基于纳米粒子的大麻属植物的遗传转化。
Nanoparticle-based genetic transformation of Cannabis sativa.
机构信息
Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada.
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.
出版信息
J Biotechnol. 2021 Jan 20;326:48-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2020.12.014. Epub 2020 Dec 26.
Cannabis sativa (Cannabis) is a multipurpose plant species consisting of specific lineages that for centuries has either been artificially selected for the production of fiber or the psychoactive drug Δ-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). With the recent lifting of previous legal restrictions on consuming Cannabis, there has been a resurgence of interest in understanding and manipulating Cannabis genetics to enhance its compositions. Yet, recently developed approaches are not amenable to high-throughput gene stacking to study multi-genic traits. Here, we demonstrate an efficient nanoparticle-based transient gene transformation protocol where multiple gene plasmids can be expressed simultaneously in intact Cannabis leaf cells in a very short time (5 days). Constructs encoding two soybean transcription factors were co-grafted onto poly-ethylenimine cationic polymer-modified silicon dioxide-coated gold nanoparticles (PEI-Au@SiO). Infiltration of the DNA-PEI-Au@SiO into Cannabis leaf tissues resulted in the transcription of both soybean genes and the localization of fluorescent-tagged transcription factor proteins in the nuclei of Cannabis leaf cells including the trichomes, which are the cell types that biosynthesize valuable cannabinoid and terpene metabolites. Our study exemplifies a rapid transient gene transformation approach that will be useful to study the effects of gene stacking in Cannabis.
大麻(Cannabis)是一种多用途植物物种,由特定的谱系组成,几个世纪以来,这些谱系一直被人工选择用于生产纤维或精神活性药物 Δ-四氢大麻酚(THC)。随着对大麻消费的先前法律限制的最近解除,人们对理解和操纵大麻遗传学以增强其成分的兴趣再次高涨。然而,最近开发的方法不适用于高通量基因叠加来研究多基因性状。在这里,我们展示了一种有效的基于纳米粒子的瞬时基因转化方案,其中可以在非常短的时间(5 天)内同时在完整的大麻叶细胞中表达多个基因质粒。编码两种大豆转录因子的构建体被共嫁接在聚乙基亚胺阳离子聚合物修饰的二氧化硅涂覆的金纳米粒子(PEI-Au@SiO)上。将 DNA-PEI-Au@SiO 注入大麻叶组织中,导致两种大豆基因的转录,以及荧光标记的转录因子蛋白在包括毛状体在内的大麻叶细胞的核中的定位,毛状体是生物合成有价值的大麻素和萜烯代谢物的细胞类型。我们的研究例示了一种快速的瞬时基因转化方法,该方法将有助于研究基因叠加对大麻的影响。