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KMID : 0368420080510030227
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Journal of Plant Biology
2008 Volume.51 No. 3 p.227 ~ p.232
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Preferential spreading of RNA silencing into the 3’ downstream region of the transgene in tobacco
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Oka Shin-ichiro
Hirai Sayaka
Choi Kwan-Sam
Kodama Hiroaki
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Abstract
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The amplification mechanism of short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) along the transgene sequence exists in RNA interference (RNAi). The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase synthesizes complementary RNAs by using the transgene mRNA as a template, and the secondary siRNAs are generated from the outside of primary RNAi target. Four independent RNAi vectors which produced primary siRNAs against distinct regions of the tobacco endoplasmic reticulum ω-3 fatty acid desaturase gene (NtFAD3) were transiently expressed in leaves of theNtF4D3-overexpressed transgenic plants. Regardless of the RNAi vector used, the secondaryNtFAD3 siRNAs were generated preferentially from the 3’ downstream region of the transgene. Secondary siRNAs from the 5’ upstream region adjacent to the annealing site of primary siRNAs accumulated under the detection level. Our results suggest that different regulatory mechanisms are involved in the spreading of RNA silencing into 5’ upstream and 3’ downstream regions of the target sequence, respectively.
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KEYWORD
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RdRP, secondary siRNA, transitive RNAi, ω-3 fatty acid desaturase
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