Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Oil Crops, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China.
Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Nov 26;20(23):5949. doi: 10.3390/ijms20235949.
(oilseed rape) is an economically important oil crop worldwide. Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) caused by is a threat to oilseed rape production. Because the flower petals play pivotal roles in the SSR disease cycle, it is useful to express the resistance-related genes specifically in flowers to hinder further infection with . To screen flower-specific promoters, we first analyzed the transcriptome data from 12 different tissues of the line ZS11. In total, 249 flower-specific candidate genes with high expression in petals were identified, and the expression patterns of 30 candidate genes were verified by quantitative real-time transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis. Furthermore, two novel flower-specific promoters ( and promoter) were identified, and the tissue specificity and continuous expression in petals were determined in transgenic with fusing the promoters to -glucuronidase ()-reporter gene. GUS staining, transcript expression pattern, and GUS activity analysis indicated that and promoter were strictly flower-specific promoters, and promoter had a stronger activity. The two promoters were further confirmed to be able to direct expression in flowers using transient expression system. The transcriptome data and the flower-specific promoters screened in the present study will benefit fundamental research for improving the agronomic traits as well as disease and pest control in a tissue-specific manner.
(油菜)是一种在全球范围内具有重要经济意义的油料作物。由 引起的菌核病(SSR)对油菜生产构成威胁。由于花瓣在 SSR 疾病循环中起着关键作用,因此特异性表达与抗性相关的基因以阻碍与 的进一步感染是很有用的。为了筛选出花特异性启动子,我们首先分析了 品系 ZS11 的 12 种不同组织的转录组数据。总共鉴定出 249 个在花瓣中高表达的花特异性候选基因,并通过定量实时转录-PCR(qRT-PCR)分析验证了 30 个候选基因的表达模式。此外,还鉴定出了两个新的花特异性启动子( 和 启动子),并通过将启动子与β-葡萄糖醛酸酶(-glucuronidase,GUS)-报告基因融合,在转基因 中确定了其在花瓣中的组织特异性和连续表达。GUS 染色、转录表达模式和 GUS 活性分析表明, 和 启动子是严格的花特异性启动子, 启动子活性更强。使用瞬时表达系统进一步证实这两个启动子能够在 花朵中指导 表达。本研究中筛选出的转录组数据和花特异性启动子将有助于基础研究,以改善油菜的农艺性状,并以组织特异性的方式控制疾病和害虫。