Cloning and Functional Analysis of BeCesA4 in Bambusa emeiensis

doi:10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2022-0237

Abstract

Abstract:

Producing paper pulp by non-wood species is an important way to solve the shortage of domestic pulp. Bambusa emeiensis is one of major bamboo species in non-wood pulp-making industry，thus increasing the cellulose content of B. emeiensis would effectively increase the pulp producing efficacy from bamboo. Based on RNA-seq analysis of B. emeiensis in our early work，we have found a gene that is highly homologous to known plant cellulose synthase A and named it as BeCesA4. The results showed that the cloned BeCesA4 encoded a protein containing 982 amino acids and had a conserved CesA domain. BeCesA4 mostly expressed in fast-growing organs like shoot and stem of B. emeiensis. Overexpression of BeCesA4 resulted in the biomass accumulation，higher cellulose content and thicker secondary cell wall of stem in transgenic plants. Thus，the expression of BeCesA4 is positively corrected with the accumulation of cellulose in B. emeiensis. These results lay a foundation for revealing the synthesis mechanism of cellulose in B. emeiensis.

Key words: Bambusa emeiensis, cellulose synthase, secondary cell wall, heterologous expression

WANG Bo-ya, JIANG Yong, HUANG Yan, CAO Ying, HU Shang-lian. Cloning and Functional Analysis of BeCesA4 in Bambusa emeiensis[J]. Biotechnology Bulletin, 2022, 38(11): 185-193.

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Table 1 Primer sequence

引物名称Primer name	序列Sequence（5'-3'）	用途Usage
BeCesA4F	TACTACTCGCGATACCCCATAG	获得BeCesA4基因序列 Obtaining sequence of gene BeCesA4
BeCesA4R	ATACTAACCTACGCCACCTCTC	获得BeCesA4基因序列 Obtaining sequence of gene BeCesA4
BeCesA4F（Kpn I）	GGGGTACCCCTACTACTCGCGATACCCCATAG	构建植物表达载体 Construction of plant expression-vector
BeCesA4R（Xba I）	GCTCTAGAGCATACTAACCTACGCCACCTCTC	构建植物表达载体 Construction of plant expression-vector
BeCesA4-RTF	TCACCATCGGCAGCCACCT	基因表达分析 Analysis of gene expression
BeCesA4-RTR	GCTTTTGCAGCAGCCTTTT	基因表达分析 Analysis of gene expression
Actin-RTF	AAACTGTAATGGTCCTCCCTCCG	内参基因扩增 Amplification of internal reference
Actin-RTR	GCATCATCACAATCACTCTCCGA	内参基因扩增 Amplification of internal reference

Fig.1 Amino acid sequence analysis of BeCesA4

Fig.2 BeCesA4 is homologous to AtCesA8，OsCesA4 and BdCesA8 in evolution A：Coding sequence of BeCesA4 and phylogenetic tree with CesA gene in species. The phylogenetic tree there are CesA family members from the species of Arabidopsis，Oryza sativa，Brachy podium distachyon，Populus tomentosa，Bambusa oldhamii and Phyllostachys heterocycla. B：Homologous sequences alignment of BeCesA4 with conserved domain in other species

Fig.3 BeCesA4 notably expressed in fast-growing organs A：Expression of BeCesA4 in Bambusa emeiensis organs. B：BeCesA4 expressions differ in shoots at varied heights. Data represent means ± SD from 3 independent replicates. Asterisks indicate significant differences（*P<0.05）according to t test compared with other samples. The same below

Fig. 4 Biomass increment in BeCesA4 transgenic Populus tomentosa A：Expression analysis of BeCesA4 in transgenic populus. B：Height of transgenic populus and control. C：Growth of transgenic populus，bar length is 20 cm

Fig.5 Increase of cellulose content in BeCesA4 transgenic Populus tomentosa A：Absorbance of BeCesA4 transgenic Populus plants and control. B：Cellulose content of BeCesA4 transgenic Populus plants and control

Fig.6 BeCesA4 participating in cell wall formation A-left：Phloroglucinol-hydrochloric staining of transgenic Populus tomentosa stem paraffin section. A-right：Scanning electron microscope image of transgenic Populus tomentosa stem paraffin sections. B：Cambium thickness of transgenic Populus tomentosa. C：Cell wall thickness of both transgenic Populus tomentosa and control

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