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Yin X, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Wang J, Wang RRC, Fan C, Hu Z. Precise Characterization and Tracking of Stably Inherited Artificial Minichromosomes Made by Telomere-Mediated Chromosome Truncation in Brassica napus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:743792. [PMID: 34671377 PMCID: PMC8521072 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.743792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plant artificial minichromosomes are the next-generation technology for plant genetic engineering and represent an independent platform for expressing foreign genes and the tools for studying the structure and function of chromosomes. Minichromosomes have been successfully produced by telomere-mediated chromosome truncation in several plants. However, previous studies have primarily focused on the construction and rough characterization of minichromosomes, while the development of stably inherited minichromosomes and their precise characterization and tracking over different generations have rarely been demonstrated. In this study, a 0.35-kb direct repeat of the Arabidopsis telomeric sequence was transformed into Brassica napus to produce artificial minichromosomes, which were analyzed by multifluorescence in situ hybridization (multi-FISH), Southern hybridization, and primer extension telomere rapid amplification (PETRA). The stably inherited minichromosomes C2 and C4 were developed by crossing transgenic plants with wild-type plants and then selfing the hybrids. Notably, two truncation sites on chromosomes C2 and C4, respectively, were identified by resequencing; thus, the artificial minichromosomes were tracked over different generations with insertion site-specific PCR. This study provided two stably inherited minichromosomes in oilseed rape and describes approaches to precisely characterize the truncation position and track the minichromosomes in offspring through multi-FISH, genome resequencing, and insertion site-specific PCR.
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- Xiangzhen Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Economical Crops, Yunnan Agricultural Academy, Kunming, China
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- Forage and Range Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Agriculture, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Site-specific transfer of chromosomal segments and genes in wheat engineered chromosomes. J Genet Genomics 2017; 44:531-539. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2017.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 07/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Yan X, Li C, Yang J, Wang L, Jiang C, Wei W. Induction of telomere-mediated chromosomal truncation and behavior of truncated chromosomes in Brassica napus. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 91:700-713. [PMID: 28500683 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Engineered minichromosomes could be stably inherited and serve as a platform for simultaneously transferring and stably expressing multiple genes. Chromosomal truncation mediated by repeats of telomeric sequences is a promising approach for the generation of minichromosomes. In the present work, direct repetitive sequences of Arabidopsis telomere were used to study telomere-mediated truncation of chromosomes in Brassica napus. Transgenes containing alien Arabidopsis telomere were successfully obtained, and Southern blotting and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) results show that the transgenes resulted in successful chromosomal truncation in B. napus. In addition, truncated chromosomes were inherited at rates lower than that predicted by Mendelian rules. To determine the potential manipulations and applications of the engineered chromosomes, such as the stacking of multiple transgenes and the Cre/lox and FRT/FLP recombination systems, both amenable to genetic manipulations through site-specific recombination in somatic cells, were tested for their ability to undergo recombination in B. napus. These results demonstrate that alien Arabidopsis telomere is able to mediate chromosomal truncation in B. napus. This technology would be feasible for chromosomal engineering and for studies on chromosome structure and function in B. napus.
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- Xiaohong Yan
- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Henan Institute of Science and Technology/Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding of Henan Province, Xinxiang, 453003, China
- College of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, 071001, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Henan Institute of Science and Technology/Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding of Henan Province, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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Cardi T, Neal Stewart C. Progress of targeted genome modification approaches in higher plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2016; 35:1401-16. [PMID: 27025856 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-1975-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Transgene integration in plants is based on illegitimate recombination between non-homologous sequences. The low control of integration site and number of (trans/cis)gene copies might have negative consequences on the expression of transferred genes and their insertion within endogenous coding sequences. The first experiments conducted to use precise homologous recombination for gene integration commenced soon after the first demonstration that transgenic plants could be produced. Modern transgene targeting categories used in plant biology are: (a) homologous recombination-dependent gene targeting; (b) recombinase-mediated site-specific gene integration; (c) oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis; (d) nuclease-mediated site-specific genome modifications. New tools enable precise gene replacement or stacking with exogenous sequences and targeted mutagenesis of endogeneous sequences. The possibility to engineer chimeric designer nucleases, which are able to target virtually any genomic site, and use them for inducing double-strand breaks in host DNA create new opportunities for both applied plant breeding and functional genomics. CRISPR is the most recent technology available for precise genome editing. Its rapid adoption in biological research is based on its inherent simplicity and efficacy. Its utilization, however, depends on available sequence information, especially for genome-wide analysis. We will review the approaches used for genome modification, specifically those for affecting gene integration and modification in higher plants. For each approach, the advantages and limitations will be noted. We also will speculate on how their actual commercial development and implementation in plant breeding will be affected by governmental regulations.
