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Zhang Z, Zhao J, Li J, Yao J, Wang B, Ma Y, Li N, Wang H, Wang T, Liu B, Gong L. Evolutionary trajectory of organelle-derived nuclear DNAs in the Triticum/Aegilops complex species. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 194:918-935. [PMID: 37847157 PMCID: PMC10828211 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Organelle-derived nuclear DNAs, nuclear plastid DNAs (NUPTs), and nuclear mitochondrial DNAs (NUMTs) have been identified in plants. Most, if not all, genes residing in NUPTs/NUMTs (NUPGs/NUMGs) are known to be inactivated and pseudogenized. However, the role of epigenetic control in silencing NUPGs/NUMGs and the dynamic evolution of NUPTs/NUMTs with respect to organismal phylogeny remain barely explored. Based on the available nuclear and organellar genomic resources of wheat (genus Triticum) and goat grass (genus Aegilops) within Triticum/Aegilops complex species, we investigated the evolutionary fates of NUPTs/NUMTs in terms of their epigenetic silencing and their dynamic occurrence rates in the nuclear diploid genomes and allopolyploid subgenomes. NUPTs and NUMTs possessed similar genomic atlas, including (i) predominantly located in intergenic regions and preferential integration to gene regulation regions and (ii) generating sequence variations in the nuclear genome. Unlike nuclear indigenous genes, the alien NUPGs/NUMGs were associated with repressive epigenetic signals, namely high levels of DNA methylation and low levels of active histone modifications. Phylogenomic analyses suggested that the species-specific and gradual accumulation of NUPTs/NUMTs accompanied the speciation processes. Moreover, based on further pan-genomic analyses, we found significant subgenomic asymmetry in the NUPT/NUMT occurrence, which accumulated during allopolyploid wheat evolution. Our findings provide insight into the dynamic evolutionary fates of organelle-derived nuclear DNA in plants.
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- Zhibin Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Jilin Academy of Vegetable and Flower Science, Changchun 130033, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Epigenetics and Evolution, School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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Divya K, Thangaraj M, Krishna Radhika N. CRISPR/Cas9: an advanced platform for root and tuber crops improvement. Front Genome Ed 2024; 5:1242510. [PMID: 38312197 PMCID: PMC10836405 DOI: 10.3389/fgeed.2023.1242510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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Root and tuber crops (RTCs), which include cassava, potato, sweet potato, and yams, principally function as staple crops for a considerable fraction of the world population, in addition to their diverse applications in nutrition, industry, and bioenergy sectors. Even then, RTCs are an underutilized group considering their potential as industrial raw material. Complexities in conventional RTC improvement programs curb the extensive exploitation of the potentials of this group of crop species for food, energy production, value addition, and sustainable development. Now, with the advent of whole-genome sequencing, sufficient sequence data are available for cassava, sweet potato, and potato. These genomic resources provide enormous scope for the improvement of tuber crops, to make them better suited for agronomic and industrial applications. There has been remarkable progress in RTC improvement through the deployment of new strategies like gene editing over the last decade. This review brings out the major areas where CRISPR/Cas technology has improved tuber crops. Strategies for genetic transformation of RTCs with CRISPR/Cas9 constructs and regeneration of edited lines and the bottlenecks encountered in their establishment are also discussed. Certain attributes of tuber crops requiring focus in future research along with putative editing targets are also indicated. Altogether, this review provides a comprehensive account of developments achieved, future lines of research, bottlenecks, and major experimental concerns regarding the establishment of CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing in RTCs.
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- K Divya
- ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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Back G, Walther D. Predictions of DNA mechanical properties at a genomic scale reveal potentially new functional roles of DNA flexibility. NAR Genom Bioinform 2023; 5:lqad097. [PMID: 37954573 PMCID: PMC10632188 DOI: 10.1093/nargab/lqad097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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Mechanical properties of DNA have been implied to influence many of its biological functions. Recently, a new high-throughput method, called loop-seq, which allows measuring the intrinsic bendability of DNA fragments, has been developed. Using loop-seq data, we created a deep learning model to explore the biological significance of local DNA flexibility in a range of different species from different kingdoms. Consistently, we observed a characteristic and largely dinucleotide-composition-driven change of local flexibility near transcription start sites. In the presence of a TATA-box, a pronounced peak of high flexibility can be observed. Furthermore, depending on the transcription factor investigated, flanking-sequence-dependent DNA flexibility was identified as a potential factor influencing DNA binding. Compared to randomized genomic sequences, depending on species and taxa, actual genomic sequences were observed both with increased and lowered flexibility. Furthermore, in Arabidopsis thaliana, mutation rates, both de novo and fixed, were found to be associated with relatively rigid sequence regions. Our study presents a range of significant correlations between characteristic DNA mechanical properties and genomic features, the significance of which with regard to detailed molecular relevance awaits further theoretical and experimental exploration.
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- Georg Back
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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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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Szurman-Zubrzycka M, Jędrzejek P, Szarejko I. How Do Plants Cope with DNA Damage? A Concise Review on the DDR Pathway in Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032404. [PMID: 36768727 PMCID: PMC9916837 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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DNA damage is induced by many factors, some of which naturally occur in the environment. Because of their sessile nature, plants are especially exposed to unfavorable conditions causing DNA damage. In response to this damage, the DDR (DNA damage response) pathway is activated. This pathway is highly conserved between eukaryotes; however, there are some plant-specific DDR elements, such as SOG1-a transcription factor that is a central DDR regulator in plants. In general, DDR signaling activates transcriptional and epigenetic regulators that orchestrate the cell cycle arrest and DNA repair mechanisms upon DNA damage. The cell cycle halts to give the cell time to repair damaged DNA before replication. If the repair is successful, the cell cycle is reactivated. However, if the DNA repair mechanisms fail and DNA lesions accumulate, the cell enters the apoptotic pathway. Thereby the proper maintenance of DDR is crucial for plants to survive. It is particularly important for agronomically important species because exposure to environmental stresses causing DNA damage leads to growth inhibition and yield reduction. Thereby, gaining knowledge regarding the DDR pathway in crops may have a huge agronomic impact-it may be useful in breeding new cultivars more tolerant to such stresses. In this review, we characterize different genotoxic agents and their mode of action, describe DDR activation and signaling and summarize DNA repair mechanisms in plants.
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Singh S, Chaudhary R, Deshmukh R, Tiwari S. Opportunities and challenges with CRISPR-Cas mediated homologous recombination based precise editing in plants and animals. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 111:1-20. [PMID: 36315306 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-022-01321-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We summarise recent advancements to achieve higher homologous recombination based gene targeting efficiency in different animals and plants. The genome editing has revolutionized the agriculture and human therapeutic sectors by its ability to create precise, stable and predictable mutations in the genome. It depends upon targeted double-strand breaks induction by the engineered endonucleases, which then gets repaired by highly conserved endogenous DNA repair mechanisms. The repairing could be done either through non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) or homology-directed repair (HDR) pathways. The HDR-based editing can be applied for precise gene targeting such as insertion of a new gene, gene replacement and altering of the regulatory sequence of a gene to control the existing protein expression. However, HDR-mediated editing is considered challenging because of lower efficiency in higher eukaryotes, thus, preventing its widespread application. This article reviews the recent progress of HDR-mediated editing and discusses novel strategies such as cell cycle synchronization, modulation of DNA damage repair factors, engineering of Cas protein favoring HDR and CRISPR-Cas reagents delivery methods to improve efficiency for generating knock-in events in both plants and animals. Further, multiplexing of described methods may be promising towards achieving higher donor template-assisted homologous recombination efficiency at the target locus.
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- Surender Singh
- Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering Lab, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology (Government of India), Sector 81, Knowledge City, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, 121001, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering Lab, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology (Government of India), Sector 81, Knowledge City, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, 121001, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering Lab, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology (Government of India), Sector 81, Knowledge City, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India.
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Kitamura S, Satoh K, Oono Y. Detection and characterization of genome-wide mutations in M1 vegetative cells of gamma-irradiated Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1009979. [PMID: 35051177 PMCID: PMC8775353 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Radiation-induced mutations have been detected by whole-genome sequencing analyses of self-pollinated generations of mutagenized plants. However, large DNA alterations and mutations in non-germline cells were likely missed. In this study, in order to detect various types of mutations in mutagenized M1 plants, anthocyanin pigmentation was used as a visible marker of mutations. Arabidopsis seeds heterozygous for the anthocyanin biosynthetic genes were irradiated with gamma-rays. Anthocyanin-less vegetative sectors resulting from a loss of heterozygosity were isolated from the gamma-irradiated M1 plants. The whole-genome sequencing analysis of the sectors detected various mutations, including structural variations (SVs) and large deletions (≥100 bp), both of which have been less characterized in the previous researches using gamma-irradiated plant genomes of M2 or later generations. Various types of rejoined sites were found in SVs, including no-insertion/deletion (indel) sites, only-deletion sites, only-insertion sites, and indel sites, but the rejoined sites with 0–5 bp indels represented most of the SVs. Examinations of the junctions of rearrangements (SVs and large deletions), medium deletions (10–99 bp), and small deletions (2–9 bp) revealed unique features (i.e., frequency of insertions and microhomology) at the rejoined sites. These results suggest that they were formed preferentially via different processes. Additionally, mutations that occurred in putative single M1 cells were identified according to the distribution of their allele frequency. The estimated mutation frequencies and spectra of the M1 cells were similar to those of previously analyzed M2 cells, with the exception of the greater proportion of rearrangements in the M1 cells. These findings suggest there are no major differences in the small mutations (<100 bp) between vegetative and germline cells. Thus, this study generated valuable information that may help clarify the nature of gamma-irradiation-induced mutations and their occurrence in cells that develop into vegetative or reproductive tissues. Mutations that occur in plant genome are not only related to plant evolution and speciation in nature, and also useful to identify novel gene functions and to develop new cultivars. Ionizing radiations induce various types of mutations throughout genomes in individual cells of an irradiated/mutagenized plant. However, current knowledge on radiation-induced genome-wide mutations in plants relied on the analyses of self-pollinated generations (M2 or later generations) of the mutagenized plants (M1 generation). Thus, mutations that are hardly transmitted to the next generation and those occurred in non-germline cells could not be investigated. Here, using anthocyanin pigmentation as a visible marker to reduce the genomic complexity in M1 plants, we achieved reliable detection of radiation-induced genome-wide mutations. We demonstrated that rearrangements, which were hardly detected in previous analyses using M2 genomes, occurred substantially often in gamma-irradiated M1 cells. We also revealed that mutation profile of the M1 cells was comparable with that of M2 genomes reported in previous analyses, except for the higher proportion of rearrangements in the M1 genome. Together with unique features at rejoined sites of rearrangements, medium deletions, and small deletions in the M1 genome, our findings are helpful to know the nature of genome-wide mutations induced by gamma-irradiation.
