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WO1999004013A2 - Induction de facteurs lies au stress chez des plantes - Google Patents

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WO1999004013A2
WO1999004013A2 PCT/US1998/014861 US9814861W WO9904013A2 WO 1999004013 A2 WO1999004013 A2 WO 1999004013A2 US 9814861 W US9814861 W US 9814861W WO 9904013 A2 WO9904013 A2 WO 9904013A2
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Dennis L. Bidney
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Igor Falak
Nasser Yalpani
Guihau Lu
Mark K. Mancl
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  • This invention relates to the genetic improvement of plants by the use of recombinant DNA techniques. Particularly, but not exclusively, the invention relates to the improvement of the tolerance of plants to stress, especially fungal pathogen attack.
  • Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in particular is said to cause disease in nearly 400 plant species. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum appears to be among the most nonspecific, omnivorous, and successful of plant pathogens. (Purdy, L.H., Phytopathology, 69: 875-880 (1979))
  • Sclerotinia infections in sunflower are considered the major disease problems of the crop yet little genetic resistance is currently available to breeding programs to combat the various forms of this fungal infection. In fact, there are no major gene resistance mechanisms that have been defined in any species affected by this pathogen.
  • Oxalate (oxalic acid) is a diffusable toxin associated with various plant diseases, particularly those caused by fungi. While some leafy green vegetables, including spinach and rhubarb, produce oxalate as a nutritional stress factor, certain pathogens synthesize and export large amounts of oxalate to assist in the establishment and spread of the organism throughout infected hosts. Oxalate is used by pathogens to gain access into and subsequently throughout an infected plant. See for example, Mehta and Datta, J. Biol. Chem., 266: 23548-23553, and published PCT Application WO 92/14824 published in 3 September 1992.
  • Field crops such as sunflower, bean, canola, alfalfa, soybean, flax, safflower, peanut, clover, maize, sorghum, wheat, rice, as well as numerous vegetable crops, flowers, and trees are susceptible to oxalate-secreting pathogens.
  • fungal species including, but not limited to, Sclerotinia, Sclerotium, Aspergillus, Streptomyces, Penicillium, Pythium, Pacillus, Mycena, Leucostoma, Rhizoctonia and Schizophyllum use oxalic acid to provide an opportunistic route of entry into plants, causing serious damage to crops such as sunflower.
  • Enzymes that utilize oxalate as a substrate have been identified. These include oxalate oxidase (sometimes called germin) and oxalate decarboxylase. Oxalate oxidase catalyzes the conversion of oxalate to carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide.
  • a gene encoding bariey oxalate oxidase has been cloned from a bariey root cDNA library and sequenced (See: PCT publication No. WO 92/14824, published in 3 September 1992).
  • a gene encoding wheat oxalate oxidase activity has been isolated and sequenced, and the gene has been introduced into a canola variety (PCT publication No.
  • Oxalate decarboxylase converts oxalate to carbon dioxide and formic acid.
  • a gene encoding oxalate decarboxylase has been isolated from Collybia velutipes (now termed Flammulina velutipes) and the cDNA clone has been sequenced (WO 94/12622, published in 9 June 1994).
  • another oxalate decarboxylase gene has been isolated from Aspergillus phoenices (U. S. patent application no.08/821,827, filed on March 21, 1997 and herein incorporated by reference).
  • glucose oxidase Another gene which does not degrade oxalate, but which has been shown to help in the control of plant fungal pathogens is glucose oxidase.
  • glucose oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of glucose to d- gluconolactone and hydrogen peroxide. It is thought that the hydrogen peroxide and the d-gluconolactone, which is known as glycosyltransferase inhibitor, are responsible for the anti-pathogenic mode of action.
  • H 2 O 2 is very reactive and can form other reactive oxygen species, including hydroxyl radical (OH) and the more stable H 2 O 2 .
  • H 2 O 2 accumulation may trigger enhanced resistance responses in a number or ways: 1.
  • H 2 O 2 has direct antimicrobial activity.
  • Hydrogen peroxide acts as a substrate for peroxidases associated with lignin polymerization and hence cell wail strengthening.
  • 3. Via still to be determined mechanisms act as a signal for activation of expression of defense related genes, including those that result in stimulation of salicylic acid (SA) accumulation.
  • SA is thought to act as an endogenous signal molecule that triggers expression of genes coding for several classes of pathogenesis-related proteins (PR proteins).
  • PR proteins pathogenesis-related proteins
  • PR proteins have antimicrobial enzymatic activities, such as glucanases and chitinases.
  • the function of other PR proteins in defense still needs to be elucidated.
  • SA may potentiate the oxidative burst and thus act in a feedback loop enhancing its own synthesis.
  • SA may also be involved in hypersensitive cell death by acting as an inhibitor of catalase, an enzyme that removes H 2 O 2 . 4.
  • H 2 O 2 may trigger production of additional defense compounds such as phytoalexins, antimicrobial low molecular weight compounds.
  • a high level of salicylic acid is associated with disease lesion mimic symptoms.
  • the oxidative burst is the initial signal of a pathogen's attack, but one that is not permitted to be maintained by the plant.
  • Even plants that are able to mount a defense are usually not immune to the disease.
  • the pathogen is often able to inflict significant damage, although the plant may not die from the disease. Plants stressed because of pathogen damage are less likely to yield well and are often more susceptible to other types of pests.
  • the present invention demonstrates that it is now possible to induce resistance to a variety of pathogens and environmental stresses by expression of a hydrogen peroxide producing or reactive oxygen species producing gene even before pathogen or stress challenge.
  • pathogen resistant sunflower expressing oxalate oxidase show enhanced accumulation of pathogenesis-related genes resulting in the accumulation of high levels of PR-1, chitinase, 14-3-3 protein, and glucanase PR proteins as well as highly elevated levels of salicylic acid. This induced gene expression occurs before pathogen or stress challenge and is a consequence of constitutive expression of the oxalate oxidase gene.
  • Oxalate oxidase acts on an endogenously available substrate producing hydrogen peroxide thereby activating the expression of hydrogen peroxide responsive genes, ultimately resulting in the accumulation of markers associated with generalized stress tolerance in plants.
  • Such plants could be expected to offer tolerance to a variety of challenges where pathogenesis-related factors are important for a timely and effective resistance response.
  • a plant expressing an hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing gene would withstand periods of higher than normal temperature.
  • a transgenic plant expressing an oxidase gene may be able to better withstand invasion by a parasitic weed such as broomrape (Orobanche sp.). Broomrape has become a significant problem in Central Europe and the Middle East.
  • the present invention relates to a method of producing resistance in plants to pathogens by the expression of a hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing enzyme such as, but not limited to, oxalate oxidase.
  • Plants that could be transformed and made disease resistant include, but in no way are limited to; sunflower, bean, canola, alfalfa, soybean, flax, safflower, peanut, clover, maize, sorghum, wheat, rice, as well as numerous vegetable crops, flowers, and trees.
  • the present invention relates to a method of producing a stress resistant sunflower plant by transforming a plant with an oxalate oxidase gene or other gene encoding a reactive oxygen species generating that enzyme so upon expression of the gene the plant produces an enzyme capable of generating hydrogen peroxide or capable of forming, directly or indirectly, any reactive oxygen species from endogenousiy available substrate.
  • the production of hydrogen peroxide or any reactive oxygen species triggers the expression of hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen-responsive genes resulting in a pre-challenge accumulation of pathogenesis or stress-related factors such as salicylic acid and PR proteins thus rendering the plant resistant to a variety of stresses.
  • Stresses include, but are not limited to, inhibiting the establishment of a pathogen such as Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resulting in a disease resistance phenotype, heat/cold tolerance, drought tolerance, resistance to parasitic weeds or resistance to insects.
  • Plants, in addition to sunflower, that could be made stress tolerant by this method would include those species that would have substrate, such as oxalate, available for transgenic oxidase enzymatic action in or about somatic or germline cells thus resulting in the production hydrogen peroxide or any reactive oxygen species leading to the ultimate accumulation of pathogenesis or stress- related factors at times before challenge is encountered.
  • the plant could be transformed with the hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing gene and a gene for the necessary substrate or a gene that would modify a pathway in the plant resulting in formation of or increase in the amount of the substrate.
