agriculture transgenic plants production of bovine somatotrophin
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Agriculture
Transgenic PlantsProduction of Bovine Somatotrophin
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Revision
How is genetic engineering of organisms carried out (think back to SG and Higher)?
What is needed? What is substances are produced
through genetic engineering? What else do we know?
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Transgenic Plants
A transgenic organism is an organism that is carrying genetic material of another organism in its genome.
Producing a transgenic organism requires:
A vector used to insert the required DNA into a plant
A way of ensuring the gene is carried in all cells
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Vectors
A vector is an agent used to transfer DNA from one organism to another
Agrobacterium (tumerfaciens) is a commonly used vector Agrobacterium is a soil bacteria It contains a plasmid (known as Ti) which
it can insert into plant DNA causing a tumour (crown gall disease)
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Vectors cont…
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Procedure for creating a transgenic plant using a Ti-plasmid
Ti disease gene is disabled Eg. By removing it with restriction
enzymes A target gene containing desired
characteristics is identified A target gene is removed from source
DNA using a restriction enzyme The plasmid is then cut using the
same restriction enzyme
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Procedure for creating a transgenic plant using Ti cont…
The foreign DNA (target gene) is then added to the plasmid and sealed using DNA ligase
The modified plasmid is returned to the Agrobacterium
(Note the plasmid also has a method for identification e.g antibiotic resistance – later in the process this is used to identify the cells that have the plasmid)
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Procedure for creating a transgenic plant using Ti cont…
Plant cell protoplasts are prepared The protoplasts are incubated with
the bacterium containing the modified plasmid
Grown in a selective medium that allows only the growth of cells containing the plasmid (and selected gene) E.g the medium may contain an antibiotic
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Example 1 – insect resistance The bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis
produces proteins (known as BT toxins) that have been used for insecticides
The toxin is isolated from the bacteria genome and inserted into Ti plasmid of agrobacterium
The resulting plant kills insects that eat it
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Example 1 – insect resistance
Potato, cotton and soybean are all plants were this technique is used
Benefits Only insects eating the plant are killed Reduces the use of pesticides The entire plant has protection (not just
the leaves and stem, as would be the case if it was sprayed)
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Example 2 – Tomato plants Tomato ripening is naturally accompanied
by softening due to an enzyme – PG (polygalacturonase)
Fruit an usually picked while still green and ripened artificially using ethene gas
By modifying the PG gene, fruit could be left to ripen longer without softening
Fresher, riper tomatoes could be delivered to supermarkets
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Bovine Somatotrophin (BST) production
Bovine somatotrophin is a growth hormone that can be used to increase growth (mainly muscle and bone) and milk production in cattle
The gene is isolated from cattle cells using restriction enzymes
A restriction enzyme is also used to open a plasmid from an E. coli bacteria
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Bovine Somatotrophin (BST) production
The BST gene is inserted into the plasmid using DNA ligase
The E.coli bacteria containing the plasmid are then cultured
The gene is expressed (i.e. transcribed and translated into protein form) during bacterial growth
The protein is then purified and prepared for administration to cattle
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Use of BST
BST is either administered by injection or the protein is included in cattle feed
Results in a 10% increase in milk production
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Disadvantages / concerns Can increase mastitis in cows Lameness later in life – due to
enlarged udders BST causes a lack of fat deposits
(more of the glucose etc.. is used) therefore hypothermia can develop
BST found in milk – supposedly safe as it will be broken down in our stomachs
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Learning Activities Monograph pg 90 – 94 DART pg 88 – 93 Scholar Genetically Modified Plants worksheet Make flow diagrams / posters of the process of
Creating transgenic plants BST production
Assignment Questions – 2001 Q12, 2005 Section B Q 8 Look at websites
http://www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/gmtt/gmplantshow
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Moral and Ethical Issues related to transgenic organisms
Moral and Ethical codes attempt to establish acceptable human behaviour for the benefit of all society ‘DART’
Transgenic organisms What rights do they have?
Farmers What might there opinions towards transgenic
be? How might differing views on accompanying farms be dealt with?
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Moral and Ethical Issues related to transgenic organisms
Consumers What are the pros and cons? What are the facts vs media hype?
The Environment Benefits vs problems
Biotechnology Industry Motives vs issues
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Formal Debate
This house supports the creation and use of transgenic organisms
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THE END OF UNIT ONE
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