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Mishra B, Bansal S, Tripathi S, Mishra S, Yadav RK, Sangwan NS. Differential regulation of key triterpene synthase gene under abiotic stress in Withania somnifera L. Dunal and its co-relation to sterols and withanolides. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 208:108419. [PMID: 38377888 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha), is one of the most reputed Indian medicinal plants, having immense pharmacological activities due to the occurrence of withanolides. The withanolides are biosynthesized through triterpenoid biosynthetic pathway with the involvement of WsCAS leading to cyclization of 2, 3 oxidosqualene, which is a key metabolite to further diversify to a myriad of phytochemicals. In contrast to the available reports on the studies of WsCAS in withanolide biosynthesis, its involvement in phytosterol biosynthesis needs investigation. Present work deals with the understanding of role of WsCAS triterpenoid synthase gene in the regulation of biosynthesis of phytosterols & withanolides. Docking studies of WsCAS protein revealed Conserved amino acids, DCATE motif, and QW motif which are involved in efficient substrate binding, structure stabilization, and catalytic activity. Overexpression/silencing of WsCAS leading to increment/decline of phytosterols confers its stringent regulation in phytosterols biosynthesis. Differential regulation of WsCAS on the metabolic flux towards phytosterols and withanolide biosynthesis was observed under abiotic stress conditions. The preferential channelization of 2, 3 oxidosqualene towards withanolides and/or phytosterols occurred under heat/salt stress and cold/water stress, respectively. Stigmasterol and β-sitosterol showed major contribution in high/low temperature and salt stress, and campesterol in water stress management. Overexpression of WsCAS in Arabidopsis thaliana led to the increment in phytosterols in general. Thus, the WsCAS plays important regulatory role in the biosynthetic pathway of phytosterols and withanolides under abiotic stress conditions.
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- Bhawana Mishra
- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Department of Metabolic and Structural Biology, Uttar Pradesh, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) (An Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament), AcSIR Campus, CSIR-HRDC, Sector-19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghaziabad, 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Department of Metabolic and Structural Biology, Uttar Pradesh, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) (An Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament), AcSIR Campus, CSIR-HRDC, Sector-19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghaziabad, 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Department of Metabolic and Structural Biology, Uttar Pradesh, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) (An Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament), AcSIR Campus, CSIR-HRDC, Sector-19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghaziabad, 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Department of Metabolic and Structural Biology, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Department of Metabolic and Structural Biology, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Department of Metabolic and Structural Biology, Uttar Pradesh, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) (An Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament), AcSIR Campus, CSIR-HRDC, Sector-19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghaziabad, 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India; School of Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana 123031, India.
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Liao Y, Du W, Wan J, Fan J, Pi J, Wu M, Wei Y, Ouyang Z. Mining and functional characterization of NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductases of the DNJ biosynthetic pathway in mulberry leaves. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:133. [PMID: 38395770 PMCID: PMC10885410 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04815-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND 1-Deoxynojirimycin (DNJ), the main active ingredient in mulberry leaves, with wide applications in the medicine and food industries due to its significant functions in lowering blood sugar, and lipids, and combating viral infections. Cytochrome P450 is a key enzyme for DNJ biosynthesis, its activity depends on the electron supply of NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductases (CPRs). However, the gene for MaCPRs in mulberry leaves remains unknown. RESULTS In this study, we successfully cloned and functionally characterized two key genes, MaCPR1 and MaCPR2, based on the transcriptional profile of mulberry leaves. The MaCPR1 gene comprised 2064 bp, with its open reading frame (ORF) encoding 687 amino acids. The MaCPR2 gene comprised 2148 bp, and its ORF encoding 715 amino acids. The phylogenetic tree indicates that MaCPR1 and MaCPR2 belong to Class I and Class II, respectively. In vitro, we found that the recombinant enzymes MaCPR2 protein could reduce cytochrome c and ferricyanide using NADPH as an electron donor, while MaCPR1 did not. In yeast, heterologous co-expression indicates that MaCPR2 delivers electrons to MaC3'H hydroxylase, a key enzyme catalyzing the production of chlorogenic acid from 3-O-p-coumaroylquinic acid. CONCLUSIONS These findings highlight the orchestration of hydroxylation process mediated by MaCPR2 during the biosynthesis of secondary metabolite biosynthesis in mulberry leaves. These results provided a foundational understanding for fully elucidating the DNJ biosynthetic pathway within mulberry leaves.
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- Yangzhen Liao
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR, China.
- School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, PR, China.
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Cheng J, Li G, Wang X, Yang C, Xu F, Qian Z, Ma X. Cloning and Functional Characterization of NADPH-Cytochrome P450 Reductases in Aconitum vilmorinianum. Molecules 2023; 28:7409. [PMID: 37959828 PMCID: PMC10648341 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28217409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Diterpenoid alkaloids (DAs) are major pharmacologically active ingredients of Aconitum vilmorinianum, an important medicinal plant. Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are involved in the DA biosynthetic pathway, and the electron transfer reaction of NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) with P450 is the rate-limiting step of the P450 redox reaction. Here, we identified and characterized two homologs of CPR from Aconitum vilmorinianum. The open reading frames of AvCPR1 and AvCPR2 were found to be 2103 and 2100 bp, encoding 700 and 699 amino acid residues, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis characterized both AvCPR1 and AvCPR2 as class II CPRs. Cytochrome c and ferricyanide could be reduced with the recombinant proteins of AvCPR1 and AvCPR2. Both AvCPR1 and AvCPR2 were expressed in the roots, stems, leaves, and flowers of A. vilmorinianum. The expression levels of AvCPR1 and AvCPR2 were significantly increased in response to methyl jasmonate (MeJA) treatment. The yeasts co-expressing AvCPR1/AvCPR2/SmCPR1 and CYP76AH1 all produced ferruginol, indicating that AvCPR1 and AvCPR2 can transfer electrons to CYP76AH1 in the same manner as SmCPR1. Docking analysis confirmed the experimentally deduced functional activities of AvCPR1 and AvCPR2 for FMN, FAD, and NADPH. The functional characterization of AvCPRs will be helpful in disclosing molecular mechanisms relating to the biosynthesis of diterpene alkaloids in A. vilmorinianum.
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- Jingping Cheng
- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Southern Medicinal Utilization, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Southern Medicinal Utilization, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Southern Medicinal Utilization, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Southern Medicinal Utilization, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Southern Medicinal Utilization, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Southern Medicinal Utilization, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Southern Medicinal Utilization, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, China
- Key Laboratory of Yunnan Provincial Department of Education on Substance Benchmark Research of Ethnic Medicines, Kunming 650500, China
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Istiandari P, Yasumoto S, Seki H, Fukushima EO, Muranaka T. Class I and II NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductases exhibit different roles in triterpenoid biosynthesis in Lotus japonicus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1214602. [PMID: 37621889 PMCID: PMC10445947 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1214602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs) are enzymes that play critical roles in the structural diversification of triterpenoids. To perform site-specific oxidations of the triterpene scaffold, CYPs require electrons transferred by NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR), which is classified into two main classes, class I and class II, based on their structural difference. Lotus japonicus is a triterpenoids-producing model legume with one CPR class I gene (LjCPR1) and a minimum of two CPR class II genes (LjCPR2-1 and LjCPR2-2). CPR classes I and II from different plants have been reported to be involved in different metabolic pathways. By performing gene expression analyses of L. japonicus hairy root culture treated with methyl jasmonate (MeJA), this study revealed that LjCPR1, CYP716A51, and LUS were down-regulated which resulted in no change in betulinic acid and lupeol content. In contrast, LjCPR2s, bAS, CYP93E1, and CYP72A61 were significantly upregulated by MeJA treatment, followed by a significant increase of the precursors for soyasaponins, i.e. β-amyrin, 24-OH β-amyrin, and sophoradiol content. Triterpenoids profile analysis of LORE1 insertion and hairy root mutants showed that the loss of the Ljcpr2-1 gene significantly reduced soyasaponins precursors but not in Ljcpr1 mutants. However, Ljcpr1 and Ljcpr2-1 mutants showed a significant reduction in lupeol and oleanolic, ursolic, and betulinic acid contents. Furthermore, LjCPR1, but not LjCPR2, was crucial for seed development, supporting the previous notion that CPR class I might support plant basal metabolism. This study suggests that CPR classes I and II play different roles in L. japonicus triterpenoid biosynthesis.