  • Another option would be to transform a first plant with the gene to a hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing enzyme in a homozygous state, transform a second plant with the gene to the substrate for the enzyme in a homozygous state, and then cross the first and second plants.
  • the resulting progeny would contain both the gene to the enzyme and the gene to the substrate.
  • an endogenous gene capable of producing hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species could be alter to increase its expression and thus production of hydrogen peroxide or a reactive oxygen species.
  • Another aspect of the present invention relates to an analytical method for detecting galactose oxidase activity in a tissue sample.
  • the first step of the method involves disrupting the tissue in the presence of N-ethyl malemide.
  • Galactose, horseradish peroxidase and Amplex Red TM are then added to the disrupted tissue, and the resultant mixture is incubated so as to allow formation of fluorescent Resourfin.
  • the fluorescent Resourfin product is detected and quantified.
  • Figure 1 shows the slope of the oxalate oxidase activity versus the number of sclerotia in sunflower.
  • Figure 2 shows the slope of the oxalate oxidase activity versus the sclerotia weight in sunflower.
  • Figure 3 shows the frequency by range of sclerotia weights in oxalate oxidase expression sunflower plants versus non-oxalate oxidase expression sunflower plants.
  • Figure 4 shows the oxalate oxidase activity versus the sclerotia weight in sunflower plants.
  • Figure 5 is a graph of sclerotia weight versus PR protein expression in sunflower plants.
  • Figure 6 is a graph of the slope of the oxidase activity versus the PR protein rating in sunflower plants.
  • Figure 7 shows the detection of galactose oxidase in maize callus.
  • a gene is a region of DNA having a sequence that is transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) that is then translated into a sequence of amino acids characteristic of a specific polypeptide. Genes also include gene encoding RNA products directly such as genes encoding transfer RNA (tRNA).
  • promoter includes reference to a region of DNA upstream from the start of transcription and involved in recognition and binding of RNA polymerase and other proteins to initiate transcription.
  • a plant promoter is a promoter capable of initiating transcription in plant cells. Exemplary plant promoters include, but are not limited to, those that are obtained from plants, plant viruses, and bacteria which comprise genes expressed in plant cells such Agrobacterium or Rhizobium.
  • promoters that preferentially initiate transcription in certain tissues, such as leaves, roots, seeds, fibres, xylem vessels, tracheids, or sclerenchyma. Such promoters are referred to, as tissue preferred.
  • a cell type specific promoter primarily drives expression in certain cell types in one or more organs, for example, vascular cells in roots or leaves.
  • An inducible promoter is a promoter that is under environmental control. Examples of environmental conditions that may effect transcription by inducible promoters include anaerobic conditions or the presence of light.
  • Another type of promoter is a developmentally regulated promoter, for example a promoter that drives expression during pollen development. Tissue preferred, cell type specific, developmentally regulated, and inducible promoters constitute the class of non-constitutive promoters.
  • a constitutive promoter is a promoter that is active under most environmental conditions.
  • An element is a region of DNA having a sequence which is involved in the regulation of gene expression.
  • elements include terminators, introns, polyadenylation sequences, nucleic acid sequences encoding signal peptides which permit localization within a plant cell or secretion of the protein from the cell, or as in the present invention a nucleic acid sequence that regulates transcription in response to an inducer or the signal produced in response to an inducer.
  • An enhancer is a DNA regulatory region that can increase the efficiency of transcription, and may or may not be independent of the distance or orientation of the enhancer relative to the start site of transcription.
  • cDNA Complementary DNA
  • cDNA is a single-stranded DNA molecule that is formed from an mRNA template by the enzyme reverse transcriptase. Typically, a primer complementary to portions of mRNA is employed for the initiation of reverse transcription.
  • cDNA refers to a double-stranded DNA molecule consisting of such a single-stranded DNA molecule and its complementary DNA strand.
  • a vector is a DNA molecule, such as a plasmid, cosmid, or bacteriophage, that has the capability of replicating autonomously in a host cell.
  • Vectors typically contain one or a small number of restriction endonuclease recognition sites at which exogenous DNA sequences can be inserted in a determinable fashion without loss of an essential biological function of the vector, as well as a marker gene that is suitable for use in the identification and selection of cells transformed with the cloning vector.
  • Marker genes typically include genes that provide tetracycline resistance, ampiciilin resistance, or kanamycin resistance.
  • An expression vector is a DNA molecule comprising a gene that is expressed in a host cell. Typically, gene expression is placed under the control of certain regulatory regions, including constitutive or inducible promoters, tissue-specific regulatory regions, and enhancers. Such a gene is said to be operably linked to the regulatory regions.
  • exogenous gene refers in the present description to a gene that is introduced into an organism either from a foreign species, or, if from the same species is substantially modified from its native form in composition and/or genomic locus by deliberate invention.
  • any gene even a gene normally found in the host plant is considered to be an exogenous gene, if the gene is reintroduced into the organism.
  • An endogenous gene refers in the present description to a gene that is in its native form and has not been modified in composition or genomic locus.
  • a transgenic plant is a plant comprising a DNA region or modification to DNA introduced as a result of the process of transformation.
  • nucleic acid means transfection or transformation or transduction and includes reference to the incorporation of a nucleic acid into a eukaryotic or prokaryotic ceil where the nucleic acid may be incorporated into the genome of the cell (e.g., chromosome, plasmid, plastid or mitochondrial DNA), converted into an autonomous replicon, or transiently expressed (e.g., transfected mRNA).
  • a nucleic acid e.g., chromosome, plasmid, plastid or mitochondrial DNA
  • transiently expressed e.g., transfected mRNA
  • RNA polymerase II catalyzes the transcription of a structural gene to produce mRNA.
  • a DNA molecule can be designed to contain a transcriptional template in which the RNA transcript has a sequence that is complementary to that of a specific mRNA.
  • Monocots are a large group of flowering plants, having an embryo with one cotyledon, parts of the flowers usually in threes, leaves with parallel veins and vascular bundles scattered throughout the stem. Examples of monocots include maize, bariey, rice, sorghum and wheat. Dicots are a large group of flowering plants, having an embryo with two cotelydons, parts of the flower usually in twos or fives or multiples, leaves with net veins, and vascular bundles in the stem in a ring surrounding the central pith. Examples of dicots are tobacco, petunia, canoia, sunflower, soybean and tomato.
  • the term plant includes reference to whole plants, plant organs (e.g., leaves, stems, roots, etc.), seeds and plant cells and progeny of same.
  • Plant cell as used herein includes, without limitation, seeds suspension cultures, embryos, meristematic regions, callus tissue, leaves, roots, shoots, gametophytes, sporophytes, pollen, and microspores.
  • the class of plants which can be used in the methods of the invention is generally as broad as the class of higher plants amenable to transformation techniques, including both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants.
  • a particulariy preferred plant is Zea mays.
  • TO refers to the initial transgenic shoot or plant recovered from the transformation and cultural protocols whether the plant is maintained in vitro or established in soil.
  • the T1.generation are those plants resulting from seed recovered from, most commonly, self pollinated TO plants, or from seed obtained by crosses with other lines where the TO candidate is either the male or female parent.
  • the T2 generation is the material obtained from T1 selfings or crosses.
  • oxidase refers to an enzyme capable of generating hydrogen peroxide or any reactive oxygen species.
  • a pathogen refers to any organism responsible for disease and/or damage to a plant.
  • pests include but are not limited to insects, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses or viroids, parasitic weeds, and the like.
  • Stress refers to any force that can hurt or damage a plant.
  • Examples of stress are pathogen attack, invasion by a parasitic weed, environmental stress such as heat, cold or drought, or mechanical damage.
  • a stress resistant plant is one that is capable of surviving exposure to a stress.
  • a sunflower plant expressing oxalate oxidase is able to inhibit the establishment of pathogens, such as Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
  • a plant that is tolerant to a pathogen or other stress is one that is able to withstand a pathogen attack or stressful conditions better than the wild type plant, but will usually succumb to infection and/or die under conditions other than very light disease or stress pressure.
  • a resistant plant is a plant having the ability to exclude or overcome the growth or effects of a pathogen or stress except under extremely high disease or stress pressure.
