Expression of Phosphinothricin Acetyltransferase Gene in Transgenic Rice Plants

We have obtained fertile transgenic rice plants resistant to the broad spectrum herbicide Bast $a^{(R)}$ (active ingredient phosphinothricin, PPT) by PEG-mediated transformation procedure. The plasmid pCaMV35S::Bar was used to deliver the bar gene into embryogenic suspension culture-derived protoplasts of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Transformed plants were regenerated and selected on medium containing 15 mg/l of phosphinothricin. Stable integration and expression of the bar gene in transgenic rice plants was confirmed by Southern and Northern blot analysis. Transgenic $R_1$ plants were also confirmed by assays for phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) activity. The bar gene was expressed in the primary transgenic rice plants and in the next generation progeny, in which it showed a 3 : 1 Mendelian inheritance pattern. Transgenic $R_1$ and $R_2$ plants were resistant to the herbicide Bast $a^{(R)}$ when sprayed at rates used in field practice.ice.

형질전환체 벼에서 phosphinothricin acetyltransferase 유전자 발현

광범위 제초제인 Bast $a^{(R)}$에 대해 저항성을 가지는 형질전환체 벼를 개발하였다. Bar유전자를 함유하고 있는 플라스미드 pCaMV35S::Bar를 embryogenic 현탁 배양체로부터 분리한 벼의 원형질체에 도입하였다. Phosphinotricin에 대해 저항성을 가지는 형질전환체 식물체들이 재분화되었고, 이들을 15 mg/l phosphinotricin이 함유한 배지에서 다시 선별하였다. 형질전환체 벼에서 bar유전자의 삽입과 발현을 Southern과 Northern blot분석으로 확인하였고, 또한 $R_1$ 형질전환 식물체들을 PAT 활성 assay로 재차 유전자 발현을 확인하였다. Bar 유전자는 다음 세대인 $R_1$ 식물체에서 3:1 멘델 유전 양상을 나타내었고, 형질전환체 $R_1$과 $R_2$ 식물체들은 fieild에서 살포되는 제초제 양만큼 Bast $a^{(R)}$ 를 살포했을 때 제초제 저항성을 나타내었다..