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草业学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3): 107-117.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2022104

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    

紫花苜蓿MsBBX24基因的克隆及耐盐性分析

王园(), 王晶, 李淑霞()   

  1. 宁夏大学农学院,宁夏 银川 750021
  • 收稿日期:2022-03-02 修回日期:2022-05-18 出版日期:2023-03-20 发布日期:2022-12-30
  • 通讯作者: 李淑霞
  • 作者简介:E-mail: lishuxia620@163.com
    王园(1998-),女,宁夏固原人,在读硕士。E-mail: 1583230357@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(32101426)

Cloning of MsBBX24 from alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and determination of its role in salt tolerance

Yuan WANG(), Jing WANG, Shu-xia LI()   

  1. College of Agriculture,Ningxia University,Yinchuan 750021,China
  • Received:2022-03-02 Revised:2022-05-18 Online:2023-03-20 Published:2022-12-30
  • Contact: Shu-xia LI

摘要:

盐胁迫是影响植物生长发育的主要非生物胁迫因子之一,BBX家族转录因子在植物色素积累、光形态发生、种子生长发育以及逆境适应等方面具有重要的调节作用。为明确紫花苜蓿BBX基因的功能,本研究使用Primer Premier 5软件根据NCBI数据库MsBBX24基因的序列设计特异性引物,以紫花苜蓿的cDNA为模板克隆MsBBX24基因。利用生物信息学软件对基因序列和结构进行分析,并与其他植物的BBX24进行比对和进化树构建,分析它们之间的进化关系。采用实时荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)分析MsBBX24基因的表达模式。利用DNA的酶切与连接方法构建MsBBX24过表达载体,采用农杆菌介导法将其转入野生型拟南芥,通过除草剂Basta筛选,以半定量RT-PCR鉴定获得阳性转基因植株。通过对野生型和MsBBX24转基因拟南芥植株的表型观察和生理指标测定分析它们的耐盐性。研究结果表明,MsBBX24基因编码区序列长723 bp,编码240个氨基酸,分子量为30.58 kDa,等电点为7.74,MsBBX24与鹰嘴豆和蒺藜苜蓿的BBX24具有较高的同源性。qRT-PCR检测结果表明,MsBBX24基因的表达量受盐胁迫(150 mmol·L-1 NaCl)诱导。在拟南芥中过表达MsBBX24基因分析表明,在NaCl胁迫下,MsBBX24基因的过表达能够促进幼苗根和侧根的生长,提高子叶绿化率,同时显著降低了转基因植株的相对电导率(IL)、丙二醛(MDA)和过氧化氢(H2O2)含量,提高了叶绿素(Chl)和脯氨酸(Pro)含量、过氧化氢酶(POD)和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性。MsBBX24基因响应盐胁迫,主要通过提高抗氧化防御系统清除活性氧以增强转基因植株的耐盐性,MsBBX24基因可为紫花苜蓿耐盐分子育种提供重要的候选基因。

关键词: 紫花苜蓿, MsBBX24, 基因克隆, 耐盐性

Abstract:

Salt stress is one of the main abiotic stress factors affecting plant growth and development. Members of the BBX family of transcription factors are known to play important regulatory roles in pigment accumulation, photomorphogenesis, seed development, and stress adaptation. To clarify the function of Medicago sativa (alfalfa) BBX genes, we used Primer Premier 5 to design specific primers according to the sequence of MsBBX24 in the NCBI database, and cloned MsBBX24 using the cDNA of alfalfa as the template. Bioinformatics software was used to analyze the sequence and structure of MsBBX24, and to compare MsBBX24 with related BBX24 sequences in other plants. A phylogenetic tree was constructed to analyze the evolutionary relationships among BBX24s. The transcriptional profile of MsBBX24 was analyzed by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). An MsBBX24-overexpression vector was constructed by DNA digestion and ligation, and introduced into wild-type Arabidopsis by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The positive transgenic Arabidopsis plants were screened using the herbicide Basta and the presence of the transgene was confirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. The salt tolerance of wild-type and transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing MsBBX24 was analyzed on the basis of phenotypic characteristics and physiological indexes. The MsBBX24 coding sequence was 723 bp long, encoding a polypeptide of 240 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 30.58 kDa and theoretical isoelectric point of 7.74. MsBBX24 showed high homology with BBX24 of Cicer arietinum and Medicago truncatula. The results of qRT-PCR analyses showed that the transcript levels of MsBBX24 increased in response to salt stress (150 mmol·L-1 NaCl). The transgenic Arabidopsis plants showed increased tolerance to NaCl stress. Compared with the controls, the transgenic plants overexpressing MsBBX24 showed enhanced growth of seedling roots and lateral roots, a higher cotyledon greening rate, significantly reduced ion leakage, malondialdehyde content, and H2O2 content, increased contents of chlorophyll and proline, and higher peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities. These results show that, under salt stress, MsBBX24 improves the antioxidant defense system to remove reactive oxygen species, thereby enhancing the salt tolerance of transgenic plants. Thus, MsBBX24 is an important candidate gene for breeding new salt-tolerant varieties of alfalfa.

Key words: alfalfa, MsBBX24, gene cloning, salt tolerance