  • An immune plant is one capable of complete disease resistance, with no reaction of plant tissue to a potential pathogen.
  • the hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing enzymes as described in the present invention can be used to produce a stress response over a broad range of plant types, including species from the genera Cucurbita, Rosa, Vitis, Juglans, Fragana, Lotus, Medicago, Onobrychis, Trifolium, Trigonella, Vigna, Citrus, Linum, Geranium, Manihot, Daucus, Arabidopsis, Brassica, Raphanus, Sinapis, Atropa, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Solanum, Petunia, Digitalis, Majorana, Ciahorium, Helianthus, Lactuca, Bromus, Asparagus, Antirrhinum, Heterocallis, Nemesis, Pelargonium, Panieum, Pennisetum, Ranunculus, Senecio, Salpiglossis, Cucumis, Browaalia, Glycine, Pisum,
  • pests include but are not limited to insects, pathogens including fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses or viroids, parasitic weeds, and the like.
  • Insect pests include insects selected from the orders Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Mallophaga, Homoptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, Thysanoptera, Dermaptera, Isoptera, Anoplura, Siphonaptera, Trichoptera, etc., particulariy Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.
  • Insect pests of the invention for the major crops include: Maize: Ostrinia nubilalis, European corn borer; Agrotis ipsilon, black cutworm; Helicoverpa zea, corn earworm; Spodoptera frugiperda, fall armyworm; Diatraea grandiosella, southwestern corn borer; Elasmopalpus lignosellus, lesser cornstalk borer; Diatraea saccharalis, sugarcane borer; Diabrotica virgifera, western corn rootworm; Diabrotica longicomis barberi, northern corn rootworm; Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, southern com rootworm; Melanotus spp., wireworms; Cyclocephala borealis, northern masked chafer (white grub); Cyclocephala immaculate, southern masked chafer (white grub); Popillia japonica, Japanese beetle; Chaetocnema pulicaria, corn
  • Viruses include tobacco or cucumber mosaic virus, ringspot virus, necrosis virus, maize dwarf mosaic virus, etc.
  • specific viral, fungal and bacterial pathogens for the major crops include: Soybeans: Phytophthora megasperma fsp. Glycinea, Macrophomina phaseolina, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Fusarium oxysporum, Diaporthe phaseolorum var. sojae (Phomopsis sojae), Diaporthe phaseolorum var.
  • phaseoli Microsphaera diffuse, Fusarium semitectum, Phialophora gregata, Soybean mosaic virus, Glomerella glycines, Tobacco Ring spot virus, Tobacco Streak virus, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, Pythium aphanidermatum, Pythium ultimum, Pythium debaryanum, Tomato spotted wilt virus, Heterodera glycines Fusarium solani; Canola: Albugo Candida, Altemaria brassicae, Leptosphaeria maculans, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Mycosphaerella brassiccola, Pythium ultimum, Peronospora parasitica, Fusarium roseum, Altemaria altemata; Alfalfa: Clavibater michiganensis subsp.
  • medicaginis Cercospora medicaginis, Pseudopeziza medicaginis, Leptotrochila medicaginis, Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizoctonia solani, Uromyces striatus, Colletotrichum trifolii race 1 and race 2, Leptosphaerulina briosiana, Stemphylium botryosum, Stagonospora meliloti, Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Alfalfa Mosaic Virus, Verticillium albo-atrum, Xanthomonas campestris p.v.
  • nebraskense Trichoderma viride, Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus A & B, Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus, Maize Chlorotic Dwarf Virus, Claviceps sorghi, Pseudonomas avenae, Erwinia chrysanthemi pv.
  • parasitic weeds include the parasitic flowering plants Orobanche spp. (Broomrape), and Striga spp. (Witchweeds).
  • Parasitic weeds of the present invention include, but are not limited to, Sunflower and Canola: Orobanche aegyptiaca, Orabanche cumana, Tomato and Potato: Orobanche aegyptiaca, Orobanche ramosa, Orobanche cemua, etc.
  • stress resistant plants are produced by introduction into a plant, a gene, that codes for an enzyme, which causes the production of a reactive oxygen species by an interaction with an endogenously available substrate.
  • a gene that codes for an enzyme, which causes the production of a reactive oxygen species by an interaction with an endogenously available substrate.
  • the expression of an endogenous gene could be altered.
  • Hydrogen peroxide or any reactive oxygen species may be produced. When hydrogen peroxide is produced degradation can result in production of reactive oxygen. However, hydrogen peroxide itself may be capable of inducing a stress response. Therefore, for purposes of this disclosure, the phrase "reactive oxygen species" is intended to include hydrogen peroxide.
  • enzymes capable of producing hydrogen peroxide or a reactive oxygen species, for example but not limited to, glucose oxidase, choline oxidase, galactose oxidase, L-aspartate oxidase, xanthine oxidase, monoamine oxidase, eosinophil peroxidase, giycolate oxidase, poiyamine oxidase, copper amine oxidase, flavin amine oxidase, berberine Bridge Enzyme, choline oxidase, acyl coA oxidase, amino cyclopropane carboxylate oxidase (ACC oxidase), pyridoxamine- phosphate oxidase, sarcosine oxidase, sulfite oxidase, methyl sterol oxidase, aldehyde oxidase,
  • the transgenic enzyme has available substrate in the plant, in the context of exogenous sunflower oxalate oxidase, there is endogenous oxalate present such that, upon expression of the gene, oxalate available to the enzyme is subject to degradation resulting in the formation hydrogen peroxide.
  • the expression of genes induced by the unregulated presence of transgene-produced hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species ultimately results in the accumulation of stress resistance related factors before such stresses are encountered.
  • the hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species is generated in such a manner that the disease or stress response mechanisms of the plant are activated.
  • a hydrogen peroxide or reactive oxygen species producing enzyme was selected that did not contain endogenous substrate, the plant could be transformed with a second gene which upon expression would result in substrate being made.
  • Another option would be to transform plant A with the gene to a hydrogen peroxide or reactive oxygen species producing enzyme in a homozygous state, transform plant B with the gene to the substrate for the enzyme in a homozygous state, and then cross plant A with plant B. The resulting progeny would contain both the gene to the enzyme and the gene to the substrate.
  • a promoter In order to express a hydrogen peroxide or reactive oxygen species producing gene, a promoter must be operably linked to that gene.
  • Many different constitutive promoters can be utilized in the instant invention to express a hydrogen peroxide or reactive oxygen species producing gene. Examples include promoters from plant viruses such as the 35S promoter from cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV), as described in Odell, et al., Nature, 313: 810-812 (1985), and hereby incorporated by reference, and promoters from genes such as rice actin (McElroy, et al., Plant Cell, 163-171 (1990)); ubiquitin (Christensen, et al., Plant Mol.
  • an expression vector comprises a constitutive promoter operationally linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding for hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing enzyme.
  • the expression vector and an accompanying, selectable marker gene under the direction of a plant-expressible constitutive promoter are introduced into plant cells, selective agent-resistant cells or tissues are recovered, resistant plants are regenerated and TO candidates are screened for enzyme activity in leaf samples. TO candidates can also be obtained without the use of a selectable marker.
  • the expression vector is introduced into plant cells without an accompanying selectable marker gene and transformed tissues are identified and plants screened based on enzyme activity alone.
  • Additional regulatory elements that may be connected to the enzyme encoding nucleic acid sequence for expression in plant cells include terminators, poiyadenylation sequences, and nucleic acid sequences encoding signal peptides that permit localization within a plant cell or secretion of the protein from the cell.
  • Such regulatory elements and methods for adding or exchanging these elements with the regulatory elements of the gene or interest are known, and include, but are not limited to, 3' termination and/or poiyadenylation regions such as those of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens nopaline synthase (nos) gene (Bevan, et al., Nucl.
  • Plant signal sequences including, but not limited to, signai-peptide encoding
  • DNA/RNA sequences which target proteins to the extracellular matrix of the plant cell (Dratewka-Kos, et al, J. Biol. Chem., 264: 4896-4900 (1989)) and the Nicotiana plumbaginifolia extension gene (DeLoose, et al., Gene, 99: 95-100 (1991)), or signal peptides which target proteins to the vacuole like the sweet potato sporamin gene (Matsuka, er a/., Proc. Nat'l Acad.
