Enhanced iron and zinc accumulation in transgenic rice with the ferritin gene

Plant Science

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-378

  Vasconcelos, Marta ^a   Datta, Karabi ^a   Oliva, Norman ^a   Khalekuzzaman, Mohammad ^a   Torrizo, Lina ^a   Krishnan, Sellapan ^a,b   Oliveira, Margarida ^c   Goto, Fumyuki ^d   Datta, Swapan K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^d Geology Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elite indica rice; Genetic engineering; Iron accumulation; Milling; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; COMMINUTION; GENES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); IRON; NUTRITION; ZINC;

NUTRITIONAL LOSS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0037371469     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(02)00421-1     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. R. Yip, Prevention and control of iron deficiency: policy and strategy issues, J. Nutr. 132 (4) (2002) 802-805.
2. F. Goto, T. Yoshihara, N. Shigemoto, S. Toki, F. Takaiwa, Iron fortification of the rice seed by the soybean ferritin gene, Nat. Biotech. 17 (1999) 282-286.
3. U. Kracht, in: U. Kracht, M. Shultz, (Eds.), Food Security and Nutrition - The Global Challenge, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, USA, 1999, pp. 68-69.
4. S. Datta, H. Bouis, Application of biotechnology to improving nutritional quality of rice, in: B. Bouis (Ed.), Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol. 21(4), United Nations University Press, 2000, pp. 451-456.
5. P. Lucca, R. Hurrel, I. Potrykus, Genetic engineering approaches to improve the bioavailability and the level of iron in the rice grains, Theor. Appl. Genet. 102 (2001) 392-397.
6. E. Ahman, H. Allen, G. Beaton, B. Benoist, B. Flores, S. Gillespe, S. Robeneck, F. Viteri, Nutrition through the life cycle-fourth Report on the World Nutrition Situation: ACC/SCN in collaboration with IFPRI, Geneva, Switzerland, 2000, pp. 23-27.
7. M. Grusak, D. DellaPena, Improving the nutrient composition of plants to enhance human nutrition and health, Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 50 (1999) 133-161.
8. J. Hunnel, K. Moritaka, in: F. Clydesdale, K. Wiemen (Eds.), Iron Fortification of Foods, Academic Press, Orlando, USA, 1985, pp. 121-132.
9. R. Graham, D. Senadhira, S. Beebe, C. Iglesias, I. Monasterio, Breeding for micronutrient density in edible portions of staple food crops: conventional approaches, Field Crops Res. 60 (1999) 57-80.
10. M. Zimmerman, R. Hurrel, Improving iron, zinc and vitamin A nutrition through plant biotechnology, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 13 (2) (2002) 142-145.
11. E. Theil, Ferritin: structure, gene regulation, and cellular function in animals, plants and microorganisms, Annu. Rev. Biochem. 56 (1987) 289-315.
12. J. Briat, Roles of ferritin in plants, J. Plant Nutr. 19 (8-9) (1996) 1331-1342.
13. F. Goto, T. Yoshihara, H. Saiki, Iron accumulation and enhanced growth in transgenic lettuce plants expressing the iron-binding protein ferritin, Theor. Appl. Genet. 100 (2000) 658-664.
14. L. Murray-Kolb, F. Takaiawa, F. Goto, T. Yoshihara, E. Theil, J. Beard, Transgenic rice is a source of iron for iron-depleted rats, J. Nutr. 132 (5) (2002) 957-960.
15. Y. Doesthale, S. Devara, S. Rao, B. Belavady, Effect of milling on mineral and trace element composition of raw and parboiled rice, J. Sci. Food Agric. 30 (1979) 40-46.
16. G. Drakakaki, P. Christou, E. Stoger, Constitutive expression of soybean cDNA in transgenic wheat and rice results in increased iron levels in vegetative tissues but not in seeds, Transgenic Res. 9 (2000) 445-452.
17. Y. Yoshihara, H. Washida, F. Takaiwa, Assessment of common regulatory regions required for the endosperm-specific expression of rice storage protein glutelin genes by hybrid promoters, Plant Sci. 121 (1996) 63-73.
18. T. Katsube, N. Kurisaka, M. Ogawa, N. Maruyama, R. Ohtsuka, S. Utsumi, F. Takaiwa, Accumulation of soybean glycinin and its assembly with the glutelins in rice, Plant Physiol. 120 (1999) 1063-1073.
