Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects solved by the present invention more apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the following embodiments.
Examples
The following examples are used herein to demonstrate preferred embodiments of the invention. It will be appreciated by those of skill in the art that the techniques disclosed in the examples which follow represent techniques discovered by the inventor to function in the invention, and thus can be considered to constitute preferred modes for its practice. Those of skill in the art should, in light of the present disclosure, appreciate that many changes can be made in the specific embodiments which are disclosed and still obtain a like or similar result without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs and the disclosures and references cited herein and the materials to which they refer are incorporated by reference.
Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to ascertain using no more than routine experimentation, many equivalents to the specific embodiments of the invention described herein. Such equivalents are intended to be encompassed by the following claims.
Example 1
1. Cotton material
The cotton material selected in this example is upland cotton TM-1, Zhongmiao No. 10, Zhonghan 177. Tissue or organ expression was assessed using Gossypium hirsutum TM-1. Plants for vegetative tissue were planted in a 25 ℃ growth chamber 16 hours light and 8 hours dark. Plants for obtaining reproductive tissues were planted in the cotton research institute field (Anyang City, Henan, China). In the house, tissues like young leaves were sampled at the early stage of planting, and stalks, true leaves and roots were sampled at two weeks after sowing. Flowers were harvested from thefield 10 days after flowering.
Salt stress and drought stress tests were performed using Zhongmian institute No. 10 and ZhongH 177, respectively. Cotton seedlings from medium cottonship nos. 10 and H177 were grown in a 25 ℃ laboratory growth room with a 16 hour light/8 hour dark cycle. Seedlings were treated with 15% polyethylene glycol 6000(PEG-6000) to induce drought stress, and plants were treated with 200mM sodium chloride to induce salt stress. Samples were taken at 0h, 2h, 4h, 6h, 12h, 48h and 72h after treatment, respectively. Each experiment was performed 3 times.
2. Reagent and consumable
2.1 enzymes and kits:
GXL DNA Polymerase high-fidelity enzyme, gel recovery kit and PCR product purification kit were purchased from Takara; RNA reverse transcription kit, KOD FX Neo enzyme (code. No. KFX-201) purchased from Toyobo Co;
the Ultra One Step Cloning Kit was purchased from Vazyme; the plasmid small quantity extraction kit is purchased from magenta company; restriction enzymes (BamH I, Sac I) were purchased from NEB; the DNA Marker III and the plant total RNA extraction kit are purchased from TIANGEN company; fluorescent quantitation TransStart Top Green qPCR SuperMix was purchased from TransGen.
2.2 other drugs: agarose is Spanish original product, peptone, yeast extract, chloroform, isoamylol, ethanol, isopropanol, sodium chloride, sucrose, silwet L-77, phloroglucinol and the like are domestic analytical purities, kanamycin, streptomycin sulfate, ampicillin and the like are purchased from Botryobo bioengineering (Dalian) Co., Ltd., Escherichia coli competent cell Trans5 alpha is purchased from Beijing holotype gold biotechnology Co., Ltd., and Agrobacterium competent cell LBA4404 is purchased from Shanghai Weiji Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
2.3 culture Medium: LB liquid medium: 10g/L Tryptone (Tryptone), 5g/L Yeast extract (Yeast extract), and 10g/L sodium chloride (NaCl); LB solid medium: 10g/L of Tryptone (Tryptone), 5g/L of Yeast extract (Yeast extract), 10g/L of sodium chloride (NaCl) and 15g/L of Agar powder (Agar), and the volume is fixed to 1L; LB selective medium: before LB plate, adding antibiotic with corresponding concentration when the culture medium is sterilized under high pressure and cooled to 55 deg.C, shaking up and plating. The reagent solutions mentioned but not listed here were prepared according to the method of the third edition of the molecular cloning instructions, and the biochemical reagents were analytically pure or of higher grade.
2.4 Main instruments: PCR amplification instrument (Eppendorf), high-speed centrifuge (Eppendorf 5427R), electrophoresis equipment (six Beijing), gel imaging system (BIO-RAD), fluorescence quantitative PCR instrument (ABI7500), fluorescence microscope (Olympus BX43), constant temperature culture oscillator (Shanghai Zhicheng), artificial climate test box (Saifu) and the like.
