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Recent advances in molecular farming using monocot plants. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 58:107913. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Gong W, Zhou Y, Wang R, Wei X, Zhang L, Dai Y, Zhu Z. Analysis of T-DNA integration events in transgenic rice. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 266:153527. [PMID: 34563791 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation has been widely used for introducing transgene(s) into a plant genome and plant breeding. However, our understanding of T-DNA integration into rice genome remains limited relative to that in the model dicot Arabidopsis. To better elucidate the T-DNA integration into the rice genome, we investigated extensively the T-DNA ends and their flanking rice genomic sequences from two transgenic rice plants carrying Cowpea Trypsin Inhibitor (CpTI)-derived gene Signal-CpTI-KDEL (SCK) and Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) gene, respectively, by TAIL-PCR method. Analysis of the junction sequences between the T-DNA ends and rice genome DNA indicated that there were three joining patterns of microhomology, filler DNA sequences, and exact joining, and both the T-DNA ends tend to adopt identical manner to join the rice genome. After T-DNA integration, there were several variations of rice genomic sequences, including small deletions at the integration sites, superfluous DNA inserted between T-DNA and genome, and translocation of genomic DNA in the flanking regions. The translocation block could be from a noncontiguous region in the same chromosome or different chromosomes at the integration sites, and the originating position of the translocated block resulted in comparable deletion based on a cut/paste mechanism rather than a replication mechanism. Our study may lead to a better understand of T-DNA integration mechanism and facilitate functional genomic studies and further crop improvement.
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- Wankui Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, 455000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; Public Health Emergency Center, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Mirzaee M, Holásková E, Mičúchová A, Kopečný DJ, Osmani Z, Frébort I. Long-Lasting Stable Expression of Human LL-37 Antimicrobial Peptide in Transgenic Barley Plants. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:898. [PMID: 34438948 PMCID: PMC8388648 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10080898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial peptides play a crucial role in the innate immune system of multicellular organisms. LL-37 is the only known member of the human cathelicidin family. As well as possessing antibacterial properties, it is actively involved in various physiological responses in eukaryotic cells. Accordingly, there is considerable interest in large-scale, low-cost, and microbial endotoxin-free production of LL-37 recombinant peptides for pharmaceutical applications. As a heterologous expression biofactory, we have previously obtained homologous barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) as an attractive vehicle for producing recombinant human LL-37 in the grain storage compartment, endosperm. The long-term stability of expression and inheritance of transgenes is necessary for the successful commercialization of recombinant proteins. Here, we report the stable inheritance and expression of the LL-37 gene in barley after six generations, including two consecutive seasons of experimental field cultivation. The transgenic plants showed normal growth and remained fertile. Based on the bacteria viability test, the produced peptide LL-37 retained high antibacterial activity.
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- Malihe Mirzaee
- Centre of Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (E.H.); (A.M.); (Z.O.)
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- Centre of Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (E.H.); (A.M.); (Z.O.)
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- Centre of Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (E.H.); (A.M.); (Z.O.)
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic;
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- Centre of Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (E.H.); (A.M.); (Z.O.)
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- Centre of Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (E.H.); (A.M.); (Z.O.)
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Diter von Wettstein, Professor of Genetics and Master of Translating Science into Applications. Methods Mol Biol 2020. [PMID: 32277446 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0356-7_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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The present and subsequent chapters in this volume are dedicated to the life and research of Professor Diter von Wettstein who contributed immensely to the development of science and education. His contributions spanned various fields of science such as genetics, physiology, ultrastructural analysis, molecular biology, genomics, and biotechnology including genome editing. He performed and promoted pioneering research in the fields of epigenetics, directed evolution of enzymes, synthetic biology (promoter and gene optimizations), and genomics (genome sequencing of baker's yeast). Glimpses of his time at the Carlsberg Laboratory and Washington State University, with examples from the research performed at these institutions, are included in this chapter. His life is an inspiration to the next generation of biologists. Despite difficult situations, his persistent efforts and keen desire to learn enabled him to overcome obstacles. He always tried to attain the best, excelling in translating fundamental knowledge into applications.