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- Satoshi Kitamura
- Project “Ion Beam Mutagenesis”, Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Takasaki, Japan
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- Project “Ion Beam Mutagenesis”, Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Takasaki, Japan
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- Project “Ion Beam Mutagenesis”, Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Takasaki, Japan
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Kawall K. The Generic Risks and the Potential of SDN-1 Applications in Crop Plants. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:2259. [PMID: 34834620 PMCID: PMC8622673 DOI: 10.3390/plants10112259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The use of site-directed nucleases (SDNs) in crop plants to alter market-oriented traits is expanding rapidly. At the same time, there is an on-going debate around the safety and regulation of crops altered with the site-directed nuclease 1 (SDN-1) technology. SDN-1 applications can be used to induce a variety of genetic alterations ranging from fairly 'simple' genetic alterations to complex changes in plant genomes using, for example, multiplexing approaches. The resulting plants can contain modified alleles and associated traits, which are either known or unknown in conventionally bred plants. The European Commission recently published a study on new genomic techniques suggesting an adaption of the current GMO legislation by emphasizing that targeted mutagenesis techniques can produce genomic alterations that can also be obtained by natural mutations or conventional breeding techniques. This review highlights the need for a case-specific risk assessment of crop plants derived from SDN-1 applications considering both the characteristics of the product and the process to ensure a high level of protection of human and animal health and the environment. The published literature on so-called market-oriented traits in crop plants altered with SDN-1 applications is analyzed here to determine the types of SDN-1 application in plants, and to reflect upon the complexity and the naturalness of such products. Furthermore, it demonstrates the potential of SDN-1 applications to induce complex alterations in plant genomes that are relevant to generic SDN-associated risks. In summary, it was found that nearly half of plants with so-called market-oriented traits contain complex genomic alterations induced by SDN-1 applications, which may also pose new types of risks. It further underscores the need for data on both the process and the end-product for a case-by-case risk assessment of plants derived from SDN-1 applications.
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- Katharina Kawall
- Fachstelle Gentechnik und Umwelt, Frohschammerstr. 14, 80807 Munich, Germany
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Niu F, Jiang Q, Sun X, Hu Z, Wang L, Zhang H. Large DNA fragment deletion in lncRNA77580 regulates neighboring gene expression in soybean (Glycine max). FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2021; 48:1139-1147. [PMID: 34585661 DOI: 10.1071/fp20400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) affect gene expressions via a wide range of mechanisms and are considered important regulators of numerous essential biological processes, including abiotic stress responses. However, the biological functions of most lncRNAs are yet to be determined. Moreover, to date, no effective methods have been developed to study the function of plant lncRNAs. We previously discovered a salt stress-related lncRNA, lncRNA77580 in soybean (Glycine max L.). In this study, we cloned the full-length lncRNA77580 and found that it shows nuclear-specific localisation. Furthermore, we employed CRISPR/Cas9 technology to induce large DNA fragment deletions in lncRNA77580 in soybean using a dual-single guide RNA/Cas9 design. As a result, we obtained deletion mutant soybean roots with targeted genomic fragment deletion in lncRNA77580. Deletion and overexpression of lncRNA77580 were found to alter the expression of several neighboring protein-coding genes associated with the response to salt stress. The longer the deleted DNA fragment in lncRNA77580, the greater the influence on the expression of lncRNA77580 itself and neighboring genes. Collectively, the findings of this study revealed that large DNA fragment deletion in lncRNAs using the CRISPR/Cas9 system is a powerful method to obtain functional mutations of soybean lncRNAs that could benefit future research on lncRNA function in soybean.
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- Fengjuan Niu
- Institute of Crop Science, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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Agrawal N, Gupta M, Atri C, Akhatar J, Kumar S, Heslop-Harrison PJS, Banga SS. Anchoring alien chromosome segment substitutions bearing gene(s) for resistance to mustard aphid in Brassica juncea-B. fruticulosa introgression lines and their possible disruption through gamma irradiation. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:3209-3224. [PMID: 34160642 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03886-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Heavy doses of gamma irradiation can reduce linkage drag by disrupting large sized alien translocations and promoting exchanges between crop and wild genomes. Resistance to mustard aphid (Lipaphis erysimi) infestation was significantly improved in Brassica juncea through B. juncea-B. fruticulosa introgression. However, linkage drag caused by introgressed chromatin fragments has so far prevented the deployment of this resistance source in commercial cultivars. We investigated the patterns of donor chromatin segment substitutions in the introgression lines (ILs) through genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) coupled with B. juncea chromosome-specific oligonucleotide probes. These allowed identification of large chromosome translocations from B. fruticulosa in the terminal regions of chromosomes A05, B02, B03 and B04 in three founder ILs (AD-64, 101 and 104). Only AD-101 carried an additional translocation at the sub-terminal to intercalary position in both homologues of chromosome A01. We validated these translocations with a reciprocal blast hit analysis using shotgun sequencing of three ILs and species-specific contigs/scaffolds (kb sized) from a de novo assembly of B. fruticulosa. Alien segment substitution on chromosome A05 could not be validated. Current studies also endeavoured to break linkage drag by exposing seeds to a heavy dose (200kR) of gamma radiation. Reduction in the size of introgressed chromatin fragments was observed in many M3 plants. There was a complete loss of the alien chromosome fragment in one instance. A few M3 plants with novel patterns of chromosome segment substitutions displayed improved agronomic performance coupled with resistance to mustard aphid. SNPs in such genomic spaces should aid the development of markers to track introgressed DNA and allow application in plant breeding.
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- Neha Agrawal
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141004, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141004, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141004, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141004, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141004, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141004, India.
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Sheva M, Hanania U, Ariel T, Turbovski A, Rathod VKR, Oz D, Tekoah Y, Shaaltiel Y. Sequential Genome Editing and Induced Excision of the Transgene in N. tabacum BY2 Cells. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:607174. [PMID: 33324440 PMCID: PMC7723889 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.607174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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While plant cells in suspension are becoming a popular platform for expressing biotherapeutic proteins, the need to pre-engineer these cells to better comply with their role as host cell lines is emerging. Heterologous DNA and selectable markers are used for transformation and genome editing designated to produce improved host cell lines for overexpression of recombinant proteins. The removal of these heterologous DNA and selectable markers, no longer needed, can be beneficial since they limit additional gene stacking in subsequent transformations and may pose excessive metabolic burden on the cell machinery. In this study we developed an innovative stepwise methodology in which the CRISPR-Cas9 is used sequentially to target genome editing, followed by its own excision. The first step included a stable insertion of a CRISPR-Cas9 cassette, targeted to knockout the β(1,2)-xylosyltranferase (XylT) and the α(1,3)-fucosyltransferase (FucT) genes in Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Bright Yellow 2 (BY2) cell suspension. The second step included the excision of the inserted cassette of 14.3 kbp by induction of specific sgRNA designed to target the T-DNA boundaries. The genome editing step and the transgene removal step are achieved in one transformation run. This mechanism enables CRISPR genome editing and subsequently eliminating the introduced transgenes thus freeing the cells from foreign DNA no longer needed.
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Sheva M, Hanania U, Ariel T, Turbovski A, Rathod VKR, Oz D, Tekoah Y, Shaaltiel Y. Sequential Genome Editing and Induced Excision of the Transgene in N. tabacum BY2 Cells. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:607174. [PMID: 33324440 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.60714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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While plant cells in suspension are becoming a popular platform for expressing biotherapeutic proteins, the need to pre-engineer these cells to better comply with their role as host cell lines is emerging. Heterologous DNA and selectable markers are used for transformation and genome editing designated to produce improved host cell lines for overexpression of recombinant proteins. The removal of these heterologous DNA and selectable markers, no longer needed, can be beneficial since they limit additional gene stacking in subsequent transformations and may pose excessive metabolic burden on the cell machinery. In this study we developed an innovative stepwise methodology in which the CRISPR-Cas9 is used sequentially to target genome editing, followed by its own excision. The first step included a stable insertion of a CRISPR-Cas9 cassette, targeted to knockout the β(1,2)-xylosyltranferase (XylT) and the α(1,3)-fucosyltransferase (FucT) genes in Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Bright Yellow 2 (BY2) cell suspension. The second step included the excision of the inserted cassette of 14.3 kbp by induction of specific sgRNA designed to target the T-DNA boundaries. The genome editing step and the transgene removal step are achieved in one transformation run. This mechanism enables CRISPR genome editing and subsequently eliminating the introduced transgenes thus freeing the cells from foreign DNA no longer needed.
