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    基于CRISPR/Cas9技术的烟草烟碱相关基因敲除及功能研究

    CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Targeted Mutagenesis and Functional Analysis of Nicotine-related Genes in Nicotiana tabacum

    • 摘要: CRISPR/Cas9是一种重要的基因组定向编辑技术,近年来在植物基因组的定向敲除和分子育种材料创制中得到了广泛应用。为了发掘可用于分子育种的低烟碱烟草,以烤烟品种K326为试验材料,利用CRISPR/Cas9基因组编辑技术对控制烟草烟碱合成和转运的5个基因(PMT1、QPT1、A622、NtNUP1JAT1)进行定向敲除,并对T2代纯合基因型烟草植株进行烟碱含量检测。结果表明,定向敲除5个基因后获得100株成功编辑的T0代烟草植株,突变检出率为29.9%,突变类型以单碱基插入或删除为主。对定向敲除烟碱合成基因QPT1和转运基因JAT1的T1代纯合基因型烟草植株进行序列分析,发现存在4种突变类型,分别是插入一个T、C、A碱基的插入突变和一个缺失44个碱基的缺失突变,从而引发移码使得翻译的氨基酸链大幅缩短,其T2代植株上部叶烟碱含量显著低于野生型植株。综上所述,CRISPR/Cas9技术能够高效定向敲除烟碱关键基因,为低烟碱烟草分子育种提供了理论和技术支撑。

       

      Abstract: CRISPR/Cas9 is an important technology, which has been widely used in targeted gene editing and creation of molecular breeding materials. In order to generate tobacco materials with low nicotine levels for molecular breeding, the flue-cured tobacco variety K326 was used as materials in this study, and genome editing technology was carried out to edit 5 genes (PMT1, QPT1, A622, NtNUP1 and JAT1) controlling nicotine synthesis and transport in tobacco. Finally the nicotine contents of T2 plants with homozygous genotypes were determined. The results showed that a total of 100 T0 transformed plants with targeted gene knockout successfully were obtained. The mutation rate was 29.9% and the main mutation type was single base insertion or deletion. The QPT1 and JAT1 gene sequences of T1 plants (knockout successfully) with homozygous genotypes were analyzed. There were four homozygous mutations that inserted a single T, C and A base, and one homozygous deletion mutation of 44 nucleotides, leading to the amino acid chains greatly shortened by frameshift mutation. Moreover, the tobacco nicotine contents in the upper leaves of the T2 mutants, which were from selfed T1 mutants, were significantly lower than that in wild type plants. Therefore, the results indicated that CRISPR/Cas9 editing technology could effectively mutate genes controlling nicotine synthesis and transport in tobacco, which provided theoretical and technological support for molecular breeding for low-nicotine tobacco.

       

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