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Holásková E, Galuszka P, Mičúchová A, Šebela M, Öz MT, Frébort I. Molecular Farming in Barley: Development of a Novel Production Platform to Produce Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37. Biotechnol J 2018; 13:e1700628. [PMID: 29369519 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201700628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Revised: 12/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The peptide LL-37, a component of the human innate immune system, represents a promising drug candidate. In particular, the development of low-cost production platform technology is a critical bottleneck in its use in medicine. In the present study, a viable approach for the LL-37 production in transgenic barley is developed. First, comparative analyses of the effects of different fused peptide epitope tags applicable for accumulation and purification on LL-37 production yield are performed using transient expression in tobacco leaves. Following the selection of the most yielding fusion peptide strategies, eight different constructs for the expression of codon optimized chimeric LL-37 genes in transgenic barley plants are created. The expression of individual constructs is driven either by an endosperm-specific promoter of the barley B1 hordein gene or by the maize ubiquitin promoter. The transgenes are stably integrated into the barley genome and inherited in the subsequent generation. All transgenic lines show normal phenotypes and are fertile. LL-37 accumulated in the barley seeds up to 0.55 mg per 1 kg of grain. The fused epitope tags are cleaved off by the use of enterokinase. Furthermore, in planta produced LL-37 including the fused versions is biologically active.
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- Edita Holásková
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, 783 71, Czech Republic
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Antimicrobial peptide production and plant-based expression systems for medical and agricultural biotechnology. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:1005-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2014] [Revised: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zuniga-Soto E, Mullins E, Dedicova B. Ensifer-mediated transformation: an efficient non-Agrobacterium protocol for the genetic modification of rice. SPRINGERPLUS 2015; 4:600. [PMID: 26543735 PMCID: PMC4628045 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1369-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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While Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (AMT) remains the most widely used technique for gene transfer in plants, interest exists for the use of non-Agrobacterium gene delivery systems due to freedom-to-operate issues that remain with AMT across several jurisdictions. In addition, the plant pathogenic mode of action of Agrobacterium tumefaciens significantly increases the costs to passage engineered cultivars through the regulatory process. Ensifer adhaerens (OV14) is a soil-related bacterium with the proven ability to genetically modify the model plant A. thaliana and the staple crop S. tuberosum (Wendt et al., Trans Res 21:567-578, 2012). While previous work was relevant for dicotyledonous species, in this study, the efficacy of Ensifer adhaerens (OV14)-mediated transformation (EMT) was determined on two japonica rice varieties, Curinga and Nipponbare, and the recalcitrant indica variety, IR64. The results indicated that E. adhaerens (OV14) exhibits infection efficiencies ranging between 50-70 %, 90-100 % and 90-95 % for Curinga, Nipponbare and IR64 respectively. Curinga and Nipponbare plants transformed with E. adhaerens (OV14) and A. tumefaciens (LBA4404 and EHA105) were regenerated achieving transformation efficiencies of 16 % and 26-32 % for Curinga and 7 and 4 % for Nipponbare respectively. Separately, the transformation of IR64 was only recorded via EMT (transformation efficiency ~1 %). Integration analyses conducted on 24 transgenic rice lines illustrated that T-DNA insertion occurred randomly throughout the rice genome for EMT (and AMT), with similar integration patterns in the rice genomic DNA observed for both bacterial species.
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- Evelyn Zuniga-Soto
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Transformation Platform, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), A.A. 6713 Cali, Colombia ; Department of Crop Science, Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland
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- Department of Crop Science, Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland
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- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Transformation Platform, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), A.A. 6713 Cali, Colombia ; Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 101, Sundsvägen 10, 23053 Alnarp, Sweden
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Brew-Appiah RAT, Ankrah N, Liu W, Konzak CF, von Wettstein D, Rustgi S. Generation of doubled haploid transgenic wheat lines by microspore transformation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80155. [PMID: 24260351 PMCID: PMC3832437 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Microspores can be induced to develop homozygous doubled haploid plants in a single generation. In the present experiments androgenic microspores of wheat have been genetically transformed and developed into mature homozygous transgenic plants. Two different transformation techniques were investigated, one employing electroporation and the other co-cultivation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Different tissue culture and transfection conditions were tested on nine different wheat cultivars using four different constructs. A total of 19 fertile transformants in five genotypes from four market classes of common wheat were recovered by the two procedures. PCR followed by DNA sequencing of the products, Southern blot analyses and bio/histo-chemical and histological assays of the recombinant enzymes confirmed the presence of the transgenes in the T0 transformants and their stable inheritance in homozygous T1∶2 doubled haploid progenies. Several decisive factors determining the transformation and regeneration efficiency with the two procedures were determined: (i) pretreatment of immature spikes with CuSO4 solution (500 mg/L) at 4°C for 10 days; (ii) electroporation of plasmid DNA in enlarged microspores by a single pulse of ∼375 V; (iii) induction of microspores after transfection at 28°C in NPB-99 medium and regeneration at 26°C in MMS5 medium; (iv) co-cultivation with Agrobacterium AGL-1 cells for transfer of plasmid T-DNA into microspores at day 0 for <24 hours; and (v) elimination of AGL-1 cells after co-cultivation with timentin (200-400 mg/L).