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- Teodoro Cardi
- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria (CREA), Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura, Via Cavalleggeri 25, 84098, Pontecagnano, Italy.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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Thomson JG, Chan R, Smith J, Thilmony R, Yau YY, Wang Y, Ow DW. The Bxb1 recombination system demonstrates heritable transmission of site-specific excision in Arabidopsis. BMC Biotechnol 2012; 12:9. [PMID: 22436504 PMCID: PMC3341217 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 03/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The mycobacteriophage large serine recombinase Bxb1 catalyzes site-specific recombination between its corresponding attP and attB recognition sites. Previously, we and others have shown that Bxb1 has catalytic activity in various eukaryotic species including Nicotiana tabacum, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, insects and mammalian cells. RESULTS In this work, the Bxb1 recombinase gene was transformed and constitutively expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana plants harboring a chromosomally integrated attP and attB-flanked target sequence. The Bxb1 recombinase successfully excised the target sequence in a conservative manner and the resulting recombination event was heritably transmitted to subsequent generations in the absence of the recombinase transgene. In addition, we also show that Bxb1 recombinase expressing plants can be manually crossed with att-flanked target transgenic plants to generate excised progeny. CONCLUSION The Bxb1 large serine recombinase performs site-specific recombination in Arabidopsis thaliana germinal tissue, producing stable lines free of unwanted DNA. The precise site-specific deletion produced by Bxb1 in planta demonstrates that this enzyme can be a useful tool for the genetic engineering of plants without selectable marker transgenes or other undesirable exogenous sequences.
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- James G Thomson
- Crop Improvement and Utilization Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA.
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Husaini AM, Rashid Z, Mir RUR, Aquil B. Approaches for gene targeting and targeted gene expression in plants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 2:150-62. [PMID: 22179193 DOI: 10.4161/gmcr.2.3.18605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Transgenic science and technology are fundamental to state-of-the-art plant molecular genetics and crop improvement. The new generation of technology endeavors to introduce genes 'stably' into 'site-specific' locations and in 'single copy' without the integration of extraneous vector 'backbone' sequences or selectable markers and with a 'predictable and consistent' expression. Several similar strategies and technologies, which can push the development of 'smart' genetically modified plants with desirable attributes, as well as enhance their consumer acceptability, are discussed in this review.
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- Amjad Masood Husaini
- Division of Plant Breeding and Genetics; Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir; Shalimar, India.
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Li LC, Han FP. [Advances and perspectives in artificial chromosomes]. YI CHUAN = HEREDITAS 2011; 33:293-7. [PMID: 21482517 DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1005.2011.00293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Artificial chromosomes (ACs) are genetic-engineered vector systems with defined native chromosomal elements. ACs have large carrying capacity and genetic stability without integration into host genome, thus avoiding random insertion and positional effects. ACs were first successfully developed in yeast (Yeast artificial chromosome, YAC), and then in bacterium (Bacterial artificial chromosome, BAC), human (Human artificial chromosome, HAC), and plant (Plant artificial chromosome, PAC). Here, we summarized recent progress on ACs, especially, on PAC. To date, YAC and BAC have been widely applied in genome sequencing and gene isolation, while HAC and PAC have been subjected to gene therapy, protein production, and plant transgenesis, respectively. Recently, American scientists reported a man-made genome of prokaryote Mycoplasma mycoides. However, like ACs, this man-made genome was also genetic-engineered product and can't survive as an independent life without a cellular environment.
