Journal of Plant Biotechnology

The Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology (한국식물생명공학회)
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Fungal pathogen protection in transgenic lettuce by expression of a apoptosis related Bcl-2 gene

Apoptosis 관련 Bcl-2유전자의 도입을 통한 곰팡이 저항성 형질전환 상추의 육성

  • Seo, Kyung-Sun (Division of Ecological & Environmental System, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Min, Byung-Whan (Division of Ecological & Environmental System, Kyungpook National University)
  • 서경순 (경북대학교 생태환경대학 생태환경시스템학부 식물자원환경) ;
  • 민병환 (경북대학교 생태환경대학 생태환경시스템학부 식물자원환경)
  • Received : 2011.07.26
  • Accepted : 2011.08.19
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

Transgenic lettuce plants were successfully obtained from hypocotyl explants inoculated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens, which harbored a binary vector plasmid with Bcl-2 gene, related to apoptosis. After culture and selection on MS medium a number of kanamycin-resistant plantlets were regenerated. Polymerase chain reaction, Southern blot analysis and Northern blot analysis were used to identify and characterize the transgenic plants with the integrated Bcl-2 gene. Over 100 transgenic plants have been established in soil and flowered in the greenhouse. T1 progeny of 100 transgenic lettuce inbred lines were inoculated with Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Expression of the Bcl-2 peptide in transgenic lettuce plants provides high levels of field resistance against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, causal agent of the agronomically important fungal disease of lettuce.

본 실험에서는 상추 연산홍에 apoptosis 관련 유전자인 Bcl-2 유전자를 도입하여 내병성 상추의 육성을 하기 위한 목적으로 형질전환을 수행하였다. 상추의 자엽조직을 NPTII-35S Promoter와 Bcl-2 유전자가 삽입된 Agrobacterium GV 3101과 공동배양 한 후 0.1 mg/L NAA, 0.5 mg/L BAP, 100 mg/L Kanamycin, 300 mg/L Lilacillin이 첨가된 MS 배지에서 식물체가 유기되었다. Kanamycin 내성을 가진 식물체들을 PCR, Southern blot 분석을 통해 Bcl-2 유전자가 안정적으로 식물체 genome 안에 삽입되었음을 확인하였다. 100개의 형질전환식물체가 확인되었으며 T1식물체를 채종하였다. T1 종자를 파종하여 Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. 균주를 접종하여 내병성 검정을 실시하였고 그 중 2개의 line에서 내병성을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과를 통하여 인간의 apoptosis에 관련하는 유전자가 식물체 내에서 안정된 발현을 통하여 내병성을 증가시켰음을 밝혔다.

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