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- Rhoda A. T. Brew-Appiah
- Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Doubled Haploid Laboratory, Pioneer Hi-Bred Int’l, Inc., Waipahu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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Magnusdottir A, Vidarsson H, Björnsson JM, Örvar BL. Barley grains for the production of endotoxin-free growth factors. Trends Biotechnol 2013; 31:572-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2013.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Transgenic barley: a prospective tool for biotechnology and agriculture. Biotechnol Adv 2013; 32:137-57. [PMID: 24084493 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2013] [Revised: 09/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is one of the founder crops of agriculture, and today it is the fourth most important cereal grain worldwide. Barley is used as malt in brewing and distilling industry, as an additive for animal feed, and as a component of various food and bread for human consumption. Progress in stable genetic transformation of barley ensures a potential for improvement of its agronomic performance or use of barley in various biotechnological and industrial applications. Recently, barley grain has been successfully used in molecular farming as a promising bioreactor adapted for production of human therapeutic proteins or animal vaccines. In addition to development of reliable transformation technologies, an extensive amount of various barley genetic resources and tools such as sequence data, microarrays, genetic maps, and databases has been generated. Current status on barley transformation technologies including gene transfer techniques, targets, and progeny stabilization, recent trials for improvement of agricultural traits and performance of barley, especially in relation to increased biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, and potential use of barley grain as a protein production platform have been reviewed in this study. Overall, barley represents a promising tool for both agricultural and biotechnological transgenic approaches, and is considered an ancient but rediscovered crop as a model industrial platform for molecular farming.
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Kapusi E, Hensel G, Coronado MJ, Broeders S, Marthe C, Otto I, Kumlehn J. The elimination of a selectable marker gene in the doubled haploid progeny of co-transformed barley plants. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 81:149-160. [PMID: 23180016 PMCID: PMC3527739 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9988-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/07/2012] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Following the production of transgenic plants, the selectable marker gene(s) used in the process are redundant, and their retention may be undesirable. They can be removed by exploiting segregation among the progeny of co-transformants carrying both the selectable marker gene and the effector transgene. Here we show that the doubled haploid technology widely used in conventional barley breeding programmes represents a useful means of fixing a transgene, while simultaneously removing the unwanted selectable marker gene. Primary barley co-transformants involving hpt::gfp (the selectable marker) and gus (a model transgene of interest) were produced via Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer to immature embryos using two respective T-DNAs. These plants were then subjected to embryogenic pollen culture to separate independently integrated transgenes in doubled haploid progeny. A comparison between 14 combinations, involving two Agrobacterium strains carrying various plasmids, revealed that the highest rate of independent co-transformation was achieved when a single Agrobacterium clone carried two binary vectors. Using this principle along with Agrobacterium strain LBA4404, selectable marker-free, gus homozygous lines were eventually obtained from 1.5 per 100 immature embryos inoculated. Compared to the segregation of uncoupled T-DNAs in conventionally produced progeny, the incorporation of haploid technology improves the time and resource efficiency of producing true-breeding, selectable marker-free transgenic barley.
