Construction of Multi-gene Interference System for Plant and Analysis of Its Application Efficiency

doi:10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2022-0378

Abstract

Abstract:

Most important functional genes belong to polygenic families, and abundant functional redundancy is enriched among those family members. An efficient multi-gene interference system is of great significance for investigating the biological function and molecular regulation mechanism of polygenic family members. The pCAMBIA1301 vector was modified to construct multi-gene interference systems pCAMBIA1301m and pCAMBIA1301s for plants. The four genes interference vector, pCAMBIA1301m：35S∷SlPP2C1-2-3-4，containing PP2C1，PP2C2，PP2C3 and PP2C4 from tomato PP2C family A group, was constructed using this system and then introduced into tomato by genetic transformation. The positive plants were detected by GUS staining and PCR, the interference efficiency in T₁ and T₂ transgenic plants was tested by RT-qPCR, and the sensitivity of T₂ transgenic seeds to ABA was analyzed. The results showed that the transgenic plant 35S∷SlPP2C1-2-3-4 with four interfered genes was successfully obtained by using this multi-gene interference system. In the transgenic plants, the expressions of the four target genes were significantly lower than that in wild plants, and the interference efficiency was above 70%. The achieved transgenic seeds demonstrated strong insensitivity to exogenous ABA. The multi-gene interference system may effectively and synchronously silence multiple target genes.

Key words: Solanum lycopersicum, RNAi, multi-gene interference system, genetic transformation, ABA sensitivity

ZHOU Jia-yan, ZOU Jian, CHEN Wei-ying, WU Yi-chao, CHEN Xi-tong, WANG Qian, ZENG Wen-jing, HU Nan, YANG Jun. Construction of Multi-gene Interference System for Plant and Analysis of Its Application Efficiency[J]. Biotechnology Bulletin, 2023, 39(1): 115-126.

Figures/Tables 7

Table 1 Information of four PP2C genes used in this paper

基因名称 Gene name	番茄数据库基因ID Gene ID in tomato genome database
SlPP2C1	Solyc03g121880.2.1
SlPP2C2	Solyc12g096020.1.1
SlPP2C3 SlPP2C4	Solyc08g062650.2.1 Solyc07g040990.2.1

Table 2 All primers used in this study

引物名称Primer name	引物序列Primer sequence（5'-3'）	用途Purpose
SlPP2C1-F正	GCGAGCTCGTTGATGTTGGTAGAGTTCCCTTG	干扰片段扩增引物 Primers for amplifying interference fragment
SlPP2C1-R-B	TCCGAATCAGCCTTTCTATCTAAACTCCTTTCTTCC
SlPP2C2-F-B	GATAGAAAGGCTGATTCGGAGAGTGACCTTAG
SlPP2C2-R正	ACGCGTCGACGAGAATCCACGAAATCCTGACC
SlPP2C1-F反	CTCTAGAGTTGATGTTGGTAGAGTTCCCTTG
SlPP2C1-R-B	TCCGAATCAGCCTTTCTATCTAAACTCCTTTCTTCC
SlPP2C2-F-B	GATAGAAAGGCTGATTCGGAGAGTGACCTTAG
SlPP2C2-R反	TCCCCCGGGGAGAATCCACGAAATCCTGACC
SlPP2C3-F正	GCGAGCTCATGTGTTTGGCGGTTGCTTTGC
SlPP2C3-R-B	CTATGATTCGGCATCTACCAAATTCTGTCCGTC
SlPP2C4-F-B	TGGTAGATGCCGAATCATAGAGTGTCCAGGG
SlPP2C4-R正	ACGCGTCGACTTAGCCAAACTACACGAAAAAGAC
SlPP2C3-F反	CTCTAGAATGTGTTTGGCGGTTGCTTTGC
SlPP2C3-R-B	CTATGATTCGGCATCTACCAAATTCTGTCCGTC
SlPP2C4-F-B	TGGTAGATGCCGAATCATAGAGTGTCCAGGG
SlPP2C4-R反	TCCCCCGGGTTAGCCAAACTACACGAAAAAGAC
qSlPP2C1-F	TAGCTGCACCTCTGAGCCTA	RT-qPCR引物Primers for RT-qPCR
qSlPP2C1-R	CTGCTTCTTTGCCACGATAA
qSlPP2C2-F	CAGCAGAATGCTTGTCGAAT
qSlPP2C2-R	ATGAGGCCAATTGTGTTGAA
qSlPP2C3-F	GTCGCCATTGTTTGTTCATC
qSlPP2C3-R	TCTTCTCGATTTGGCTTGTG
qSlPP2C4-F	GATGGGCTATGGGATGTCTT
qSlPP2C4-R	CTTGAGCAGCAGGATCTACG
qSlUBI-F	GCCGACTACAACATCCAGAAGG	RT-qPCR内参引物Reference primers for RT-qPCR
qSlUBI-R	TGCAACACAGCGAGCTTAACC	RT-qPCR内参引物Reference primers for RT-qPCR
Loop-JC-F	ACAAGTTCAGCGTGTCCGGCGA	载体元件特异引物Special primers for vector element
Loop-JC-R	TCGCCGGACACGCTGAACTTGT	载体元件特异引物Special primers for vector element

Fig. 1 Multi-genes silencing system A：Original vector system pCAMBIA1301. B：Modified vector system pCAMBIA1301m. C：Modified vector system pCAMBIA1301s. D：Schematic diagram of multi-genes interference vector system

Fig. 2 Bioinformatics analysis of four PP2C genes A：Phylogenetic tree. B：Structural domain. C：Conserved region

Fig 3 Construction of SlPP2 Cs silencing vector and detection of positive plants A：Schematic diagram of SlPP2Cs multi-genes interference. B：GUS stain. WT：Wild-type tomato，T0-1，T0-2，T0-3 and T0-4 representing transgenic tomato. C：Direct PCR electrophoresis. M：2 kb DNA marker，1-5：showing reverse fragment of SlPP2C1，6-10：showing forward fragment of SlPP2C1；11-15：showing reverse fragment of SlPP2C2；16-20：showing forward fragment of SlPP2C2；21-25：showing reverse fragment of SlPP2C3；26-30：showing forward fragment of SlPP2C3；31-35 showing reverse fragment of SlPP2C4；36-40：showing forward fragment of SlPP2C4. 1-40 is the cyclic arrangement of WT，T0-1，T0-2，T0-3 and T0-4

Fig. 4 Expression changes of four target genes after interf-erence A：Expression changes of four target genes in T1 generation transgenic plants. B：Expression changes of four target genes in T2 generation transgenic plants. Student's t test analysis，*：Compared with WT，P<0.05. **：Compared with WT，P<0.01. WT：Wild-type，T1-1，T1-2，T1-3，T1-4，T2-1，T2-2，T2-3 and T2-4 representing transgenic tomato. The same below

Fig. 5 Sensitivity test of transgenic RNAi plants to exoge-nous ABA A：Sensitivity of WT to exogenous ABA. X-axis represent time，9 d in total. B：Seed germination rate of interferred plants. CK：Double distilled water treatment. C：Relative seed germination rate of interfering plants

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