  • the methods chosen vary with the host plant, and include chemical transfection methods such as calcium phosphate, microorganism- mediated gene transfer such as Agrobacterium (Horsch, et a/., Science, 227: 1229-31 (1985)), electroporation, micro-injection, and biolistic bombardment.
  • A. tumefaciens and A. riiizogenes are plant pathogenic soil bacteria which genetically transform plant cells.
  • the Ti and Ri plasmids of A. tumefaciens and A. riiizogenes respectfully, carry genes responsible for genetic transformation of plants. See, for example, Kado, Crit Rev. Plant ScL, 10: 1-32 (1991). Descriptions of the Agrobacterium vector systems and methods for Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer are provided in Gruber er a/., supra; and Moloney, et al. , Plant Cell Reports, 8: 238-242 (1989).
  • Agrooacferiu/77-mediated transformation is broad, some major cereal crop species and gymnosperms have generally been recalcitrant to this mode of gene transfer, even though some success has recently been achieved in rice (Hiei, et al, The Plant Journal, 6: 271-282 (1994)) and maize (Ishida, et al., Nature Biotech., 14: 754-750 (1996)).
  • Several methods of plant transformation collectively referred to as direct gene transfer, have been developed as an alternative to Agrofcacfer ⁇ m-mediated transformation.
  • a generally applicable method of plant transformation is microprojectile-mediated transformation, where DNA is carried on the surface of microprojectiles measuring about 1 to 4 ⁇ m.
  • the expression vector is introduced into plant tissues with a biolistic device that accelerates the microprojectiles to speeds of 300 to 600 m/s which is sufficient to penetrate the plant cell walls and membranes.
  • a biolistic device that accelerates the microprojectiles to speeds of 300 to 600 m/s which is sufficient to penetrate the plant cell walls and membranes.
  • Another useful basic transformation protocol involves a combination of wounding by particle bombardment, followed by use of Agrobacterium for DNA delivery, as described by Bidney, era/., Plant Mol. Biol, 18: 301-313 (1992).
  • Useful plasmids for plant transformation include Bin 19. See Bevan, Nucleic Acids Research, 12: 8711-8721 (1984), and hereby incorporated by reference. This method is preferred for transformation of sunflower plants.
  • the intact meristem transformation method involves imbibing seed for 24 hours in the dark, removing the cotyledons and root radical, followed by culturing of the meristem explants. Twenty-four hours later, the primary leaves are removed to expose the apical meristem. The explants are placed apical dome side up and bombarded, e.g., twice with particles, followed by co-cultivation with Agrobacterium. To start the co-cultivation for intact meristems, Agrobacterium is placed on the meristem. After about a 3-day co-cultivation period the meristems are transferred to culture medium with cefotaxime plus kanamycin for the NPTII selection.
  • the split meristem method involves imbibing seed, breaking of the cotyledons to produce a clean fracture at the plane of the embryonic axis, excising the root tip and then bisecting the explants longitudinally between the primordial leaves.
  • the two halves are placed cut surface up on the medium then bombarded twice with particles, followed by co- cultivation with Agrobacterium.
  • the meristems after bombardment, the meristems are placed in an Agrobacterium suspension for 30 minutes. They are then removed from the suspension onto solid culture medium for three day co-cultivation. After this period, the meristems are transferred to fresh medium with cefotaxime plus kanamycin for selection.
  • the agronomic characteristics of the susceptible taxon can be substantially preserved by expanding this method to include the further steps of repetitively: (1) backcrossing the disease-resistant progeny with disease-susceptible plants from the susceptible taxon; and (2) selecting for expression of a hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing enzyme activity (or an associated marker gene) among the progeny of the backcross, until the desired percentage of the characteristics of the susceptible taxon are present in the progeny along with the gene or genes imparting oxalic acid degrading and/or hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species enzyme activity.
  • taxon herein is meant a unit of botanical classification. It thus includes, genus, species, cultivars, varieties, variants and other minor taxonomic groups which lack a consistent nomenclature.
  • the present invention provides for methods of producing plants capable of withstanding a variety of stresses, such as, but not limited to, plants having heat tolerance, cold tolerance, drought tolerance, salt tolerance, resistance to parasitic weeds, resistance to insects, resistance to nematodes, and resistance to bacterial, viral, or fungal pathogens.
  • the constitutive expression of a gene capable of generating hydrogen peroxide or production of any reactive oxygen species from an available substrate results in a stress resistant plant.
  • the present invention demonstrates that it is now possible to induce resistance to a variety of pathogens and environmental stresses by expression of a hydrogen peroxide producing or reactive oxygen species producing gene even before pathogen or stress challenge.
  • Sclerotinia resistant sunflower expressing oxalate oxidase show enhanced accumulation of pathogenesis-related genes resulting in the accumulation of high levels of PR-1, chitinase, 14-3-3 protein, and glucanase PR proteins as well as highly elevated levels of salicylic acid.
  • This induced gene expression occurs before pathogen or stress challenge and is a consequence of constitutive expression of the oxalate oxidase gene.
  • Oxalate oxidase acts on endogenously available substrate producing hydrogen peroxide thereby activating the expression of hydrogen peroxide responsive genes, ultimately resulting in the accumulation of markers associated with generalized stress tolerance in plants.
  • Another embodiment of the present invention is overexpression of an endogenous gene.
  • isolated nucleic acids that serve as promoter or enhancer elements can be introduced in the appropriate position (generally upstream) of an endogenous form of the gene(s) encoding an enzyme of the present invention so as to up or down regulate expression of that enzyme.
  • endogenous promoters can be altered in vivo by mutation, deletion, and/or substitution (see, Kmiec, U.S. Patent 5,565,350; Zariing et al, PCT/US93/03868), or isolated promoters can be introduced into a plant celt in the proper orientation and distance from a hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing gene so as to control the expression of the gene.
  • Gene expression can be modulated under conditions suitable for plant growth so as to alter the enzyme content and or composition.
  • the present invention provides compositions, and methods for making, exogenous promoters and/or enhancers operably linked to a native, endogenous form of an enzyme of the present invention.
  • endogenous genes that generated hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species. The following is a list of possible enzymes whose expression could be altered by the method described earlier.
  • Oxidoreductases that would be expected to produce reactive oxygen intermediates such as hydrogen peroxide: Hydrogen peroxide-forming: oxalate oxidase EC 1.2.3.4, glycolate oxidase EC 1.1.3.15, polyamine oxidase EC 1.5.3.11, copper amine oxidase EC 1.4.3.6, flavin amine oxidase, EC 1.4.3.4, berberine Bridge Enzyme EC 1.5.3.9, choline oxidase EC 1.1.3.7, acyl coA oxidase EC 1.3.3.6, amino cyclopropane carboxylate oxidase (ACC oxidase), pyridoxamine-phosphate oxidase EC 1.4.3.5, sarcosine oxidase EC 1.5.3.1, sulfite oxidase EC 1.8.3.1, and methyl sterol oxidase, Superoxide-forming: aldehy
  • Sclerotinia overwinters as dense, black hyphal masses (sclerotia) deposited in the soil. Sclerotia in the soil germinate when favorable conditions are present to produce mycelial growth for root infections or apothecia for above ground ascospore production. Sclerotinia infection in sunflower manifests itself in 4 basic forms; basal root mycelial infection leading to wilt, and middle stalk, bud and head rots. Airborne ascospores from soil surface apothecia are responsible for the later three infections. The general view has been that Sclerotinia does not invade healthy tissue but gains a foothold only in wounded areas or senescing tissue where the spores happen to land.
  • oxalate acts as a classic, diffusable toxin by stressing host plant tissue in preparation for enzymatic degradation and mycelial colonization (Maxwell, D.P., Physiol. Plant Pathol, 3(2): 279-288 (1973)).
  • Example 1 SUNFLOWER
  • the homogenate was added to 50ml conical centrifuge tubes and centrifuged in a Juoan 412 centrifuge at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes.
  • the aqueous phase was then extracted two more times with an equal volume of phenol/chlorofo ⁇ /isoamyi-alcohol and finally with an equal volume of chloroform.
  • the aqueous phase was then removed to a baked Corex centrifuge tube and one fourth volume of 10M LiCI added (final concentration approximately 2M LiCI). This was placed at -20 °C overnight.