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- Eszter Kapusi
- Plant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
- Department for Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Muthgasse 11, Vienna, Austria
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- Plant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- Plant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
- Confocal Microscopy Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda, Manuel de Falla 1, 28222 Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
- EU, JRC, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, RM Unit, Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel, Belgium
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- Plant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- Plant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- Plant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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Hensel G, Oleszczuk S, Daghma DES, Zimny J, Melzer M, Kumlehn J. Analysis of T-DNA integration and generative segregation in transgenic winter triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 12:171. [PMID: 23006412 PMCID: PMC3507641 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 09/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND While the genetic transformation of the major cereal crops has become relatively routine, to date only a few reports were published on transgenic triticale, and robust data on T-DNA integration and segregation have not been available in this species. RESULTS Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of stable transgenic winter triticale cv. Bogo carrying the selectable marker gene HYGROMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE (HPT) and a synthetic green fluorescent protein gene (gfp). Progeny of four independent transgenic plants were comprehensively investigated with regard to the number of integrated T-DNA copies, the number of plant genomic integration loci, the integrity and functionality of individual T-DNA copies, as well as the segregation of transgenes in T1 and T2 generations, which also enabled us to identify homozygous transgenic lines. The truncation of some integrated T-DNAs at their left end along with the occurrence of independent segregation of multiple T-DNAs unintendedly resulted in a single-copy segregant that is selectable marker-free and homozygous for the gfp gene. The heritable expression of gfp driven by the maize UBI-1 promoter was demonstrated by confocal laser scanning microscopy. CONCLUSIONS The used transformation method is a valuable tool for the genetic engineering of triticale. Here we show that comprehensive molecular analyses are required for the correct interpretation of phenotypic data collected from the transgenic plants.
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- Goetz Hensel
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Plant Reproductive Biology, Corrensstr. 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, National Research Institute, Radzików, 05-870, Błonie, Poland
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Structural Cell Biology, Corrensstr. 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany
- National Gene Bank and Genetic Resources, Agriculture Research Center, 12619, Giza, Egypt
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- Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, National Research Institute, Radzików, 05-870, Błonie, Poland
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Structural Cell Biology, Corrensstr. 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Plant Reproductive Biology, Corrensstr. 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany
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Singer K, Shiboleth YM, Li J, Tzfira T. Formation of complex extrachromosomal T-DNA structures in Agrobacterium tumefaciens-infected plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 160:511-22. [PMID: 22797657 PMCID: PMC3440224 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.200212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2012] [Accepted: 07/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a unique plant pathogenic bacterium renowned for its ability to transform plants. The integration of transferred DNA (T-DNA) and the formation of complex insertions in the genome of transgenic plants during A. tumefaciens-mediated transformation are still poorly understood. Here, we show that complex extrachromosomal T-DNA structures form in A. tumefaciens-infected plants immediately after infection. Furthermore, these extrachromosomal complex DNA molecules can circularize in planta. We recovered circular T-DNA molecules (T-circles) using a novel plasmid-rescue method. Sequencing analysis of the T-circles revealed patterns similar to the insertion patterns commonly found in transgenic plants. The patterns include illegitimate DNA end joining, T-DNA truncations, T-DNA repeats, binary vector sequences, and other unknown "filler" sequences. Our data suggest that prior to T-DNA integration, a transferred single-stranded T-DNA is converted into a double-stranded form. We propose that termini of linear double-stranded T-DNAs are recognized and repaired by the plant's DNA double-strand break-repair machinery. This can lead to circularization, integration, or the formation of extrachromosomal complex T-DNA structures that subsequently may integrate.
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MESH Headings
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens/pathogenicity
- Ampicillin/pharmacology
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA End-Joining Repair
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Circular/genetics
- DNA, Single-Stranded/genetics
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Escherichia coli/drug effects
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Genetic Vectors/genetics
- Plant Diseases/microbiology
- Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/metabolism
- Plants, Genetically Modified/microbiology
- Plasmids/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA/methods
- Nicotiana/genetics
- Nicotiana/metabolism
- Nicotiana/microbiology
- Transformation, Genetic
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- Kamy Singer
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048, USA.
