Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture (식물조직배양학회지)

The Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology (한국식물생명공학회)
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Generation of Transgenic Plant (Nicotiana tabacum var. Petit Havana SR1) harboring Bacillus thuringiensis Insecticidal Crystal Protein Gene, cry II A

Bacillus thuringiensis 살충성 결정단백질 유전자(cry II A)의 형질전환 식물 제작

  • 이정민 (성균관대학교 생명자원과학대학 유정공학과) ;
  • 류종석 (웨인주립대학 유전 및 분자생물학과) ;
  • 권무식 (성균관대학교 생명자원과학대학 유정공학과)
  • Published : 1997.09.01
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Abstract

Bacillus thuringiensis, a gram-positive soil bacterium, is characterized by its ability to produce crystalline inclusions during sporulation. The crystal proteins exhibit a highly specific insecticidal activity. An insecticidal crystal protein (ICP), Cry II A, is specifically toxic to both lepidopteran and dipteran insects. In this study, tobacco plants transformed by the cry II A gene have been generated. The Cry II A crystal protein was purified from E. coli JM103 harboring cry II A gene by differential solubility. The activated Cry II A was prepared by tryptic digestion. The purified protoxin (70 kDa) and the activated toxin (50 kDa) were analyzed by SDS-PAGE. To generate the transgenic tobacco having cry II A gene, the cry II A gene was subcloned to a plant expression vector, pSRL2, having two CaMV 35S promoters. The recombinant plasmid was transformed into tobacco (N. tabacum var. Petit Havana SR1) by Agrobacterium-mediated leaf disc transformation. Through the regeneration, six putative transgenic tobacco plants were obtained and three transformants were confirmed by Southern blot analysis. It has been found that one plant had single copy of cry II A gene, another had two copies of the gene, and the third had a truncated gene. After the immunochemical confirmation of cry II A expression in plants, the transgenic tobacco plants will be used to study the genetics of future generation with the insecticidal crystal protein gene cry II A.

Bacillus thuringiensis는 그람 양성 토양 세균으로 포자형성시 결정화된 내포체를 형성하는데, 이 내포체를 구성하는 결정단백질은 각 곤충에 대하여 특이적인 독성을 나타낸다. 살충성 결정단백질 중 Cry II A 결정단백질은 인시류와 쌍시류 곤충에 모두 특이적으로 작용한다. 결정단백질은 살충제로서 불안정하고 포장에서 지속성이 낮은 단점을 가지고 있으므로, 본 연구에서는 Cry II A 결정단백질 유전자가 형질전환된 담배 식물을 제작하고자 하였다. cry IIA 유전자가 삽입된 벡터를 대장균에 형질전환한 후, 알칼리 용액에 대한 용해도의 차이를 이용하여 Cry II A 결정단백질(70 kDa)을 분리하였고, 분리한 Cry II A 결정단백질을 trypsin 처리하여 활성화된 Cry II A (50 kDa)를 확인하였다. 식물 형질전환을 위하여 두 개의 CaMV 35S promoters에 의해 발현이 조절되는 식물 발현 벡터에 cry II A 유전자를 클로닝 하였다. 이 식물 발현 벡터를 Agrobacterium을 이용한 엽편형질 전환을 통해 담배(N. tabacum var. Petit Havana SRI)에 형질전환 시켰으며, 재분화 과정을 거쳐 여섯 개체의 형질전환 식물체를 얻었다. Southern blot을 통하여 분석한 결과 세 개체 내에 cry II A 유전자가 존재하였는데, 한 개체에는 하나의 cry II A 유전자가, 또 한 개체에는 두 개의 cry II A 유전자가, 다른 한 개체에는 잘려진 형태의 cry II A 유전자가 존재함을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통하여 얻어진 cry II A 형질전환 식물체는 살충성 검정 등을 거친 후 내충성 식물 생산 및 후대 유전 양상 분석을 위한 기초 자료로 이용될 수 있을 것이다.

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