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- Pramesti Istiandari
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- Industrial Biotechnology Initiative Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- Industrial Biotechnology Initiative Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- Plant Translational Research Group, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- Industrial Biotechnology Initiative Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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Khatri P, Chen L, Rajcan I, Dhaubhadel S. Functional characterization of Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase gene family in soybean (Glycine max). PLoS One 2023; 18:e0285698. [PMID: 37186600 PMCID: PMC10184913 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) is the first key cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (P450) enzyme in the phenylpropanoid pathway. It belongs to the CYP73 family of P450 superfamily, and catalyzes the conversion of trans-cinnamic acid to p-coumaric acid. Since p-coumaric acid serves as the precursor for the synthesis of a wide variety of metabolites involved in plant development and stress resistance, alteration in the expression of soybean C4H genes is expected to affect the downstream metabolite levels, and its ability to respond to stress. In this study, we identified four C4H genes in the soybean genome that are distributed into both class I and class II CYP73 family. GmC4H2, GmC4H14 and GmC4H20 displayed tissue- and developmental stage-specific gene expression patterns with their transcript accumulation at the highest level in root tissues. GmC4H10 appears to be a pseudogene as its transcript was not detected in any soybean tissues. Furthermore, protein homology modelling revealed substrate docking only for GmC4H2, GmC4H14 and GmC4H20. To demonstrate the function of GmC4Hs, we modified a cloning vector for the heterologous expression of P450s in yeast, and used it for microsomal protein production and enzyme assay. Our results confirmed that GmC4H2, GmC4H14 and GmC4H20 contain the ability to hydroxylate trans-cinnamic acid with varying efficiencies.
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- Praveen Khatri
- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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REN J, WU Y, ZHU Z, CHEN R, ZHANG L. Biosynthesis and regulation of diterpenoids in medicinal plants. Chin J Nat Med 2022; 20:761-772. [DOI: 10.1016/s1875-5364(22)60214-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Li L, Lin S, Chen Y, Wang Y, Xiao L, Ye X, Sun L, Zhan R, Xu H. Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase/Cytochrome P450 Reductase Bi-Enzymatic System Isolated From Ilex asprella for Regio-Specific Oxidation of Pentacyclic Triterpenoids. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:831401. [PMID: 35422828 PMCID: PMC9004391 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.831401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Ilex asprella is a plant from Aquifoliaceae. Its root is commonly used as folk medicinal materials in southern China. The chemical compositions of I. asprella are rich in pentacyclic triterpenoids, which show various biological activities and demonstrate a good prospect for drug development. The elucidation of biosynthesis mechanism of triterpenoids in I. asprella could lay important foundations for the production of these precious plant secondary metabolites by metabolic engineering. Our previous studies have revealed IaAO1 (a CYP716A210 homolog) responsible for the C-28 oxidation of α- and β-amyrin. Herein, we reported the identification of three more cytochrome P450 monooxygenase genes IaAO2 (a CYP716A212 homolog), IaAO4 (CYP714E88), IaAO5 (CYP93A220), and a cytochrome P450 reductase gene IaCPR by using Saccharomyces cerevisiae eukaryotic expression system and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Among them, the protein encoded by IaAO2 can catalyze the C-28 oxidation of α-amyrin and β-amyrin, IaAO4 can catalyze the C-23 oxidation of ursolic acid and oleanolic acid, while IaAO5 is responsible for the C-24 oxidation of β-amyrin. By introducing three genes IaAO1, IaAO4 and IaCPR into S. cerevisiae. We constructed an engineered yeast strain that can produce C-23 hydroxyl ursane-type triterpenoid derivatives. This study contributes to a thorough understanding of triterpenoid biosynthesis of medicinal plants and provides important tools for further metabolic engineering.
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Covering: March 2010 to December 2020. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 705This review summarizes the latest progress and perspectives on the structural classification, biological activities and mechanisms, metabolism and pharmacokinetic investigations, biosynthesis, chemical synthesis and structural modifications, as well as future research directions of the promising natural withanolides. The literature from March 2010 to December 2020 is reviewed, and 287 references are cited.
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- Gui-Yang Xia
- School of Chinese Materia Medica, State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China. .,Wuya College of Innovation, Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China.
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- Wuya College of Innovation, Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China.
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Liao J, Xie L, Shi H, Cui S, Lan F, Luo Z, Ma X. Development of an efficient transient expression system for Siraitia grosvenorii fruit and functional characterization of two NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductases. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2021; 189:112824. [PMID: 34102591 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.112824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Siraitia grosvenorii (Luo hanguo or monk fruit) is a valuable medicinal herb for which the market demand has increased dramatically worldwide. As promising natural sweeteners, mogrosides have received much attention from researchers because of their extremely high sweetness and lack of calories. Nevertheless, owing to the absence of genetic transformation methods, the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of mogroside biosynthesis have not yet been fully elucidated. Therefore, an effective method for gene function analysis needs to be developed for S. grosvenorii fruit. As a powerful approach, transient expression has become a versatile method to elucidate the biological functions of genes and proteins in various plant species. In this study, PBI121 with a β-glucuronidase (GUS) marker and tobacco rattle virus (TRV) were used as vectors for overexpression and silencing, respectively, of the SgCPR1 and SgCPR2 genes in S. grosvenorii fruit. The effectiveness of transient expression was validated by GUS staining in S. grosvenorii fruit, and the expression levels of SgCPR1 and SgCPR2 increased significantly after infiltration for 36 h. In addition, TRV-induced gene silencing suppressed the expression of SgCPR1 and SgCPR2 in S. grosvenorii fruit. More importantly, the production of the major secondary metabolites mogrol, mogroside IIE (MIIE) and mogroside III (MIII) was activated by the overexpression of SgCPR1 and SgCPR2 in S. grosvenorii fruit, with levels 1-2 times those in the control group. Moreover, the accumulation of mogrol, MIIE and MIII was decreased in the SgCPR1 and SgCPR2 gene silencing assays. Therefore, this transient expression approach was available for S. grosvenorii fruit, providing insight into the expression of the SgCPR1 and SgCPR2 genes involved in the mogroside biosynthesis pathway. Our study also suggests that this method has potential applications in the exploration of the molecular mechanisms, biochemical hypotheses and functional characteristics of S. grosvenorii genes.
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- Jingjing Liao
- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Guilin GFS Monk Fruit Corp, Guilin, 541006, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Istiandari P, Yasumoto S, Srisawat P, Tamura K, Chikugo A, Suzuki H, Seki H, Fukushima EO, Muranaka T. Comparative Analysis of NADPH-Cytochrome P450 Reductases From Legumes for Heterologous Production of Triterpenoids in Transgenic Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:762546. [PMID: 34975947 PMCID: PMC8716914 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.762546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Triterpenoids are plant specialized metabolites with various pharmacological activities. They are widely distributed in higher plants, such as legumes. Because of their low accumulation in plants, there is a need for improving triterpenoid production. Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs) play critical roles in the structural diversification of triterpenoids. To perform site-specific oxidations, CYPs require the electrons that are transferred by NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR). Plants possess two main CPR classes, class I and class II. CPR classes I and II have been reported to be responsible for primary and specialized (secondary) metabolism, respectively. In this study, we first analyzed the CPR expression level of three legumes species, Medicago truncatula, Lotus japonicus, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis, showing that the expression level of CPR class I was lower and more stable, while that of CPR class II was higher in almost all the samples. We then co-expressed different combinations of CYP716As and CYP72As with different CPR classes from these three legumes in transgenic yeast. We found that CYP716As worked better with CPR-I from the same species, while CYP72As worked better with any CPR-IIs. Using engineered yeast strains, CYP88D6 paired with class II GuCPR produced the highest level of 11-oxo-β-amyrin, the important precursor of high-value metabolites glycyrrhizin. This study provides insight into co-expressing genes from legumes for heterologous production of triterpenoids in yeast.
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- Pramesti Istiandari
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Industrial Biotechnology Initiative Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Research and Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Industrial Biotechnology Initiative Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Plant Translational Research Group, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Industrial Biotechnology Initiative Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- *Correspondence: Toshiya Muranaka,
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Immunoprecipitation, commonly referred to as IP, involves the binding of proteinaceous antigen in solution by an antigen-specific antibody followed by purification of the antigen-antibody complex via attachment to a solid-phase matrix such as Protein A or G agarose. This rather simplistic and rapid technique yields highly purified immune complexes from multifactorial solutions, including cell lysates or homogenized tissues, and is most commonly used to identify and determine the relative abundance of interacting proteins, referred to as coimmunoprecipitation or co-IP. Although methods encompassing immunoblotting or western blotting of cell lysate preparations can also be applied to determine the presence and quantity of a specific antigen, its relative molecular weight, rate of synthesis or degradation, and state of target-specific posttranslational modification, immunoprecipitation can significantly increase the sensitivity for these methodologies.