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Ahn HI, Shin KS, Woo HJ, Lee KJ, Kim HS, Park YH, Suh SC, Cho HS, Kweon SJ. Analysis of right border flanking sequence in transgenic chinese cabbage harboring integrated T-DNA. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.5010/jpb.2011.38.1.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kumlehn J, Zimmermann G, Berger C, Marthe C, Hensel G. Triticeae Cereals. BIOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02391-0_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Bartlett JG, Alves SC, Smedley M, Snape JW, Harwood WA. High-throughput Agrobacterium-mediated barley transformation. PLANT METHODS 2008; 4:22. [PMID: 18822125 PMCID: PMC2562381 DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-4-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2008] [Accepted: 09/26/2008] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant transformation is an invaluable tool for basic plant research, as well as a useful technique for the direct improvement of commercial crops. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is the fourth most abundant cereal crop in the world. It also provides a useful model for the study of wheat, which has a larger and more complex genome. Most existing barley transformation methodologies are either complex or have low (<10%) transformation efficiencies. RESULTS A robust, simple and reproducible barley transformation protocol has been developed that yields average transformation efficiencies of 25%. This protocol is based on the infection of immature barley embryos with Agrobacterium strain AGL1, carrying vectors from the pBract series that contain the hpt gene (conferring hygromycin resistance) as a selectable marker. Results of large scale experiments utilising the luc (firefly luciferase) gene as a reporter are described. The method presented here has been used to produce hundreds of independent, transgenic plant lines and we show that a large proportion of these lines contain single copies of the luc gene. CONCLUSION This protocol demonstrates significant improvements in both efficiency and ease of use over existing barley transformation methods. This opens up opportunities for the development of functional genomics resources in barley.
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- Joanne G Bartlett
- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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Hensel G, Valkov V, Middlefell-Williams J, Kumlehn J. Efficient generation of transgenic barley: the way forward to modulate plant-microbe interactions. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 165:71-82. [PMID: 17905476 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2007.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2007] [Revised: 06/06/2007] [Accepted: 06/10/2007] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Stable genetic transformation represents the gold standard approach to the detailed elucidation of plant gene functions. This is particularly relevant in barley, an important experimental model widely employed in applied molecular, genetic and cell biological research, and biotechnology. Presented are details of the establishment of a protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer to immature embryos, which enables the highly efficient generation of transgenic barley. Advancements were achieved through comparative experiments on the influence of various explant treatments and co-cultivation conditions. The analysis of representative numbers of transgenic lines revealed that the obtained T-DNA copy numbers are typically low, the generative transmission of the recombinant DNA is in accordance with the Mendelian rules and the vast majority of the primary transgenics produce progeny that expresses the respective transgene product. Moreover, the newly established protocol turned out to be useful to transform not only the highly amenable cultivar (cv.) 'Golden Promise' but also other spring and winter barley genotypes, albeit with substantially lower efficiency. As a major result of this study, a very useful tool is now available for future functional gene analyses as well as genetic engineering approaches. With the aim to modify the expression of barley genes putatively involved in plant-fungus interactions, numerous transgenic plants have been generated using diverse expression cassettes. These plants represent an example of how transformation technology may contribute to further our understanding of important biological processes.
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- Goetz Hensel
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Plant Reproductive Biology, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany.
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Zhang J, Cai L, Cheng J, Mao H, Fan X, Meng Z, Chan KM, Zhang H, Qi J, Ji L, Hong Y. Transgene integration and organization in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genome. Transgenic Res 2007; 17:293-306. [PMID: 17549600 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-007-9101-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2007] [Accepted: 04/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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While genetically modified upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) varieties are ranked among the most successful genetically modified organisms (GMO), there is little knowledge on transgene integration in the cotton genome, partly because of the difficulty in obtaining large numbers of transgenic plants. In this study, we analyzed 139 independently derived T0 transgenic cotton plants transformed by Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain AGL1 carrying a binary plasmid pPZP-GFP. It was found by PCR that as many as 31% of the plants had integration of vector backbone sequences. Of the 110 plants with good genomic Southern blot results, 37% had integration of a single T-DNA, 24% had two T-DNA copies and 39% had three or more copies. Multiple copies of the T-DNA existed either as repeats in complex loci or unlinked loci. Our further analysis of two T1 populations showed that segregants with a single T-DNA and no vector sequence could be obtained from T0 plants having multiple T-DNA copies and vector sequence. Out of the 57 T-DNA/T-DNA junctions cloned from complex loci, 27 had canonical T-DNA tandem repeats, the rest (30) had deletions to T-DNAs or had inclusion of vector sequences. Overlapping micro-homology was present for most of the T-DNA/T-DNA junctions (38/57). Right border (RB) ends of the T-DNA were precise while most left border (LB) ends (64%) had truncations to internal border sequences. Sequencing of collinear vector integration outside LB in 33 plants gave evidence that collinear vector sequence was determined in agrobacterium culture. Among the 130 plants with characterized flanking sequences, 12% had the transgene integrated into coding sequences, 12% into repetitive sequences, 7% into rDNAs. Interestingly, 7% had the transgene integrated into chloroplast derived sequences. Nucleotide sequence comparison of target sites in cotton genome before and after T-DNA integration revealed overlapping microhomology between target sites and the T-DNA (8/8), deletions to cotton genome in most cases studied (7/8) and some also had filler sequences (3/8). This information on T-DNA integration in cotton will facilitate functional genomic studies and further crop improvement.
