MA, Nogué F, Casacuberta JM. Highly efficient gene tagging in the bryophyte Physcomitrella patens using the tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Tnt1 retrotransposon. New Phytol 2016; 212:759-769. [PMID: 27548747 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Because of its highly efficient homologous recombination, the moss Physcomitrella patens is a model organism particularly suited for reverse genetics, but this inherent characteristic limits forward genetic approaches. Here, we show that the tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) retrotransposon Tnt1 efficiently transposes in P. patens, being the first retrotransposon from a vascular plant reported to transpose in a bryophyte. Tnt1 has a remarkable preference for insertion into genic regions, which makes it particularly suited for gene mutation. In order to stabilize Tnt1 insertions and make it easier to select for insertional mutants, we have developed a two-component system where a mini-Tnt1 with a retrotransposition selectable marker can only transpose when Tnt1 proteins are co-expressed from a separate expression unit. We present a new tool with which to produce insertional mutants in P. patens in a rapid and straightforward manner that complements the existing molecular and genetic toolkit for this model species.
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- Cristina Vives
- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Campus UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- INRA AgroParisTech, IJPB, UMR 1318, INRA centre de Versailles, route de Saint Cyr, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France
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- INRA AgroParisTech, IJPB, UMR 1318, INRA centre de Versailles, route de Saint Cyr, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Campus UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- INRA AgroParisTech, IJPB, UMR 1318, INRA centre de Versailles, route de Saint Cyr, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France
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- INRA AgroParisTech, IJPB, UMR 1318, INRA centre de Versailles, route de Saint Cyr, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- INRA AgroParisTech, IJPB, UMR 1318, INRA centre de Versailles, route de Saint Cyr, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France
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- INRA AgroParisTech, IJPB, UMR 1318, INRA centre de Versailles, route de Saint Cyr, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France.
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Campus UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
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