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Yamamura Y, Mabuchi A. Functional characterization of NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase and cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase encoding genes from Scoparia dulcis L. BOTANICAL STUDIES 2020; 61:6. [PMID: 32124148 PMCID: PMC7052086 DOI: 10.1186/s40529-020-00284-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Most plant cytochrome P450 (P450) proteins need to be supplied with electrons from a redox partner, e.g. an NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR), for the activation of oxygen molecules via heme. CPR is a flavoprotein with an N-terminal transmembrane domain, which transfers electrons from NADPH to the P450 via coenzymes flavin adenine dinucleotide and flavin mononucleotide. RESULTS In this study, a novel CPR (SdCPR) was isolated from a tropical medicinal plant Scoparia dulcis L. The deduced amino acid of SdCPR showed high homology of > 76% with CPR from higher plants and belonged to the class II CPRs of dicots. Recombinant SdCPR protein reduced cytochrome c, ferricyanide (K3Fe(CN)6), and dichlorophenolindophenol in an NADPH-dependent manner. To elucidate the P450 monooxygenase activity of SdCPR, we isolated a cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase (SdC4H, CYP73A111) gene from S. dulcis. Biochemical characterization of SdCPR/SdC4H demonstrated that SdCPR supports the oxidation step of SdC4H. Real-time qPCR results showed that expression levels of SdCPR and SdC4H were inducible by mechanical wounding treatment and phytohormone elicitation (methyl jasmonate, salicylic acid), which were consistent with the results of promotor analyses. CONCLUSIONS Our results showed that the SdCPR and SdC4H are related to defense reactions, including the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.
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- Yoshimi Yamamura
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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Sharma A, Rather GA, Misra P, Dhar MK, Lattoo SK. Jasmonate responsive transcription factor WsMYC2 regulates the biosynthesis of triterpenoid withanolides and phytosterol via key pathway genes in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 100:543-560. [PMID: 31090025 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00880-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Functional characterization of WsMYC2 via artificial microRNA mediated silencing and transient over-expression displayed significant regulatory role vis-à-vis withanolides and stigmasterol biosyntheses in Withania somnifera. Further, metabolic intensification corroborated well with higher expression levels of putative pathway genes. Additionally, copious expression of WsMYC2 in response to exogenous elicitors resulted in enhanced withanolides production. Withania somnifera, a high value multipurpose medicinal plant, is a rich reservoir of structurally diverse and biologically active triterpenoids known as withanolides. W. somnifera has been extensively pursued vis-à-vis pharmacological and chemical studies. Nonetheless, there exists fragmentary knowledge regarding the metabolic pathway and the regulatory aspects of withanolides biosynthesis. Against this backdrop, a jasmonate-responsive MYC2 transcription factor was identified and functionally characterized from W. somnifera. In planta transient over-expression of WsMYC2 showed significant enhancement of mRNA transcript levels which corroborated well with the enhanced content of withanolides and stigmasterol. Further, a comparative analysis of expression levels of some of the genes of triterpenoid pathway viz. WsCAS, WsCYP85A, WsCYP90B and WsCYP710A in corroboration with the over-expression and silencing of WsMYC2 suggested its positive influence on their regulation. These corroboratory approaches suggest that WsMYC2 has cascading effect on over-expression of multiple pathway genes leading to the increased triterpenoid biosynthesis in infiltered plants. Further, the functional validation of WsMYC2 was carried out by artificial micro-RNA mediated silencing. It resulted in significant reduction of withanolides and stigmasterol levels, indicative of crucial role of WsMYC2 in the regulation of their biosyntheses. Taken together, these non-complementary approaches provided unambiguous understanding of the regulatory role of WsMYC2 in context to withanolides and stigmasterol biosyntheses. Furthermore, the upstream promoter of WsMYC2 presented several cis-regulatory elements primarily related to phytohormone responsiveness. WsMYC2 displayed inducible nature in response to MeJA. It had substantial influence on the higher expression of WsMYC2 which was in consonance with enhanced accumulation of withanolides.
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- Arti Sharma
- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu Tawi, 180001, India
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- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu Tawi, 180001, India
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- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu Tawi, 180001, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Jammu, Jammu Tawi, 180006, India.
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- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu Tawi, 180001, India.
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Functional expression of two NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductases from Siraitia grosvenorii. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 120:1515-1524. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.09.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Revised: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Tripathi N, Shrivastava D, Ahmad Mir B, Kumar S, Govil S, Vahedi M, Bisen PS. Metabolomic and biotechnological approaches to determine therapeutic potential of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: A review. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2018; 50:127-136. [PMID: 30466971 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2017.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Withania somnifera, a high value medicinal plant is a major source of pharmaceutically important active compounds withanolides. Withania somnifera has been used in ayurveda as health restorative and anabolic agent besides having anti-arthritic, antidepressant, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-stress, neuroprotective and cardio-protective activities. HYPOTHESIS/PURPOSE The mining of the compound(s) of interest offers opportunity to identify desired attributes in the therapeutic area of interest. Metabolomic has become an important tool in the field of pharmacological and functional genomics of medicinal plants. The analysis supports the information regarding differential outline of the gene expression for increasing important withanolides viz. withanolide A and withaferin A in W. somnifera. STUDY DESIGN The bioinformatics and biotechnological approaches viz. tissue culture, genetic transformation, genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, gene mining and metabolomic studies have opened new windows about engineering of withanolide production. METHODS Target and network analysis for maximum therapeutic potential of Withania somnifera have been determined by employing Genemania software for finding interactions among various human genes that are being affected by active constituents. RESULTS Some of the major bioactive compounds of Withania somnifera have been discussed on protein-protein, protein-DNA and genetic interactions with respect to gene and protein expression data, protein domains, metabolic profiling, root organ culture, genetic transformation and phenotypic screening profiles CONCLUSION: The implementation of latest bioinformatic tools in combination with biotechnological techniques for breeding platforms are important in conservation of medicinal plant species in danger. The current review is based on molecular and in vitro methodologies employed in W. somnifera for accepting their importance in the improvement of this valuable medicinal species.
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- Niraj Tripathi
- Biotechnology Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University, Jabalpur 482004, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur 302017, India
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- Department of Botany, Satellite Campus Kargil, University of Kashmir, J&K, Srinagar-190006, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur 303002, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur 302017, India
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science & Engineering, University of Tehran 3391653755, Iran
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- School of Life Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur 302017, India; School of Studies in Biotechnology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior 474001, India.
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Pandith SA, Dar RA, Lattoo SK, Shah MA, Reshi ZA. Rheum australe, an endangered high-value medicinal herb of North Western Himalayas: a review of its botany, ethnomedical uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology. PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS : PROCEEDINGS OF THE PHYTOCHEMICAL SOCIETY OF EUROPE 2018; 17:573-609. [PMID: 32214920 PMCID: PMC7088705 DOI: 10.1007/s11101-018-9551-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Rheum australe (Himalayan Rhubarb) is a multipurpose, endemic and endangered medicinal herb of North Western Himalayas. It finds extensive use as a medicinal herb since antiquity in different traditional systems of medicine to cure a wide range of ailments related to the circulatory, digestive, endocrine, respiratory and skeletal systems as well as to treat various infectious diseases. The remedying properties of this plant species are ascribed to a set of diverse bioactive secondary metabolite constituents, particularly anthraquinones (emodin, chrysophanol, physcion, aloe-emodin and rhein) and stilbenoids (piceatannol, resveratrol), besides dietary flavonoids known for their putative health benefits. Recent studies demonstrate the pharmacological efficacy of some of these metabolites and/or their derivatives as lead molecules for the treatment of various human diseases. Present review comprehensively covers the literature available on R. australe from 1980 to early 2018. The review provides up-to-date information available on its botany for easy identification of the plant, and origin and historical perspective detailing its trade and commerce. Distribution, therapeutic potential in relation to traditional uses and pharmacology, phytochemistry and general biosynthesis of major chemical constituents are also discussed. Additionally, efficient and reproducible in vitro propagation studies holding vital significance in preserving the natural germplasm of the plant and for its industrial exploitation have also been highlighted. The review presents a detailed perspective for future studies to conserve and sustainably make use of this endangered plant species at a commercial scale.
