通过B型响应调节器对ZmWUSCHEL1表达的控制进行基因剖析
Zongliang Chen1, Liz Cortes1, Andrea Gallavotti1,2
1Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020, USA.
Plant physiology
|December 7, 2023
概括
这项研究改变了玉米耳朵的发育,表明在cis-regulatory element (CRE) 中的特定DNA基因的多个副本能增强ZmWUS1基因表达,揭示了作物改进的见解.
科学领域:
- 植物分子生物学 植物分子生物学
- 遗传学和基因组学 遗传学和基因组学
- 农作物科学 农作物科学
背景情况:
- 转基因调节元件 (CREs) 的突变对于作物化和通过修改基因表达的改进至关重要.
- 评估CREs对基因调节和表型的体内影响是具有挑战性的.
- 玉米无花朵3 (Bif3) 突变因过度表达ZmWUSCHEL1 (ZmWUS1) 导致耳朵发育发生变化.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究ZmWUS1-B增强器区域,包含类型B响应调节器 (RR) 结合动机,如何驱动ZmWUS1在体内过度表达.
- 确定B型RRR结合基因 (AGATAT) 的数量和间距对ZmWUS1-B表达和玉米耳部发育的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用CRISPR-Cas9基因编辑,在玉米中的ZmWUS1-B增强器区域内创建有针对性的删除.
- 在玉米原生质中进行了双化酶试验,以量化增强剂活性.
- 分析与ZmWUS1-B表达水平和观察到的耳朵表型相关的删除事件.
主要成果:
- 在ZmWUS1-B增强剂中AGATAT动图的数量对ZmWUS1-B表达具有添加效应.
- AGATAT图案之间的距离没有显著影响增强剂活性,这表明单个CREs的总和贡献.
- 玉米花朵发育表现出对ZmWUS1过度表达的缓冲能力.
结论:
- 增强剂的活性主要取决于单个cis-regulatory动机的累积作用.
- 了解CREs及其基因组合是操纵基因表达以改善作物特征的关键.
- 这些发现为Bif3突变体中ZmWUS1过度表达及其对玉米耳朵发育的影响提供了机制基础.
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