Cloning of artemisinin biosynthetic cDNAs and novel ESTs and quantification of low temperature-induced gene overexpression  

作　　者：ZENG QingPing1, ZHAO Chang1, YIN LuLu1, YANG RuiYi1, ZENG XiaoMei1, HUANG Ying2, FENG LiLing3 & YANG XueQin3 1 Laboratory of Biotechnology, Tropical Medicine Institute, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China 2 Guangzhou General Hospital, Guangzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA, Guangzhou 510010, China 3 Center of Artemisinin Research, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China 

出　　处：《Science China(Life Sciences)》2008年第3期232-244,共13页中国科学（生命科学英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30672614 and 30271591)

摘　　要：To isolate and verify novel genes from qinghao (Artemisia annua) based on the development-specific and environment-induced transcriptomics, leaves have been harvested from the flowering A. annua plants and exposed to low temperature for isolation of total RNAs and cloning of full-length cDNAs and cDNA fragments, or expressed sequence tags (ESTs). After being sequenced and browsed for homol- ogy, these sequences have been submitted to GenBank. Among the accessed 75 sequences, 4 full-length cDNAs are highly homologous to the known A. annua genes, but 71 ESTs are absent in the sequence records of A. annua genes, in which 34 sequences are homologous to other plant genes, including 24 identified protein-coding sequences and 10 unidentified protein-coding sequences, while other 37 sequences are not present in the sequence records of any plant genes, representing the first cloned plant genes. In order to investigate the responsive patterns of A. annua genes to extreme envi- ronmental stresses, especially low temperature, the expression levels of 3 critical qinhaosu (artemisi- nin) biosynthetic genes, ADS, CYP71AV1 and CPR, have been measured in pre- and post-chilling A. annua seedlings cultured in vitro by semi-quantitative PCR (SQ-PCR). Consequently, ADS and CYP71AV1 genes are strongly induced by chilling, but CPR gene is not significantly affected by such treatment. Furthermore, induction of these genes by chilling can be potently suppressed by Ca2+ channel inhibitor LaCl3 or Ca2+ chelator EGTA, suggesting a putative involvement of Ca2+-CaM signal transduction pathway in chilling-induced overexpression of ADS and CYP71AV1 genes. The real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (RFQ-PCR) assay of A. annua seedlings exposed to chilling has shown that the expression level of CaM gene is up-regulated for more than 2.5 folds, thereby confirming our above inference on the relevance of Ca2+-CaM-mediated signal transduction to chilling-induced gene overexpression. Finally, 7 newly isolated A. annua ESTs have been functionally annotTo isolate and verify novel genes from qinghao (Artemisia annua) based on the development-specific and environment-induced transcriptomics, leaves have been harvested from the flowering A. annua plants and exposed to low temperature for isolation of total RNAs and cloning of full-length cDNAs and cDNA fragments, or expressed sequence tags (ESTs). After being sequenced and browsed for homol- ogy, these sequences have been submitted to GenBank. Among the accessed 75 sequences, 4 full-length cDNAs are highly homologous to the known A. annua genes, but 71 ESTs are absent in the sequence records of A. annua genes, in which 34 sequences are homologous to other plant genes, including 24 identified protein-coding sequences and 10 unidentified protein-coding sequences, while other 37 sequences are not present in the sequence records of any plant genes, representing the first cloned plant genes. In order to investigate the responsive patterns of A. annua genes to extreme envi- ronmental stresses, especially low temperature, the expression levels of 3 critical qinhaosu (artemisi- nin) biosynthetic genes, ADS, CYP71AV1 and CPR, have been measured in pre- and post-chilling A. annua seedlings cultured in vitro by semi-quantitative PCR (SQ-PCR). Consequently, ADS and CYP71AV1 genes are strongly induced by chilling, but CPR gene is not significantly affected by such treatment. Furthermore, induction of these genes by chilling can be potently suppressed by Ca2+ channel inhibitor LaCl3 or Ca2+ chelator EGTA, suggesting a putative involvement of Ca2+-CaM signal transduction pathway in chilling-induced overexpression of ADS and CYP71AV1 genes. The real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (RFQ-PCR) assay of A. annua seedlings exposed to chilling has shown that the expression level of CaM gene is up-regulated for more than 2.5 folds, thereby confirming our above inference on the relevance of Ca2+-CaM-mediated signal transduction to chilling-induced gene overexpression. Finally, 7 newly isolated A. annua ESTs have been functionally annot

关 键 词：ARTEMISIA annua EXPRESSED sequence tag (EST) ABIOTIC stress signal TRANSDUCTION fluorescent quantification 

分 类 号：Q943.2[生物学—植物学]