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- Shahzad A Pandith
- 1Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006 India
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- 1Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006 India
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- 2Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu Tawi, 180001 India
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- 1Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006 India
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- 1Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006 India
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Lin H, Wang J, Qi M, Guo J, Rong Q, Tang J, Wu Y, Ma X, Huang L. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of multiple NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductases from Andrographis paniculata. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 102:208-217. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Revised: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Tsou CY, Matsunaga S, Okada S. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of NADPH-dependent cytochrome P450 reductase from the green microalga Botryococcus braunii, B race. J Biosci Bioeng 2017; 125:30-37. [PMID: 28818427 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2017.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 07/08/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The green microalga Botryococcus braunii of the B race accumulates various lipophilic compounds containing a 10,11-oxidosqualene epoxide moiety in addition to large amounts of triterpene hydrocarbons. While 2,3-squalene epoxidases have already been isolated and characterized from the alga, the enzyme that catalyzes the 10,11-epoxidation of squalene has remained elusive. In order to obtain a molecular tool to explore a 10,11-squalene epoxidase, cDNA cloning of an NADPH-dependent cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) that is required by both squalene epoxidases and cytochrome P450 enzymes was carried out. The isolated cDNA contained an open reading frame (1998 bp) that encoded for a protein with 665 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular weight of 71.46 kDa and a theoretical pI of 5.49. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence revealed the presence of conserved motifs, including FMN, FAD, and NADPH binding domains, which are typical of other CPRs and necessary for enzyme activity. By truncation of the N-terminal transmembrane anchor and addition of a 6× His-tag, BbCPR was heterologously produced in Escherichia coli and purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. The purified recombinant enzyme showed optimal reducing activity of cytochrome c at around a neutral pH at a temperature range of 30-37°C. For steady state kinetic parameters, the recombinant enzyme had a km for cytochrome c and NADPH of 11.7±1.6 and 9.4±1.4 μM, and a kcat for cytochrome c and NADPH of 2.78±0.09 and 3.66±0.11 μmol/min/mg protein, respectively. This is the first study to perform the functional characterization of a CPR from eukaryotic microalgae.
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- Chung-Yau Tsou
- Laboratory of Aquatic Natural Products Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural & Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Natural Products Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural & Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Natural Products Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural & Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
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Purpose of Review We provide an overview of the current knowledge on cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism organized as metabolons and factors that facilitate their stabilization. Essential parameters will be discussed including those that are commonly disregarded using the dhurrin metabolon from Sorghum bicolor as a case study. Recent Findings Sessile plants control their metabolism to prioritize their resources between growth and development, or defense. This requires fine-tuned complex dynamic regulation of the metabolic networks involved. Within the recent years, numerous studies point to the formation of dynamic metabolons playing a major role in controlling the metabolic fluxes within such networks. Summary We propose that P450s and their partners interact and associate dynamically with POR, which acts as a charging station possibly in concert with Cytb5. Solvent environment, lipid composition, and non-catalytic proteins guide metabolon formation and thereby activity, which have important implications for synthetic biology approaches aiming to produce high-value specialized metabolites in heterologous hosts.
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- Jean-Etienne Bassard
- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Center for Synthetic Biology, VILLUM Research Center “Plant Plasticity,” Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen Denmark
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Center for Synthetic Biology, VILLUM Research Center “Plant Plasticity,” Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen Denmark
- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-1799 Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Center for Synthetic Biology, VILLUM Research Center “Plant Plasticity,” Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen Denmark
- Feedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
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Pandey V, Ansari WA, Misra P, Atri N. Withania somnifera: Advances and Implementation of Molecular and Tissue Culture Techniques to Enhance Its Application. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1390. [PMID: 28848589 PMCID: PMC5552756 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Withania somnifera, commonly known as Ashwagandha an important medicinal plant largely used in Ayurvedic and indigenous medicine for over 3,000 years. Being a medicinal plant, dried powder, crude extract as well as purified metabolies of the plant has shown promising therapeutic properties. Withanolides are the principal metabolites, responsible for the medicinal properties of the plant. Availability and amount of particular withanolides differ with tissue type and chemotype and its importance leads to identification characterization of several genes/ enzymes related to withanolide biosynthetic pathway. The modulation in withanolides can be achieved by controlling the environmental conditions like, different tissue culture techniques, altered media compositions, use of elicitors, etc. Among all the in vitro techniques, hairy root culture proved its importance at industrial scale, which also gets benefits due to more accumulation (amount and number) of withanolides in roots tissues of W. somnifera. Use of media compostion and elicitors further enhances the amount of withanolides in hairy roots. Another important modern day technique used for accumulation of desired secondary metabolites is modulating the gene expression by altering environmental conditions (use of different media composition, elicitors, etc.) or through genetic enginnering. Knowing the significance of the gene and the key enzymatic step of the pathway, modulation in withanolide contents can be achieved upto required amount in therapeutic industry. To accomplish maximum productivity through genetic enginnering different means of Withania transformation methods have been developed to obtain maximum transformation efficiency. These standardized transformation procedues have been used to overexpress/silence desired gene in W. somnifera to understand the outcome and succeed with enhanced metabolic production for the ultimate benefit of human race.
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- Vibha Pandey
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of DelhiNew Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany, Mahila Maha Vidhyalaya (MMV), Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi, India
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- National Botanical Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchLucknow, India
- *Correspondence: Pratibha Misra
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- Department of Botany, Mahila Maha Vidhyalaya (MMV), Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi, India
- Neelam Atri
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Singh V, Singh B, Sharma A, Kaur K, Gupta A, Salar R, Hallan V, Pati P. Leaf spot disease adversely affects human health-promoting constituents and withanolide biosynthesis inWithania somnifera(L.) Dunal. J Appl Microbiol 2016; 122:153-165. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.13314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- V. Singh
- Department of Biotechnology; Guru Nanak Dev University; Amritsar Punjab India
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- Department of Biotechnology; Guru Nanak Dev University; Amritsar Punjab India
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- Department of Biotechnology; Guru Nanak Dev University; Amritsar Punjab India
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- Department of Biotechnology; Guru Nanak Dev University; Amritsar Punjab India
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- QC & QA; Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine; Jammu Tawi Jammu and Kashmir India
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- Department of Biotechnology; Chaudhary Devi Lal University; Sirsa Haryana India
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- Biotechnology Division; CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology; Palampur Himachal Pradesh India
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- Department of Biotechnology; Guru Nanak Dev University; Amritsar Punjab India
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Parage C, Foureau E, Kellner F, Burlat V, Mahroug S, Lanoue A, Dugé de Bernonville T, Londono MA, Carqueijeiro I, Oudin A, Besseau S, Papon N, Glévarec G, Atehortùa L, Giglioli-Guivarc'h N, St-Pierre B, Clastre M, O'Connor SE, Courdavault V. Class II Cytochrome P450 Reductase Governs the Biosynthesis of Alkaloids. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 172:1563-1577. [PMID: 27688619 PMCID: PMC5100751 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Expansion of the biosynthesis of plant specialized metabolites notably results from the massive recruitment of cytochrome P450s that catalyze multiple types of conversion of biosynthetic intermediates. For catalysis, P450s require a two-electron transfer catalyzed by shared cytochrome P450 oxidoreductases (CPRs), making these auxiliary proteins an essential component of specialized metabolism. CPR isoforms usually group into two distinct classes with different proposed roles, namely involvement in primary and basal specialized metabolisms for class I and inducible specialized metabolism for class II. By studying the role of CPRs in the biosynthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids, we provide compelling evidence of an operational specialization of CPR isoforms in Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle). Global analyses of gene expression correlation combined with transcript localization in specific leaf tissues and gene-silencing experiments of both classes of CPR all point to the strict requirement of class II CPRs for monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis with a minimal or null role of class I. Direct assays of interaction and reduction of P450s in vitro, however, showed that both classes of CPR performed equally well. Such high specialization of class II CPRs in planta highlights the evolutionary strategy that ensures an efficient reduction of P450s in specialized metabolism.
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- Claire Parage
- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.)
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.)
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.)
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.)