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- Maor Sheva
- Protalix Biotherapeutics, Carmiel, Israel
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- Protalix Biotherapeutics, Carmiel, Israel
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- Protalix Biotherapeutics, Carmiel, Israel
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Verma P, Tandon R, Yadav G, Gaur V. Structural Aspects of DNA Repair and Recombination in Crop Improvement. Front Genet 2020; 11:574549. [PMID: 33024442 PMCID: PMC7516265 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.574549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The adverse effects of global climate change combined with an exponentially increasing human population have put substantial constraints on agriculture, accelerating efforts towards ensuring food security for a sustainable future. Conventional plant breeding and modern technologies have led to the creation of plants with better traits and higher productivity. Most crop improvement approaches (conventional breeding, genome modification, and gene editing) primarily rely on DNA repair and recombination (DRR). Studying plant DRR can provide insights into designing new strategies or improvising the present techniques for crop improvement. Even though plants have evolved specialized DRR mechanisms compared to other eukaryotes, most of our insights about plant-DRRs remain rooted in studies conducted in animals. DRR mechanisms in plants include direct repair, nucleotide excision repair (NER), base excision repair (BER), mismatch repair (MMR), non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR). Although each DRR pathway acts on specific DNA damage, there is crosstalk between these. Considering the importance of DRR pathways as a tool in crop improvement, this review focuses on a general description of each DRR pathway, emphasizing on the structural aspects of key DRR proteins. The review highlights the gaps in our understanding and the importance of studying plant DRR in the context of crop improvement.
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- Prabha Verma
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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Mason AS, Wendel JF. Homoeologous Exchanges, Segmental Allopolyploidy, and Polyploid Genome Evolution. Front Genet 2020; 11:1014. [PMID: 33005183 PMCID: PMC7485112 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.01014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Polyploidy is a major force in plant evolution and speciation. In newly formed allopolyploids, pairing between related chromosomes from different subgenomes (homoeologous chromosomes) during meiosis is common. The initial stages of allopolyploid formation are characterized by a spectrum of saltational genomic and regulatory alterations that are responsible for evolutionary novelty. Here we highlight the possible effects and roles of recombination between homoeologous chromosomes during the early stages of allopolyploid stabilization. Homoeologous exchanges (HEs) have been reported in young allopolyploids from across the angiosperms. Although all lineages undergo karyotype change via chromosome rearrangements over time, the early generations after allopolyploid formation are predicted to show an accelerated rate of genomic change. HEs can also cause changes in allele dosage, genome-wide methylation patterns, and downstream phenotypes, and can hence be responsible for speciation and genome stabilization events. Additionally, we propose that fixation of duplication - deletion events resulting from HEs could lead to the production of genomes which appear to be a mix of autopolyploid and allopolyploid segments, sometimes termed "segmental allopolyploids." We discuss the implications of these findings for our understanding of the relationship between genome instability in novel polyploids and genome evolution.
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- Annaliese S. Mason
- Plant Breeding Department, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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Wang H, Cao Q, Zhao Q, Arfan M, Liu W. Mechanisms used by DNA MMR system to cope with Cadmium-induced DNA damage in plants. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 246:125614. [PMID: 31883478 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2019] [Revised: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) is found widely in soil and is severely toxic for plants, causing oxidative damage in plant cells because of its heavy metal characteristics. The DNA damage response (DDR) is triggered in plants to cope with the Cd stress. The DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system known for its mismatch repair function determines DDR, as mispairs are easily generated by a translesional synthesis under Cd-induced genomic instability. Cd-induced mismatches are recognized by three heterodimeric complexes including MutSα (MSH2/MSH6), MutSβ (MSH2/MSH3), and MutSγ (MSH2/MSH7). MutLα (MLH1/PMS1), PCNA/RFC, EXO1, DNA polymerase δ and DNA ligase participate in mismatch repair in turn. Meanwhile, ATR is preferentially activated by MSH2 to trigger DDR including the regulation of the cell cycle, endoreduplication, cell death, and recruitment of other DNA repair, which enhances plant tolerance to Cd. However, plants with deficient MutS will bypass MMR-mediated DDR and release the multiple-effect MLH1 from requisition of the MMR system, which leads to weak tolerance to Cd in plants. In this review, we systematically illustrate how the plant DNA MMR system works in a Cd-induced DDR, and how MMR genes regulate plant tolerance to Cd. Additionally, we also reviewed multiple epigenetic regulation systems acting on MMR genes under stress.
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- Hetong Wang
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Urban Integrated Pest Management and Ecological Security, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Shenyang University, Shenyang, 110044, PR China.
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- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Urban Integrated Pest Management and Ecological Security, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Shenyang University, Shenyang, 110044, PR China.
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- Agricultural College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, PR China.
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Barrett LG, Legros M, Kumaran N, Glassop D, Raghu S, Gardiner DM. Gene drives in plants: opportunities and challenges for weed control and engineered resilience. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20191515. [PMID: 31551052 PMCID: PMC6784734 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Plant species, populations and communities are under threat from climate change, invasive pathogens, weeds and habitat fragmentation. Despite considerable research effort invested in genome engineering for crop improvement, the development of genetic tools for the management of wild plant populations has rarely been given detailed consideration. Gene drive systems that allow direct genetic management of plant populations via the spread of fitness-altering genetic modifications could be of great utility. However, despite the rapid development of synthetic tools and their enormous promise, little explicit consideration has been given to their application in plants and, to date, they remain untested. This article considers the potential utility of gene drives for the management of wild plant populations, and examines the factors that might influence the design, spread and efficacy of synthetic drives. To gain insight into optimal ways to design and deploy synthetic drive systems, we investigate the diversity of mechanisms underlying natural gene drives and their dynamics within plant populations and species. We also review potential approaches for engineering gene drives and discuss their potential application to plant genomes. We highlight the importance of considering the impact of plant life-history and genetic architecture on the dynamics of drive, investigate the potential for different types of resistance evolution, and touch on the ethical, regulatory and social challenges ahead.
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- Luke G. Barrett
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Jansing J, Schiermeyer A, Schillberg S, Fischer R, Bortesi L. Genome Editing in Agriculture: Technical and Practical Considerations. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E2888. [PMID: 31200517 PMCID: PMC6627516 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20122888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The advent of precise genome-editing tools has revolutionized the way we create new plant varieties. Three groups of tools are now available, classified according to their mechanism of action: Programmable sequence-specific nucleases, base-editing enzymes, and oligonucleotides. The corresponding techniques not only lead to different outcomes, but also have implications for the public acceptance and regulatory approval of genome-edited plants. Despite the high efficiency and precision of the tools, there are still major bottlenecks in the generation of new and improved varieties, including the efficient delivery of the genome-editing reagents, the selection of desired events, and the regeneration of intact plants. In this review, we evaluate current delivery and regeneration methods, discuss their suitability for important crop species, and consider the practical aspects of applying the different genome-editing techniques in agriculture.
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- Julia Jansing
- Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), Maastricht University, Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Urmonderbaan 22, 6167 RD Geleen, The Netherlands.
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Forckenbeckstrasse 6, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Forckenbeckstrasse 6, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI), 1345 W. 16th St. Suite 300, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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- Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), Maastricht University, Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Urmonderbaan 22, 6167 RD Geleen, The Netherlands.
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Rode NO, Estoup A, Bourguet D, Courtier-Orgogozo V, Débarre F. Population management using gene drive: molecular design, models of spread dynamics and assessment of ecological risks. CONSERV GENET 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-019-01165-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Gomez MA, Lin ZD, Moll T, Chauhan RD, Hayden L, Renninger K, Beyene G, Taylor NJ, Carrington JC, Staskawicz BJ, Bart RS. Simultaneous CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of cassava eIF4E isoforms nCBP-1 and nCBP-2 reduces cassava brown streak disease symptom severity and incidence. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2019; 17:421-434. [PMID: 30019807 PMCID: PMC6335076 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is a major constraint on cassava yields in East and Central Africa and threatens production in West Africa. CBSD is caused by two species of positive-sense RNA viruses belonging to the family Potyviridae, genus Ipomovirus: Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV). Diseases caused by the family Potyviridae require the interaction of viral genome-linked protein (VPg) and host eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) isoforms. Cassava encodes five eIF4E proteins: eIF4E, eIF(iso)4E-1, eIF(iso)4E-2, novel cap-binding protein-1 (nCBP-1), and nCBP-2. Protein-protein interaction experiments consistently found that VPg proteins associate with cassava nCBPs. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing was employed to generate ncbp-1, ncbp-2, and ncbp-1/ncbp-2 mutants in cassava cultivar 60444. Challenge with CBSV showed that ncbp-1/ncbp-2 mutants displayed delayed and attenuated CBSD aerial symptoms, as well as reduced severity and incidence of storage root necrosis. Suppressed disease symptoms were correlated with reduced virus titre in storage roots relative to wild-type controls. Our results demonstrate the ability to modify multiple genes simultaneously in cassava to achieve tolerance to CBSD. Future studies will investigate the contribution of remaining eIF4E isoforms on CBSD and translate this knowledge into an optimized strategy for protecting cassava from disease.
