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Enhancing Maize Transformation and Targeted Mutagenesis through the Assistance of Non-Integrating Wus2 Vector

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PLANTS-BASEL
卷 12, 期 15, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants12152799

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wuschel2; morphogenic transcription factor; Agrobacterium-mediated transformation; ternary vector system; CRISPR-Cas9; transgene-free editing

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Efficient genetic transformation is crucial for gene functional analysis and crop improvement. In this study, we successfully utilized the non-integrating Wus2 (NIW) T-DNA vector method to transform and edit the genomes of maize inbred lines B104 and B73. This method significantly increased the transformation efficiency and provided a transgene-free option for genome editing.
Efficient genetic transformation is a prerequisite for rapid gene functional analyses and crop trait improvements. We recently demonstrated that new T-DNA binary vectors with NptII/G418 selection and a compatible helper plasmid can efficiently transform maize inbred B104 using our rapid Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method. In this work, we implemented the non-integrating Wuschel2 (Wus2) T-DNA vector method for Agrobacterium-mediated B104 transformation and tested its potential for recalcitrant inbred B73 transformation and gene editing. The non-integrating Wus2 (NIW) T-DNA vector-assisted transformation method uses two Agrobacterium strains: one carrying a gene-of-interest (GOI) construct and the other providing an NIW construct. To monitor Wus2 co-integration into the maize genome, we combined the maize Wus2 expression cassette driven by a strong constitutive promoter with a new visible marker RUBY, which produces the purple pigment betalain. As a GOI construct, we used a previously tested CRISPR-Cas9 construct pKL2359 for Glossy2 gene mutagenesis. When both GOI and NIW constructs were delivered by LBA4404Thy- strain, B104 transformation frequency was significantly enhanced by about two-fold (10% vs. 18.8%). Importantly, we were able to transform a recalcitrant inbred B73 using the NIW-assisted transformation method and obtained three transgene-free edited plants by omitting the selection agent G418. These results suggest that NIW-assisted transformation can improve maize B104 transformation frequency and provide a novel option for CRISPR technology for transgene-free genome editing.

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