A wild rice (BKK) strain showing sterile spikelet and big leaves inhabited at the basin of the Chao Phraya river of Bangkok city, Thailand. The BKK strain was found as a natural triploid and thus its origin has been interested long time. Three different-sized fragments were amplified in RNA polymerase I largest subunit (
PolA1) gene, which is a single-copy nuclear gene per haploid genome. Short type (0.14 kb) intron 20 sequence of BKK strain was identical to that of
O. rufipogon and
O. sativa. Phylogenetic analysis showed that long type (1.5 kb and 1.8 kb) intron 20 sequences of BKK strain were closely related to that of
O. longistaminata and
O. officinalis, respectively. We analyzed protein tag (Ptag) sequence encoded by exons 19 to 21 of
PolA1 gene. Determined three Ptag sequences of BKK strain were identical to that of
O. rufipogon,
O. longistaminata, and
O. officinalis, respectively. Relative DNA content of nuclei in
O. officinalis and BKK strain was 1.5 and 1.75 times than that in
O. sativa, respectively. And BKK strain contained CentO-C1 repeats, which were unique to
O. officinalis. These results indicated that BKK strain comprised three genomes of
O. rufipogon,
O. longistaminata, and
O. officinalis.
During several rounds of wild rice surveys, initiated by Drs. Morishima and Oka in 1958, a wild rice (BKK) strain had been found in canals, near the Wat Chalo temple, from the Chao Phraya river in the Bang Kruai district (described as Bangkok Noi), Bangkok, Thailand (Figure 1). The clonally propagated BKK strain with sterile spikelet had unusually big leaves, leaf width: more than 3.5 cm, leaf length: more than 1 m, which are several times bigger than those of O. rufipogon (Figure 1). Because W0001 (O. ridleyi) and W0002 (O. officinalis) strains of wild rice germplasm in the National Institute of Genetics, Japan was obtained in the same place, we are being interested in the origin of BKK strain.
Chu and Oka (1970) reported that hybrids between O. longistaminata (formally described as O. barthii) and other species showed off-types with big leaves, which they called “Obake” (a monster in Japanese) [1]. In the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam, we found another wild rice strain with big leaves, which was probably a hybrid between O. rufipogon and cryptic O. longistaminata (Htut et al. submitted). The BKK strain, however, had bigger leaves than these wild rice strains mentioned above.
The BKK strain was consistent with O. rufipogon and O. officinalis in Bangkok in habitat (Figure 1). Although O. longistaminata and O. barthii are distributed in West Africa, we recently found O. longistaminata-like cryptic (MD) strain in the Mekong Delta (Htut et al. submitted). Other AA genome wild species, O. meridionalis and O. glumaepatula are endemic in Australia and Latin America, respectively. Takahashi et al. (2009) reported based on sequence analysis
of nuclear gene that AA genome species was closely related to BB and CC genome species and distantly related to EE, FF and GG genome species [2]. The same results were obtained by the analysis of retrotransposons [3].
Genome sizes of 14 Oryza diploid species containing 6 different genome-types (AA, BB, CC, EE, FF, and GG) were measured using flow cytometry [4]. Except for CC genome, relative DNA content of nuclei corresponding to genome size was conservative characteristics to each genome-type. Thus, the DNA content is helpful to infer genome composition of the BKK strain.
Single-copy nuclear gene, PolA1, encodes the largest subunit (194 kDa) of RNA polymerase I which plays an essential role in the synthesis of 45S rRNA precursors [5]. The PolA1 gene (ca. 15 kb) contains 21 exons on chromosome 6 of rice genome [6]. Phylogenetic studies for the intron 19 and exon 20 sequences of PolA1 gene were useful to analyze relationships in Petunia [7], Aegilops [8], Oryza [2], Triticum-Aegilops [9], Triticum-Hordeum [10], and Brassica [11] [12].
Recently, we found that intron 20 sequence of PolA1 gene were differentiated into short (S)-type (0.14 kb) and long (L)-type (1.5 kb) in Oryza AA-genome species. O. longistaminata and O. meridionalis had L-type intron 20 while O. rufipogon, O. barthii, O. glumaepatule contained S-type intron 20. Because O. officinalis and other Oryza species had the L-type, this result provided evidence for the speciation from L-type species to S-type species within AA genome species (Htut et al. submitted).
Nakamura (2016) found that a particular protein tag (Ptag) sequence (ca. 400 aa) showed a species-specific variation, encoded by exons 19 - 21 of PolA1 gene in land plants [13]. The Ptag sequence is useful to classify species in Triticum-Hordeum [10], Brassica [12], and Trichophyton fungi [14]. Therefore, Ptag sequences of BKK strain were determined to reveal species, which were involved in the origin of BKK strain.