  • the RNA was collected by centrifugation at 10K for 60 minutes and removing all of the supernatant by aspiration with sterile pipettes.
  • RNA pellet was resuspended in sterile water and quantitated by spectroscopy at OD 260.
  • Gibco/BRL's Superscript First Strand Synthesis Kit was used to make first strand cDNA from the total RNA. The synthesis was primed using oligo dT . All other steps were as stated in the suppliers protocol. PCR was carried out on the first strand cDNA using oligos DO4244 and DO4245.
  • DO4244 is 5'> ggaaggatcctagaaattaaaacccagcggc> 3' (SEQ ID NO: 1)
  • DO4245 is 5'> ccgtcgacaaactctagctgatcaatcc >3' (SEQ ID NO: 2)
  • thermocycler program 40 ⁇ l water A MJ Research PTC100 thermocycler program was used as follows:
  • PCR band that resulted was isolated by gel electrophoresis and purified by phenol extraction of the DNA from the agarose. This was digested with BamHI and Sail for cloning into pGem3ZF+ (Promega, Madison, Wl) also cut with BamHI and Sail., ⁇ gation of these two DNA's did not yield the expected plasmid.
  • a new primer was designed for the 5' end, DO5597, 5'>ccgtcgacaaactgcagctgatcaatcc>3' (SEQ ID NO: 3)
  • thermocycler program was used as follows: 1: 92°C 30 sec.
  • the PCR band that resulted was isolated by gel electrophoresis and purified by phenol extraction of the DNA from the agarose. This was digested with BamHI and Pstl for cloning into pGem3ZF+ also cut with BamHI and Pstl. Ligation of these two DNA's did yield the expected plasmid, with one unexpected change.
  • the small polylinker region of pGem3ZF+ between the BamHI and Pstl sites was duplicated on each end of the oxalate oxidase cDNA. This resulted in reversing the insert in the parental backbone. This DNA was sent to Iowa State University's Nucleic Acid Facility for sequence verification.
  • the oxalate oxidase protein precursor sequence is illustrated by SEQ ID NO: 4.
  • the oxalate oxidase cDNA sequence is illustrated in SEQ ID NO: 5.
  • Plasmid pPHP7746 contains a pBin19 backbone (Bevin, et a/., Nucleic Acids Res 12:8711-8721 (1984)) with two plant transcription units between TDNA borders.
  • the plant transcription units are 1xCaMV35S promoter: omega prime leader: oxalate oxidase::pinll terminator and a selectable marker.
  • Plasmid pPHP8188 also contains a pBin19 backbone with two plant transcription units between TDNA borders.
  • the plant transcription units are Brassica ALS promoter:oxalate oxidase::pinll terminator and a selectable marker.
  • a general method for transformation of sunflower meristem tissues is practiced as follows (see also European patent number 486233, herein incorporated by reference, and Malone-Schoneberg, J., et al, 1994, Plant Science, 103:199-207).
  • Mature sunflower seed (Helianthus annuus L.) of Pioneer® hybrid 6440 or research selection SMF-3 (a selection of USDA ge ⁇ mplasm release SFM-3; cms H. petiolaris Nuttall//cms HA89 backcross) were dehulled using a single wheat-head thresher.
  • the seed was provided by the Pioneer sunflower research station at Woodland, CA. Seeds were surface sterilized for 30 minutes in a 20% Chlorox bleach solution with the addition of two drops of Tween 20 per 50 ml of solution. The seeds were rinsed twice with sterile distilled water.
  • Disarmed Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA105 were used in all transformation experiments.
  • Binary vectors were introduced into EHA105 using a freeze- thaw transformation method (Holsters, et al, Mol. Gen. Genet, 163: 181-187 (1978)).
  • Bacteria for plant transformation experiments were grown overnight (28°C and 100 RPM continuous agitation) in liquid YEP medium (10 gm/l yeast extract, 10 gm/l Bacto peptone and 5 gm/l NaCI, pH 7.0) with the appropriate antibiotics required for bacterial strain and binary plasmid maintenance.
  • the suspension was used when it reached an OD600 of about 0.4 to 0.8.
  • the Agrobacterium cells were pelleted and re-suspended at a final OD ⁇ OO of 0.5 in an inoculation medium comprised of 12.5 mM MES pH 5.7, 1 gm/l NH4CI, and 0.3 gm/l MgSO4.
  • Freshly bombarded explants were placed in an Agrobacterium suspension, mixed and left undisturbed for 30 minutes. The explants were then transferred to GBA medium and co-cultivated cut surface down at 26°C and 18 hour days. After three days of co- cultivation, the explants were transferred to 374B: (GBA medium lacking growth regulators and a reduced sucrose level of 1%) supplemented with 250 mg/l cefotaxime and 50 mg/l kanamycin sulfate. The explants were cultured for 2 to 5 weeks on selection and then transferred to fresh 374B medium lacking kanamycin for 1 to 2 weeks of continued development.
  • Explants with differentiating, antibiotic resistant areas of growth that had not produced shoots suitable for excision were transferred to GBA medium containing 250 mg/l cefotaxime for a second 3 day phytohormone treatment.
  • Leaf samples from green, kanamycin resistant shoots were assayed for the presence of NPTII by ELISA and for the presence of oxalate degrading transgene expression by oxalate oxidase or oxalate decarboxylase enzyme assays.
  • NPTII positive shoots were grafted to Pioneer® hybrid 6440 in vitro grown sunflower seedling rootstock. Surface sterilized seeds were germinated in 48-0 medium (half strength Murashige and Skoog salts, 0.5% sucrose, 0.3% gelrite, pH 5.6) and grown under conditions described for explant culture. The upper portion of the seedling was removed, a 1 cm vertical slice was made in the hypocotyl and the transformed shoot inserted into the cut. The entire area was wrapped with parafilm to secure the shoot. Grafted plants could be transferred to soil following 1 week of in vitro culture. Grafts in soil were maintained under high humidity conditions followed by a slow acclimatization to the greenhouse environment.
  • Transformed sectors of To plants (parental generation) maturing in the greenhouse were identified by NPTII ELISA and/or by oxalate oxidase activity analysis of leaf extracts while transgenic seeds harvested from NPTII positive To plants were identified by oxalate oxidase or oxalate decarboxylase activity analysis of small portions of dry seed cotyledon.
  • An alternative sunflower transformation protocol allows the recovery of transgenic progeny without the use of chemical selection pressure. Seeds were dehulied and surface-sterilized for 20 min in a 20 percent Chlorox bleach solution with the addition of two to three drops of Tween 20 per 100 ml of solution, then they were rinsed three times with distilled water.
  • Sterilized seeds were imbibed in the dark at 26 °C for 20 h on filter paper moistened with water.
  • the cotyledons and root radical were removed, and the meristem explants were cultured on 374E (GBA medium consisting of MS salts, Shepard vitamins, 40 mg/l adenine sulfate, 3 % sucrose, 0.5 mg/l 6-BAP, 0.25 mg/l IAA, 0.1 mg/l GA, and 0.8% Phytagar at pH 5.6) for 24h under the dark.
  • 374E GAA medium consisting of MS salts, Shepard vitamins, 40 mg/l adenine sulfate, 3 % sucrose, 0.5 mg/l 6-BAP, 0.25 mg/l IAA, 0.1 mg/l GA, and 0.8% Phytagar at pH 5.6
  • the primary leaves were removed to expose the apical meristem, around 40 explants were placed with the apical dome facing upward in a 2 cm circle in the center of 374M (GBA medium with 1.2% Phytagar) and then cultured on the medium for 24 h in the dark.
  • the plasmid of interest was introduced into Agrobacterium tumefaciens stain EHA 105 via freeze thawing as described by Holsters et al, Mol. Gen. Genet. 163: 181-7 (1978).
  • the pellet of overnight grown Agrobacteria at 28 °C in a liquid YEP medium (10 g/l yeast extract, 10 g/l Bacto peptone and 5 g/l NaCI, pH 7.0) in the presence of 50 ug/l kanamycin was resuspended in an inoculation medium (12.5 mM 2-mM 2-(N-mo ⁇ holino) ethanesulfonic acid, MES, 1 g/l NH4CI and 0.3 g/l MgSO4 at pH 5.7) to reach an final concentration of 4.0 at OD 600.