19. C. Wu, A. Suzuki, H. Wahida, F. Takaiwa, The GCN4 motif in a rice glutelin gene is essential for endosperm-specific gene expression and is activated by Opaque-2 in transgenic rice plants, Plant J. 14 (6) (1998) 673-683.
20. G. Gregorio, D. Senadhira, H. Htut, R. Graham, Breeding for trace mineral density in rice, Food Nutr. Bull. 21 (4) (2000) 382-387.
21. S. Datta, A. Peterhans, K. Datta, I. Potrykus, Genetically engineered fertile indica-rice recovered from protoplasts, Bio/Technology 8 (1990) 736-740.
22. P. Christou, I. Ford, M. Kofron, Production of transgenic rice (Oryza sativa) plants from agronomically important Indica and Japonica varieties via electric discharge acceleration of exogenous DNA into immature zygotic embryos, Bio/Technology 9 (1991) 957-962.
23. K. Datta, A. Vasquez, J. Tu, L. Torrizo, N. Alam, E. Abrigo, G. Khush, S. Datta, Constitutive and tissue specific differential expression of cryA(b) gene in transgenic rice plants conferring resistance to rice insect pest, Theor. Appl. Genet. 97 (1998) 20-30.
24. T. Murashige, F. Skoog, A revised medium for rapid growth and bioassays with tobacco tissue culture, Physiol. Plant. 15 (1962) 473-497.
25. IRRI, Manual, Workshop on genetic engineering and nutritional improvement of rice, IRRI, Manila, 2002, pp. 46-47
26. S. Dellaporta, J. Wood, J. Hicks, A plant DNA minipreparation: version II, Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 1 (4) (1993) 19-21.
27. W. Lin, C. Anuratha, K. Datta, I. Potrykus, S. Muthukrishnan, S. Datta, Genetic engineering of rice for resistance to sheath blight, Bio/Technology 13 (1995) 686-691.
28. C. Boss, K. Fredeen, Concepts, Instrumentation and Techniques in Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry, Perkin-Elmer, USA, 1999.
29. A. Pearse, in: A. Pearse (Ed.), Histochemistry: Theoretical and Applied-2, Longman, London, 1972, p. 910.
30. A. Roodenburg, C. West, Y. Beguin, Indicators of erythrocyte formation and degradation in rats with either vitamin A or iron deficiency, J. Nutr. Biochem. 11 (2000) 223-230.
31. R. Black, Micronutrients in pregnancy, Br. J. Nutr. 85 (2) (2001) 193-197.
32. F. Zhang, M. Treeby, V. Romheld, H. Marchner, Mobilisation of iron by phytosiderophores as affected by other micronutrients, Plant Soil 130 (1991) 173-178.
33. R. Hodges, H. Sauberlich, J. Canham, D. Wallace, R. Rucker, L. Meija, M. Mohanram, Hematopoietic studies in vitamin A deficiency, Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 31 (5) (1978) 876-885.
34. F. Ahmed, M. Khan, A. Jackson, Concomitant supplemental vitamin A enhances the response to weekly supplemental iron and folic acid in anaemic teenagers in urban Bangladesh, Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 74 (1) (2001) 108-115.
35. E. Kafwembe, Iron and vitamin A status of breastfeeding mothers in Zambia, East Afr. Med. J. 78 (9) (2001) 454-457.
36. R. Semba, M. Bloem, The anemia of vitamin A deficiency: epidemiology and pathogenesis, Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 56 (4) (2002) 271-281.
37. S. Hinderaker, B. Olsen, R. Lie, P. Bergsjo, P. Gasheka, G. Bondevik, R. Ulvik, G. Kvale, Anaemia in pregnancy in rural Tanzania: associations with micronutrients status and infections, Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 56 (3) (2002) 192-199.
38. L. Allen, Iron supplements: scientific issues concerning efficacy and implications for research and programs, J. Nutr. 132 (4) (2002) 813-819.
39. US Department of Agriculture, US Department of Health and Human Services Nutrition and your health: dietary guidelines for Americans, fourth ed., US Government Printing Office, Home and Garden Bulletin no. 232, Washington DC, 1995, pp. 3-5.
40. J. Brown, V. Jolley, Comparative evaluation of iron management in plants, animals and humans: possible mechanism for iron use by cancer cells independent of their host, J. Plant Nutr. 21 (7) (1998) 1529-1538.
41. J. Beard, C. Finch, in: F. Clydesdale, K. Wiemen (Eds.), Iron Fortification of Foods, Academic Press, Orlando, USA, 1985, pp. 4-14.
42. T. Walter, M. Olivares, F. Pizarro, C. Munoz, Iron, anemia and infection, Nutr. Rev. 55 (4) (1997) 111-124.