Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-2462, Martonvásár, POB 19, Hungary.
Ann Bot. 2011 Jan;107(1):65-76. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcq215. Epub 2010 Oct 28.
Repetitive DNA sequences are thought to be involved in the formation of chromosomal rearrangements. The aim of this study was to analyse the distribution of microsatellite clusters in Aegilops biuncialis and Aegilops geniculata, and its relationship with the intergenomic translocations in these allotetraploid species, wild genetic resources for wheat improvement.
The chromosomal localization of (ACG)(n) and (GAA)(n) microsatellite sequences in Ae. biuncialis and Ae. geniculata and in their diploid progenitors Aegilops comosa and Aegilops umbellulata was investigated by sequential in situ hybridization with simple sequence repeat (SSR) probes and repeated DNA probes (pSc119·2, Afa family and pTa71) and by dual-colour genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). Thirty-two Ae. biuncialis and 19 Ae. geniculata accessions were screened by GISH for intergenomic translocations, which were further characterized by fluorescence in situ hybridization and GISH.
Single pericentromeric (ACG)(n) signals were localized on most U and on some M genome chromosomes, whereas strong pericentromeric and several intercalary and telomeric (GAA)(n) sites were observed on the Aegilops chromosomes. Three Ae. biuncialis accessions carried 7U(b)-7M(b) reciprocal translocations and one had a 7U(b)-1M(b) rearrangement, while two Ae. geniculata accessions carried 7U(g)-1M(g) or 5U(g)-5M(g) translocations. Conspicuous (ACG)(n) and/or (GAA)(n) clusters were located near the translocation breakpoints in eight of the ten translocated chromosomes analysed, SSR bands and breakpoints being statistically located at the same chromosomal site in six of them.
Intergenomic translocation breakpoints are frequently mapped to SSR-rich chromosomal regions in the allopolyploid species examined, suggesting that microsatellite repeated DNA sequences might facilitate the formation of those chromosomal rearrangements. The (ACG)(n) and (GAA)(n) SSR motifs serve as additional chromosome markers for the karyotypic analysis of UM genome Aegilops species.
重复 DNA 序列被认为参与了染色体重排的形成。本研究旨在分析节节麦和长穗偃麦草中微卫星簇的分布,并分析其与这两种野生小麦遗传资源属间易位之间的关系。
通过使用简单序列重复(SSR)探针和重复 DNA 探针(pSc119·2、Afa 家族和 pTa71)进行顺序原位杂交,以及使用双色基因组原位杂交(GISH),研究了节节麦和长穗偃麦草中(ACG)(n)和(GAA)(n)微卫星序列在其二倍体祖先种粗山羊草和华山新麦草中的染色体定位。通过 GISH 对 32 个节节麦和 19 个长穗偃麦草品系进行了属间易位筛选,并用荧光原位杂交和 GISH 进一步对其进行了鉴定。
单个着丝粒(ACG)(n)信号定位于大多数 U 染色体和一些 M 染色体上,而粗山羊草染色体上则观察到强烈的着丝粒和一些中间及端粒(GAA)(n)位点。3 个节节麦品系携带 7U(b)-7M(b)相互易位,1 个品系携带 7U(b)-1M(b)重排,而 2 个长穗偃麦草品系携带 7U(g)-1M(g)或 5U(g)-5M(g)易位。在所分析的 10 个易位染色体中,有 8 个易位染色体的(ACG)(n)和/或(GAA)(n)簇靠近易位断点,其中 6 个的 SSR 带和断点统计上位于同一染色体位置。
在所研究的异源多倍体物种中,属间易位断点经常定位在富含 SSR 的染色体区域,表明微卫星重复 DNA 序列可能有助于这些染色体重排的形成。(ACG)(n)和(GAA)(n)SSR 基序可作为 UM 基因组粗山羊草属物种核型分析的附加染色体标记。