  • Particle-bombarded explants were transferred to GBA medium (374E), a droplet of bacteria suspension was placed directly onto the top of meristem.
  • the explants were co-cultivated on the medium for 4 days after which the explants were transferred to 374 C medium (GBA with 1 % sucrose and no BAP, IAA, GA3 and supplemented with 250 ⁇ g/ml cefotaxime).
  • the plantlets were cultured on the medium for about 2 weeks under 16h day and 26 °C incubation conditions.
  • Explants (around 2 cm long) from two week culture in 374C medium were screened by oxalate oxidase or assays. After oxalate oxidase or decarboxylase positive explants were identified, those shoots that failed to exhibit oxalate oxidase activity were discarded, and every positive explant was subdivided into nodal explants.
  • One nodal explant contained at least one potential node.
  • the nodal segments were cultured on GBA medium for three to four days to promote the formation of auxiliary buds from each node. Then they were transferred to 374C medium and allowed to develop for additional four weeks. Developing buds were separated and cultured for an additional four weeks on 374C medium. Pooled leaf samples from each newly recovered shoot were screened again by the appropriate enzyme assay. At this time, the enzyme positive shoots recovered from a single node will generally have been enriched in the transgenic sector detected in the initial assay prior to nodal culture.
  • Recovered oxidase positive shoots were grafted to Pioneer hybrid 6440 in vitro grown sunflower seedling rootstock.
  • the rootstocks were prepared in the following manner. Seeds were dehulled and surface-sterilized for 20 min in a 20 percent Chlorox bleach solution with the addition of two to three drop of Tween 20 per 100 ml of solution, and were rinsed three times with distilled water. The sterilized seeds were germinated on the filter moistened with water for three days, then they were transferred into 48 medium (half strength MS salt, 0.5 % sucrose, 0.3 % geirite pH 5.0) and grown at 26 °C under the dark for 3 days, then incubated at 16 h day culture condition.
  • Transformed sectors of TO plants were identified by additional oxalate oxidase assays of those in vitro positive grafted shoots. After assay, non-transformed sectors were trimmed off and auxiliary buds from transgenic sectors were recovered so as to obtain near uniform transformation events. Selfed seed from TO's were collected, germinated, characterized for enzyme activity, and selfed again. Oxalate Oxidase Expression in Sunflower Transgenics
  • a small set of wheat oxalate oxidase expressing sunflower transgenics were forwarded to the Pioneer sunflower breeding station at Woodland, CA for Sclerotinia disease resistance evaluation.
  • a mycelial inoculation protocol was developed where the pathogen was introduced to the plant through small pieces of Sclerotinia infested carrot.
  • a freshly infected carrot slice was placed on a petiole midway between the stem and leaf.
  • a parafilm wrap was applied to hold the carrot piece in place and to maintain a high humidity environment at this junction.
  • Three middle level petioles/plant were inoculated on greenhouse grown plants prior to first ring anthesis. The carrot piece was removed 24 hours later and disease progression was monitored as the fungus moved into the stem.
  • the powder was resuspended in Na-succinate buffer (0.1M, pH 3.5) + a drop of Tween-20 at a 1mg/ml concentration;
  • Individual 1 ml reactions were set up in tubes or a larger volume reaction mix in a small beaker with stirring for a time course, into each tube: Tube assay - 100ul of suspension, 100 ⁇ l of 10mM oxalate in 0.1M Na-succinate buffer, pH 3.5, succinate buffer to bring volume to 1 ml. Tissue extract was added last and this started the reaction timing.
  • reaction was allowed to proceed for a defined time (1-30 minutes) with agitation and 100 ⁇ l of reaction mix was removed to microtitre plate wells that contain 17.5 ⁇ l of 1M Tris free base. Then 82.5 ⁇ l was added of the peroxidase-linked color development solution (8mg 4- aminoantipyrine, 20 ⁇ l N.N-dimethylaniline, 400 ⁇ l of peroxidase all in 100ml of 0.2M Tris- HCI, pH 7.0). The absorbance was read at 550nm. For the time course assay, successive 100ul aiiquots were removed from the 1ml reaction tube at the desired times. Time vs. absorbance was plotted and a slope was determined (OD550/min.). This value based on the initial dry weights can be used to compare different samples and plants.
  • the enzyme assay results are presented as either a slope of a time course reaction, A550/minute, or as a "specific activity" calculated from a slope (mM oxalate converted/minute/mg powder).
  • a summary table is as follows:
  • transgenics exhibited not only a significant improvement in the subjective disease ratings compared to the nontransgenic controls, but also showed a 10 fold decrease in the amount of fungal formed sclerotia deposited in the stems.
  • 35S oxalate oxidase expression effectively disrupts a middle stalk rot-type of mycelial Sclerotinia invasion by dramatically reducing the rate of movement of the disease front through tissue as well as impacting the ability of the fungus to produce storage bodies that would serve as inoculum in subsequent crop cycles.
  • the preferred measure of disease resistance in sunflower is sclerotia accumulation.
  • the complex interaction of host and pathogen throughout the life cycle of both is distilled down to one measurement.
  • the ability of the fungus to propagate itself will depend on health of the pathogen and the extent of the fungal invasion of the host. Poor disease establishment is reflected in the inability of the fungus to "reproduce.”
  • Figure 1 shows that oxalate oxidase expression significantly reduces the number of sclerotia in oxalate oxidase expressing plants.
  • Figure 2 shows that oxalate oxidase expression significantly reduced the mass of sclerotia produced in oxalate oxidase expressing plants.
  • Figure 3 is the plot of the % of oxalate oxidase expressors or negative controls vs. ranges of sclerotia harvested at the end of the testing cycle and reveals the significant impact oxidase expression has on disease resistance.
  • Figure 3 shows that sclerotia weights significantly decrease in oxalate oxidase expressors. In fact, the majority of oxalate oxidase expressors contained less than 0.5 gm of scelortia.
  • Figure 4 demonstrates the correlation of the level of oxidase activity has on sclerotia weight and thus on disease resistance. In general, the higher the oxidase expression, the less sclerotia are formed. Thus, oxidase expression prevents the formation of sclerotia.
  • PR factors include PR-1 , chitinase, 14-3-3 protein, and glucanase.
  • Leaf tissue was pulverized in 24 mM sodium phosphate-citrate buffer, pH 2.8 containing 6 mM L-ascorbic acid and 14 mM 2- mercaptoethanol. The homogenate was centrifuged and soluble proteins in the supernatant were analyzed by denaturing polyacrylamide electrophoresis followed by Western blotting according to Towbin, et al, Proc. Nat'l. Acad.
  • Salicylic acid levels in the oxidase-expressing line were also studied. Free and total (free plus conjugated) SA was extracted from 0.4 g leaf samples as previously described (Enyedi, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. ScL (USA), 89: 2480-2482 (1992)). Samples were analyzed with a Waters liquid chromatography system (Waters Co ⁇ ., Milford, MA). Ten microliters of each extract were injected at a flow rate of 1ml/min into a Nova-Pak 4 ⁇ m C-18 column (3.9 cm x 75 mm; Waters Co ⁇ .).
  • the column was maintained at 40°C and equilibrated in 22% acetonitrile against 78% of 0.1% acetic acid in wate SA was eluted isocratically under these conditions (Rt 3.1 min) and quantified using a scanning fluorescence detector (model 474, Waters Co ⁇ .) using excitation and emission wavelengths of 300 and 405 nm, respectively.
  • the identity of SA in sunflower extracts was confirmed by its co-elution with authentic standard and by analysis of its UV light abso ⁇ tion spectrum, as measured with a photodiode array detector (model 996, Waters Co ⁇ .). SA levels in the oxidase-expressing line were 6 fold that of the control.
  • PR-1 protein The function of PR-1 protein is largely unknown.
  • An in vitro assay using purified tobacco PR-1 was carried out.
  • a suspension of 300 Sclerotinia spores in 100 ⁇ l of a solution of 13% sucrose, with or without PR-1 was placed in a micro-plate.