Experimental methods and results
1 bioinformatics analysis and cloning of Cotton GH _ D03G1517 Gene
1.1 obtaining gene sequence of GH _ D03G1517 from NCBI, designing Primer by using Primer Premier 5.0 software, amplifying from TM-1 in upland cotton by using PCR (polymerase Chain reaction) method, wherein the open reading frame is 1128bp, 375 amino acids are encoded, the relative molecular weight of protein is 43.018kDa, and the isoelectric point is 5.677. The gene open reading frame sequence is (SEQ ID NO: 1):
ATGGCTGACGTCGCTCCGGGAAACGCCGGCGGTCAATTTGGAGATTTTCCGACGATTCATACACATGGAGGTCAGTTTATTCAGTATAATATTTTTGGAAATTTGTTCGAGGTGACGTCTAAGTATCGGCCTCCGATCATGCCGATCGGTCGTGGAGCCTACGGCATCGTTTGCTCGGTGTTGAATTCGGAGACAAACGAGATGGTTGCGGTAAAGAAAATCGCCAACGCTTTTGATAATCACATGGATGCTAAGCGCACGCTTCGTGAGATTAAACTCCTTCGACATTTGGATCACGAAAACGTTATTGGAATCAAAGATGTGATTCCTCCGCCTTTAAGGAGGGAATTTACTGATGTTTACATTGCGACTGAGCTCATGGATACCGATCTTCACCAAATCATTCGCTCTAATCAGAGTTTATCGGAGGAGCATTGCCAGTATTTCTTGTATCAAATTCTTCGAGGACTGAAGTACATACATTCTGCCAATGTCATTCATAGAGATTTGAAACCCAGCAACCTCTTGCTGAATGCTAATTGTGATCTTAAGATTTGCGACTTTGGTCTCGCTCGGCCTACTGCTGAGAATGAGTTTATGACTGAATATGTTGTCACGAGGTGGTATCGGGCACCGGAGATATTGCTAAACTCTTCAGACTACACCGCTGCCATAGATGTCTGGTCTGTTGGTTGCATCTTCATGGAGCTCATGAATAGGAAGCCTCTGTTTCCAGGCAAAGATCATGTACATCAAATGCGTTTATTAACTGAGCTGCTCGGCACACCAACTGAATCCGATCTTGGATTTCTCCGGAACGAGGATGCAAGGAGATATATCAGGCAGCTCCCAGCACATCCGCGCCAATCACTAGCAGAAGTTTTCCCACATGTTCATCCATTGGCCATTGATCTCATTGACAGAATGTTGACATTTGATCCGACCAGAAGGATTACTGTTGAAGAAGCATTGGCACATCCTTACCTCGAAAGATTACACGACATATCTGATGAACCAGTCTGCCCCGAACCGTTTTCTTTCGACTTTGAGCAGCAACCATTGGGAGAAGAACAGATGAAGGACATGATTTACCAAGAGGCCTTGGCTCTGAATCCAACTTATGCTTAA
the amino acid sequence is (SEQ ID NO: 2):
MADVAPGNAGGQFGDFPTIHTHGGQFIQYNIFGNLFEVTSKYRPPIMPIGRGAYGIVCSVLNSETNEMVAVKKIANAFDNHMDAKRTLREIKLLRHLDHENVIGIKDVIPPPLRREFTDVYIATELMDTDLHQIIRSNQSLSEEHCQYFLYQILRGLKYIHSANVIHRDLKPSNLLLNANCDLKICDFGLARPTAENEFMTEYVVTRWYRAPEILLNSSDYTAAIDVWSVGCIFMELMNRKPLFPGKDHVHQMRLLTELLGTPTESDLGFLRNEDARRYIRQLPAHPRQSLAEVFPHVHPLAIDLIDRMLTFDPTRRITVEEALAHPYLERLHDISDEPVCPEPFSFDFEQQPLGEEQMKDMIYQEALALNPTYA
1.2 the process of cloning genes specifically is:
(1) in the seedling stage of cotton, the young and tender cotton leaves are taken, quickly frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored in a refrigerator of 80 ℃ below zero for later use. The total RNA of the plants is extracted by a TIANGEN reagent kit.
(2) The RNA extraction steps are as follows:
all centrifugation steps below were performed at room temperature.
1) And (3) homogenizing treatment: 100mg of plant leaves were rapidly ground to a powder in liquid nitrogen, 700. mu.L SL (beta-mercaptoethanol added before use) was added and the sample was mixed by shaking vigorously immediately.
2) Centrifuge at 12,000rpm for 2 min.
3) The supernatant was transferred to the filtration column CS and centrifuged at 12,000rpm for 2min, and the supernatant from the collection tube was carefully pipetted into a new RNase-Free centrifuge tube, the tip being kept from touching the cell debris in the collection tube.
4) Adding 0.4 times volume of anhydrous ethanol, mixing, transferring the mixture into adsorption column CR3, centrifuging at 12,000rpm for 15sec, discarding the waste liquid in the collection tube, and returning the adsorption column CR3 to the collection tube.