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.); sarah.o'
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.); sarah.o'
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.); sarah.o'
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and sarah.o'
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.) sarah.o'
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- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-37200 Tours, France (C.P., E.F., S.M., A.L., T.D.d.B., M.A.L., I.C., A.O., S.B., G.G., N.G.-G., B.S.-P., M.C., V.C.); sarah.o'
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (F.K., S.E.O.); sarah.o'
- Université de Toulouse, Université de Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, BP 42617 Auzeville, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (V.B.); sarah.o'
- Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Medellin, Colombia (M.A.L., L.A.); and sarah.o'
- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, F-49933 Angers, France (N.P.) sarah.o'
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Rasool S, Mohamed R. Plant cytochrome P450s: nomenclature and involvement in natural product biosynthesis. PROTOPLASMA 2016; 253:1197-209. [PMID: 26364028 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-015-0884-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Cytochrome P450s constitute the largest family of enzymatic proteins in plants acting on various endogenous and xenobiotic molecules. They are monooxygenases that insert one oxygen atom into inert hydrophobic molecules to make them more reactive and hydro-soluble. Besides for physiological functions, the extremely versatile cytochrome P450 biocatalysts are highly demanded in the fields of biotechnology, medicine, and phytoremediation. The nature of reactions catalyzed by P450s is irreversible, which makes these enzymes attractions in the evolution of plant metabolic pathways. P450s are prime targets in metabolic engineering approaches for improving plant defense against insects and pathogens and for production of secondary metabolites such as the anti-neoplastic drugs taxol or indole alkaloids. The emerging examples of P450 involvement in natural product synthesis in traditional medicinal plant species are becoming increasingly interesting, as they provide new alternatives to modern medicines. In view of the divergent roles of P450s, we review their classification and nomenclature, functions and evolution, role in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, and use as tools in pharmacology.
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- Saiema Rasool
- Forest Biotech Laboratory, Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Forest Biotech Laboratory, Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Pandith SA, Dhar N, Rana S, Bhat WW, Kushwaha M, Gupta AP, Shah MA, Vishwakarma R, Lattoo SK. Functional Promiscuity of Two Divergent Paralogs of Type III Plant Polyketide Synthases. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 171:2599-619. [PMID: 27268960 PMCID: PMC4972261 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Plants effectively defend themselves against biotic and abiotic stresses by synthesizing diverse secondary metabolites, including health-protective flavonoids. These display incredible chemical diversity and ubiquitous occurrence and confer impeccable biological and agricultural applications. Chalcone synthase (CHS), a type III plant polyketide synthase, is critical for flavonoid biosynthesis. It catalyzes acyl-coenzyme A thioesters to synthesize naringenin chalcone through a polyketidic intermediate. The functional divergence among the evolutionarily generated members of a gene family is pivotal in driving the chemical diversity. Against this backdrop, this study was aimed to functionally characterize members of the CHS gene family from Rheum emodi, an endangered and endemic high-altitude medicinal herb of northwestern Himalayas. Two full-length cDNAs (1,179 bp each), ReCHS1 and ReCHS2, encoding unique paralogs were isolated and characterized. Heterologous expression and purification in Escherichia coli, bottom-up proteomic characterization, high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry analysis, and enzyme kinetic studies using five different substrates confirmed their catalytic potential. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the existence of higher synonymous mutations in the intronless divergents of ReCHS. ReCHS2 displayed significant enzymatic efficiency (Vmax/Km) with different substrates. There were significant spatial and altitudinal variations in messenger RNA transcript levels of ReCHSs correlating positively with metabolite accumulation. Furthermore, the elicitations in the form of methyl jasmonate, salicylic acid, ultraviolet B light, and wounding, chosen on the basis of identified cis-regulatory promoter elements, presented considerable differences in the transcript profiles of ReCHSs. Taken together, our results demonstrate differential propensities of CHS paralogs in terms of the accumulation of flavonoids and their relative substrate selectivities.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anthraquinones/metabolism
- Biosynthetic Pathways/genetics
- Blotting, Southern
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Clone Cells
- Computer Simulation
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Flavonoids/biosynthesis
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Plant
- Kinetics
- Metabolome
- Phylogeny
- Polyketide Synthases/chemistry
- Polyketide Synthases/genetics
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Proteomics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Rheum/enzymology
- Rheum/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Tandem Mass Spectrometry
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- Shahzad A Pandith
- Plant Biotechnology Division (S.A.P., N.D., S.R., W.W.B., S.K.L.), Quality Control and Quality Assurance Division (M.K., A.P.G.), and Medicinal Chemistry Division (R.V.), CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi 180001, India; andDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India (M.A.S.)
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- Plant Biotechnology Division (S.A.P., N.D., S.R., W.W.B., S.K.L.), Quality Control and Quality Assurance Division (M.K., A.P.G.), and Medicinal Chemistry Division (R.V.), CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi 180001, India; andDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India (M.A.S.)
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- Plant Biotechnology Division (S.A.P., N.D., S.R., W.W.B., S.K.L.), Quality Control and Quality Assurance Division (M.K., A.P.G.), and Medicinal Chemistry Division (R.V.), CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi 180001, India; andDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India (M.A.S.)
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- Plant Biotechnology Division (S.A.P., N.D., S.R., W.W.B., S.K.L.), Quality Control and Quality Assurance Division (M.K., A.P.G.), and Medicinal Chemistry Division (R.V.), CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi 180001, India; andDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India (M.A.S.)
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- Plant Biotechnology Division (S.A.P., N.D., S.R., W.W.B., S.K.L.), Quality Control and Quality Assurance Division (M.K., A.P.G.), and Medicinal Chemistry Division (R.V.), CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi 180001, India; andDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India (M.A.S.)
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- Plant Biotechnology Division (S.A.P., N.D., S.R., W.W.B., S.K.L.), Quality Control and Quality Assurance Division (M.K., A.P.G.), and Medicinal Chemistry Division (R.V.), CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi 180001, India; andDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India (M.A.S.)
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- Plant Biotechnology Division (S.A.P., N.D., S.R., W.W.B., S.K.L.), Quality Control and Quality Assurance Division (M.K., A.P.G.), and Medicinal Chemistry Division (R.V.), CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi 180001, India; andDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India (M.A.S.)
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- Plant Biotechnology Division (S.A.P., N.D., S.R., W.W.B., S.K.L.), Quality Control and Quality Assurance Division (M.K., A.P.G.), and Medicinal Chemistry Division (R.V.), CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi 180001, India; andDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India (M.A.S.)
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- Plant Biotechnology Division (S.A.P., N.D., S.R., W.W.B., S.K.L.), Quality Control and Quality Assurance Division (M.K., A.P.G.), and Medicinal Chemistry Division (R.V.), CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi 180001, India; andDepartment of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India (M.A.S.)
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Milhim M, Gerber A, Neunzig J, Hannemann F, Bernhardt R. A Novel NADPH-dependent flavoprotein reductase from Bacillus megaterium acts as an efficient cytochrome P450 reductase. J Biotechnol 2016; 231:83-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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RNAi and Homologous Over-Expression Based Functional Approaches Reveal Triterpenoid Synthase Gene-Cycloartenol Synthase Is Involved in Downstream Withanolide Biosynthesis in Withania somnifera. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149691. [PMID: 26919744 PMCID: PMC4769023 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Withania somnifera Dunal, is one of the most commonly used medicinal plant in Ayurvedic and indigenous medicine traditionally owing to its therapeutic potential, because of major chemical constituents, withanolides. Withanolide biosynthesis requires the activities of several enzymes in vivo. Cycloartenol synthase (CAS) is an important enzyme in the withanolide biosynthetic pathway, catalyzing cyclization of 2, 3 oxidosqualene into cycloartenol. In the present study, we have cloned full-length WsCAS from Withania somnifera by homology-based PCR method. For gene function investigation, we constructed three RNAi gene-silencing constructs in backbone of RNAi vector pGSA and a full-length over-expression construct. These constructs were transformed in Agrobacterium strain GV3101 for plant transformation in W. somnifera. Molecular and metabolite analysis was performed in putative Withania transformants. The PCR and Southern blot results showed the genomic integration of these RNAi and overexpression construct(s) in Withania genome. The qRT-PCR analysis showed that the expression of WsCAS gene was considerably downregulated in stable transgenic silenced Withania lines compared with the non-transformed control and HPLC analysis showed that withanolide content was greatly reduced in silenced lines. Transgenic plants over expressing CAS gene displayed enhanced level of CAS transcript and withanolide content compared to non-transformed controls. This work is the first full proof report of functional validation of any metabolic pathway gene in W. somnifera at whole plant level as per our knowledge and it will be further useful to understand the regulatory role of different genes involved in the biosynthesis of withanolides.