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MESH Headings
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- Genetic Vectors
- Genome, Plant
- Gossypium/genetics
- Gossypium/growth & development
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Recombination, Genetic
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Transformation, Genetic
- Transgenes/physiology
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- Jun Zhang
- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, 1 Research Link, Singapore 117604, Singapore
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This chapter describes the research of developing transgenic barley for synthesis of recombinant proteins with practical significance and of metabolic engineering of proanthocyanidin-free barley. The results were obtained by graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and visiting scientists at the Carlsberg Laboratory from 1972-1996 and during the past ten years at Washington State University. It is written in appreciation of their enthusiasm, skill, and perseverance.
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- Diter von Wettstein
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, School of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Integrated Biotechnology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, USA.
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Shrawat AK, Lörz H. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cereals: a promising approach crossing barriers. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2006; 4:575-603. [PMID: 17309731 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00209.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cereal crops have been the primary targets for improvement by genetic transformation because of their worldwide importance for human consumption. For a long time, many of these important cereals were difficult to genetically engineer, mainly as a result of their inherent limitations associated with the resistance to Agrobacterium infection and their recalcitrance to in vitro regeneration. The delivery of foreign genes to rice plants via Agrobacterium tumefaciens has now become a routine technique. However, there are still serious handicaps with Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of other major cereals. In this paper, we review the pioneering efforts, existing problems and future prospects of Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of major cereal crops, such as rice, maize, wheat, barley, sorghum and sugarcane.
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- Ashok Kumar Shrawat
- Centre for Applied Plant Molecular Biology (AMP II), University of Hamburg, Ohnhorststrasse 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany.
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Zhu QH, Ramm K, Eamens AL, Dennis ES, Upadhyaya NM. Transgene structures suggest that multiple mechanisms are involved in T-DNA integration in plants. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2006; 171:308-22. [PMID: 22980200 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2006.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2005] [Revised: 01/20/2006] [Accepted: 03/28/2006] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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To gain further understanding of the mechanisms involved in Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and T-DNA integration, we analysed 156 T-DNA/rice, 69 T-DNA/T-DNA and 11 T-DNA/vector backbone (VB) junctions, which included 171 left borders (LB) and 134 right borders (RB). Conserved cleavage was observed in 6% of the LB and 43% of the RB. Terminal microhomology (1-10bp) was identified in 58% of T-DNA/rice, 43% of T-DNA/T-DNA and 82% of T-DNA/VB junctions, and this occurred particularly at the LB junctions. Approximately 32% of both T-DNA/rice and T-DNA/T-DNA junctions harboured 1-344bp of filler DNA that was derived mainly from the T-DNA region adjacent to the breakpoint and/or from the rice genome flanking the T-DNA integration site. Structure of the filler DNA was more complicated at the T-DNA/T-DNA junction than at the T-DNA/rice junction, indicating the presence of T-DNA recombination or rearrangement prior to or during T-DNA integration. When two T-DNAs were integrated in the inverted repeat configuration, significant truncation was always observed in one of the two T-DNAs whereas with direct repeat configuration, a large truncation was less frequent. Most integration events analysed in this study could be addressed by previously proposed models; however, the characteristics of the T-DNA repeats and the complicated filler DNA between two T-DNA copies imply that multiple mechanisms are involved in the formation of T-DNA repeats as well as in T-DNA integration in plants.