5) 350. mu.L of deproteinizing solution RW1 was added to the adsorption column CR3, and centrifuged at 12,000rpm for 15sec, thereby discarding the waste liquid in the collection tube and returning the adsorption column CR3 to the collection tube.
6) DNase I working solution: mu.L of DNase I stock and 70. mu.L of RDD solution were gently mixed.
7) 80. mu.L of DNase I working solution was added to CR3 and allowed to stand at room temperature for 15 min.
8) After standing, 350. mu.L of deproteinizing solution RW1 was added to CR3, centrifuged at 12,000rpm for 15sec, the waste liquid in the collection tube was discarded, and the adsorption column CR3 was returned to the collection tube.
9) To the adsorption column CR3, 500. mu.L of rinsing solution RW (ethanol was added before use), centrifuged at 12,000rpm for 15sec, the waste liquid in the collection tube was discarded, and the adsorption column CR3 was returned to the collection tube.
10)Step 9 is repeated.
11) Centrifuging at 12,000rpm (13,400 Xg) for 2min, placing adsorption column CR3 into a new RNase-Free centrifuge tube, and adding 30-50 μ L RNase-Free ddH dropwise into the middle part of the adsorption membrane2O, left at room temperature for 2min, and centrifuged at 12,000rpm (. about.13,400 Xg) for 1min to obtain an RNA solution. Note that: the volume of elution buffer should not be less than 30. mu.L, and too small a volume affects the recovery efficiency. The RNA samples were stored at-70 ℃. If the expected RNA yield is more than 30. mu.g, the RNA solution obtained by centrifugation in step 11 may be added to an adsorption column CR3, and left at room temperature for 2min and centrifuged at 12,000rpm (. about.13,400 Xg) for 1min to obtain an RNA solution.
To prevent RNase contamination, precautions:
1) the gloves are often replaced with new ones. Because the skin is often bacteria-bearing, RNase contamination may result;
2) the RNase-free plastic product and the gun head are used to avoid cross contamination;
3) RNA is not degraded by RNase while in lysate SL. However, after extraction, plastics and glassware without RNase should be used in the further processing.
4) The preparation solution should use RNase-Free ddH2O。
(3) And (3) synthesizing cDNA. And (2) carrying out reverse transcription on 500ng of RNA into cDNA by adopting a reverse transcription kit FSQ-201 of Toyobo, wherein a reverse transcription system is as follows:
RT reaction liquid is prepared according to the following components (the reaction liquid is prepared on ice):
the reverse transcription reaction conditions were as follows:
15min at 37 ℃ (reverse transcription reaction),
5s at 98 ℃ (inactivation reaction of reverse transcriptase);
the reverse transcription product cDNA solution was diluted 6-fold as a template for PCR reaction.
(4) PCR reaction system, program and product detection for gene cloning
1) PCR reaction system according to TaKaRa
GXL DNA Polymerase high-fidelity enzyme instruction, and a PCR reaction system is as follows:
2) the PCR amplification procedure was:
the primer sequence is as follows:
upstream primer F
5′-ATGGCTGACGTCGCTCCGGGA-3′(SEQ ID NO:3)
Downstream primer R
5′-TTAAGCATAAGTTGGATTCAG-3′(SEQ ID NO:4)
3) Detection of PCR products
And adding 11 mu L of 6 XLoading Buffer into 1 mu L of PCR product, mixing uniformly, spotting on 1% agarose gel, and carrying out electrophoresis detection.
And (3) cutting and recovering the target fragment by using a gel recovery kit.
The product recovered from the above gum is
The Ultra One Step Cloning Kit is used for constructing a connection T vector and transforming Escherichia coli.
After picking single clone from the resistant LB culture medium overnight at 37 ℃, the culture was carried out with shaking at 37 ℃.
And (3) carrying out PCR verification on bacterial liquid, selecting a positive clone sample, sending the sample to Jinzhi biotechnology limited for sequencing, and adding a certain amount of glycerol into the bacterial liquid with correct sequencing to ensure that the final concentration of the glycerol is about 20 percent and storing the glycerol at-70 ℃.
Construction of 2PBI121-GH _ D03G1517 plant expression vector
The test vector is constructed by
The Ultra One Step Cloning Kit is suitable for connection of any vector and any gene fragment, the reaction time only needs 15min, and the insertion fragment and the linearized vector are required to have 15bp overlapping regions at the 5 'end and the 3' end respectively.
The amplification primers are as follows:
upstream primer F (SEQ ID NO. 5: 5 '-3')
CACGGGGGACTCTAGAATGGCTGACGTCGCTCC
Downstream primer R (SEQ ID NO. 6: 5 '-3')
GATCGGGGAAATTCGAGCTCTTAAGCATAAGTTGGATTCAGAGCCAAGG
The operation procedure is as follows: taking a cloning vector of a target gene GH _ D03G1517 as a template, and purifying an insert after amplification; the obtained insert GH _ D03G1517 and pBI121 linearized vector were arranged in a molar ratio of 2: 1.