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- Michael A. Gomez
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology and Innovative Genomics InstituteUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCAUSA
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSt. LouisMOUSA
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSt. LouisMOUSA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology and Innovative Genomics InstituteUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCAUSA
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Kawall K. New Possibilities on the Horizon: Genome Editing Makes the Whole Genome Accessible for Changes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:525. [PMID: 31068963 PMCID: PMC6491833 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The emergence of new genome editing techniques, such as the site-directed nucleases, clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs)/Cas9, transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), or zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), has greatly increased the feasibility of introducing any desired changes into the genome of a target organism. The ability to target a Cas nuclease to DNA sequences with a single-guide RNA (sgRNA) has provided a dynamic tool for genome editing and is naturally derived from an adaptive immune system in bacteria and archaea. CRISPR/Cas systems are being rapidly improved and refined, thereby opening up even more possibilities. Classical plant breeding is based on genetic variations that occur naturally and is used to select plants with improved traits. Induced mutagenesis is used to enhance mutational frequency and accelerate this process. Plants have evolved cellular processes, including certain repair mechanisms that ensure DNA integrity and the maintenance of distinct DNA loci. The focus of this review is on the characterization of new potentials in plant breeding through the use of CRISPR/Cas systems that eliminate natural limitations in order to induce thus far unachievable genomic changes.
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Schmidt C, Pacher M, Puchta H. DNA Break Repair in Plants and Its Application for Genome Engineering. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1864:237-266. [PMID: 30415341 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8778-8_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Genome engineering is a biotechnological approach to precisely modify the genetic code of a given organism in order to change the context of an existing sequence or to create new genetic resources, e.g., for obtaining improved traits or performance. Efficient targeted genome alterations are mainly based on the induction of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) or adjacent single-strand breaks (SSBs). Naturally, all organisms continuously have to deal with DNA-damaging factors challenging the genetic integrity, and therefore a wide range of DNA repair mechanisms have evolved. A profound understanding of the different repair pathways is a prerequisite to control and enhance targeted gene modifications. DSB repair can take place by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) or homology-dependent repair (HDR). As the main outcome of NHEJ-mediated repair is accompanied by small insertions and deletions, it is applicable to specifically knock out genes or to rearrange linkage groups or whole chromosomes. The basic requirement for HDR is the presence of a homologous template; thus this process can be exploited for targeted integration of ectopic sequences into the plant genome. The development of different types of artificial site-specific nucleases allows for targeted DSB induction in the plant genome. Such synthetic nucleases have been used for both qualitatively studying DSB repair in vivo with respect to mechanistic differences and quantitatively in order to determine the role of key factors for NHEJ and HR, respectively. The conclusions drawn from these studies allow for a better understanding of genome evolution and help identifying synergistic or antagonistic genetic interactions while supporting biotechnological applications for transiently modifying the plant DNA repair machinery in favor of targeted genome engineering.
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- Carla Schmidt
- Botanical Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Botanical Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Que Q, Chen Z, Kelliher T, Skibbe D, Dong S, Chilton MD. Plant DNA Repair Pathways and Their Applications in Genome Engineering. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1917:3-24. [PMID: 30610624 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8991-1_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Remarkable progress in the development of technologies for sequence-specific modification of primary DNA sequences has enabled the precise engineering of crops with novel characteristics. These programmable sequence-specific modifiers include site-directed nucleases (SDNs) and base editors (BEs). Currently, these genome editing machineries can be targeted to specific chromosomal locations to induce sequence changes. However, the sequence mutation outcomes are often greatly influenced by the type of DNA damage being generated, the status of host DNA repair machinery, and the presence and structure of DNA repair donor molecule. The outcome of sequence modification from repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is often uncontrollable, resulting in unpredictable sequence insertions or deletions of various sizes. For base editing, the precision of intended edits is much higher, but the efficiency can vary greatly depending on the type of BE used or the activity of the endogenous DNA repair systems. This article will briefly review the possible DNA repair pathways present in the plant cells commonly used for generating edited variants for genome engineering applications. We will discuss the potential use of DNA repair mechanisms for developing and improving methodologies to enhance genome engineering efficiency and to direct DNA repair processes toward the desired outcomes.
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- Qiudeng Que
- Seeds Research, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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- Seeds Research, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Seeds Research, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Seeds Research, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Seeds Research, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Seeds Research, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Cai Y, Chen L, Sun S, Wu C, Yao W, Jiang B, Han T, Hou W. CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Deletion of Large Genomic Fragments in Soybean. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E3835. [PMID: 30513774 PMCID: PMC6321276 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19123835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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At present, the application of CRISPR/Cas9 in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) has been mainly focused on knocking out target genes, and most site-directed mutagenesis has occurred at single cleavage sites and resulted in short deletions and/or insertions. However, the use of multiple guide RNAs for complex genome editing, especially the deletion of large DNA fragments in soybean, has not been systematically explored. In this study, we employed CRISPR/Cas9 technology to specifically induce targeted deletions of DNA fragments in GmFT2a (Glyma16g26660) and GmFT5a (Glyma16g04830) in soybean using a dual-sgRNA/Cas9 design. We achieved a deletion frequency of 15.6% for target fragments ranging from 599 to 1618 bp in GmFT2a. We also achieved deletion frequencies of 12.1% for target fragments exceeding 4.5 kb in GmFT2a and 15.8% for target fragments ranging from 1069 to 1161 bp in GmFT5a. In addition, we demonstrated that these CRISPR/Cas9-induced large fragment deletions can be inherited. The T2 'transgene-free' homozygous ft2a mutants with a 1618 bp deletion exhibited the late-flowering phenotype. In this study, we developed an efficient system for deleting large fragments in soybean using CRISPR/Cas9; this system could benefit future research on gene function and improve agriculture via chromosome engineering or customized genetic breeding in soybean.
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- Yupeng Cai
- National Center for Transgenic Research in Plants, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- National Center for Transgenic Research in Plants, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- National Center for Transgenic Research in Plants, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- National Center for Transgenic Research in Plants, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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Dahan-Meir T, Filler-Hayut S, Melamed-Bessudo C, Bocobza S, Czosnek H, Aharoni A, Levy AA. Efficient in planta gene targeting in tomato using geminiviral replicons and the CRISPR/Cas9 system. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 95:5-16. [PMID: 29668111 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Current breeding relies mostly on random mutagenesis and recombination to generate novel genetic variation. However, targeted genome editing is becoming an increasingly important tool for precise plant breeding. Using the CRISPR-Cas system combined with the bean yellow dwarf virus rolling circle replicon, we optimized a method for targeted mutagenesis and gene replacement in tomato. The carotenoid isomerase (CRTISO) and phytoene synthase 1 (PSY1) genes from the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway were chosen as targets due to their easily detectable change of phenotype. We took advantage of the geminiviral replicon amplification as a means to provide a large amount of donor template for the repair of a CRISPR-Cas-induced DNA double-strand break (DSB) in the target gene, via homologous recombination (HR). Mutagenesis experiments, performed in the Micro-Tom variety, achieved precise modification of the CRTISO and PSY1 loci at an efficiency of up to 90%. In the gene targeting (GT) experiments, our target was a fast-neutron-induced crtiso allele that contained a 281-bp deletion. This deletion was repaired with the wild-type sequence through HR between the CRISPR-Cas-induced DSB in the crtiso target and the amplified donor in 25% of the plants transformed. This shows that efficient GT can be achieved in the absence of selection markers or reporters using a single and modular construct that is adaptable to other tomato targets and other crops.
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- Tal Dahan-Meir
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Rehovot, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Kaur B, Valach M, Peña-Diaz P, Moreira S, Keeling PJ, Burger G, Lukeš J, Faktorová D. Transformation of Diplonema papillatum, the type species of the highly diverse and abundant marine microeukaryotes Diplonemida (Euglenozoa). Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:1030-1040. [PMID: 29318727 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Revised: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Diplonema papillatum is the type species of diplonemids, which are among the most abundant and diverse heterotrophic microeukaryotes in the world's oceans. Diplonemids are also known for a unique form of post-transcriptional processing in mitochondria. However, the lack of reverse genetics methodologies in these protists has hampered elucidation of their cellular and molecular biology. Here we report a protocol for D. papillatum transformation. We have identified several antibiotics to which D. papillatum is sensitive and thus are suitable selectable markers, and focus in particular on puromycin. Constructs were designed encoding antibiotic resistance markers, fluorescent tags, and additional genomic sequences from D. papillatum to facilitate vector integration into chromosomes. We established conditions for effective electroporation, and demonstrate that electroporated constructs can be stably integrated in the D. papillatum nuclear genome. In D. papillatum transformants, the heterologous puromycin resistance gene is transcribed into mRNA and translated into protein, as determined by Southern hybridization, reverse transcription, and Western blot analyses. This is the first documented case of transformation in a euglenozoan protist outside the well-studied kinetoplastids, making D. papillatum a genetically tractable organism and potentially a model system for marine microeukaryotes.