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- Qian-Hao Zhu
- CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; New South Wales Agricultural Genomics Centre, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
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Kumlehn J, Serazetdinova L, Hensel G, Becker D, Loerz H. Genetic transformation of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) via infection of androgenetic pollen cultures with Agrobacterium tumefaciens. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2006; 4:251-61. [PMID: 17177801 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2005.00178.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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A novel genetic transformation method for barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), based on infection of androgenetic pollen cultures with Agrobacterium tumefaciens, is presented. Winter-type barley cv. 'Igri' was amenable to stable integration of transgenes mediated by A. tumefaciens strain LBA4404 harbouring a vector system that confers hypervirulence, or by the non-hypervirulent strain GV3101 with a standard binary vector. The efficacy of gene transfer was substantially influenced by pollen pre-culture time, choice of Agrobacterium strain and vector system, Agrobacterium population density, medium pH and the concentrations of acetosyringone, CaCl(2) and glutamine. After co-culture, rapid removal of viable agrobacteria was crucial for subsequent development of the pollen culture. To this end, the growth of agrobacteria was suppressed by the concerted effects of appropriate antibiotics, low pH, reduced level of glutamine and high concentrations of CaCl(2) and acetosyringone. Following infection with LBA4404 and GV3101, about 31% and 69%, respectively, of the primary transgenic (T(0)) plants carried a single copy of the sequence integrated. The use of hypervirulent A. tumefaciens and hygromycin resistance as a selectable marker resulted in 3.7 T(0) plants per donor spike. About 60% of the primary transgenic plants set seed, indicating spontaneous genome doubling. An analysis of 20 T(1) populations revealed that four progenies did not segregate for reporter gene expression. This indicates that the approach pursued enables the generation of instantly homozygous primary transgenic plants. The method established will be a valuable tool in functional genomics as well as for the biotechnological improvement of barley.
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- Jochen Kumlehn
- Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research Gatersleben, Plant Reproductive Biology, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany.
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Huang S, Gilbertson LA, Adams TH, Malloy KP, Reisenbigler EK, Birr DH, Snyder MW, Zhang Q, Luethy MH. Generation of marker-free transgenic maize by regular two-border Agrobacterium transformation vectors. Transgenic Res 2005; 13:451-61. [PMID: 15587269 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-004-1453-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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By introducing additional T-DNA borders into a binary plasmid used in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation, previous studies have demonstrated that the marker gene and the gene of interest (GOI) can be carried by independent T-strands, which sometimes integrate in unlinked loci in the plant genome. This allows the recovery of marker-free transgenic plants through genetic segregation in the next generation. In this study, we have found that by repositioning the selectable marker gene in the backbone and leaving only the GOI in the T-DNA region, a regular two-border binary plasmid was able to generate marker-free transgenic maize plants more efficiently than a conventional single binary plasmid with multiple T-DNA borders. These results also provide evidence that both the right and left borders can initiate and terminate T-strands. Such non-canonical initiation and termination of T-strands may be the basis for the elevated frequencies of cotransformation and unlinked insertions.
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- Shihshieh Huang
- Mystic Research, Monsanto Company, 62 Maritime Drive, Mystic, CT 06355, USA.
