pHg/pSILBAγ vector system for efficient gene silencing in homobasidiomycetes: optimization of ihpRNA - triggering in the mycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor.
pSILBAγ silencing vector was constructed for efficient RNA silencing triggering in the model mycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor. This cloning vector carries the Agaricus bisporus gpdII promoter, two multiple cloning sites separated by a L. bicolor nitrate reductase intron and the Aspergillus nidulans trpC terminator. pSILBAγ allows an easy oriented two-step PCR cloning of hairpin sequences to be expressed in basidiomycetes. With one further cloning step into pHg, a pCAMBIA1300-based binary vector carrying a hygromycin resistance cassette, the pHg/pSILBAγ plasmid is used for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The pHg/pSILBAγ system results in predominantly single integrations of RNA silencing triggering T-DNAs in the fungal genome and the integration sites of the transgenes can be resolved by plasmid rescue. pSILBAγ construct and two other pSILBA plasmid variants (pSILBA and pSILBAα) were evaluated for their capacity to silence Laccaria nitrate reductase gene. While all pSILBA variants tested resulted in up to 65-76% of transformants with reduced growth on nitrate, pSILBAγ produced the highest number (65%) of strongly affected fungal strains. The strongly silenced phenotype was shown to correlate with T-DNA integration in transcriptionally active genomic sites. pHg/pSILBAγ was shown to produce T-DNAs with minimum CpG methylation in transgene promoter regions which assures the maximum silencing trigger production in Laccaria. Methylation of the target endogene was only slight in RNA silencing triggered with constructs carrying an intronic spacer hairpin sequence. The silencing capacity of the pHg/pSILBAγ was further tested with Laccaria inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate 5-phosphatase gene. Besides its use in silencing triggering, the herein described plasmid system can also be used for transgene expression in Laccaria. pHg/pSILBAγ silencing system is optimized for L. bicolor but it should be highly useful also for other homobasidiomycetes, group of fungi currently lacking molecular tools for RNA silencing.
Laboratorio de Micología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Roque Sáenz Peña 352, (B1876BXD) Bernal, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Minna J
MJ
Kemppainen
Alejandro G
AG
Pardo
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002934:Cinnamates / Q000494:pharmacology; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D020868:Gene Silencing; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006921:Hygromycin B / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D055399:Laccaria / Q000235:genetics*; D009565:Nitrate Reductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D002934:Cinnamates; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D006921:Hygromycin B; C026273:hygromycin A; D009565:Nitrate Reductases
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