  • the spores were incubated at room temperature for 24 hours. Following the 24 hour incubation the micro-plates were examined microscopically. Germination was defined as the appearance of Sclerotinia hyphae in the suspension. At 1.6 ⁇ M PR-1b minimal inhibition was observed. At 4.9 ⁇ M PR-1b no hyphal growth was found and complete inhibition was seen.
  • induction of PR-1 in a plant will restrict Sclerotinia spore germination.
  • Example 2 CANOLA Sclerotinia stem rot is a disease of Brassica napus, Brassica rapa and Brassica juncea caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Sclerotinia stem rot is also found in more than 400 other dicots. The disease results in premature ripening and seed shriveling in the field. Canola is a Brassica rapeseed crop with low glucosinolates and low erucic acid content. All cultivars/hybrids of canola quality grown worldwide are susceptible to this disease. Brun, H., et al, pp. 1216-1221. Proceedings of the 7* International Congress on Rapeseed, Poznan, (1987).
  • Non -inoculated control - 5-6 cotyledons on MMW media MS salts (Gibco), 10 ml/liter MS supplement for organics (see above), 3% sucrose, 4.5 mg benziadeninepurine (First dissolved is the least possible amount of methanol), 0.1 mg/liter abscissic acid, pH 5.8, and 6% agar (Sigma #1296) + carbenicillin 300-500mg/L, and on MMW + carbenicillin 300-500mg/L + selection agent. (Kan 100mg/L for pPHP7746 and Glufosinate 4mg/L for pPHP8188) 2. Inoculated control - 5-6 cotyledons on MMW + carbenicillin (carb) 3. All remaining cotyledons- plated on MMW + carb + selection agent (see above)
  • Transfer cotyledons onto media stated step 3.7 above Avoid damage to the cut end of the petiole. Seal plates, box and culture for an additional 3 weeks, or until shoots form from cut end.
  • Zinc Sulphate -7 Hydrate (ZnSO 4 -7H 2 O) 2.0 g
  • T1 Progeny from these single events along with three double copy lines and two multiple copy lines underwent greenhouse Sclerotinia screening. Results from the indoor screening showed the double copy line 170B3 and single copy line 164B1 were more disease tolerant than their non-transformed parent line NS1565. Oxidase assays results on the T2 transgenic plants screened showed 170B3 and 164B1 plants had the highest and second highest expression levels respectively when compared against the other T1 lines tested. The 164B1 and 170B3 T2 lines were field tested.
  • a petal test is performed by placing canola petals on Potato Dextrose Agar or other media for growth of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, in order to determine if they are infested with the fungus. Since infection of canola with the fungus occurs only by infested petals, this test reveals if and to what extent the fungus is present in the field. Other than the presence of the fungus, favorable environmental conditions and the presence of susceptible host are critical for disease development. Plots were irrigated using a mist irrigation system. Rating was performed by using two separate parameters, disease incidence and disease severity. Disease incidence is a percentage of plants infected. Disease severity is rated only on infected plants and it implies the extent to which plants are damaged by the fungal infection and potential yield loss.
  • intermediate scores can be assigned if symptom severity falls in between defined scores.
  • Table 2 shows a significant decrease in disease severity and incidence, especially in the field, that can be attributed to the oxalate oxidase's activity.
  • the level of the enzyme activity is well correlated with disease incidence and severity.
  • oxalate oxidase gene in canola is efficient against Sclerotinia in the field, when compared against the non-transformed line NS1565.
  • the transformed lines especially those having a higher level of enzyme activity, exhibited a significant decrease in disease incidence and severity in the field when compared to the non-transformed line.
  • Canola oxalate oxidase transformants were tested for PR-1 protein, chitinase, and glucanase by Western blot analysis as for sunflower. No detectable PR-1 , chitinase, or glucanase protein could be found using the same procedure as for sunflower. Thus disease resistance in canola differs from sunflower.
  • the host defense systems are not turned on as can be measured by PR-1, chitinase and glucanase production, as can be measured using antibodies that were able to detect such proteins in sunflower, and no resistance is seen to non-oxalate producing pathogens, such as Blackleg and Altemaria. Although broad spectrum resistance to pathogens is not seen in canola, the same is not true for sunflower. Induction of the host defense systems has been shown in numerous cases to cause broad spectrum resistance to pathogens. For example, Chen, et al. in a 1993 Science article discusses that infection of plants by a pathogen often leads to enhanced resistance to subsequent attacks by the same or even unrelated pathogens (Chen, et al., Science, 262: 1883-1886 (1993)). Thus resistance to pathogens, other than oxalate producing pathogens, can not be found in canola but can be found in sunflower.
  • transgenic canola plants are capable of expressing oxalate oxidase and degrading oxalate but not of producing a measurable PR or disease defense response without the presence of a oxalate producing fungus it is reasonable to assume that either the substrate, is unavailable or in such low amounts that there is not enough hydrogen peroxide produced to sustain the disease defense response.
  • the enzymes that are responsible for hydrogen peroxide degradation are much more effective in canola plants than in sunflower plants, thus not enough hydrogen peroxide is produced to elicit the defense response. Either way a detectable defense response is not produced in canola.
  • Soybean transgenics were produced by cocultivation of soybean cotyledonary node with Agrobacterium. This was done in accordance with the protocol defined by US Patent Number 5,563,055, and hereby inco ⁇ orated by reference.
  • the A. tumefaciens strain LBA4404 harboring binary plasmid p11144 which has supermas::oxalate oxidase and a histone promoter from Arabidopsis (2XH4) driving NPT was used to transform the soybean cotyledonary node. After culture on kanamycin containing media to provide a selective advantage to the transformed ceils plants were regenerated. The resulting plants were screened by oxalate oxidase enzyme assay.
  • Example 4 Maize Maize Transformation
  • Maize transformation was accomplished by particle bombardment of immature embryos with DNA encoding the oxalate oxidase gene fused to the maize ubiquitin promoter (ubi) and potato proteinase inhibitor II (PINII) 3' region.
  • Ears PHN46 U. S. patent number 5,567,861, filed Aug. 3, 1993
  • Ears PHN46 from both greenhouse and field nursery sources were surface sterilized in 25% commercial bleach solution containing 0.5% Micro detergent (Micro, International Products Co ⁇ ., Burlington, NJ) for 20 min. then rinsed twice in sterile distilled water.
  • Immature embryos were excised from these ears and placed embryo axis side down on 604 medium (0.4 X N6 basal salts, 0.6X N6 macronutrients, 16.6 mM KNO 3 , 20 uM AgNO 3 , 0.6X B5H minor salts, 0.6X B5H Na/Fe EDTA, 0.4X Eriksson's vitamins, 0.6X S&H vitamins, 0.5 uM Thiamine HCL, 17.2 mM L- proline, 0.03% casein hydrolysate, 2% sucrose, 0.06% glucose, 0.2% gelrite, 0.8 mg/l 2,4- D, 1.2 mg/l dicamba) 4-5 days prior to particle bombardment.
  • 604 medium 0.4 X N6 basal salts, 0.6X N6 macronutrients, 16.6 mM KNO 3 , 20 uM AgNO 3 , 0.6X B5H minor salts, 0.6X B5H Na/Fe EDTA, 0.4X Eriksson
  • Tungsten particles were prepared by first cleaning the particles by suspending them in 0.1 M HNO 3 and subjecting them to constant sonication on ice for 30 min. The tungsten particles are then rinsed with sterile double distilled H2O 1X, 100% ethanol 1X, then resuspended in sterile double distilled H 2 0 prior to aliquoting at 15 mg/ml. Plasmid PHP10963 was cut with restriction enzyme to release a DNA fragment which contains two genes; ubi:: oxalate oxidase:: PINII and ubi::moPAT::PINII.
  • a quantity of this DNA fragment was associated with the particles prior to bombardment by adding components to a microtube in the following volumes and order: 100 ⁇ l tungsten particles, 1 ⁇ g DNA / 10 ⁇ l TE buffer, 100 ⁇ l 2.5 M CaCI 2 , 5 ⁇ l 0.1 M spermidine. Each component is added to the tube while constantly mixing, the final mixture was sonicated briefly, and then mixed by vortex for an additional 10 min. Tubes were then centrifuged briefly and supematants removed from the particles and discarded. Particle associated with DNA were then washed with 500 ⁇ l 100% ethanol, centrifuged for 30 s followed by removal of the wash, and resuspended in 100 ⁇ l 100% ethanol.