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Evolution of NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductases (POR) in Apiales - POR 1 is missing. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 98:21-8. [PMID: 26854662 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Revised: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The NADPH-dependent cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) is the obligate electron donor to eukaryotic microsomal cytochromes P450 enzymes. The number of PORs within plant species is limited to one to four isoforms, with the most common being two PORs per plant. These enzymes provide electrons to a huge number of different cytochromes P450s (from 50 to several hundred within one plant). Within the eudicotyledons, PORs can be divided into two major clades, POR 1 and POR 2. Based on our own sequencing analysis and publicly available data, we have identified 45 PORs from the angiosperm order Apiales. These were subjected to a phylogenetic analysis along with 237 other publicly available (NCBI and oneKP) POR sequences found within the clade Asterids. Here, we show that the order Apiales only harbor members of the POR 2 clade, which are further divided into two distinct subclades. This is in contrast to most other eudicotyledon orders that have both POR 1 and POR 2. This suggests that through gene duplications and one gene deletion, Apiales only contain members of the POR 2 clade. Three POR 2 isoforms from Thapsia garganica L., Apiaceae, were all full-length in an Illumina root transcriptome dataset (available from the SRA at NCBI). All three genes were shown to be functional upon reconstitution into nanodiscs, confirming that none of the isoforms are pseudogenes.
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Saema S, Rahman LU, Singh R, Niranjan A, Ahmad IZ, Misra P. Ectopic overexpression of WsSGTL1, a sterol glucosyltransferase gene in Withania somnifera, promotes growth, enhances glycowithanolide and provides tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2016; 35:195-211. [PMID: 26518426 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1879-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Overexpression of sterol glycosyltransferase (SGTL1) gene of Withania somnifera showing its involvement in glycosylation of withanolide that leads to enhanced growth and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Withania somnifera is widely used in Ayurvedic medicines for over 3000 years due to its therapeutic properties. It contains a variety of glycosylated steroids called withanosides that possess neuroregenerative, adaptogenic, anticonvulsant, immunomodulatory and antioxidant activities. The WsSGTL1 gene specific for 3β-hydroxy position has a catalytic specificity to glycosylate withanolide and sterols. Glycosylation not only stabilizes the products but also alters their physiological activities and governs intracellular distribution. To understand the functional significance and potential of WsSGTL1 gene, transgenics of W. somnifera were generated using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Stable integration and overexpression of WsSGTL1 gene were confirmed by Southern blot analysis followed by quantitative real-time PCR. The WsGTL1 transgenic plants displayed number of alterations at phenotypic and metabolic level in comparison to wild-type plants which include: (1) early and enhanced growth with leaf expansion and increase in number of stomata; (2) increased production of glycowithanolide (majorly withanoside V) and campesterol, stigmasterol and sitosterol in glycosylated forms with reduced accumulation of withanolides (withaferin A, withanolide A and withanone); (3) tolerance towards biotic stress (100 % mortality of Spodoptera litura), improved survival capacity under abiotic stress (cold stress) and; (4) enhanced recovery capacity after cold stress, as indicated by better photosynthesis performance, chlorophyll, anthocyanin content and better quenching regulation of PSI and PSII. Our data demonstrate overexpression of WsSGTL1 gene which is responsible for increase in glycosylated withanolide and sterols, and confers better growth and tolerance to both biotic and abiotic stresses.
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- Syed Saema
- Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
- Department of Bioscience, Integral University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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- Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India.
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Saema S, Rahman LU, Singh R, Niranjan A, Ahmad IZ, Misra P. Ectopic overexpression of WsSGTL1, a sterol glucosyltransferase gene in Withania somnifera, promotes growth, enhances glycowithanolide and provides tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2016; 35:195-211. [PMID: 26518426 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1879-510.1007/s00299-015-1879-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Overexpression of sterol glycosyltransferase (SGTL1) gene of Withania somnifera showing its involvement in glycosylation of withanolide that leads to enhanced growth and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Withania somnifera is widely used in Ayurvedic medicines for over 3000 years due to its therapeutic properties. It contains a variety of glycosylated steroids called withanosides that possess neuroregenerative, adaptogenic, anticonvulsant, immunomodulatory and antioxidant activities. The WsSGTL1 gene specific for 3β-hydroxy position has a catalytic specificity to glycosylate withanolide and sterols. Glycosylation not only stabilizes the products but also alters their physiological activities and governs intracellular distribution. To understand the functional significance and potential of WsSGTL1 gene, transgenics of W. somnifera were generated using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Stable integration and overexpression of WsSGTL1 gene were confirmed by Southern blot analysis followed by quantitative real-time PCR. The WsGTL1 transgenic plants displayed number of alterations at phenotypic and metabolic level in comparison to wild-type plants which include: (1) early and enhanced growth with leaf expansion and increase in number of stomata; (2) increased production of glycowithanolide (majorly withanoside V) and campesterol, stigmasterol and sitosterol in glycosylated forms with reduced accumulation of withanolides (withaferin A, withanolide A and withanone); (3) tolerance towards biotic stress (100 % mortality of Spodoptera litura), improved survival capacity under abiotic stress (cold stress) and; (4) enhanced recovery capacity after cold stress, as indicated by better photosynthesis performance, chlorophyll, anthocyanin content and better quenching regulation of PSI and PSII. Our data demonstrate overexpression of WsSGTL1 gene which is responsible for increase in glycosylated withanolide and sterols, and confers better growth and tolerance to both biotic and abiotic stresses.
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- Syed Saema
- Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
- Department of Bioscience, Integral University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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- Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India.
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Dhar N, Razdan S, Rana S, Bhat WW, Vishwakarma R, Lattoo SK. A Decade of Molecular Understanding of Withanolide Biosynthesis and In vitro Studies in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: Prospects and Perspectives for Pathway Engineering. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:1031. [PMID: 26640469 PMCID: PMC4661287 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Withania somnifera, a multipurpose medicinal plant is a rich reservoir of pharmaceutically active triterpenoids that are steroidal lactones known as withanolides. Though the plant has been well-characterized in terms of phytochemical profiles as well as pharmaceutical activities, limited attempts have been made to decipher the biosynthetic route and identification of key regulatory genes involved in withanolide biosynthesis. This scenario limits biotechnological interventions for enhanced production of bioactive compounds. Nevertheless, recent emergent trends vis-à-vis, the exploration of genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomics, and in vitro studies have opened new vistas regarding pathway engineering of withanolide production. During recent years, various strategic pathway genes have been characterized with significant amount of regulatory studies which allude toward development of molecular circuitries for production of key intermediates or end products in heterologous hosts. Another pivotal aspect covering redirection of metabolic flux for channelizing the precursor pool toward enhanced withanolide production has also been attained by deciphering decisive branch point(s) as robust targets for pathway modulation. With these perspectives, the current review provides a detailed overview of various studies undertaken by the authors and collated literature related to molecular and in vitro approaches employed in W. somnifera for understanding various molecular network interactions in entirety.