And (3) uniformly mixing the solutions, reacting for 10min at 50 ℃, then placing on ice, transforming Trans5 alpha competent cells, picking monoclonals, and carrying out sample sequencing to obtain an overexpression vector containing the correct target gene.
The process uses a plate as kanamycin-resistant LB resistance medium, prepared kanamycin 50mg/mL, diluted 1000 times in use, i.e. 100mL of medium added with 100. mu.L of 50mg/mL kanamycin.
3. Transforming GH _ D03G1517 gene into Arabidopsis by Agrobacterium-mediated method
3.1 transforming agrobacterium tumefaciens GV3101 competent cells by a freeze-thaw method, wherein the specific transformation process is as follows:
(1) adding 1 mu g (2-10 mu L) of constructed target gene overexpression vector plasmid into 100 mu L of agrobacterium tumefaciens GV3101 competent cells, uniformly mixing, and carrying out ice bath for 30 min; quick freezing with liquid nitrogen for 2-3min, and heat-shocking at 37 deg.C for 90 s;
(2) ice-bath for 5min, and adding 800 μ L LB liquid culture medium;
(3) culturing at 190rpm and 28 ℃ for 4h, centrifuging at 4000rpm for 5min, sucking the supernatant until 500 mu L of the residual 400-plus is obtained, repeatedly sucking, uniformly mixing, taking 200 mu L of bacterial liquid, coating the bacterial liquid on a three-antibody screening culture medium containing kanamycin, streptomycin sulfate and rifampicin, culturing at 28 ℃ for about 36-48h, and enabling resistant colonies to be visible;
(4) selecting a single colony, and culturing the single colony in 1mL of LB liquid culture medium containing the three antibiotics for about 16h until the single colony is turbid;
(5) and (3) carrying out colony PCR and enzyme digestion identification, screening out positive agrobacterium tumefaciens strains, and storing 20% glycerol bacterial liquid at the temperature of minus 80 ℃.
3.2 transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana by inflorescence Dipigmentation
(1) Inoculating 20 mu L of agrobacterium tumefaciens liquid stored atminus 80 ℃ to 1mL of LB liquid culture medium, carrying out shaking culture at 28 ℃ and 180rpm overnight, adding 200 mu L of activated bacterium liquid to 20mL of LB liquid culture medium, carrying out shaking culture at 28 ℃ and 180 rpm;
(2) when the OD value of the bacterial liquid is about 1.2-1.6, centrifuging the bacterial liquid at 3000rpm, and collecting thalli;
(3) the formula of the transformation medium is as follows: 5% sucrose, 0.03% silwet L-77(Steven J, 1998);
(4) suspending the cells in the above transformation medium, and adjusting OD600Starting padding when the dye value is 0.8;
(5) placing the arabidopsis inflorescence in a transformation medium for 30-50s, wrapping the arabidopsis by using a preservative film after dip dyeing, culturing in the dark for 24h, then culturing under normal conditions, and harvesting seeds after maturation.
4. Phenotypic identification of transgenic Arabidopsis plants
4.1 stress treatment of overexpression and wild Arabidopsis, measurement of physiological parameters, determination of oxidants and antioxidants
Seeds of overexpression T3 generation Arabidopsis lines L2, L6, L8 and wild type were surface-sterilized and planted in a greenhouse by the inventors. After 7 days, the seedlings were transplanted into small pots filled with vermiculite and humus mixed in a ratio of 1: 1. To induce drought stress, water was cut off for 8 and 14 days. At the same time, salt stress was induced using 250mM NaCl solution. For drought stress, plants were re-watered to measure drought resistance. And measuring physiological parameters such as the water content of the relative leaves of the leaves, the water loss of the leaves in vitro, ion leakage, chlorophyll content and the like. The method for measuring the relative water content of the leaves comprises the steps of weighing the leaves of the same part of a treated plant, weighing the leaves, putting the leaves into a culture dish containing tap water, absorbing water for 12h, wiping the surface water of the leaves, weighing the leaves (TW) immediately, putting the leaves into an oven, baking the leaves at 65 ℃ for 12h, weighing the leaves (DW), and calculating the relative water content of the leaves, which is { (FW-DW)/(TW-DW) } × 100. The in vitro leaf water loss measuring method comprises the steps of taking off leaves, weighing Fresh Weight (FW), then placing in a culture room with constant temperature, humidity and illumination intensity for 24 hours, weighing (WW), then uniformly placing the leaves in an oven, baking for 12 hours at 65 ℃, and weighing (DW), wherein the in vitro leaf water loss is (FW-WW)/DW). The ion leakage of the leaf blade takes about 0.1g of cotton leaf blade, the cotton