College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, Chengdu 611130, China.
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jan 1;25(1):569. doi: 10.3390/ijms25010569.
is the major pathogen responsible for the significant stem disease "blight" in × . The interacting proteins of the key pathogenic factor , BDUbc and BDSKL1, have previously been obtained by two-hybrid, BiFC, GST pull-down yeast assays. However, the functions of these interacting proteins remain unknown. This study successfully obtained transgenic plants overexpressing , , and + via Agrobacterium-mediated gene overexpression. qRT-PCR analysis revealed significantly increased expression levels of and in the transgenic plants. After infection with the pathogenic spore suspension, the disease incidence and severity index significantly decreased across all three transgenic plants, accompanied by a marked increase in defense enzyme levels. Notably, the co-transformed plant, OE- + , demonstrated the lowest disease incidence and severity index among the transgenic variants. These results not only indicate that and are disease-resistant genes, but also that these two genes may exhibit a synergistic enhancement effect, which further improves the resistance to blight in × .
是导致 × 中严重茎部病害“枯萎病”的主要病原体。先前通过双杂交、BiFC、GST 下拉酵母实验获得了关键致病因子 BDUbc 和 BDSKL1 的互作蛋白。然而,这些互作蛋白的功能仍不清楚。本研究通过农杆菌介导的基因过表达成功获得了过表达 、 和 + 的转基因植物。qRT-PCR 分析显示,转基因植物中 和 的表达水平显著增加。在受到致病孢子悬浮液感染后,所有三种转基因植物的发病率和严重指数均显著降低,同时防御酶水平显著升高。值得注意的是,共转化植物 OE- + 的发病率和严重指数均为转基因变异体中最低。这些结果不仅表明 和 是抗病基因,而且这两个基因可能表现出协同增强效应,进一步提高了 × 对枯萎病的抗性。