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- Binnypreet Kaur
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.,Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Robert-Cedergren Centre for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Robert-Cedergren Centre for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Botany Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Robert-Cedergren Centre for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.,Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.,Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic
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Prade VM, Gundlach H, Twardziok S, Chapman B, Tan C, Langridge P, Schulman AH, Stein N, Waugh R, Zhang G, Platzer M, Li C, Spannagl M, Mayer KFX. The pseudogenes of barley. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 93:502-514. [PMID: 29205595 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Pseudogenes have a reputation of being 'evolutionary relics' or 'junk DNA'. While they are well characterized in mammals, studies in more complex plant genomes have so far been hampered by the absence of reference genome sequences. Barley is one of the economically most important cereals and has a genome size of 5.1 Gb. With the first high-quality genome reference assembly available for a Triticeae crop, we conducted a whole-genome assessment of pseudogenes on the barley genome. We identified, characterized and classified 89 440 gene fragments and pseudogenes scattered along the chromosomes, with occasional hotspots and higher densities at the chromosome ends. Full-length pseudogenes (11 015) have preferentially retained their exon-intron structure. Retrotransposition of processed mRNAs only plays a marginal role in their creation. However, the distribution of retroposed pseudogenes reflects the Rabl configuration of barley chromosomes and thus hints at founding mechanisms. While parent genes related to the defense-response were found to be under-represented in cultivated barley, we detected several defense-related pseudogenes in wild barley accessions. The percentage of transcriptionally active pseudogenes is 7.2%, and these may potentially adopt new regulatory roles.The barley genome is rich in pseudogenes and small gene fragments mainly located towards chromosome tips or as tandemly repeated units. Our results indicate non-random duplication and pseudogenization preferences and improve our understanding of the dynamics of gene birth and death in large plant genomes and the mechanisms that lead to evolutionary innovations.
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- Verena M Prade
- Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, WA6150, Murdoch, Australia
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, WA6150, Murdoch, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, SA5064, Urrbrae, Australia
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- Green Technology, Natural Resources Institute (Luke), Viikki Plant Science Centre, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, 06466, Seeland, Germany
- School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA6009, Australia
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- The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), 07745, Jena, Germany
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, WA6150, Murdoch, Australia
- Department of Agriculture and Food, Government of Western Australia, South Perth, WA, 6151, Australia
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
- TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Alte Akademie 8, 85354, Freising, Germany
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Cai Y, Chen L, Liu X, Guo C, Sun S, Wu C, Jiang B, Han T, Hou W. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis of GmFT2a delays flowering time in soya bean. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2018; 16:176-185. [PMID: 28509421 PMCID: PMC5785355 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Flowering is an indication of the transition from vegetative growth to reproductive growth and has considerable effects on the life cycle of soya bean (Glycine max). In this study, we employed the CRISPR/Cas9 system to specifically induce targeted mutagenesis of GmFT2a, an integrator in the photoperiod flowering pathway in soya bean. The soya bean cultivar Jack was transformed with three sgRNA/Cas9 vectors targeting different sites of endogenous GmFT2a via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Site-directed mutations were observed at all targeted sites by DNA sequencing analysis. T1-generation soya bean plants homozygous for null alleles of GmFT2a frameshift mutated by a 1-bp insertion or short deletion exhibited late flowering under natural conditions (summer) in Beijing, China (N39°58', E116°20'). We also found that the targeted mutagenesis was stably heritable in the following T2 generation, and the homozygous GmFT2a mutants exhibited late flowering under both long-day and short-day conditions. We identified some 'transgene-clean' soya bean plants that were homozygous for null alleles of endogenous GmFT2a and without any transgenic element from the T1 and T2 generations. These 'transgene-clean' mutants of GmFT2a may provide materials for more in-depth research of GmFT2a functions and the molecular mechanism of photoperiod responses in soya bean. They will also contribute to soya bean breeding and regional introduction.
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- Yupeng Cai
- National Center for Transgenic Research in PlantsInstitute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing)Institute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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- National Center for Transgenic Research in PlantsInstitute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing)Institute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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- National Center for Transgenic Research in PlantsInstitute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing)Institute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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- National Center for Transgenic Research in PlantsInstitute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing)Institute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing)Institute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing)Institute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing)Institute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing)Institute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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- National Center for Transgenic Research in PlantsInstitute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing)Institute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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Chen NWG, Thareau V, Ribeiro T, Magdelenat G, Ashfield T, Innes RW, Pedrosa-Harand A, Geffroy V. Common Bean Subtelomeres Are Hot Spots of Recombination and Favor Resistance Gene Evolution. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1185. [PMID: 30154814 PMCID: PMC6102362 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Subtelomeres of most eukaryotes contain fast-evolving genes usually involved in adaptive processes. In common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), the Co-2 anthracnose resistance (R) locus corresponds to a cluster of nucleotide-binding-site leucine-rich-repeat (NL) encoding sequences, the prevalent class of plant R genes. To study the recent evolution of this R gene cluster, we used a combination of sequence, genetic and cytogenetic comparative analyses between common bean genotypes from two distinct gene pools (Andean and Mesoamerican) that diverged 0.165 million years ago. Co-2 is a large subtelomeric cluster on chromosome 11 comprising from 32 (Mesoamerican) to 52 (Andean) NL sequences embedded within khipu satellite repeats. Since the recent split between Andean and Mesoamerican gene pools, the Co-2 cluster has experienced numerous gene-pool specific NL losses, leading to distinct NL repertoires. The high proportion of solo-LTR retrotransposons indicates that the Co-2 cluster is located in a hot spot of unequal intra-strand homologous recombination. Furthermore, we observe large segmental duplications involving both Non-Homologous End Joining and Homologous Recombination double-strand break repair pathways. Finally, the identification of a Mesoamerican-specific subtelomeric sequence reveals frequent interchromosomal recombinations between common bean subtelomeres. Altogether, our results highlight that common bean subtelomeres are hot spots of recombination and favor the rapid evolution of R genes. We propose that chromosome ends could act as R gene incubators in many plant genomes.
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- Nicolas W. G. Chen
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d’Evry, Université Paris-Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, Orsay, France
- IRHS, INRA, AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Université d’Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d’Evry, Université Paris-Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, Orsay, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Cytogenetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Genoscope/Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique-Centre National de Séquençage, Evry, France
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d’Evry, Université Paris-Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, Orsay, France
- *Correspondence: Valérie Geffroy,
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Cho S, Yu SI, Park J, Mao Y, Zhu JK, Yun DJ, Lee BH. Accession-Dependent CBF Gene Deletion by CRISPR/Cas System in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1910. [PMID: 29163623 PMCID: PMC5682037 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The CRISPR/Cas system became a powerful genome editing tool for basic plant research and crop improvement. Thus far, CRISPR/Cas has been applied to many plants, including Arabidopsis, rice and other crop plants. It has been reported that CRISPR/Cas efficiency is generally high in many plants. In this study, we compared the genome editing efficiency of CRISPR/Cas in three different Arabidopsis accessions [Col-0, Ler, and C24RDLUC (C24 accession harboring the stress-responsive RD29A promoter-driven luciferase reporter)]. For the comparison, we chose to target the cold-responsive C-repeat/DRE-Binding Factor (CBF) genes. CBF1, CBF2, and CBF3 genes are tandemly located on Arabidopsis chromosome 4 with redundant functions as the key transcription factors functioning in cold stress signaling and tolerance. Due to the close proximity of these CBFs on the chromosome, it is impossible to generate cbf1, cbf2, cbf3 triple mutants (cbf123) by traditional genetic crosses. Therefore, using the CRISPR/Cas tool, we aimed to generate cbf123 mutants and compared the genome editing efficiency in different Arabidopsis accessions. Among the accessions, Ler was the most resilient to the CRISPR/Cas deletion with the lowest gene deletion ratio in both T1 and T2 generations. Interestingly, while C24RDLUC showed a high CBF123 deletion frequency in T2 only when the gene deletion was observed in T1 generation, Col-0 displayed high ratios of the CBF123 deletions in T2 regardless of the presence or absence of the CBF123 deletion in T1. Isolated cbf123 mutants in C24RDLUC background showed no expression of CBF1, CBF2, and CBF3 genes and proteins with reduction in the CBF target gene expression under cold stress.
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- Sungkyung Cho
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology and Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology and Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
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Hanania U, Ariel T, Tekoah Y, Fux L, Sheva M, Gubbay Y, Weiss M, Oz D, Azulay Y, Turbovski A, Forster Y, Shaaltiel Y. Establishment of a tobacco BY2 cell line devoid of plant-specific xylose and fucose as a platform for the production of biotherapeutic proteins. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2017; 15:1120-1129. [PMID: 28160363 PMCID: PMC5552476 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plant-produced glycoproteins contain N-linked glycans with plant-specific residues of β(1,2)-xylose and core α(1,3)-fucose, which do not exist in mammalian-derived proteins. Although our experience with two enzymes that are used for enzyme replacement therapy does not indicate that the plant sugar residues have deleterious effects, we made a conscious decision to eliminate these moieties from plant-expressed proteins. We knocked out the β(1,2)-xylosyltranferase (XylT) and the α(1,3)-fucosyltransferase (FucT) genes, using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, in Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Bright Yellow 2 (BY2) cell suspension. In total, we knocked out 14 loci. The knocked-out lines were stable, viable and exhibited a typical BY2 growing rate. Glycan analysis of the endogenous proteins of these lines exhibited N-linked glycans lacking β(1,2)-xylose and/or α(1,3)-fucose. The knocked-out lines were further transformed successfully with recombinant DNaseI. The expression level and the activity of the recombinant protein were similar to that of the protein produced in the wild-type BY2 cells. The recombinant DNaseI was shown to be totally free from any xylose and/or fucose residues. The glyco-engineered BY2 lines provide a valuable platform for producing potent biopharmaceutical products. Furthermore, these results demonstrate the power of the CRISPR/Cas9 technology for multiplex gene editing in BY2 cells.