leaf blade is washed by double distilled water for several times, absorbent paper slightly absorbs the water on the surface of the leaf blade, the leaf blade is cut into pieces and placed in 25mL of double distilled water, air is pumped in a vacuum drier for 20min under 0.05MPa, the mixture is slowly oscillated for 2h at 25 ℃, then the conductivity S1 is measured, and simultaneously the blank conductivity C1 of the water is measured. And treating the sample in a boiling water bath for 20min, cooling to room temperature, metering to 25mL to determine the conductivity S2, treating the water in the same manner, and determining the blank conductivity C2. Ion leakage ═ S1-C1)/(S2-C2) × 100%. Measuring chlorophyll content 0.1g of leaves are taken, chlorophyll is extracted by an 80% acetone extraction method, and the chlorophyll content is calculated according to the following formula: cT=20.29D645+8.05D663。
4.2 Germination and root growth tests under drought and salt treatment
For germination rates of transgenic and wild type seeds, the inventors surface-sterilized the seeds and sown them on 1/2MS plates supplemented with PEG (8%, 10%, 15%) and salt (50mM, 75mM and 100mM), respectively. The plates were placed in layers in the dark at 4 ℃ for 2 days, then placed in a growth chamber under controlled conditions of 22 ℃, 70% relative humidity, and 16/8 hour light/dark cycle. Germination was recorded daily for 7 days. Each experiment was performed 3 times for a total of 3 technical replicates, with 50 seeds per plate. In the root growth test, seeds were sterilized and spread on 1/2MS and placed in a growth chamber, then three-day-old seedlings were transferred to 1/2MS plates added with PEG (8%, 10% and 15%) solvent for vertical growth to simulate water deficit under drought stress, three-day-old seedlings were transferred to 1/2MS plates added with salt (50mM, 75mM and 100mM) for vertical growth for salt stress, and after one week, the length of roots was measured.
4.3 expression of stress-responsive genes in WT and GH _ D031517 under drought and salt stress
The inventors selected four stress response genes ABF4, KIN1, RD22 and RAB18 to determine their expression in GH _ D03G1517 overexpressing arabidopsis and wild type under drought and salt stress. RNA was extracted from mature leaves of GH _ D031517 overexpressing arabidopsis thaliana and Wild Type (WT) seedlings cultured under control, drought and salt stress conditions using a Takara extraction kit. RNA was converted to cDNA (TaKaRa, China) using the Prime Script RT kit. qPCR experiments were performed using SYBR-Green Master fluorescent intercalating dyes.
4.4 overexpression of GH _ D03G1517 improves drought and salt tolerance of transformed plants
The relative water content of the wild type and the transgenic line is evaluated by the inventor, and the relative water content in the overexpression line is obviously higher than that of the wild type under drought and salt stress. The over-expressed strains had the same concentration of relative water content. The excised leaf water loss (EWL) of the transgenic lines was significantly lower compared to the wild type. In the wild type, the ion leakage was also higher than in the transgenic lines, indicating that the transgenic lines had higher Cell Membrane Stability (CMS) than the wild type (fig. 1). The high CMS of the GH _ D03G1517 transgenic line indicates that this gene regulates drought and salt stress conditions. Chlorophyll content was the same in the transgenic lines but was significantly reduced in the wild type. This indicates that, in contrast to the transgenic lines, the wild type has a higher level of oxidative stress. Drought treatment for 14 days resulted in extreme wilting of wild type plants compared to the transgenic lines. Under normal conditions, wild type and transgenic lines have similar growth conditions.
In addition, the inventors analyzed the enzymatic activity of the transgenic line and the wild type. Two antioxidants (CAT and POD) and two oxidants (MDA and H) were tested before and after treatment, respectively2O2). The antioxidant concentration of the transgenic lines was significantly higher than the wild type (fig. 2). The higher antioxidant level in the transgenic lines indicates that the transgenic lines can greatly reduce the ROS to a normal level under salt and drought stress. Wild-type oxidants (H) under drought and salt stress treatment2O2And MDA) concentration, while the oxidant (H) of the transgenic line is significantly increased2O2And MDA) concentration was significantly reduced (fig. 2). When plants are in adverse environments such as lack of water and high salt, the cellular functions and different biochemical parameters are significantly changed.
