生物技术进展 ›› 2022, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (1): 90-98.DOI: 10.19586/j.2095-2341.2021.0040

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苜蓿中华根瘤菌氮代谢调控相关非编码RNA的研究

张卡(), 王泳浩, 吴云峰, 许雷(), 王海胜()   

  1. 中国农业科学院研究生院,北京 100081
  • 收稿日期:2021-03-25 接受日期:2021-06-16 出版日期:2022-01-25 发布日期:2022-01-26
  • 通讯作者: 许雷,王海胜
  • 作者简介:张卡 E-mail:2235805046@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    中国农业科学院基本科研业务费项目(1610042018005)

The Non⁃coding RNA Regulated Nitrogen Metabolism in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Ka ZHANG(), Yonghao WANG, Yunfeng WU, Lei XU(), Haisheng WANG()   

  1. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100081,China
  • Received:2021-03-25 Accepted:2021-06-16 Online:2022-01-25 Published:2022-01-26
  • Contact: Lei XU,Haisheng WANG

摘要:

为了探究非编码RNA(non-coding RNA,ncRNA)在氮代谢调控过程的作用,以苜蓿中华根瘤菌(Sinorhizobium meliloti)为出发菌株,鉴定并获得了与ntrC基因表达相关的ncRNA,利用lncPRO软件分析苜蓿中华根瘤菌中ncRNA与调控蛋白NtrC相互作用的可能性,最终确定了评分较高的4个基因,即SM2011_c06191SM2011_c06248SM2011_c07102SM2011_c07132,并对其中得分最高的SM2011_c06248基因进行研究。利用Northern blot验证ncRNA的表达,发现富氮处理后其表达水平呈先升高后降低的趋势。实验构建了SM2011_c06248基因敲除菌株,通过qRT-PCR发现SM2011_c06248在自然生长条件下表达无明显规律,富氮处理后,野生型菌株ncRNA表达水平呈先降低后升高再降低的趋势,与自然生长相比,ncRNA在20 min后表达水平明显上调;野生型菌株ntrCnar基因表达水平呈先降低后升高再降低的趋势;与野生型相比,SM2011_c06248基因敲除菌株SM∷248中ntrCnar基因表达水平明显下调。实验中构建SM2011_c06248、NtrC双突变菌株SM∷248-NtrC和SM2011_c06248过表达菌株SM:dld-248,qRT-PCR分析表明,与野生型相比,富氮处理后,SM∷248-NtrC菌株nar基因表达量无明显变化,SM:dld-248菌株ntrCnar基因表达水平显著上调。ncRNA SM2011_c06248可响应环境中氮元素信号变化,对ntrCnar基因的表达有正调控作用,且ntrCnar有上位基因效应。

关键词: 苜蓿中华根瘤菌, 氮代谢调控, 非编码RNA, ntrC基因, nar基因

Abstract:

To explore the function of non-coding RNA (ncRNA) in the progress of nitrogen metabolism, we used Sinorhizobium meliloti as starting strain, and identified and obtained ncRNA related to ntrC gene expression. We used lncPRO software to analyze the possibility of interaction between ncRNA and regulatory protein NtrC in Sinorhizobium meliloti, the four genes with higher scores were finally determined, namely SM2011_c06191SM2011_c06248SM2011_c07102 and SM2011_c07132, and the SM2011_c06248 gene with the highest score was studied. Northern blot was used to verify the expression of ncRNA, and it was found that the expression level of ncRNA increased first and then decreased after nitrogen-enrichment treatment. The SM2011_c06248 gene knockout strain was constructed in the experiment, and the expression of SM2011_c06248 under natural growth conditions was found to have no obvious regularity by qRT-PCR. After nitrogen enrichment treatment, the ncRNA expression level of wild-type strains first decreased, then increased and then decreased. Compared with natural growth, the ncRNA expression level was significantly increased after 20 min. The expression levels of ntrC and nar genes in wild-type strains first decreased, then increased and then decreased. Compared with the wild type, the expression levels of ntrC and nar genes in SM2011_c06248 knockout strain SM∷248 were significantly down-regulated. The SM2011_c06248, NtrC double mutant strain SM∷248-NtrC and SM2011_c06248 overexpression strain SM:dld-248 were constructed in the experiment. qRT-PCR analysis showed that, compared with the wild type, after nitrogen-enriched treatment, there was no significant change for nar gene expression in the SM∷248-NtrC strain, and the expression levels of ntrC and nar genes in SM:dld-248 strain were significantly up-regulated. ncRNA SM2011_c06248 can respond to the change of nitrogen signal in the environment, and has a positive regulatory effect on the expression of ntrC and nar genes, and ntrC has epistatic effect on nar.

Key words: Sinorhizobium meliloti, regulation of nitrogen metabolism, non-coding RNA, ntrC gene, nar gene

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