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- Protalix BiotherapeuticsCarmielIsrael
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- Protalix BiotherapeuticsCarmielIsrael
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Targeted recombination between homologous chromosomes for precise breeding in tomato. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15605. [PMID: 28548094 PMCID: PMC5458649 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR) between parental chromosomes occurs stochastically. Here, we report on targeted recombination between homologous chromosomes upon somatic induction of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) via CRISPR-Cas9. We demonstrate this via a visual and molecular assay whereby DSB induction between two alleles carrying different mutations in the PHYTOENE SYNTHASE (PSY1) gene results in yellow fruits with wild type red sectors forming via HR-mediated DSB repair. We also show that in heterozygote plants containing one psy1 allele immune and one sensitive to CRISPR, repair of the broken allele using the unbroken allele sequence template is a common outcome. In another assay, we show evidence of a somatically induced DSB in a cross between a psy1 edible tomato mutant and wild type Solanum pimpinellifolium, targeting only the S. pimpinellifolium allele. This enables characterization of germinally transmitted targeted somatic HR events, demonstrating that somatically induced DSBs can be exploited for precise breeding of crops. Targeted homologous recombination between parental chromosomes could facilitate precision breeding of crop plants. Here, Filler Hayut et al. show that CRISPR-Cas9 can be used to induce DNA double strand breaks in somatic tissue and achieve targeted recombination between homologs at an endogenous locus in tomato.
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Zhang K, Raboanatahiry N, Zhu B, Li M. Progress in Genome Editing Technology and Its Application in Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:177. [PMID: 28261237 PMCID: PMC5306361 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Genome editing technology (GET) is a versatile approach that has progressed rapidly as a mechanism to alter the genotype and phenotype of organisms. However, conventional genome modification using GET cannot satisfy current demand for high-efficiency and site-directed mutagenesis, retrofitting of artificial nucleases has developed into a new avenue within this field. Based on mechanisms to recognize target genes, newly-developed GETs can generally be subdivided into three cleavage systems, protein-dependent DNA cleavage systems (i.e., zinc-finger nucleases, ZFN, and transcription activator-like effector nucleases, TALEN), RNA-dependent DNA cleavage systems (i.e., clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-CRISPR associated proteins, CRISPR-Cas9, CRISPR-Cpf1, and CRISPR-C2c1), and RNA-dependent RNA cleavage systems (i.e., RNA interference, RNAi, and CRISPR-C2c2). All these techniques can lead to double-stranded (DSB) or single-stranded breaks (SSB), and result in either random mutations via non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) or targeted mutation via homologous recombination (HR). Thus, site-directed mutagenesis can be induced via targeted gene knock-out, knock-in, or replacement to modify specific characteristics including morphology-modification, resistance-enhancement, and physiological mechanism-improvement along with plant growth and development. In this paper, an non-comprehensive review on the development of different GETs as applied to plants is presented.
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- Kai Zhang
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for the Characteristic Resources Exploitation of Dabie Mountains, Huanggang Normal UniversityHuanggang, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for the Characteristic Resources Exploitation of Dabie Mountains, Huanggang Normal UniversityHuanggang, China
- *Correspondence: Maoteng Li
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Kleinboelting N, Huep G, Appelhagen I, Viehoever P, Li Y, Weisshaar B. The Structural Features of Thousands of T-DNA Insertion Sites Are Consistent with a Double-Strand Break Repair-Based Insertion Mechanism. MOLECULAR PLANT 2015; 8:1651-64. [PMID: 26343971 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Revised: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Transformation by Agrobacterium tumefaciens, an important tool in modern plant research, involves the integration of T-DNA initially present on a plasmid in agrobacteria into the genome of plant cells. The process of attachment of the agrobacteria to plant cells and the transport of T-DNA into the cell and further to the nucleus has been well described. However, the exact mechanism of integration into the host's DNA is still unclear, although several models have been proposed. During confirmation of T-DNA insertion alleles from the GABI-Kat collection of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants, we have generated about 34,000 sequences from the junctions between inserted T-DNA and adjacent genome regions. Here, we describe the evaluation of this dataset with regard to existing models for T-DNA integration. The results suggest that integration into the plant genome is mainly mediated by the endogenous plant DNA repair machinery. The observed integration events showed characteristics highly similar to those of repair sites of double-strand breaks with respect to microhomology and deletion sizes. In addition, we describe unexpected integration events, such as large deletions and inversions at the integration site that are relevant for correct interpretation of results from T-DNA insertion mutants in reverse genetics experiments.
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- Nils Kleinboelting
- Center for Biotechnology & Department of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitaetsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology & Department of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitaetsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology & Department of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitaetsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology & Department of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitaetsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital Freiburg, Berliner Allee 29, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology & Department of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitaetsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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Manova V, Gruszka D. DNA damage and repair in plants - from models to crops. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:885. [PMID: 26557130 PMCID: PMC4617055 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The genomic integrity of every organism is constantly challenged by endogenous and exogenous DNA-damaging factors. Mutagenic agents cause reduced stability of plant genome and have a deleterious effect on development, and in the case of crop species lead to yield reduction. It is crucial for all organisms, including plants, to develop efficient mechanisms for maintenance of the genome integrity. DNA repair processes have been characterized in bacterial, fungal, and mammalian model systems. The description of these processes in plants, in contrast, was initiated relatively recently and has been focused largely on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Consequently, our knowledge about DNA repair in plant genomes - particularly in the genomes of crop plants - is by far more limited. However, the relatively small size of the Arabidopsis genome, its rapid life cycle and availability of various transformation methods make this species an attractive model for the study of eukaryotic DNA repair mechanisms and mutagenesis. Moreover, abnormalities in DNA repair which proved to be lethal for animal models are tolerated in plant genomes, although sensitivity to DNA damaging agents is retained. Due to the high conservation of DNA repair processes and factors mediating them among eukaryotes, genes and proteins that have been identified in model species may serve to identify homologous sequences in other species, including crop plants, in which these mechanisms are poorly understood. Crop breeding programs have provided remarkable advances in food quality and yield over the last century. Although the human population is predicted to "peak" by 2050, further advances in yield will be required to feed this population. Breeding requires genetic diversity. The biological impact of any mutagenic agent used for the creation of genetic diversity depends on the chemical nature of the induced lesions and on the efficiency and accuracy of their repair. More recent targeted mutagenesis procedures also depend on host repair processes, with different pathways yielding different products. Enhanced understanding of DNA repair processes in plants will inform and accelerate the engineering of crop genomes via both traditional and targeted approaches.
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- Vasilissa Manova
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of SciencesSofia
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, University of SilesiaKatowice, Poland
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Ederveen A, Lai Y, van Driel MA, Gerats T, Peters JL. Modulating crossover positioning by introducing large structural changes in chromosomes. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:89. [PMID: 25879408 PMCID: PMC4359564 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1276-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Crossing over assures the correct segregation of the homologous chromosomes to both poles of the dividing meiocyte. This exchange of DNA creates new allelic combinations thus increasing the genetic variation present in offspring. Crossovers are not uniformly distributed along chromosomes; rather there are preferred locations where they may take place. The positioning of crossovers is known to be influenced by both exogenous and endogenous factors as well as structural features inherent to the chromosome itself. We have introduced large structural changes into Arabidopsis chromosomes and report their effects on crossover positioning. RESULTS The introduction of large deletions and putative inversions silenced recombination over the length of the structural change. In the majority of cases analyzed, the total recombination frequency over the chromosomes was unchanged. The loss of crossovers at the sites of structural change was compensated for by increases in recombination frequencies elsewhere on the chromosomes, mostly in single intervals of one to three megabases in size. Interestingly, two independent cases of induced structural changes in the same chromosomal interval were found on both chromosomes 1 and 2. In both cases, compensatory increases in recombination frequencies were of similar strength and took place in the same chromosome region. In contrast, deletions in chromosome arms carrying the nucleolar organizing region did not change recombination frequencies in the remainder of those chromosomes. CONCLUSIONS When taken together, these observations show that changes in the physical structure of the chromosome can have large effects on the positioning of COs within that chromosome. Moreover, different reactions to induced structural changes are observed between and within chromosomes. However, the similarity in reaction observed when looking at chromosomes carrying similar changes suggests a direct causal relation between induced change and observed reaction.
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- Antoine Ederveen
- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Water and Wetland Research (IWWR), Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre, 260 NBIC, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- The Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Department of Intelligent Systems, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre, 260 NBIC, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Current affiliation: Philips Research, High Tech Campus 11, 5656 AE, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Water and Wetland Research (IWWR), Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Water and Wetland Research (IWWR), Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Petolino JF. Genome editing in plants via designed zinc finger nucleases. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. PLANT : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 2015; 51:1-8. [PMID: 25774080 PMCID: PMC4352198 DOI: 10.1007/s11627-015-9663-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The ability to create DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) at specified genomic locations, which then stimulate the cell's naturally occurring DNA repair processes, has introduced intriguing possibilities for genetic modification. Zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) are designed restriction enzymes consisting of a nonspecific cleavage domain fused to sequence-specific DNA binding domains. ZFN-mediated DSB formation at endogenous genomic loci followed by error-prone non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair can result in gene-specific mutations via nucleotide base pair insertions or deletions. Similarly, specific DNA sequence modifications can be made by providing donor DNA templates homologous to sequences flanking the cleavage site via homology-directed repair (HDR). Targeted deletions of intervening DNA sequence can be obtained by ZFNs used to create concurrent DSBs. Site-specific transgene integration into ZFN-induced DSBs is possible via either NHEJ or HDR. Genome editing can be used to enhance our basic understanding of plant gene function as well as modify and improve crop plants. As with conventional plant transformation technology, the efficiency of genome editing is absolutely dependent on the ability to initiate, maintain, and regenerate plant cell and tissue cultures.