To further investigate the role of GH _ D03G1517 in cotton drought and salt stress, the inventors investigated the expression levels of 4 stress-responsive genes. The four STRESS response genes used are ABRE BINDING FACTOR4(ABF4), STRESS-INDUCED PROTEIN (KIN1), RAS-RELATED PROTEIN (RAB18) and DESCCATION-RESPONSIVE (RD 22). In the control, the expression profiles of the wild type and the transgenic GH _ D03G1517 plants were identical. However, all transgenic lines showed up-regulation after drought and salt treatment compared to the wild type (fig. 3). This indicates that overexpression of GH _ D03G1517 has a beneficial effect on the expression profile of stress response genes. These gene modulations are implicated to play an important role in abiotic stress tolerance in these plants. These genes are considered stress tolerance genes.
4.5 overexpression of GH _ D03G1517 enhances seed germination and root growth to tolerate drought and salt stress
Under the PEG treatment, the germination rates of the transgenic line and the wild type seed have significant difference. The sensitivity of wild type seed germination to PEG is higher than that of the transgenic line. Under the treatment of 8% PEG, the germination rate of the transgenic arabidopsis seeds is 84-85%, and the germination rate of the wild type seeds is 67-69%. The germination rate of wild type seeds was delayed compared to the transgenic lines at 10% and 15% PEG treatment (fig. 4, a-D). To evaluate the root length, the inventors measured the root growth of transgenic lines and wild type under drought stress, and found that there was a large difference in root length between the transgenic lines and the wild type (FIG. 4, F-G).
In the salt stress environment, the germination rates of the wild type and the transgenic line are both obviously reduced, and the germination rate of the transgenic line is inhibited to a lower degree. The germination rate was lower for the wild type, but much higher for the over-expressed lines (FIG. 5, A-D). Under salt stress conditions, the transgenic lines had longer root elongation, while the wild type had shorter root length (FIG. 7, E-F).
4.6 GH _ D03G1517 maintained drought tolerance throughout the growth phase of Arabidopsis lines
In the seedling stage of transgenic arabidopsis, the overexpression of GH _ D03G1517 obviously improves the drought tolerance of arabidopsis. An increase in drought resistance is also observed throughout the entire growth cycle, thus resulting in an increase in seed yield and dry matter. This increase was maintained throughout the growth cycle of the plants and ultimately increased yield of dried seeds (FIG. 6, A-B). With the continuation of drought stress, the plant height, pod length and number of seeds per pod of the transgenic lines were significantly higher than the wild type (fig. 6, C-F). Both GH _ D03G1517 overexpressing arabidopsis and the control wild type showed normal growth. The results show that the over-expression of GH _ D03G1517 in plants improves the tolerance of plants to drought stress and seed yield.
5. Silencing of GH _ D03G1517 in cotton
5.1 the detailed operation process of cotton VIGS is described as follows:
1) construction of the vector: avoiding the conserved domain, based on the CDS sequence of GH _ D03G1517, primer design was performed by Oligo7, linker sequences (Spe I and Asc I) were added, and amplification of the target fragment was performed using TM-1 leaf sample cDNA as a template. And recovering and purifying the amplified product, and then connecting the product with the pCLCrVA vector after enzyme digestion.
Upstream primer F (SEQ ID NO. 7: 5 '-3')
ATGCCTGCAGACTAGTCCGCTGCCATAGATGTCTGGTCT
Upstream primer R (SEQ ID NO. 8: 5 '-3')
AGACCTAGGGGCGCGCCCTGGTTCATCAGATATGTCGTGTAATCTTTCG
2) And (3) transformation: the recombinant vector was transformed into E.coli competent DH5 α, and after cultivation, single clones were picked for sequencing verification. And (3) propagating the positive clones with correct sequences, and then extracting plasmids. The recombinant plasmid is electrically transformed into an agrobacterium competent strain LBA 4404.
3) Preparing plants: the method comprises the steps of selecting plump TM-1 cotton seeds, planting the cotton seeds in an artificial climate chamber, culturing the cotton seeds for about 10 days under the conditions of illumination/darkness growth at 25 ℃ for 16/8h, and carrying out follow-up experiments when the cotton cotyledon is spread and the first true leaf does not appear or the leaf core just appears.
4) Bacterial liquid activation: the strain LBA4404 containing pCLCrVA-GH _ D03G1517, pCLCrVA-PDS, No-load pCLCrVA and pCLCrVB was added to the liquid LB medium containing the three antibodies (kanamycin, rifampicin and streptomycin, 50mg/l), and cultured at 28 ℃ at 180r/min for 14-16 h.
5) Expanding and shaking a bacterial liquid: 100 mu L of the activated bacterial suspension is added into 50mL of liquid LB culture medium containing the three antibiotics, and the mixture is cultured for 16-20h at 28 ℃ and 180r/min, so that the OD600 value of the bacterial suspension is between 1.5 and 2.0 (the bacterial suspension is generally orange yellow). 5000g, centrifuging for 10min, and recovering the thallus.