  • Oxalate oxidase enzyme assay results from TO maize transgenic leaf samples with non- transformed maize B73 as negative control and transgenic sunflower line (193870) as positive control.
  • Positive calli are then regenerated by the following method. Positive lines are transferred to 288J medium (in one liter brought up to volume with distilled water 4.3g MS salts (GIBCO #1117-074), 0.1g myo-inositol, 5 ml MS vitamin stock solution, 0.5 mg zeatin, 60g sucrose, 3 g Gelrite, 0.5 mg indole acetic acid, 0.1 uM absissic acid plus selective agent if desired) to initiate plant regeneration.
  • 288J medium in one liter brought up to volume with distilled water 4.3g MS salts (GIBCO #1117-074), 0.1g myo-inositol, 5 ml MS vitamin stock solution, 0.5 mg zeatin, 60g sucrose, 3 g Gelrite, 0.5 mg indole acetic acid, 0.1 uM absissic acid plus selective agent if desired
  • somatic embryo maturation 2-4 weeks
  • somatic embryos are transferred to 272V medium (in one liter brought up to volume with distilled water: 4.3 g of MS salts, 0.1 g myo-inositol, 5 mis MS vitamin stock, 40g sucrose, and 6 g bacto-agar) for germination and transferred to the lighted culture room.
  • 272V medium in one liter brought up to volume with distilled water: 4.3 g of MS salts, 0.1 g myo-inositol, 5 mis MS vitamin stock, 40g sucrose, and 6 g bacto-agar
  • Plants are then transferred to inserts in flats (equivalent to 2.5" pot) containing potting soil and grown for 1 week in a growth chamber, subsequently grown an additional 1-2 weeks in the greenhouse, then transferred to classic 600 pots (1.6 gallon) and grown to maturity.
  • Regenerated plants expressing oxalate oxidase are then tested for oxalate oxidase activity as described earlier Positive plants are next assayed for PR-1 , chitinase, glucanase, 14-3-3 protein, and SA levels as described earlier Positive TO and T1 maize plants expressing oxalate oxidase are tested for resistance to stress inducers, such as fungal, viral, and bacterial diseases; environmental stress; and resistance to insects.
  • Maize callus was bombarded, as described above, with a DNA fragment containing the galactose oxidase gene (pPHP12046, ubiquitin: optimized PAT::PINII / ubiquitin::galactose oxidase::PINII).
  • the galactose oxidase gene isolated from the Fusarium strain NRRL 2903 and cited in McPherson, et al, J of Biol Chem 267(12):8146- 8152 (1992), and herein inco ⁇ orated by reference, was used in the pPHP12046 construct.
  • the resulting callus was tested for galactose oxidase activity as described below: 1.
  • Disrupt the callus (approximately 20 mg) in 100 mM Na phosphate pH 7.0 plus 25 mM N-ethyl maieimide (0.5 ml).
  • the tissue can be homogenized.
  • One way of homogenizing the tissue is the use an apparatus for tissue preparation as described in U. S. Patent Application No. 08/713,507, filed on September 13, 1996, and herein inco ⁇ orate by reference. 2.
  • Add galactose 25 mM
  • Ampiex RedTM 70uM - Molecular Probes
  • Incubate until color develops can be10 minutes to 4 hours, but preferably about 1 hour.
  • the concentration of horseradish peroxidase may be varied from 0.5 about ⁇ l/ml to about 20 ⁇ l/ml, and the concentration of Amplex RedTM may vary from about 20 ⁇ M to about 200 ⁇ M, depending on the desired reaction time. Reaction volume and galactose concentration may vary depending again on desired reaction time. Tissue other than callus may also be used.
  • galactose oxidase activity can be detected in all plant parts, including but not limited to, roots, stems leaves, flowers, pollen, and seed. Again, these variations are common changes one skilled in the art would make and still remain within the spirit and scope of the invention.
  • Chloroform may also be added after incubation with galactose, Amplex RedTM, and horseradish peroxidase, in order to stop the reaction.
  • 100 ⁇ l of chloroform may be added before centrifugation.
  • the above described assay detects H 2 O 2 generated by galactose oxidase through a horse radish peroxidase-mediated 1:1 reaction between H 2 O 2 and Amplex Red (10-acetyl- 3,7-dihydroxyphenoxazine) that generates highly chromophoric and fluorescent Resourfin (Zhou, et al, Anal Biochem 253:162-168 (1997)). Unfortunately the assay described in the Zhou, et al.
  • chromogens such as o-dianisidine (Tressel et al, Meth Enzymol 90:163-171 (1982)) have been employed along with horse radish peroxidase for detecting H 2 O 2 generated by oxidase enzymes, but because of the high extinction coefficient of resorufin, Amplex Red Assay has proven to be a much more sensitive chromogen.
  • Positive calli are then regenerated by the following method. Positive lines are transferred to 288J medium (in one liter brought up to volume with distilled water 4.3g MS salts (GIBCO #1117-074), 0.1g myo-inositol, 5 ml MS vitamin stock solution, 0.5 mg zeatin, 60g sucrose, 3 g Gelrite, 0.5 mg indole acetic acid, 0.1 ⁇ M absissic acid plus selective agent if desired) to initiate plant regeneration.
  • 288J medium in one liter brought up to volume with distilled water 4.3g MS salts (GIBCO #1117-074), 0.1g myo-inositol, 5 ml MS vitamin stock solution, 0.5 mg zeatin, 60g sucrose, 3 g Gelrite, 0.5 mg indole acetic acid, 0.1 ⁇ M absissic acid plus selective agent if desired
  • somatic embryo maturation 2-4 weeks
  • somatic embryos are transferred to 272V medium (in one liter brought up to volume with distilled water 4.3 g of MS salts, 0.1 g myo-inositol, 5 mis MS vitamin stock, 40g sucrose, and 6 g bacto-agar) for germination and transferred to the lighted culture room.
  • 272V medium in tubes for 7-10 days until plantiets are well established. Plants are then transferred to inserts in flats (equivalent to 2.5" pot) containing potting soil and grown for 1 week in a growth chamber, subsequently grown an additional 1-2 weeks in the greenhouse, then transferred to classic 600 pots (1.6 gallon) and grown to maturity.
  • Regenerated plants expressing galactose oxidase are then tested for levels of galactose oxidase activity as described earlier. Positive plants are next assayed for PR-1 , chitinase, glucanase, 14-3-3 protein, and SA levels as described earlier Positive TO and T1 maize plants expressing galactose oxidase are tested for resistance to stress inducers, such as fungal, viral, and bacterial diseases; environmental stress; and resistance to insects.

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La présente invention traite d'un procédé permettant de produire la résistance au stress chez une variété de plantes, grâce à l'expression d'un peroxyde d'hydrogène ou d'une espèce d'oxygène réactive produisant une enzyme telle que l'oxalate oxydase, mais pas uniquement. En outre, la présente invention concerne un procédé de fabrication d'un tournesol résistant au stress grâce à la transformation d'un tournesol au moyen d'un gène d'oxalate oxydase ou d'autres gènes produisant du peroxyde d'hydrogène/une espèce d'oxygène réactive qui, après expression, produisent une enzyme susceptible de générer du peroxyde d'hydrogène ou une espèce d'oxygène réactive à partir d'un substrat endogène disponible. Selon un autre mode de réalisation, la plante pourrait être transformée par un gène produisant du peroxyde d'hydrogène ou une espèce d'oxygène réactive et par un gène agissant sur le substrat nécessaire, ou bien par un gène qui modifierait un processus de la plante, entraînant ainsi la formation ou l'agrandissement dudit substrat. La production de peroxyde d'hydrogène ou d'une espèce d'oxygène réactive déclenche l'expression des gènes sensibles à l'expression de ces substances, ce qui entraîne une accumulation de pré-attaque de la pathogenèse ou de facteurs liés au stress tels que l'acide salicylique et la protéine PR (liée à la pathogenèse). Ainsi, la plante est rendue résistante à une pluralité de stress grâce, par exemple, à l'inhibition de l'établissement d'un agent pathogène produisant un phénotype de résistance à la maladie.
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