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- Niha Dhar
- Plant Biotechnology, CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu Tawi, India
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- Plant Biotechnology, CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu Tawi, India
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- Plant Biotechnology, CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu Tawi, India
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- Plant Biotechnology, CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu Tawi, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry, CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu Tawi, India
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- Plant Biotechnology, CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu Tawi, India
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Srivastava S, Sangwan RS, Tripathi S, Mishra B, Narnoliya LK, Misra LN, Sangwan NS. Light and auxin responsive cytochrome P450s from Withania somnifera Dunal: cloning, expression and molecular modelling of two pairs of homologue genes with differential regulation. PROTOPLASMA 2015; 252:1421-37. [PMID: 25687294 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-015-0766-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Cytochrome P450s (CYPs) catalyse a wide variety of oxygenation/hydroxylation reactions that facilitate diverse metabolic functions in plants. Specific CYP families are essential for the biosynthesis of species-specialized metabolites. Therefore, we investigated the role of different CYPs related to secondary metabolism in Withania somnifera, a medicinally important plant of the Indian subcontinent. In this study, complete complementary DNAs (cDNAs) of four different CYP genes were isolated and christened as WSCYP93Id, WSCYP93Sm, WSCYP734B and WSCYP734R. These cDNAs encoded polypeptides comprising of 498, 496, 522 and 550 amino acid residues with their deduced molecular mass of 56.7, 56.9, 59.4 and 62.2 kDa, respectively. Phylogenetic study and molecular modelling analysis of the four cloned WSCYPs revealed their categorization into two CYP families (CYP83B1 and CYP734A1) belonging to CYP71 and CYP72 clans, respectively. BLASTp searches showed similarity of 75 and 56 %, respectively, between the two CYP members of CYP83B1 and CYP734A1 with major variances exhibited in their N-terminal regions. The two pairs of homologues exhibited differential expression profiles in the leaf tissues of selected chemotypes of W. somnifera as well as in response to treatments such as methyl jasmonate, wounding, light and auxin. Light and auxin regulated two pairs of WSCYP homologues in a developing seedling in an interesting differential manner. Their lesser resemblance and homology with other CYP sequences suggested these genes to be more specialized and distinct ones. The results on chemotype-specific expression patterns of the four genes strongly suggested their key/specialized involvement of the CYPs in the biosynthesis of chemotype-specific metabolites, though their further biochemical characterization would reveal the specificity in more detail. It is revealed that WSCYP93Id and WSCYP93Sm may be broadly involved in the oxygenation reactions in the plant and, thereby, control various pathways involving such metabolic reactions in the plant. As a representative experimental validation of this notion, WSCYP93Id was heterologouly expressed in Escherichia coli and catalytic capabilities of the recombinant WSCYP93Id protein were evaluated using withanolides as substrates. Optimized assays with some major withanolides (withanone, withaferin A and withanolide A) involving spectrophotometric as well as high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC)-based evaluation (product detection) of the reactions showed conversion of withaferin A to a hydroxylated product. The genes belonging to other CYP group are possibly involved in some specialised synthesis such as that of brassinosteroids.
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MESH Headings
- Biotransformation
- Cloning, Molecular
- Computational Biology
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/chemistry
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/genetics
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/metabolism
- Databases, Genetic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Hydroxylation
- Indoleacetic Acids/pharmacology
- Isoenzymes
- Light
- Models, Molecular
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Plants, Medicinal
- Protein Conformation
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Analysis, Protein
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Substrate Specificity
- Withania/drug effects
- Withania/enzymology
- Withania/genetics
- Withania/radiation effects
- Withanolides/metabolism
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- Sudhakar Srivastava
- Metabolic and Structural Biology Department, CSIR-Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, UP, India
- Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Negev, Israel
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- Metabolic and Structural Biology Department, CSIR-Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, UP, India.
- Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), (A National Institute under Department of Biotechnology, Government of India), Mohali, 1600 71, Punjab, India.
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- Metabolic and Structural Biology Department, CSIR-Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, UP, India
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- Metabolic and Structural Biology Department, CSIR-Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, UP, India
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- Metabolic and Structural Biology Department, CSIR-Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, UP, India
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- Metabolic and Structural Biology Department, CSIR-Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, UP, India
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- Metabolic and Structural Biology Department, CSIR-Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, UP, India.
- Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), (A National Institute under Department of Biotechnology, Government of India), Mohali, 1600 71, Punjab, India.
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Sintupachee S, Promden W, Ngamrojanavanich N, Sitthithaworn W, De-Eknamkul W. Functional expression of a putative geraniol 8-hydroxylase by reconstitution of bacterially expressed plant CYP76F45 and NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase CPR I from Croton stellatopilosus Ohba. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2015; 118:204-215. [PMID: 26300313 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2014] [Revised: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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While attempting to isolate the enzyme geranylgeraniol 18-hydroxylase, which is involved in plaunotol biosynthesis in Croton stellatopilosus (Cs), the cDNAs for a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase(designated as CYP76F45) and an NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (designated as CPR I based on its classification) were isolated from the leaf. The CYP76F45 and CsCPR I genes have open reading frames (ORFs) encoding 507- and 711-amino acid proteins with predicted relative molecular weights of 56.7 and 79.0 kDa,respectively. Amino acid sequence comparison showed that both CYP76F45 (63–73%) and CsCPR I (79–83%) share relatively high sequence identities with homologous proteins in other plant species.Phylogenetic tree analysis confirmed that CYP76F45 belongs to the CYP76 family and that CsCPR I belongs to Class I of dicotyledonous CPRs, with both being closely related to Ricinus communis genes. Functional characterization of both enzymes, each expressed separately in Escherichia coli as recombinant proteins,showed that only simultaneous incubation of the membrane bound proteins with the substrate geraniol (GOH) and the coenzyme NADPH could form 8-hydroxygeraniol. The enzyme mixture could also utilize acyclic sesquiterpene farnesol (FOH) with a comparable substrate preference ratio (GOH:FOH) of 54:46. The levelsof the CYP76F45 and CsCPR I transcripts in the shoots, leaves and twigs of C. stellatopilosus were correlated with the levels of a major monoterpenoid indole alkaloid, identified tentatively as 19-Evallesamine,that accumulated in these plant parts. These results suggested that CYP76F45 and CPR I function as the enzyme geraniol-8-hydroxylase (G8H), which is likely to be involved in the biosynthesis of the indole alkaloid in C. stellatopilosus [corrected].
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- Siriluk Sintupachee
- Program in Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Research Unit for Natural Product Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Research Unit for Natural Product Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Division of General Science, Faculty of Education, Buriram Rajabhat University, Buriram 31000, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakonnayok 26120, Thailand
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- Research Unit for Natural Product Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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Qu X, Pu X, Chen F, Yang Y, Yang L, Zhang G, Luo Y. Molecular Cloning, Heterologous Expression, and Functional Characterization of an NADPH-Cytochrome P450 Reductase Gene from Camptotheca acuminata, a Camptothecin-Producing Plant. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135397. [PMID: 26252645 PMCID: PMC4529168 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Camptothecin (CAM), a complex pentacyclic pyrroloqinoline alkaloid, is the starting material for CAM-type drugs that are well-known antitumor plant drugs. Although many chemical and biological research efforts have been performed to produce CAM, a few attempts have been made to uncover the enzymatic mechanism involved in the biosynthesis of CAM. Enzyme-catalyzed oxidoreduction reactions are ubiquitously presented in living organisms, especially in the biosynthetic pathway of most secondary metabolites such as CAM. Due to a lack of its reduction partner, most catalytic oxidation steps involved in the biosynthesis of CAM have not been established. In the present study, an NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) encoding gene CamCPR was cloned from Camptotheca acuminata, a CAM-producing plant. The full length of CamCPR cDNA contained an open reading frame of 2127-bp nucleotides, corresponding to 708-amino acid residues. CamCPR showed 70 ~ 85% identities to other characterized plant CPRs and it was categorized to the group II of CPRs on the basis of the results of multiple sequence alignment of the N-terminal hydrophobic regions. The intact and truncate CamCPRs with N- or C-terminal His6-tag were heterologously overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant enzymes showed NADPH-dependent reductase activity toward a chemical substrate ferricyanide and a protein substrate cytochrome c. The N-terminal His6-tagged CamCPR showed 18- ~ 30-fold reduction activity higher than the C-terminal His6-tagged CamCPR, which supported a reported conclusion, i.e., the last C-terminal tryptophan of CPRs plays an important role in the discrimination between NADPH and NADH. Co-expression of CamCPR and a P450 monooxygenase, CYP73A25, a cinnamate 4-hydroxylase from cotton, and the following catalytic formation of p-coumaric acid suggested that CamCPR transforms electrons from NADPH to the heme center of P450 to support its oxidation reaction. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed that CamCPR was expressed in the roots, stems, and leaves of C. acuminata seedlings. The relative transcript level of CamCPR in leaves was 2.2-fold higher than that of roots and the stems showed 1.5-fold transcript level higher than the roots. The functional characterization of CamCPR will be helpful to disclose the mysterious mechanisms of the biosynthesis of CAM. The present study established a platform to characterize the P450 enzymes involved in the growth, development, and metabolism of eukaryotic organisms.