6) Preparing a transformation medium: the collected cells were suspended in a prepared transformation medium to an OD600 value of about 1.5, and then left to stand at room temperature in the dark for 3 hours or more. The conversion medium formula is as follows:
7) infection: the medium of pCLCrVB and pCLCrVA (no load), pCLCrVA-PDS and pCLCrVA-GH _ D03G1517 are mixed uniformly according to the ratio of 1:1 respectively. The back of the cotton cotyledon was lightly scratched with a sterile syringe needle, and the mixed bacterial solution was aspirated with a 1mL syringe (needle removed) and injected into the cotyledon until the cotyledon was completely infiltrated. The injected seedlings are cultured for 1d in the dark and then cultured in an artificial climate chamber under the conditions of light/dark growth at 22 ℃ for 16/8 h.
8) Observation and sampling: after the positive control plant (pCLCrVA-PDS) shows albino phenotype, DNA extraction is carried out on each plant, and PCR detection is carried out by using primers (VA-F/R and VB-F/R). And transplanting the positive plants into a large pot to be cultured until the positive plants bloom, observing the phenotype of the flower organs of each individual plant, taking anther tissues of each plant, extracting RNA (ribonucleic acid), and detecting the expression change of each gene.
5.2 silencing of GH _ D03G1517 in Cotton increases susceptibility of Cotton to drought
pCLCrVA-PDS showed aalbino phenotype 2 weeks after infecting cotton plants. The albino phenotype is the result of loss of chlorophyll content of the leaves (figure 7). The effect of VIGS on GH _ D03G1517 expression was examined using qRT-PCR. GH _ D03G1517 expression levels were significantly lower in the silencing plants (pCLCrVA-G _ D03G1517) compared to the control plants (pCLCrVA) (fig. 7). These findings indicate that the gene of interest was successfully knocked out in cotton plants. Physiological parameters such as RLWC, ELWL, chlorophyll II content and ion leakage were examined for silenced cotton (pCLCrVA-GH _ D03G1517) and control plants (pCLCrVA). The results show that the RLWC and chlorophyll content of the silenced plants is lower than the control, and the ELWL and ion leakage are higher than the control. Excessive ion leakage was due to loss of cell membrane stability due to stress exposure (figure 7).
The inventors determined two oxidants (MDA and H) for GH _ D03G1517 silenced and pCLCrVA control plants2O2) And the enzymatic activity of two antioxidants (CAT and POD). The antioxidant concentrations (MDA and H2O2) of the silenced plants were significantly higher than those of the control plants. The concentration of antioxidants (CAT and POD) in GH _ D03G1517 silenced plants was significantly lower than in control plants (FIG. 8). This indicates that the gene has been successfully repressed. The antioxidant capacity of different cotton varieties measures their tolerance to drought stress (Ullah et al 2017). In addition, the results of virus-induced gene silencing (VIG) indicate that the water loss and drought sensitivity are high in GH _ D031517 silencing cotton strains, and that the gene plays a role in the tolerance of cotton to drought stressAnd (4) acting.
The inventors analyzed the expression levels of cotton Raf kinase (GhRAF4), mitogen-activated protein kinase (GhMEKK12) and DXT/MATE (GhDTX2) in silenced cotton using qRT-PCR. The results show that under stress conditions, expression is down-regulated in GH _ D03G1517 gene-silenced leaf tissue and up-regulated in control plants (fig. 8).