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Schnell J, Steele M, Bean J, Neuspiel M, Girard C, Dormann N, Pearson C, Savoie A, Bourbonnière L, Macdonald P. A comparative analysis of insertional effects in genetically engineered plants: considerations for pre-market assessments. Transgenic Res 2014; 24:1-17. [PMID: 25344849 PMCID: PMC4274372 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-014-9843-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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During genetic engineering, DNA is inserted into a plant’s genome, and such insertions are often accompanied by the insertion of additional DNA, deletions and/or rearrangements. These genetic changes are collectively known as insertional effects, and they have the potential to give rise to unintended traits in plants. In addition, there are many other genetic changes that occur in plants both spontaneously and as a result of conventional breeding practices. Genetic changes similar to insertional effects occur in plants, namely as a result of the movement of transposable elements, the repair of double-strand breaks by non-homologous end-joining, and the intracellular transfer of organelle DNA. Based on this similarity, insertional effects should present a similar level of risk as these other genetic changes in plants, and it is within the context of these genetic changes that insertional effects must be considered. Increased familiarity with genetic engineering techniques and advances in molecular analysis techniques have provided us with a greater understanding of the nature and impact of genetic changes in plants, and this can be used to refine pre-market assessments of genetically engineered plants and food and feeds derived from genetically engineered plants.
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- Jaimie Schnell
- Plant and Biotechnology Risk Assessment Unit, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 1400 Merivale Road, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0Y9, Canada,
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Murat F, Zhang R, Guizard S, Flores R, Armero A, Pont C, Steinbach D, Quesneville H, Cooke R, Salse J. Shared subgenome dominance following polyploidization explains grass genome evolutionary plasticity from a seven protochromosome ancestor with 16K protogenes. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 6:12-33. [PMID: 24317974 PMCID: PMC3914691 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Modern plant genomes are diploidized paleopolyploids. We revisited grass genome paleohistory in response to the diploidization process through a detailed investigation of the evolutionary fate of duplicated blocks. Ancestrally duplicated genes can be conserved, deleted, and shuffled, defining dominant (bias toward duplicate retention) and sensitive (bias toward duplicate erosion) chromosomal fragments. We propose a new grass genome paleohistory deriving from an ancestral karyotype structured in seven protochromosomes containing 16,464 protogenes and following evolutionary rules where 1) ancestral shared polyploidizations shaped conserved dominant (D) and sensitive (S) subgenomes, 2) subgenome dominance is revealed by both gene deletion and shuffling from the S blocks, 3) duplicate deletion/movement may have been mediated by single-/double-stranded illegitimate recombination mechanisms, 4) modern genomes arose through centromeric fusion of protochromosomes, leading to functional monocentric neochromosomes, 5) the fusion of two dominant blocks leads to supradominant neochromosomes (D + D = D) with higher ancestral gene retention compared with D + S = D (i.e., fusion of blocks with opposite sensitivity) or even S + S = S (i.e., fusion of two sensitive ancestral blocks). A new user-friendly online tool named "PlantSyntenyViewer," available at http://urgi.versailles.inra.fr/synteny-cereal, presents the refined comparative genomics data.
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- Florent Murat
- INRA/UBP UMR 1095 GDEC (Génétique, Diversité et Ecophysiologie des Céréales), Clermont Ferrand, France
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Kazama Y, Hirano T, Nishihara K, Ohbu S, Shirakawa Y, Abe T. Effect of high-LET Fe-ion beam irradiation on mutation induction in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes Genet Syst 2014; 88:189-97. [PMID: 24025247 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.88.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Heavy-ion beams are powerful mutagens. They cause a broad spectrum of mutation phenotypes with high efficiency even at low irradiation doses and short irradiation times. These mutagenic effects are due to dense ionisation in a localised region along the ion particle path. Linear energy transfer (LET; keV·μm(-1)), which represents the degree of locally deposited energy, is an important parameter in heavy-ion mutagenesis. For high LET radiation above 290 keV∙μm(-1), however, neither the mutation frequency nor the molecular nature of the mutations has been fully characterised. In this study, we investigated the effect of Fe-ion beams with an LET of 640 keV∙μm(-1) on both the mutation frequency and the molecular nature of the mutations. Screening of well-characterised mutants (hy and gl) revealed that the mutation frequency was lower than any other ion species with low LET. We investigated the resulting mutations in the 4 identified mutants. Three mutants were examined by employing PCR-based methods, one of which had 2-bp deletion, another had 178 bp of tandemly duplication, and other one had complicated chromosomal rearrangements with variable deletions in size at breakpoints. We also detected large deletions in the other mutant by using array comparative genomic hybridisation. From the results of the analysis of the breakpoints and junctions of the detected deletions, it was revealed that the mutants harboured chromosomal rearrangements in their genomes. These results indicate that Fe-ion irradiation tends to cause complex mutations with low efficiency. We conclude that Fe-ion irradiation could be useful for inducing chromosomal rearrangements or large deletions.
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Precise and straightforward methods to edit the plant genome are much needed for functional genomics and crop improvement. Recently, RNA-guided genome editing using bacterial Type II cluster regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated nuclease (Cas) is emerging as an efficient tool for genome editing in microbial and animal systems. Here, we report the genome editing and targeted gene mutation in plants via the CRISPR-Cas9 system. Three guide RNAs (gRNAs) with a 20-22-nt seed region were designed to pair with distinct rice genomic sites which are followed by the protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM). The engineered gRNAs were shown to direct the Cas9 nuclease for precise cleavage at the desired sites and introduce mutation (insertion or deletion) by error-prone non-homologous end joining DNA repairing. By analyzing the RNA-guided genome-editing events, the mutation efficiency at these target sites was estimated to be 3-8%. In addition, the off-target effect of an engineered gRNA-Cas9 was found on an imperfectly paired genomic site, but it had lower genome-editing efficiency than the perfectly matched site. Further analysis suggests that mismatch position between gRNA seed and target DNA is an important determinant of the gRNA-Cas9 targeting specificity, and specific gRNAs could be designed to target more than 90% of rice genes. Our results demonstrate that the CRISPR-Cas system can be exploited as a powerful tool for gene targeting and precise genome editing in plants.
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- Kabin Xie
- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, The Huck Institute of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Yoshihara R, Nozawa S, Hase Y, Narumi I, Hidema J, Sakamoto AN. Mutational effects of γ-rays and carbon ion beams on Arabidopsis seedlings. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2013; 54:1050-6. [PMID: 23728320 PMCID: PMC3823791 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrt074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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To assess the mutational effects of radiation on vigorously proliferating plant tissue, the mutation spectrum was analyzed with Arabidopsis seedlings using the plasmid-rescue method. Transgenic plants containing the Escherichia coli rpsL gene were irradiated with γ-rays and carbon ion beams (320-MeV (12)C(6+)), and mutations in the rpsL gene were analyzed. Mutant frequency increased significantly following irradiation by γ-rays, but not by 320-MeV (12)C(6+). Mutation spectra showed that both radiations increased the frequency of frameshifts and other mutations, including deletions and insertions, but only γ-rays increased the frequency of total base substitutions. These results suggest that the type of DNA lesions which cause base substitutions were less often induced by 320-MeV (12)C(6+) than by γ-rays in Arabidopsis seedlings. Furthermore, γ-rays never increased the frequencies of G:C to T:A or A:T to C:G transversions, which are caused by oxidized guanine; 320-MeV (12)C(6+), however, produced a slight increase in both transversions. Instead, γ-rays produced a significant increase in the frequency of G:C to A:T transitions. These results suggest that 8-oxoguanine has little effect on mutagenesis in Arabidopsis cells.
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- Ryouhei Yoshihara
- Research Center for Environmental Genomics, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Ion Beam Mutagenesis Research Group, Medical and Biotechnological Application Division, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, 370-1292, Japan
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- Ion Beam Mutagenesis Research Group, Medical and Biotechnological Application Division, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, 370-1292, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Itakura, 374-0193, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Ion Beam Mutagenesis Research Group, Medical and Biotechnological Application Division, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, 370-1292, Japan
- Corresponding author. Ion Beam Mutagenesis Research Group, Medical and Biotechnological Application Division, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, 370-1292, Japan. Tel: +81-27-346-9537; Fax: +81-27-346-9688;
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Yang L, Liu T, Li B, Sui Y, Chen J, Shi J, Wing RA, Chen M. Comparative sequence analysis of the Ghd7 orthologous regions revealed movement of Ghd7 in the grass genomes. PLoS One 2012. [PMID: 23185584 PMCID: PMC3503983 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Ghd7 is an important rice gene that has a major effect on several agronomic traits, including yield. To reveal the origin of Ghd7 and sequence evolution of this locus, we performed a comparative sequence analysis of the Ghd7 orthologous regions from ten diploid Oryza species, Brachypodium distachyon, sorghum and maize. Sequence analysis demonstrated high gene collinearity across the genus Oryza and a disruption of collinearity among non-Oryza species. In particular, Ghd7 was not present in orthologous positions except in Oryza species. The Ghd7 regions were found to have low gene densities and high contents of repetitive elements, and that the sizes of orthologous regions varied tremendously. The large transposable element contents resulted in a high frequency of pseudogenization and gene movement events surrounding the Ghd7 loci. Annotation information and cytological experiments have indicated that Ghd7 is a heterochromatic gene. Ghd7 orthologs were identified in B. distachyon, sorghum and maize by phylogenetic analysis; however, the positions of orthologous genes differed dramatically as a consequence of gene movements in grasses. Rather, we identified sequence remnants of gene movement of Ghd7 mediated by illegitimate recombination in the B. distachyon genome.