In this paper, we are interested in the origin of natural triploid BKK strain found in Bangkok city. We found that BKK strain contained three different introns 20 sequences of PolA1 gene and Ptag-coding sequences, corresponding to those of O. rufipogon, O. longistaminata and O. officinalis, respectively. The results of relative DNA content of leaf cells and Southern blot analyses of CentO-C1 repeats also suggested that O. officinalis probably provided its genetic materials to BKK strain.
2. Materials and Methods2.1. Plant Materials
BKK strain was collected in Bangkok city at 1985 and maintained in Japan (Figure 1). Other plant materials were obtained from National Institute of Genetics, Japan (Table 1).
2.2. Chromosome Counting
Chromosome number of root-tip cells of BKK strain was counted by enzyme maceration/air drying and Giemsa staining according to Fukui (1996) [15].
Materials to analyze the intron 20 sequence of PolA1 gene in Oryza species
Species
Accession
Description
Intron 20
Genome
A/P
O. sativa
‘Nipponbare’
Temperate Japonica
141 bp
AA
Ac221
Tropical Japonica
141 bp
AA
Ac130
Indica
141 bp
AA
O. rufipogon
W0106
India
141 bp
AA
A
W0107
India
141 bp
AA
A
W1724
India
141 bp
AA
P
W1956
China
141 bp
AA
P
O. barthii
W0652
Sierra Leone
142 bp
AA
A
W1416
Sierra Leone
142 bp
AA
A
O. longistaminata
W0643
Gambia
1499 bp
AA
P
W1232
Tanganyika
1523 bp
AA
P
O. meridionalis
W1297
Australia
1519 bp
AA
A
W1631
Australia
1523 bp
AA
A
O. glumaepatula
W1169
Cuba
141 bp
AA
P
W1185
Suriname
141 bp
AA
P
O. punctata
W1514
Kenya
1485 bp
BB
P
O. officinalis
W0002
Thailand
1764 bp
CC
P
O. eichingeri
W1521
Uganda
1767 bp
CC
P
O. rhizomatis
W1808
Sri Lanka
1766 bp
CC
P
O. australiensis
W0008
Australia
1103 bp
EE
P
W1296
Australia
1100 bp
EE
P
O. brachyantha
W0656
Guinea
2643 bp
FF
P
O. granulata
W0003
India
1634 bp
GG
P
W0004
India
1634 bp
GG
P
BKK strain
Thailand
141 bp
P
1519 bp
1765 bp
A/P: annual/perennial.
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2.3. Measurement of Relative DNA Content
Relative nuclear DNA contents of nuclei of leaf cells were determined by flow cytometry using a PA flow cytometer (Partec GmbH, Münster, Germany) on isolated nuclei stained with 4’,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride (DAPI), according to the method of Mishiba et al. (2000) [16].
2.4. DNA Extraction
Total genomic DNA was extracted from 100 mg leaf materials in 2-ml plastic tubes that were frozen with liquid nitrogen and crushed into fine powder using Multi-Bead Shocker (Yasui Kikai Co., Japan). The CTAB method was used for DNA extraction [17].
2.5. PCR Amplification and Direct Sequencing
As shown in Figure 3(A), DNA fragments containing Ptag-coding sequence and intron 20 (S-type and L-type) were amplified by PCR using various pairs of eleven primers (Table 2). The primers were designed based on the sequence of rice PolA1 mRNA (LOC9270399) on japonica rice “Nipponbare”. Sequencing primers (5 - 8) was designed based on sequence result of the intron 20 in this study. Two plastid regional sequences, ORF100 (676 bp) and psbZ (792 bp), of BKK strain were determined using primer 11 - 14 shown in Figure 4(B) according to Takahashi et al. (2009) [18].
