Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 259-266.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-1404

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Screening Promoters for Genetic Transformation of Cyclocybe aegerita

CUI Xiang-hua1,2(), TAO Nan2, CHENG Bo-pu1,2, ZHAO Yong-chang2, CHEN Wei-min2, LI Jing1()   

  1. 1. College of Life Sciences,Southwest Forestry University,Kunming 650224
    2. Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources Institute,Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Kunming 650223
  • Received:2020-11-18 Online:2021-05-26 Published:2021-06-11
  • Contact: LI Jing E-mail:cxh.1994@qq.com;lijingcas@163.com

Abstract:

Cyclocybe aegerita is a delicious fungus with high economic value. The genetic characterization and gene function of C. aegerita can be uncovered through the construction of highly expressed genetic transformation system. C. aegerita strain YSG was employed in this study,and the multi-fragments recombination and cloning were used to construct a plasmid,and protoplast was transformed by PEG mediation. The expression levels of targeting gene driving by 5 varied-length promoter fragments of actin,gpd and Pumgpd were analyzed via qRT-PCR. Among the transformants carrying plasmid pAa-actin-1 and pAa-actin-2 constructed by promoter elements of actin,the numbers of the transformants with the targeting gene expression level more than 3 times were 50.00% and 33.33% respectively,with the highest expressions to 10.45 and 6.23 times of the control,respectively. Accordingly,the numbers of the transformants carrying pAa-gpd-1,pAa-gpd-2 and pAa-Pumgpd with expression level more than 3 times were 0,28.57% and 25.00% with the highest expression levels to 2.93,7.75 and 4.31 times of the control,respectively. In conclusion,the yield of transformants with high expression level of targeting gene driven by actin promoter is higher than that by gpd and Pumgpd,indicating that actin promoter is suitable for the construction of genetic transformation system of C. aegerita.

Key words: Cyclocybe aegerita, promoter screening, genetic transformation, plasmid construction, overexpression