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Abumhadi N, Kamenarova K, Todorovska E, Stoyanova M, Dimov G, Trifonova A, Takumi S, Nakamura C, Anzai H, Gecheff K, Atanassov A. Biotechnological Approaches for Cereal Crops Improvement. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2005. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2005.10817288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Ryu CH, You JH, Kang HG, Hur J, Kim YH, Han MJ, An K, Chung BC, Lee CH, An G. Generation of T-DNA tagging lines with a bidirectional gene trap vector and the establishment of an insertion-site database. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 54:489-502. [PMID: 15316285 DOI: 10.1023/b:plan.0000038257.93381.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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We have developed a binary T-DNA vector, pGA2717, that contains the promoter-less beta-glucuronidase (gus) gene adjacent to the right border and the promoter-less green fluorescence protein (gfp) gene next to the left border of the T-DNA. Therefore, inserting T-DNA into a gene can result in the activation of either gus or gfp. A total of 12 169 T-DNA insertional lines of japonica rice were generated using this binary vector. Out of 3140 lines examined, 0.5% of their mature seeds and 2.0% of the 3-day-old etiolated seedlings were GFP-positive. However, GUS assays of the same materials resulted in the identification of 151 (4.8%) GUS-positive lines. Using DNA gel blot and reverse transcription (RT)-PCR analyses, we confirmed that the GFP-positive lines were a true indication of gene trapping. A fusion transcript was also obtained between gfp and the trapped gene. We isolated 990 genomic sequences flanking T-DNA from our analysis of 2099 transgenic plants. Among the insertions, 625 T-DNAs were integrated into genic regions; 361 were located in intergenic regions. These tagging lines will be valuable in trapping and studying various genes for their expression patterns, as well as providing a useful tool for genetic approaches.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Culture Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Plant/chemistry
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- DNA, Plant/isolation & purification
- Databases, Nucleic Acid
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Plant/genetics
- Genetic Vectors/genetics
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Luminescent Proteins/genetics
- Luminescent Proteins/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Oryza/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Plasmids/genetics
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Transcription, Genetic
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- Choong-Hwan Ryu
- National Research Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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Kim SR, Lee J, Jun SH, Park S, Kang HG, Kwon S, An G. Transgene structures in T-DNA-inserted rice plants. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 52:761-773. [PMID: 13677465 DOI: 10.1023/a:1025093101021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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T-DNA is commonly used for delivery of foreign genes and as an insertional mutagen. Although ample information exists regarding T-DNA organization in dicotyledonous plants, little is known about the monocot rice. Here, we investigated the structure of T-DNA in a large number of transgenic rice plants. Analysis of the T-DNA borders revealed that more than half of the right ends were at the cleavage site, whereas the left ends were not conserved and were deleted up to 180 bp from the left border (LB) cleavage site. Three types of junctions were found between T-DNA and genomic DNA. In the first, up to seven nucleotide overlaps were present. The frequency of this type was much higher in the LB region than at the right border (RB). In the second type, which was more frequent in RB, the link was direct, without any overlaps or filler DNA. Finally, the third type showed filler DNA between T-DNA and the plant sequences. Out of 171 samples examined, 77 carried the vector backbone sequence, with the majority caused by the failure of T-strand termination at LB. However, a significant portion also resulted from co-integration of T-DNA and the vector backbone to a single locus. Most linkages between T-DNA and the vector backbone were formed between two 3' ends or two 5' ends of the transferred DNAs. The 3' ends were mostly linked through 3-6 bp of the complementing sequence, whereas the 5' ends were linked through either precise junctions or imprecise junctions with filler DNA.
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- Sung-Ryul Kim
- National Research Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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Horvath H, Rostoks N, Brueggeman R, Steffenson B, von Wettstein D, Kleinhofs A. Genetically engineered stem rust resistance in barley using the Rpg1 gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:364-9. [PMID: 12509512 PMCID: PMC140979 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0136911100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The stem-rust-susceptible barley cv. Golden Promise was transformed by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of immature zygotic embryos with the Rpg1 genomic clone of cv. Morex containing a 520-bp 5' promoter region, 4,919-bp gene region, and 547-bp 3' nontranscribed sequence. Representatives of 42 transgenic barley lines obtained were characterized for their seedling infection response to pathotype Pgt-MCC of the stem rust fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici. Golden Promise was converted from a highly susceptible cultivar into a highly resistant one by transformation with the dominant Rpg1 gene. A single copy of the gene was sufficient to confer resistance against stem rust, and progenies from several transformants segregated in a 3:1 ratio for resistancesusceptibility as expected for Mendelian inheritance. These results unequivocally demonstrate that the DNA segment isolated by map-based cloning is the functional Rpg1 gene for stem rust, resistance. One of the remarkable aspects about the transformants is that they exhibit a higher level of resistance than the original sources of Rpg1 (cvs. Chevron and Peatland). In most cases, the Golden Promise transformants exhibited a highly resistant reaction where no visible sign of infection was evident. Hypersensitive necrotic "fleck" reactions were also observed, but less frequently. With both infection types, pathogen sporulation was prevented. Southern blot and RT-PCR analysis revealed that neither Rpg1 gene copy number nor expression levels could account for the increased resistance observed in Golden Promise transformants. Nevertheless, this research demonstrates that stem-rust-susceptible barley can be made resistant by transformation with the cloned Rpg1 gene.
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- Henriette Horvath
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman 99164, USA
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