以潮霉素B抗性为选择标记的深黄被孢霉原生质体转化

Protoplast Transformation of Mortierella isabellina with Hygromycin B Resistance Plasmid PD4

摘要:

利用亚硝基胍（MNNG）诱变方法筛选了一株深黄被孢霉潮霉素B敏感型菌株M6-22-4。采用PEG介导的方法，将含有E.coli潮霉素B抗性标记的PD4质粒转入敏感株M6-22-4原生质体，并在潮霉素B浓度为400μg/mL的选择培养基上筛选转化子，获得了1.6～2.8个转化子/μg质粒DNA的转化频率。稳定性实验表明，质粒线性化后所获得的转化子在PDA培养基上传代10代以后，转接到选择平板上有31.6%仍具有HmB抗性；随机挑选了3个转化子，通过PCR方法检测到潮霉素抗性基因的存在，Southern杂交发现，潮霉素抗性基因已经以1～2拷贝数整合到深黄被孢霉M6-22-4染色体上，这是深黄被孢霉转化系统的首次报道。

Abstract:

A strain Mortierella isabellinaM6-22-4,which was sensitive to hygromycin B, was selected by treating parental spores with N-methyl-N'-Nitro-N-nitrsoguanidine(MNNG). Protoplasts of the strain Mortierella isabellina M6-22-4 were transformed successfully to hygromycin B resistance using the PD4 plasmid, which contains the Escherichia coli hph gene under the control of Mortierella alpina his H4.1 promoter. The PD4 plasmid was introduced by PEG/CaCl₂ treatment. Transformation frequencies of 1.6～2.8 transformants/μg of DNA were achieved. Then they were successively incubated to non-selected PDA plates for 10 generations. About 31.6% transformants only from digested plasmid were mitotically stable and showed different hygromycin B resistance when they were incubated back to selection plates. The results of PCR and Southern analysis in three transformants indicated that the plasmid PD4 had been integrated into the fungal genome with 1～2 copies. This is the first report of Mortierella isabellina transformation system and supplies an important tool for further research into genetic manipulation of this filamentous fungus.