Agrobacterium tume faciens-mediated transformation of Colletotrichum lagenarium, the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose

To elucidate the molecular mechanism of pathogenicity in Colletotrichum lagenarium, the casual agent of cucumber anthracnose, conditions for T-DNA insertional mutagenesis using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation approach were established and optimized. Binary vector BIG2RHPH2-GUS-GFP was used, wh...

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Main Authors: FANG Li, LIU Hai-qing, SONG Feng-ming, ZHENG Zhong
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Published: Zhejiang University Press 2006-07-01
Series:浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版
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Online Access:https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/1008-9209.2006.04.0360
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LIU Hai-qing
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description To elucidate the molecular mechanism of pathogenicity in Colletotrichum lagenarium, the casual agent of cucumber anthracnose, conditions for T-DNA insertional mutagenesis using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation approach were established and optimized. Binary vector BIG2RHPH2-GUS-GFP was used, which carried the bacterial hygromycin B phosphotransferase gene cassette under the control of Aspergillus nidulans trpC promoter as a selection marker and a GFP-GUS fusion cassette driven by the A. nidulans trpC promoter enabling detection of GFP microscopically and GUS stain in the resultant transformants. In average, a total of 150-200 hygromycin-resistant transformants could be obtained for transforming 10<sup>6</sup> spores of C. lagenarium under the optimized conditions. All hygromycin-resistant transformants contained T-DNA insertions in their genomes which were detected by PCR amplification of the GUS gene in the T-DNA cassette with genomic DNA as templates. These hygromycin-resistant transformants also showed GFP fluorescence visualized under microscope and GUS activity detected by staining. The T-DNA inserted transformants appeared to be stable as they showed hygromycin resistance, GFP fluorescence and GUS activity after 4 generations. Preliminary results from pathogenicity test of randomly selecting 36 hygromycin-resistant transformants on leaves of two-week-old cucumber seedlings identified two transformants with reduced pathogenicity or loss-of-pathogenicity, respectively, except that the majority of the transformants showed wild-type pathogenicity. The establishment and optimization of the conditions for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system facilitate the construction of the T-DNA inserted mutant population, screening of mutants with altered pathogenicity and identification of pathogenicity-related genes in C. lagenarium.
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spelling doaj-art-e3700a59f18846039da018bb5a550c282025-08-20T03:58:19ZengZhejiang University Press浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版1008-92092097-51552006-07-013236036610.3785/1008-9209.2006.04.036010089209Agrobacterium tume faciens-mediated transformation of Colletotrichum lagenarium, the causal agent of cucumber anthracnoseFANG LiLIU Hai-qingSONG Feng-mingZHENG ZhongTo elucidate the molecular mechanism of pathogenicity in Colletotrichum lagenarium, the casual agent of cucumber anthracnose, conditions for T-DNA insertional mutagenesis using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation approach were established and optimized. Binary vector BIG2RHPH2-GUS-GFP was used, which carried the bacterial hygromycin B phosphotransferase gene cassette under the control of Aspergillus nidulans trpC promoter as a selection marker and a GFP-GUS fusion cassette driven by the A. nidulans trpC promoter enabling detection of GFP microscopically and GUS stain in the resultant transformants. In average, a total of 150-200 hygromycin-resistant transformants could be obtained for transforming 10<sup>6</sup> spores of C. lagenarium under the optimized conditions. All hygromycin-resistant transformants contained T-DNA insertions in their genomes which were detected by PCR amplification of the GUS gene in the T-DNA cassette with genomic DNA as templates. These hygromycin-resistant transformants also showed GFP fluorescence visualized under microscope and GUS activity detected by staining. The T-DNA inserted transformants appeared to be stable as they showed hygromycin resistance, GFP fluorescence and GUS activity after 4 generations. Preliminary results from pathogenicity test of randomly selecting 36 hygromycin-resistant transformants on leaves of two-week-old cucumber seedlings identified two transformants with reduced pathogenicity or loss-of-pathogenicity, respectively, except that the majority of the transformants showed wild-type pathogenicity. The establishment and optimization of the conditions for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system facilitate the construction of the T-DNA inserted mutant population, screening of mutants with altered pathogenicity and identification of pathogenicity-related genes in C. lagenarium.https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/1008-9209.2006.04.0360<italic>Colletotrichum lagenarium</italic><italic>Agrobacterium</italic>-mediated transformationT-DNA insertional mutagenesis
spellingShingle FANG Li
LIU Hai-qing
SONG Feng-ming
ZHENG Zhong
Agrobacterium tume faciens-mediated transformation of Colletotrichum lagenarium, the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose
浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版
<italic>Colletotrichum lagenarium</italic>
<italic>Agrobacterium</italic>-mediated transformation
T-DNA insertional mutagenesis
title Agrobacterium tume faciens-mediated transformation of Colletotrichum lagenarium, the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose
title_full Agrobacterium tume faciens-mediated transformation of Colletotrichum lagenarium, the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose
title_fullStr Agrobacterium tume faciens-mediated transformation of Colletotrichum lagenarium, the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose
title_full_unstemmed Agrobacterium tume faciens-mediated transformation of Colletotrichum lagenarium, the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose
title_short Agrobacterium tume faciens-mediated transformation of Colletotrichum lagenarium, the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose
title_sort agrobacterium tume faciens mediated transformation of colletotrichum lagenarium the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose
topic <italic>Colletotrichum lagenarium</italic>
<italic>Agrobacterium</italic>-mediated transformation
T-DNA insertional mutagenesis
url https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/1008-9209.2006.04.0360
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