The PCR amplification was carried out ExTaq DNA polymerase (TaKaRa, Shiga, Japan) according to manufacturer’s instruction. The PCR condition were
Primers used in this study
Name
Sequence
Description
1
5’-CTCGCTGGACGGGGTGAGATGAATG-3’
PolA1, exon 19 5P
2
5’-CCTTGAGAACTGTTTTTATTGATG-3’
PolA1, exon 20 5P1
3
5’-GAGCAACCTCATATTCTGTTAGCC-3’
PolA1, exon 20 5P2
4
5’-CTGTGCATACTTCAATTCTCTC-3’
PolA1, exon 20 3P1
5
5’-TCTAAACATATACTCCCTCCATCC-3’
PolA1, intron 20 5P for AA genome species
6
5’-AACATATACTACACTTATCTTACC-3’
PolA1, intron 20 5P for CC genome species
7
5’-ACAACTTCTCCACCAACATTCTCT-3’
PolA1, intron 20 3P for AA genome species
8
5’-TAAAGGAATATCATATCAAAACAG-3’
PolA1, intron 20 3P for CC genome species
9
5’-CTTACAGGCCTTGACAAAAACAGA-3’
PolA1, exon 21 3P2
10
5’-TGAAATCCGCAATCAAGTTCAGATG-3’
PolA1, exon 21 3P1
11
5’-GCCGCTTTAGTCCACTCAGCCATC-3’
ORF100 5P
12
5’-TCAATGCCTTTTTTCAATGGTCTC-3’
ORF100 3P
13
5’-TATTTGCTTCTCCTGATGGTTGTT-3’
psbZ 5P
14
5’-GAGCGGAGTAGAGCAGTTTGGTAG-3’
trnM 3P
15
5’-GTGTAAAAGTTATGTTTCACAAAT-3’
CentO-C1 5P
16
5’-CGGTGTGCCCGCTGGAAAGTTTGT-3’
CentO-C1 3P
40 cycles of 94˚C for 1 min, 58˚C for 1 min for annealing, and 72˚C for 2 min for elongation in a PTC200 thermocycler (MJ Research, Waltham, MA, USA). The amplified PCR products were subjected to 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis and purified using a PCR purification kit (QIAquick; Qiagen, CA, USA). The purified PCR products of Ptag-coding sequence (1230 bp) were determined by direct sequencing with the same primer as used for PCR amplification in an automated DNA sequencer ABI3100 (Applied Biosystems, CA, USA) with a Big Dye Terminator Cycle Sequencing kit (Applied Biosystems, USA).
2.6. Phylogenetic Analysis
The intron 20 sequences of PolA1 gene were aligned by using CLUSTAW [19]. The alignment was then manually adjusted using Genetyx Software ver. 6.0, Software Development Co., Japan. The phylogenetic tree of the intron 20 sequences were constructed using Neighbor-Joining method with bootstrap estimate from 1000 replicates in the MEGA7 software [20]. The determined intron 20 and Ptag-coding sequences of PolA1 gene were deposited in DDBJ as accession nos. (LC638415-LC638446).
2.7. Southern Blot Analysis of CentO-C1 Repeats
CentO-C1 repeat sequence (1.2 kb) was amplified by PCR with DNA extracted from O. officinalis as a template using primer 15 and 16 (Table 2). Primers were designed based on sequence of CentO-C1_11 (Genbank accession DQ058478) [21]. Genomic DNA was extracted from leaves using the cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) method according to Rogers and Bendich (1985) [22]. Genomic DNAs (15 µg) extracted from leaves of O. sativa, O. officinalis and BKK strain were digested overnight with HindIII, EcoRI and KpnI at 37˚C.
Restricted DNA fragments were separated on 0.7% agarose gel at 50V for 4 hours and transferred to a nylon membrane overnight by capillary method. Fixing of DNA to membrane was done by exposure under a UV transilluminator for 3 min. CentO-C1 fragment was labelled by PCR reaction incorporating a digoxigenin-labelled nucleotide as in PCR DIG Probe Synthesis Kit (Roche) protocol. Hybridization and stringency washes were carried out following the DIG manual while detection was done by chemiluminescence using CDP-Star, according to manufacturer’s instructions.
3. Results3.1. Habitat of BKK Strain
BKK strain was found in canals near the Wat Chalo temple together with three perennial Oryza species, O. rufipogon, O. officinalis and O. ridleyi (Figure 1(A)). The BKK strain was clonally propagated by shooting from each node of its column. Because the BKK strain had big stature with completely sterile spikelet (Figure 1(B)) and long-wide leaf blades (Figure 1(C), Figure 1(D)), it was considered as an interspecific hybrid between Oryza species.
3.2. Chromosome Number and Relative DNA Content
Chromosome number of BKK strain was confirmed as 36 using root-tip cell (Figure 2(A)). This result clearly indicated that BKK strain was triploid. Relative nuclear DNA content of leaf cells was determined by flow cytometer analysis (Figure 2(B), Figure 2(C)). In case of relative DNA content of O. sativa was adjusted to 100, O. officinalis showed a value of 150 (Figure 2(B)). In the same condition, BKK strain showed a value of 175, that was probably corresponded to two haploid A genome (50 + 50) and one haploid C genome (75) (Figure 2(C)).