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- Lin-Chuan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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Wang Y, Yau YY, Perkins-Balding D, Thomson JG. Recombinase technology: applications and possibilities. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2011; 30:267-85. [PMID: 20972794 PMCID: PMC3036822 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0938-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Revised: 10/06/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The use of recombinases for genomic engineering is no longer a new technology. In fact, this technology has entered its third decade since the initial discovery that recombinases function in heterologous systems (Sauer in Mol Cell Biol 7(6):2087-2096, 1987). The random insertion of a transgene into a plant genome by traditional methods generates unpredictable expression patterns. This feature of transgenesis makes screening for functional lines with predictable expression labor intensive and time consuming. Furthermore, an antibiotic resistance gene is often left in the final product and the potential escape of such resistance markers into the environment and their potential consumption raises consumer concern. The use of site-specific recombination technology in plant genome manipulation has been demonstrated to effectively resolve complex transgene insertions to single copy, remove unwanted DNA, and precisely insert DNA into known genomic target sites. Recombinases have also been demonstrated capable of site-specific recombination within non-nuclear targets, such as the plastid genome of tobacco. Here, we review multiple uses of site-specific recombination and their application toward plant genomic engineering. We also provide alternative strategies for the combined use of multiple site-specific recombinase systems for genome engineering to precisely insert transgenes into a pre-determined locus, and removal of unwanted selectable marker genes.
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- Yueju Wang
- Department of Natural Sciences, Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow, OK 74014 USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA-ARS, University of California-Berkeley, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710 USA
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- Crop Improvement and Utilization Unit, USDA-ARS WRRC, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710 USA
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Thomson JG, Chan R, Thilmony R, Yau YY, Ow DW. PhiC31 recombination system demonstrates heritable germinal transmission of site-specific excision from the Arabidopsis genome. BMC Biotechnol 2010; 10:17. [PMID: 20178628 PMCID: PMC2837860 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-10-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Accepted: 02/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The large serine recombinase phiC31 from broad host range Streptomyces temperate phage, catalyzes the site-specific recombination of two recognition sites that differ in sequence, typically known as attachment sites attB and attP. Previously, we characterized the phiC31 catalytic activity and modes of action in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Results In this work, the phiC31 recombinase gene was placed under the control of the Arabidopsis OXS3 promoter and introduced into Arabidopsis harboring a chromosomally integrated attB and attP-flanked target sequence. The phiC31 recombinase excised the attB and attP-flanked DNA, and the excision event was detected in subsequent generations in the absence of the phiC31 gene, indicating germinal transmission was possible. We further verified that the genomic excision was conservative and that introduction of a functional recombinase can be achieved through secondary transformation as well as manual crossing. Conclusion The phiC31 system performs site-specific recombination in germinal tissue, a prerequisite for generating stable lines with unwanted DNA removed. The precise site-specific deletion by phiC31 in planta demonstrates that the recombinase can be used to remove selectable markers or other introduced transgenes that are no longer desired and therefore can be a useful tool for genome engineering in plants.
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- James G Thomson
- Crop Improvement and Utilization Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA.
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Nanto K, Sato K, Katayama Y, Ebinuma H. Expression of a transgene exchanged by the recombinase-mediated cassette exchange (RMCE) method in plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2009; 28:777-85. [PMID: 19241079 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-009-0683-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2008] [Revised: 01/31/2009] [Accepted: 02/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We developed a site-directed integration (SDI) system for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation to precisely integrate a single copy of a desired gene into a predefined target locus by recombinase-mediated cassette exchange (RMCE). We produced site-specific transgenic tobacco plants from four target lines and examined expression of the transgene in T1 site-specific transgenic tobacco plants, which were obtained by backcrossing. We found that site-specific transgenic plants from the same target lines showed approximately the same level of expression of the transgene. Moreover, we demonstrated that site-specific transgenic plants showed much less variability of transgene expression than random-integration transgenic plants. Interestingly, transgenes in the same direction at the same target locus showed the same level of activity, but transgenes in different directions showed different levels of activity. The expression levels of transgene did not correlate with those of the target gene. Our results showed that the SDI system could benefit the precise comparisons between different gene constructs, the characterization of different chromosomal regions and the cost-effective screening of reliable transgenic plants.
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- Kazuya Nanto
- Forestly Science Laboratory, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Nanto K, Ebinuma H. Marker-free site-specific integration plants. Transgenic Res 2007; 17:337-44. [PMID: 17588210 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-007-9106-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2006] [Accepted: 05/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recently, site-specific recombination methods in plants have been developed to delete selection markers to produce marker-free transgenic plants or to integrate the transgene into a pre-determined genomic location to produce site-specific transgenic plants. However, these methods have been developed independently, and although the strategies of producing marker-free site-specific integration plants have been discussed, the concept has not been demonstrated. In the present study, we combined two approaches to site-specific recombination and demonstrated the concepts for removing the marker after site-specific integration for producing marker-free site-specific transgenic plants.