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- Lu Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, School of Plant Sciences, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
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Oh SA, Allen T, Kim GJ, Sidorova A, Borg M, Park SK, Twell D. Arabidopsis Fused kinase and the Kinesin-12 subfamily constitute a signalling module required for phragmoplast expansion. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 71:550-63. [PMID: 22448600 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2012.05007.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The conserved Fused kinase plays vital but divergent roles in many organisms from Hedgehog signalling in Drosophila to polarization and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium. Previously we have shown that Arabidopsis Fused kinase termed TWO-IN-ONE (TIO) is essential for cytokinesis in both sporophytic and gametophytic cell types. Here using in vivo imaging of GFP-tagged microtubules in dividing microspores we show that TIO is required for expansion of the phragmoplast. We identify the phragmoplast-associated kinesins, PAKRP1/Kinesin-12A and PAKRP1L/Kinesin-12B, as TIO-interacting proteins and determine TIO-Kinesin-12 interaction domains and their requirement in male gametophytic cytokinesis. Our results support the role of TIO as a functional protein kinase that interacts with Kinesin-12 subfamily members mainly through the C-terminal ARM repeat domain, but with a contribution from the N-terminal kinase domain. The interaction of TIO with Kinesin proteins and the functional requirement of their interaction domains support the operation of a Fused kinase signalling module in phragmoplast expansion that depends upon conserved structural features in diverse Fused kinases.
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- Sung Aeong Oh
- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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Scientific opinion addressing the safety assessment of plants developed using Zinc Finger Nuclease 3 and other Site‐Directed Nucleases with similar function. EFSA J 2012. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Tizaoui K, Kchouk ME. Genetic approaches for studying transgene inheritance and genetic recombination in three successive generations of transformed tobacco. Genet Mol Biol 2012; 35:640-9. [PMID: 23055804 PMCID: PMC3459415 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572012000400015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Transgene integration into plant genomes is a complex process accompanied by molecular rearrangements. Classic methods that are normally used to study transgenic population genetics are generally inadequate for assessing such integration. Two major characteristics of transgenic populations are that a transgenic genome may harbor many copies of the transgene and that molecular rearrangements can create an unstable transgenic locus. In this work, we examined the segregation of T1, T2 and T3 transgenic tobacco progenies. Since transfer DNA (T-DNA) contains the NptII selectable marker gene that confers resistance to kanamycin, we used this characteristic in developing a method to estimate the number of functional inserts integrated into the genome. This approach was based on calculation of the theoretical segregation ratios in successive generations. Mendelian ratios of 3:1, 15:1 and 63:1 were confirmed for five transformation events whereas six transformation events yielded non-segregating progenies, a finding that raised questions about causal factors. A second approach based on a maximum likelihood method was performed to estimate recombination frequencies between linked inserts. Recombination estimates varied among transformation events and over generations. Some transgenic loci were unstable and evolved continuously to segregate independently in the T3 generation. Recombination and amplification of the transgene and filler DNA yielded additional transformed genotypes.
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- Kalthoum Tizaoui
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Scientific opinion addressing the safety assessment of plants developed through cisgenesis and intragenesis. EFSA J 2012. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Campi M, D’Andrea L, Emiliani J, Casati P. Participation of chromatin-remodeling proteins in the repair of ultraviolet-B-damaged DNA. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 158:981-95. [PMID: 22170978 PMCID: PMC3271783 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.191452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The genome of plants is organized into chromatin, affecting the rates of transcription, DNA recombination, and repair. In this work, we have investigated the consequences of reduced expression of some chromatin-remodeling factors and histone acetylation in maize (Zea mays) and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) in their participation in DNA repair after ultraviolet (UV)-B irradiation. Plants deficient in NFC102/NFC4 or SDG102/SDG26 showed more damaged DNA than wild-type plants; however, the Arabidopsis chc1 mutant showed similar accumulation of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers as wild-type plants, in contrast to the increased DNA damage measured in the maize chc101 RNA interference line. In Arabidopsis, plants deficient in chromatin remodeling are also affected in the accumulation of pigments by UV-B. Plants treated with an inhibitor of histone acetyltransferases, curcumin, previous to the UV-B treatment show deficiencies in DNA repair; in addition, the chromatin remodeling-deficient plants have altered levels of acetylated histones after the UV-B treatment, demonstrating that histone acetylation is important during DNA repair in these two plant species. Arabidopsis mutants ham1 and ham2 also showed increased DNA damage after UV-B, suggesting that the role of these proteins in DNA damage repair has been conserved through evolution. However, cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer accumulation was higher in ham1 than in ham2; suggesting that HAM1 has a major role in DNA repair after UV-B. In summary, in this work, we have demonstrated that chromatin remodeling, and histone acetylation in particular, is important during DNA repair by UV-B, demonstrating that both genetic and epigenetic effects control DNA repair in plants.
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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Bliss BJ, Suzuki JY. Genome size in Anthurium evaluated in the context of karyotypes and phenotypes. AOB PLANTS 2012; 2012:pls006. [PMID: 22509462 PMCID: PMC3326669 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/pls006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Anthurium is an important horticultural crop from the family Araceae, order Alismatales, a lineage considered to have diverged from other monocots prior to the cereals. Genome size and its distribution in Anthurium were investigated to gain a basic understanding of genome organization in this large genus and to forge a firm foundation for advancement of molecular approaches for the study of Anthurium. Currently, genome size estimates have been reported for only two Anthurium samples. METHODOLOGY Bulk nuclear DNA content estimates were obtained by flow cell cytometry using leaf tissue collected from Anthurium species of different subgeneric groups and from commercial cultivars. The most current and well-supported topology of subgeneric, sectional relationships was applied to present genome size estimates in the context of reported chromosome counts, karyotypes, putative phylogenetic relationships, observed phenotypes and pedigree. PRINCIPAL RESULTS Genome size estimates based on bulk nuclear DNA content for 77 accessions representing 34 species and 9 cultivars were obtained, including initial estimates for 33 Anthurium species, and both the smallest (Anthurium obtusum; Tetraspermium) and largest (Anthurium roseospadix; Calomystrium) Anthurium genome sizes reported to date. Genome size did not distinguish any subgeneric section, but ranged 5-fold (4.42-20.83 pg/2 C) despite consistent 2N= 30 chromosome counts. Intraspecies genome size variation >20 % is reported for Anthurium ravenii, A. watermaliense and A. gracile. CONCLUSIONS Genome size estimates for Anthurium species spanning 13 recognized subgeneric sections indicate that genome size does not generally correlate with chromosome count or phylogenetic relationships. Mechanisms of genome expansion and contraction, including amplification and reduction of repetitive elements, polyploidy, chromosome reorganization/loss, may be involved in genome evolution in Anthurium as in other species. The new information on Anthurium genome sizes provides a platform for molecular studies supporting further research on genome evolution as well as cultivar development.
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Kazama Y, Hirano T, Saito H, Liu Y, Ohbu S, Hayashi Y, Abe T. Characterization of highly efficient heavy-ion mutagenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 11:161. [PMID: 22085561 PMCID: PMC3261129 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Heavy-ion mutagenesis is recognised as a powerful technology to generate new mutants, especially in higher plants. Heavy-ion beams show high linear energy transfer (LET) and thus more effectively induce DNA double-strand breaks than other mutagenic techniques. Previously, we determined the most effective heavy-ion LET (LETmax: 30.0 keV μm(-1)) for Arabidopsis mutagenesis by analysing the effect of LET on mutation induction. However, the molecular structure of mutated DNA induced by heavy ions with LETmax remains unclear. Knowledge of the structure of mutated DNA will contribute to the effective exploitation of heavy-ion beam mutagenesis. RESULTS Dry Arabidopsis thaliana seeds were irradiated with carbon (C) ions with LETmax at a dose of 400 Gy and with LET of 22.5 keV μm(-1) at doses of 250 Gy or 450 Gy. The effects on mutation frequency and alteration of DNA structure were compared. To characterise the structure of mutated DNA, we screened the well-characterised mutants elongated hypocotyls (hy) and glabrous (gl) and identified mutated DNA among the resulting mutants by high-resolution melting curve, PCR and sequencing analyses. The mutation frequency induced by C ions with LETmax was two-fold higher than that with 22.5 keV μm(-1) and similar to the mutation frequency previously induced by ethyl methane sulfonate. We identified the structure of 22 mutated DNAs. Over 80% of the mutations caused by C ions with both LETs were base substitutions or deletions/insertions of less than 100 bp. The other mutations involved large rearrangements. CONCLUSIONS The C ions with LETmax showed high mutation efficiency and predominantly induced base substitutions or small deletions/insertions, most of which were null mutations. These small alterations can be determined by single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection systems. Therefore, C ions with LETmax might be useful as a highly efficient reverse genetic system in conjunction with SNP detection systems, and will be beneficial for forward genetics and plant breeding.
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- Yusuke Kazama
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN Innovation Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN Innovation Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Mannuss A, Trapp O, Puchta H. Gene regulation in response to DNA damage. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2011; 1819:154-65. [PMID: 21867786 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2011.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
To deal with different kinds of DNA damages, there are a number of repair pathways that must be carefully orchestrated to guarantee genomic stability. Many proteins that play a role in DNA repair are involved in multiple pathways and need to be tightly regulated to conduct the functions required for efficient repair of different DNA damage types, such as double strand breaks or DNA crosslinks caused by radiation or genotoxins. While most of the factors involved in DNA repair are conserved throughout the different kingdoms, recent results have shown that the regulation of their expression is variable between different organisms. In the following paper, we give an overview of what is currently known about regulating factors and gene expression in response to DNA damage and put this knowledge in context with the different DNA repair pathways in plants. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Plant gene regulation in response to abiotic stress.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anja Mannuss
- Botanical Institute II, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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