3.3. Analysis of PolA1 Intron 20 Sequence in BKK Strain
PCR product containing intron 20 of PolA1 gene was amplified using primer 3 and 10 (Figure 3(A)). Short (S)-type intron 20 (0.14 kb) was shared with japonica and indica strains of O. sativa and two strains of O. rufipogon whereas O. longistaminata and O. officinalis showed long (L)-type intron 20 (1.5 kb, 1.8 kb) (Figure 3(B)). BKK strain contained one S-type intron 20 (rufA) and two L-type intron 20 (lonA, offC) (Figure 3(B)). Sequence of the S-type intron 20 was identical to that of O. rufipogon and O. sativa (Htut et al. submitted).
Sequences of two L-type intron 20 of BKK strain were analyzed using sequencing primer 5 and 7 specific to O. longistaminata and primer 6 and 8 specific to O. officinalis (Figure 3(A)). Neighbor-Joining phylogenetic tree of L-type intron 20 sequences was constructed (Figure 3(C)). One L-type tntron 20 sequence (lonA) of BKK strain was clustered with those of O. longistaminata and O. meridionalis (AA genome species) while another L-type intron 20 sequence (offC) was grouped with those of O. officinalis, O. eichingeri and O. rhizomatis (CC genome species).
3.4. Comparison of Ptag-Coding Sequences in BKK Strain
Three Ptag-coding sequences (1230 bp) of BKK strain were determined using primers shown in Figure 3(A). Alignment of three deduced Ptag sequences showed that two amino acid substitutions were found between BKK1 and BKK2 but BKK1 and BKK3 were differed in 16 substitutions (Figure 4(A)). Interestingly, BKK1, BKK2 and BKK3 of BKK strain were identical to that of O. rufipogon, O. longistaminata and O. officinalis, respectively.
3.5. Analysis of Two Plastid Sequences in BKK Strain
Two regional plastid sequences of ORF100 (676 bp) and psbZ (792 bp) were compared among BKK strain, O. longistaminata, O. rufipogon and O. officinalis (Figure 4(B)). Sequences of BKK strain were different from those of O. officinalis and similar to those of O. rufipogon and O. longistaminata. Perennial strain of O. rufipogon and japonica strain of O. sativa contained an unique (GGGA) insertion in psbZ sequence.
3.6. Southern Blot Analysis of CentO-C1
CentO-C1 repeat sequences specific to O. officinalis were amplified by PCR according to Lee et al. (2005) [21]. Genomic DNA isolated from O. sativa, O.
officinalis and BKK strain were digested by three different restriction enzymes and subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis. Southern blot pattern was obtained by hybridization with cloned CentO-C1 fragment as a probe (Figure 5(A)). Hybridization signals were clearly detected in O. officinalis and BKK strain but there is no signal in O. sativa.
4. Discussion
Akimoto et al. (1999) reported that presence of unusual big wild rice (named as BKK) strain having completely sterile spikelet and long-wide leaves in canals near the Wat Chalo temple in the Bang Kruai district, Bangkok (Figure 1) [23]. Although many plants similar to the BKK strain were grown around there, it considered that they were clonally propagated. Kuroda et al. (2003) reported that Chao Phraya basin was one of the most important regions to conserve wild Oryza species in mainland Southeast Asia because three Oryza species, O. rufipogon, O. officinalis and O. ridleyi habitat together [24].
The BKK strain was confirmed as triploid plant because its chromosome number was 36 while Oryza diploid species was 2n = 24 (Figure 2(A)). Relative DNA content of leaf cells of O. sativa was compared to that of O. officinalis and BKK strain (Figure 2(B), Figure 2(C)). When relative DNA content of O. sativa was adjusted to 100, O. officinalis and BKK strain showed 150 and 175, respectively. Miyabayashi et al. (2007) reported that DNA contents of O. sativa and other AA genome species were similar and much lower than those of O. officinalis and other CC genome species [4]. This result suggested that two AA genome species and one CC genome species were responsible for the origin of BKK strain.
Nakamura (2016) found that protein tag (Ptag) sequence located in the C-terminal region of POLA1 subunit showed species-specific variation in not
only plant but also fungi, animals and protists [13]. The Ptag sequences were highly conservative within a species but differentiated between species [10]. Because intron 19 and 20 sequences of PolA1 gene were located within Ptag-coding sequence (Figure 3(A)), these two intron sequences were also conservative in a species. Therefore, analysis of intron 19 and 20 sequences of PolA1 gene were useful to reveal ancestral species of polyploid species, such as Triticum-Aegilops [9], Triticum-Hordeum [10], and Brassica [11] [12].