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- Kazuya Nanto
- Forestry Science Research Laboratory, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd., 5-21-1, Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo 114-0002, Japan
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Yu W, Han F, Gao Z, Vega JM, Birchler JA. Construction and behavior of engineered minichromosomes in maize. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:8924-9. [PMID: 17502617 PMCID: PMC1885604 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0700932104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Engineered minichromosomes were constructed in maize by modifying natural A and supernumerary B chromosomes. By using telomere-mediated chromosomal truncation, it was demonstrated that such an approach is feasible for the generation of minichromosomes of normal A chromosomes by selection of spontaneous polyploid events that compensate for the deficiencies produced. B chromosomes are readily fractionated by biolistic transformation of truncating plasmids. Foreign genes were faithfully expressed from integrations into normal B chromosomes and from truncated miniB chromosomes. Site-specific recombination between the terminal transgene on a miniA chromosome and a terminal site on a normal chromosome was demonstrated. It was also found that the miniA chromosome did not pair with its progenitor chromosomes during meiosis, indicating a useful property for such constructs. The miniB chromosomes are faithfully transmitted from one generation to the next but can be changed in dosage in the presence of normal B chromosomes. This approach for construction of engineered chromosomes can be easily extended to other plant species because it does not rely on cloned centromere sequences, which are species-specific. These platforms will provide avenues for studies on plant chromosome structure and function and for future developments in biotechnology and agriculture.
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- Weichang Yu
- Division of Biological Sciences, 117 Tucker Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
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- Division of Biological Sciences, 117 Tucker Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
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- Division of Biological Sciences, 117 Tucker Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
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- Division of Biological Sciences, 117 Tucker Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
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- Division of Biological Sciences, 117 Tucker Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Phan BH, Jin W, Topp CN, Zhong CX, Jiang J, Dawe RK, Parrott WA. Transformation of rice with long DNA-segments consisting of random genomic DNA or centromere-specific DNA. Transgenic Res 2006; 16:341-51. [PMID: 17103243 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9041-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2006] [Accepted: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Rice was transformed with either long DNA-segments of random genomic DNA from rice, or centromere-specific DNA sequences from either maize or rice. Despite the repetitive nature of the transgenic DNA sequences, the centromere-specific sequences were inserted largely intact and behave as simple Mendelian units. Between 4 and 5% of bombarded callus clusters were transformed when bombarded with just pCAMBIA 1305.2. Frequency of recovery dropped to 2-3% when BACs with random genomic inserts were co-bombarded with pCAMBIA, and fell to less than 1% when BACs with centromeric DNA inserts and pCAMBIA were co-bombarded. A similar effect was noted on regeneration frequency. Differences in transformation ability, regeneration and behavior of plants transgenic for BACs with random genomic DNA inserts, as compared to those with centromeric DNA inserts, suggests functional differences between these two types of DNA.
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- Bao H Phan
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, 111 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Song R, Segal G, Messing J. Expression of the sorghum 10-member kafirin gene cluster in maize endosperm. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:e189. [PMID: 15625231 PMCID: PMC545481 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gnh183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Functional analysis of chromosomal segments containing linked genes requires the insertion of contiguous genomic sequences from bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) into the genome. Therefore, we introduced a 90-kb large BAC clone carrying a 10-copy tandem array of kafirin storage protein genes from sorghum linkage group J, mixed with a selectable marker gene, directly into maize cells using the particle bombardment method. Transgenic plants were regenerated and seeds from eight different transgenic lines were produced. One such transgenic plant was selected that had the entire kafirin gene cluster on a single continuous DNA fragment spanning more than 45 kb integrated into its genome. When alcohol-soluble proteins from individual T2 and T3 seeds of this event were analyzed, significant levels of kafirin were found in addition to the endogenous zein storage proteins, demonstrating that the large exogenous DNA segment is stably integrated into the maize genome and expressed at high levels in subsequent generations. Therefore, we could provide a new utility of plant transformation by the particle bombardment method for functional genomics of multigene families and the modification of the nutritive quality of cereal grains. Despite a tandem array of highly homologous sequences at the transgenic locus, no gene silencing was observed, probably owing to the effects of co-transformed flanking sequences. The expression studies of the transgenic locus also revealed new features of storage protein gene promoters that differed from previous transient gene expression studies, thereby illustrating the significance of the concentration and configuration of DNA-protein interactions in the regulation of gene expression.