All documents referred to herein are incorporated by reference into this application as if each were individually incorporated by reference. Furthermore, it should be understood that various changes and modifications of the present invention can be made by those skilled in the art after reading the above teachings of the present invention, and these equivalents also fall within the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
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cacatggatg ctaagcgcac gcttcgtgag attaaactcc ttcgacattt ggatcacgaa 300
aacgttattg gaatcaaaga tgtgattcct ccgcctttaa ggagggaatt tactgatgtt 360
tacattgcga ctgagctcat ggataccgat cttcaccaaa tcattcgctc taatcagagt 420
ttatcggagg agcattgcca gtatttcttg tatcaaattc ttcgaggact gaagtacata 480
cattctgcca atgtcattca tagagatttg aaacccagca acctcttgct gaatgctaat 540
tgtgatctta agatttgcga ctttggtctc gctcggccta ctgctgagaa tgagtttatg 600
actgaatatg ttgtcacgag gtggtatcgg gcaccggaga tattgctaaa ctcttcagac 660
tacaccgctg ccatagatgt ctggtctgtt ggttgcatct tcatggagct catgaatagg 720
aagcctctgt ttccaggcaa agatcatgta catcaaatgc gtttattaac tgagctgctc 780
ggcacaccaa ctgaatccga tcttggattt ctccggaacg aggatgcaag gagatatatc 840
aggcagctcc cagcacatcc gcgccaatca ctagcagaag ttttcccaca tgttcatcca 900
ttggccattg atctcattga cagaatgttg acatttgatc cgaccagaag gattactgtt 960
gaagaagcat tggcacatcc ttacctcgaa agattacacg acatatctga tgaaccagtc 1020
tgccccgaac cgttttcttt cgactttgag cagcaaccat tgggagaaga acagatgaag 1080
gacatgattt accaagaggc cttggctctg aatccaactt atgcttaa 1128
<210> 2
<211> 375
<212> PRT
<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)
<400> 2
Met Ala Asp Val Ala Pro Gly Asn Ala Gly Gly Gln Phe Gly Asp Phe
1 5 10 15
Pro Thr Ile His Thr His Gly Gly Gln Phe Ile Gln Tyr Asn Ile Phe
20 25 30
Gly Asn Leu Phe Glu Val Thr Ser Lys Tyr Arg Pro Pro Ile Met Pro
35 40 45
Ile Gly Arg Gly Ala Tyr Gly Ile Val Cys Ser Val Leu Asn Ser Glu
50 55 60
Thr Asn Glu Met Val Ala Val Lys Lys Ile Ala Asn Ala Phe Asp Asn
65 70 75 80
His Met Asp Ala Lys Arg Thr Leu Arg Glu Ile Lys Leu Leu Arg His
85 90 95
Leu Asp His Glu Asn Val Ile Gly Ile Lys Asp Val Ile Pro Pro Pro
100 105 110
Leu Arg Arg Glu Phe Thr Asp Val Tyr Ile Ala Thr Glu Leu Met Asp
115 120 125
Thr Asp Leu His Gln Ile Ile Arg Ser Asn Gln Ser Leu Ser Glu Glu
130 135 140
His Cys Gln Tyr Phe Leu Tyr Gln Ile Leu Arg Gly Leu Lys Tyr Ile
145 150 155 160
His Ser Ala Asn Val Ile His Arg Asp Leu Lys Pro Ser Asn Leu Leu
165 170 175
Leu Asn Ala Asn Cys Asp Leu Lys Ile Cys Asp Phe Gly Leu Ala Arg
180 185 190
Pro Thr Ala Glu Asn Glu Phe Met Thr Glu Tyr Val Val Thr Arg Trp
195 200 205
Tyr Arg Ala Pro Glu Ile Leu Leu Asn Ser Ser Asp Tyr Thr Ala Ala
210 215 220
Ile Asp Val Trp Ser Val Gly Cys Ile Phe Met Glu Leu Met Asn Arg
225 230 235 240
Lys Pro Leu Phe Pro Gly Lys Asp His Val His Gln Met Arg Leu Leu
245 250 255
Thr Glu Leu Leu Gly Thr Pro Thr Glu Ser Asp Leu Gly Phe Leu Arg
260 265 270
Asn Glu Asp Ala Arg Arg Tyr Ile Arg Gln Leu Pro Ala His Pro Arg
275 280 285
Gln Ser Leu Ala Glu Val Phe Pro His Val His Pro Leu Ala Ile Asp
290 295 300
Leu Ile Asp Arg Met Leu Thr Phe Asp Pro Thr Arg Arg Ile Thr Val
305 310 315 320
Glu Glu Ala Leu Ala His Pro Tyr Leu Glu Arg Leu His Asp Ile Ser
325 330 335
Asp Glu Pro Val Cys Pro Glu Pro Phe Ser Phe Asp Phe Glu Gln Gln
340 345 350
Pro Leu Gly Glu Glu Gln Met Lys Asp Met Ile Tyr Gln Glu Ala Leu
355 360 365
Ala Leu Asn Pro Thr Tyr Ala
370 375
<210> 3
<211> 21
<212> DNA
<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)
<400> 3
atggctgacg tcgctccggg a 21
<210> 4
<211> 21
<212> DNA
<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)
<400> 4
ttaagcataa gttggattca g 21
<210> 5
<211> 33
<212> DNA
<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)
<400> 5
cacgggggac tctagaatgg ctgacgtcgc tcc 33
<210> 6
<211> 49
<212> DNA
<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)
<400> 6
gatcggggaa attcgagctc ttaagcataa gttggattca gagccaagg 49
<210> 7
<211> 39
<212> DNA
<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)
<400> 7
atgcctgcag actagtccgc tgccatagat gtctggtct 39
<210> 8
<211> 49
<212> DNA
<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)
<400> 8
agacctaggg gcgcgccctg gttcatcaga tatgtcgtgt aatctttcg 49