Recent analysis of intron 20 of PolA1 gene indicated that S-type intron 20 (0.14 kb) was observed in O. sativa, O. rufipogon, O. glumaepatula and O. barthii whereas L-type intron 20 (1.5 kb) was found in O. longistaminata and O. meridionalis (Htut et al. submitted). Sequence analysis showed that S-type intron 20 was probably derived from L-type intron 20 due to large deletion by intramolecular homologous recombination between two TTTTGC repeats within L-type intron 20 of PolA1 gene (Htut et al. submitted). Because all Oryza species other than AA genome contained the L-type intron 20, this result suggested that O. rufipogon was originated from single or few individuals of O. longistaminata.
In this study, BKK strain contained three different intron 20 sequences, one S-type intron 20 (rufA 0.14 kb) and two L-type intron 20 (lonA 1.5 kb, offC 1.8 kb) (Figure 3(B)). Sequence analysis showed that rufA sequence of BKK strain was identical to S-type intron 20 sequence of O. rufipogon. While lonA and offC sequences of BKK strain were grouped with L-type intron 20 sequences of O. longistaminata and O. officinalis, respectively (Figure 3(C)). This result suggested that BKK strain contained genetic materials derived from O. rufipogon, O. longistaminata and O. officinalis. Three Ptag-coding sequences of BKK strain were also determined by direct sequence analysis using various sequencing primers (Table 2). Deduced three Ptag sequences (BKK1, BKK2 and BKK3) of BKK strain were identical to that of O. rufipogon, O. longistaminata and O. officinalis (Figure 4(A)). This result indicated that these three Oryza species were involved in the origin of BKK strain.
Two plastid, ORF100 and psbZ, sequences of BKK strain were different from those of O. officinalis and similar to those of O. rufipogon and O. longistaminata (Figure 4(B)). Although plastid sequences of BKK strain did not consistent with those of O. rufipogon and O. longistaminata, cytoplasmic origin of BKK strain might be O. longistaminata because O. rufipogn perennial strain contained an unique GGGA insertion in the psbZ sequence.
Lee et al. (2005) reported that CentO-C1 repeats were specific to O. officinalis and CC genome species and absent in other Oryza species [21]. Southern hybridization showed that CentO-C1 signals were present in O. officinalis and BKK strain but absent in O. sativa (Figure 5(A)). This result indicated that BKK strain contained genetic materials derived from O. officinalis.
Although BKK strain inhabited together with O. rufipogon and O. officinalis, O. longistaminata was known to be endemic to Africa. However, we found O. logistaminata-like cryptic species in Mekong Delta, Vietnam (Htut et al. submitted). And O. rufipogon was considered to be originated from O. longistamina (Htut et al. submitted). Therefore, it is possible that O. longistaminata was used to distribute in Southeast Asia.
Taken together of the results in this study, BKK strain probably originated as follow (Figure 5(B)). At first, an interspecific hybrid between O. longistaminata and O. rufipogon was occurred in the past. Then, hybridization between unreduced female gamete produced in the interspecific hybrid and male gamete from O. officinalis had produced natural triploid BKK strain. Therefore, it is interested that BKK strain maintained ancient genome of O. longistaminata, which was extinct in Southeast Asia.
5. Conclusion
We found wild rice (BKK) strain with big stature and sterile spikelet in Bangkok city of Thailand. The BKK strain is recognized as natural triploid by counting chromosome number and measuring relative DNA content of nuclei. Because Ptag sequence showed species-specific variation in eukaryotic species, Ptag sequence, encoded by exon 19 - 20 of PolA1 gene, was analyzed. The result indicated that BKK strain contained three Ptag sequences, which was identical to that of O. longistaminata, O. rufipogon and O. officinalis, respectively. Sequence analysis for ORF100 and psbZ of plastid DNA showed that O. longistaminata was probably maternal parent. Contribution of O. officinalis was confirmed by Southern blot analysis using CentO-C1 probe specific to O. officinalis. These data indicated that BKK strain was originated by hybridizations among three parental species, O. longistaminata, O. rufipogon and O. officinalis.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Dr. Takato Koba, Chiba University, for his encourage and helpful advice on this research. The authors thank Sakura Science Exchange Program of Japanese governmental scholarship for the valuable supports of the first author.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding publication of this manuscript.
Cite this paper
Makabe, S., Htut, H.A., Takahashi, H., Shida, S., Akimoto, M., Urairong, H., Ishikawa, R., Sato, T., Sato, Y.-I. and Nakamura, I. (2022) Triploid Wild Rice (BKK) Strain Found in Bangkok Originated from Hybridizations among Three Parental Oryza Species. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 13, 36-49. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2022.131003
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