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- Rentao Song
- Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, 190 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020, USA
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Fraser JA, Diezmann S, Subaran RL, Allen A, Lengeler KB, Dietrich FS, Heitman J. Convergent evolution of chromosomal sex-determining regions in the animal and fungal kingdoms. PLoS Biol 2004; 2:e384. [PMID: 15538538 PMCID: PMC526376 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2004] [Accepted: 09/10/2004] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Sexual identity is governed by sex chromosomes in plants and animals, and by mating type (MAT) loci in fungi. Comparative analysis of the MAT locus from a species cluster of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus revealed sequential evolutionary events that fashioned this large, highly unusual region. We hypothesize that MAT evolved via four main steps, beginning with acquisition of genes into two unlinked sex-determining regions, forming independent gene clusters that then fused via chromosomal translocation. A transitional tripolar intermediate state then converted to a bipolar system via gene conversion or recombination between the linked and unlinked sex-determining regions. MAT was subsequently subjected to intra- and interallelic gene conversion and inversions that suppress recombination. These events resemble those that shaped mammalian sex chromosomes, illustrating convergent evolution in sex-determining structures in the animal and fungal kingdoms. A comparative genomic analysis of the sex determining region in fungi reveals a remarkable similarity between its evolution and the events which shaped mammalian sex chromosomes
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Animals
- Biodiversity
- Chromosomes
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial
- Chromosomes, Fungal
- Cryptococcus/genetics
- Cryptococcus neoformans/genetics
- Evolution, Molecular
- Fungi/physiology
- Gene Conversion
- Gene Library
- Genes, Mating Type, Fungal
- Genome
- Genome, Fungal
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Recombination, Genetic
- Sex Chromosomes
- Sex Determination Processes
- Translocation, Genetic
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- James A Fraser
- 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
- 2Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
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- 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
- 3Duke Institute for Genomics Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
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- 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
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- 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
- 3Duke Institute for Genomics Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
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- 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
- 2Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
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- 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
- 3Duke Institute for Genomics Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
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- 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
- 2Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
- 4Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
- 5Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, North CarolinaUnited States of America
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Lyznik LA, Gordon-Kamm WJ, Tao Y. Site-specific recombination for genetic engineering in plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2003; 21:925-932. [PMID: 12835900 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0616-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2002] [Revised: 02/19/2003] [Accepted: 02/24/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Site-specific recombination has been developed into a genetic engineering tool for higher eukaryotes. The manipulation of newly introduced DNA is now possible in the course of genetic transformation procedures, thus making the process more predictable and reliable. Also, a wide variety of chromosomal rearrangements using site-specific recombination have been documented both in metazoan and plant species. Applying such methods to plants opens new avenues for large-scale chromosome engineering in the future.
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- L A Lyznik
- Transformation Research, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., 7300 NW 62nd Avenue, Johnston, IA 50131, USA.
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Cre recombinase has become an important tool in the precise manipulation of the genome, and its adoption has led to the development of increasingly accurate mouse models for the understanding of gene function. Although much of current work exploits the alacrity and precision with which Cre catalyzes excisive DNA recombination, Cre also is adept at the insertion of heterologous DNA into the genome. The precision and efficiency with which Cre can target DNA to a predesignated locus in the genome promises to facilitate understanding of mutant genes and allelic variants in their natural chromosomal context.
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- Brian Sauer
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA.
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Ow DW. Recombinase-directed plant transformation for the post-genomic era. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 48:183-200. [PMID: 11860209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Plant genomics promises to accelerate genetic discoveries for plant improvements. Machine-driven technologies are ushering in gene structural and expressional data at an unprecedented rate. Potential bottlenecks in this crop improvement process are steps involving plant transformation. With few exceptions, genetic transformation is an obligatory final step by which useful traits are engineered into plants. In addition, transgenesis is most often needed to confirm gene function, after deductions made through comparative genomics, expression profiles, and mutation analysis. This article reviews the use of recombinase systems to deliver DNA more efficiently into the plant genome.
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- David W Ow
- Plant Gene Expression Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Albany, CA 94710, USA.
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Shibata D, Liu YG. Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation with large DNA fragments. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2000; 5:354-7. [PMID: 10908881 DOI: 10.1016/s1360-1385(00)01689-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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- D Shibata
- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Yana 1532-3, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0812, Japan.
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