GUS为负标记的稻瘟病菌目标基因替换突变体双筛选体系

Dual screening for targeted gene replacement mutant in Magnaporthe oryzae with GUS as negative marker

摘要:

目标基因替换是基因功能研究的重要方法, 在生物工程领域广泛应用。为了提高真菌目标基因替换的效率, 以稻瘟病菌为研究对象, 建立了一种以gusA基因为负筛选标记的目标基因替换突变体双筛选体系(GUS-DS)。首先, 检测了78个真菌菌株的内源GUS活性, 发现除3个菌株外均呈阴性。同时, 将gusA基因导入稻瘟病菌、镰刀病菌、炭疽病菌后, 转化子可获得高的GUS活性。表明gusA可用作真菌中的筛选标记。然后, 以gusA为负标记, HPH为正标记, 以过氧化物酶体定位信号受体基因MGPEX5与MGPEX7的替换为例, 建立稻瘟病菌GUS-DS体系。对潮霉素抗性筛选获得的转化子通过GUS活性检测进一步筛选, 呈阴性者为可能突变体。通过PCR与Southern杂交对可能突变体进行验证, 以此评估GUS-DS的筛选效率。结果表明GUS-DS将Δmgpex5与Δmgpex7的筛选效率由原来的65.8%和31.2%分别提高到90.6%和82.8%。另外, 还建立了一种适合于GUS-DS的多重PCR法(M-PCR)用于突变体的验证。通过扩增目标位点的不同区段, 可以有效区分突变体、野生型和随机插入转化子。M-PCR法验证突变体简便、迅速, 可信度与Southern杂交相同。GUS-DS及M-PCR为功能基因组学及生物工程的研究提供了有力的工具。

Abstract:

To improve the efficiency of targeted gene replacement (TGR), a dual screen (DS) system with gusA gene as negative selective marker (GUS-DS) was developed in Magnaporthe oryzae. First, we tested the endogenous β-glucuronidase (GUS) activities of 78 fungal strains. All tested strains were GUS-, only with 3 exceptions. Whereas, after the gusA being introduced in, M. oryzae, Fusarium oxysporum and Colletotrichum lagenarium acquired high GUS activities. The gusA is thus usable as a selective maker in most fungal species. With gusA as the negative marker, HPH gene as the positive marker, and the peroxisomal targeting signal receptor genes MGPEX5 and MGPEX7 as 2 instances of target genes, we established the GUS-DS system. After transformation, we collected the transformants from hygromycin B screen media and then tested the GUS activities of them. The GUS– ones were selected as potential mutants and checked in succession by PCR and Southern blotting to identify the true mutants and calculate the efficiency of GUS-DS. As a result, GUS-DS improved the screen efficiency for Δmgpex5 from 65.8% to 90.6%, and for Δmgpex7 from 31.2% to 82.8%. In addition, we established a multiple PCR (M-PCR) method for mutant confirmation. By amplifying the different regions at the targeted locus, M-PCR differentiated the wild type, the ectopic transformants and the mutants effectively and rapidly, and had the same reliability as Southern blotting. In conclusion, GUS-DS and M-PCR are useful tools to improve the efficiency of TGR and would be helpful for fungal genomics.