van Erp Harrie, Kelly Amélie A, Menard Guillaume, Eastmond Peter J
Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom.
Plant Physiol. 2014 May;165(1):30-6. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.236430. Epub 2014 Apr 2.
Increasing the yield of oilseed crops is an important objective for biotechnologists. A number of individual genes involved in triacylglycerol metabolism have previously been reported to enhance the oil content of seeds when their expression is altered. However, it has yet to be established whether specific combinations of these genes can be used to achieve an additive effect and whether this leads to enhanced yield. Using Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) as an experimental system, we show that seed-specific overexpression of WRINKLED1 (a transcriptional regulator of glycolysis and fatty acid synthesis) and DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE1 (a triacylglycerol biosynthetic enzyme) combined with suppression of the triacylglycerol lipase SUGAR-DEPENDENT1 results in a higher percentage seed oil content and greater seed mass than manipulation of each gene individually. Analysis of total seed yield per plant suggests that, despite a reduction in seed number, the total yield of oil is also increased.
提高油料作物的产量是生物技术学家的一个重要目标。此前有报道称,一些参与三酰甘油代谢的单个基因在其表达发生改变时可提高种子的含油量。然而,这些基因的特定组合是否可用于实现累加效应以及这是否会提高产量,仍有待确定。我们以拟南芥为实验系统,结果表明,与单独操纵每个基因相比,种子特异性过表达WRINKLED1(糖酵解和脂肪酸合成的转录调节因子)和二酰甘油酰基转移酶1(一种三酰甘油生物合成酶)并同时抑制三酰甘油脂肪酶SUGAR-DEPENDENT1,会使种子含油量百分比更高,种子质量更大。对单株植物种子总产量的分析表明,尽管种子数量减少,但油的总产量也有所增加。