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- Xixing Qu
- Center for Natural Products Research, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Natural Products Research, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Natural Products Research, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Natural Products Research, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Natural Products Research, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Natural Products Research, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, PR China
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- Center for Natural Products Research, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, PR China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
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Singh P, Guleri R, Singh V, Kaur G, Kataria H, Singh B, Kaur G, Kaul SC, Wadhwa R, Pati PK. Biotechnological interventions inWithania somnifera(L.) Dunal. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2015; 31:1-20. [DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2015.1020467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Acute and chronic toxicity, cytochrome p450 enzyme inhibition, and HERG channel blockade studies with a polyherbal, ayurvedic formulation for inflammation. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:971982. [PMID: 25893199 PMCID: PMC4381553 DOI: 10.1155/2015/971982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Revised: 02/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ayurvedic plants are known for thousands of years to have anti-inflammatory and antiarthritic effect. We have recently shown that BV-9238, a proprietary formulation of Withania somnifera, Boswellia serrata, Zingiber officinale, and Curcuma longa, inhibits LPS-induced TNF-alpha and nitric oxide production from mouse macrophage and reduces inflammation in different animal models. To evaluate the safety parameters of BV-9238, we conducted a cytotoxicity study in RAW 264.7 cells (0.005–1 mg/mL) by MTT/formazan method, an acute single dose (2–10 g/kg bodyweight) toxicity study and a 180-day chronic study with 1 g and 2 g/kg bodyweight in Sprague Dawley rats. Some sedation, ptosis, and ataxia were observed for first 15–20 min in very high acute doses and hence not used for further chronic studies. At the end of 180 days, gross and histopathology, blood cell counts, liver and renal functions were all at normal levels. Further, a modest attempt was made to assess the effects of BV-9238 (0.5 µg/mL) on six major human cytochrome P450 enzymes and 3H radioligand binding assay with human hERG receptors. BV-9238 did not show any significant inhibition of these enzymes at the tested dose. All these suggest that BV-9238 has potential as a safe and well tolerated anti-inflammatory formulation for future use.
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Singh V, Kaul SC, Wadhwa R, Pati PK. Evaluation and selection of candidate reference genes for normalization of quantitative RT-PCR in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0118860. [PMID: 25769035 PMCID: PMC4359125 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) is now globally used for accurate analysis of transcripts levels in plants. For reliable quantification of transcripts, identification of the best reference genes is a prerequisite in qRT-PCR analysis. Recently, Withania somnifera has attracted lot of attention due to its immense therapeutic potential. At present, biotechnological intervention for the improvement of this plant is being seriously pursued. In this background, it is important to have comprehensive studies on finding suitable reference genes for this high valued medicinal plant. In the present study, 11 candidate genes were evaluated for their expression stability under biotic (fungal disease), abiotic (wounding, salt, drought, heat and cold) stresses, in different plant tissues and in response to various plant growth regulators (methyl jasmonate, salicylic acid, abscisic acid). The data as analyzed by various software packages (geNorm, NormFinder, Bestkeeper and ΔCt method) suggested that cyclophilin (CYP) is a most stable gene under wounding, heat, methyl jasmonate, different tissues and all stress conditions. T-SAND was found to be a best reference gene for salt and salicylic acid (SA) treated samples, while 26S ribosomal RNA (26S), ubiquitin (UBQ) and beta-tubulin (TUB) were the most stably expressed genes under drought, biotic and cold treatment respectively. For abscisic acid (ABA) treated samples 18S-rRNA was found to stably expressed gene. Finally, the relative expression level of the three genes involved in the withanolide biosynthetic pathway was detected to validate the selection of reliable reference genes. The present work will significantly contribute to gene analysis studies in W. somnifera and facilitate in improving the quality of gene expression data in this plant as well as and other related plant species.
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- Varinder Singh
- Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, Punjab, India
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- Cell Proliferation Research Group and DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305 8562, Japan
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- Cell Proliferation Research Group and DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305 8562, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, Punjab, India
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Sintupachee S, Ngamrojanavanich N, Sitthithaworn W, De-Eknamkul W. Molecular cloning, bacterial expression and functional characterisation of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, CYP97C27, and NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase, CPR I, from Croton stellatopilosus Ohba. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 229:131-141. [PMID: 25443840 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2014] [Revised: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The cDNAs for cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (designated as CYP97C27 by D. Nelson's group) and NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (designated as CPR I based on its classification) were isolated from Croton stellatopilosus leaves, which actively biosynthesise plaunotol (18-OH geranylgeraniol). CYP97C27 and CPR I contain open reading frames encoding proteins of 471 and 711 amino acids with predicted molecular masses of 53 and 79kDa, respectively. By aligning the deduced sequences of CYP97C27 and CPR I with other plant species, all functional domains of CYP97C27 (heme and oxygen binding) and CPR I (CYP- and FMN, FAD, and NADPH cofactor binding) were identified. Amino acid sequence comparison indicated that both CYP97C27 (85-93%) and CPR I (79-83%) share high sequence identities with homologous proteins in other plant species, suggesting that CYP97C27 belongs to the CYP97C subfamily and that CPR I belongs to class I of the dicotyledonous CPR. Functional characterisation of both enzymes, produced in Escherichia coli (pET32a/BL21(DE3)) as recombinant proteins, showed that simultaneous incubation of CYP97C27 and CPR I with the substrate geranylgeraniol (GGOH) and coenzyme NADPH led to formation of the product plaunotol. In C. stellatopilosus, the levels of the CYP97C27 and CPR I transcripts were highly correlated with those of several mRNAs involved in the plaunotol biosynthetic pathway, suggesting that CYP97C27 and CPR I are the enzymes that catalyse the last hydroxylation step of the pathway.
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- Siriluk Sintupachee
- Program in Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Research Unit for Natural Product Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakonnayok 26120, Thailand
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- Research Unit for Natural Product Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Department of Phamacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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Rana S, Bhat WW, Dhar N, Pandith SA, Razdan S, Vishwakarma R, Lattoo SK. Molecular characterization of two A-type P450s, WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A from Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: expression analysis and withanolide accumulation in response to exogenous elicitations. BMC Biotechnol 2014; 14:89. [PMID: 25416924 PMCID: PMC4247701 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-014-0089-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pharmacological investigations position withanolides as important bioactive molecules demanding their enhanced production. Therefore, one of the pivotal aims has been to gain knowledge about complete biosynthesis of withanolides in terms of enzymatic and regulatory genes of the pathway. However, the pathway remains elusive at the molecular level. P450s monooxygenases play a crucial role in secondary metabolism and predominantly help in functionalizing molecule core structures including withanolides. RESULTS In an endeavor towards identification and characterization of different P450s, we here describe molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of two A-type P450s, WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A from Withania somnifera. Full length cDNAs of WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A have open reading frames of 1536 and 1545 bp encoding 511 (58.0 kDa) and 515 (58.7 kDa) amino acid residues, respectively. Entire coding sequences of WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A cDNAs were expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) using pGEX4T-2 expression vector. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis indicated that both genes express widely in leaves, stalks, roots, flowers and berries with higher expression levels of WsCYP98A in stalks while WsCYP76A transcript levels were more obvious in roots. Further, transcript profiling after methyl jasmonate, salicylic acid, and gibberellic acid elicitations displayed differential transcriptional regulation of WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A. Copious transcript levels of both P450s correlated positively with the higher production of withanolides. CONCLUSIONS Two A-types P450 WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A were isolated, sequenced and heterologously expressed in E. coli. Both P450s are spatially regulated at transcript level showing differential tissue specificity. Exogenous elicitors acted as both positive and negative regulators of mRNA transcripts. Methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid resulted in copious expression of WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A. Enhanced mRNA levels also corroborated well with the increased accumulation of withanolides in response to elicitations. The empirical findings suggest that elicitors possibly incite defence or stress responses of the plant by triggering higher accumulation of withanolides.
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- Satiander Rana
- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu, Tawi-180001, India.
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- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu, Tawi-180001, India.
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- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu, Tawi-180001, India.
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- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu, Tawi-180001, India.
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- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu, Tawi-180001, India.
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- Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu, Tawi-180001, India.
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- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu, Tawi-180001, India.
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Lee GY, Kim HM, Ma SH, Park SH, Joung YH, Yun CH. Heterologous expression and functional characterization of the NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase from Capsicum annuum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 82:116-22. [PMID: 24935229 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Two NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) genes (CaCPR1 and CaCPR2) were isolated from hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L. cv. Bukang). At the red ripe stage, the expression level of CaCPR1 was more than 6-fold greater than that in leaves or flowers. It gradually increased during fruit ripening. The CaCPR2 gene seemed to be expressed constitutively in all of the tested tissues. To investigate the enzymatic properties of CaCPR1, the cDNA of CaCPR1 was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli without any modification of amino acid sequences, and CaCPR1 was purified. The enzymatic properties of CaCPR1 were confirmed using cytochrome c and cytochrome b5 as protein substrates. The CaCPR1 could support human CYP1A2-catalyzed reaction. It also reduced tetrazolium salts and ferricyanide. These results show that CaCPR1 is the major CPR in most hot pepper tissues. It is suggested that the CaCPR1 can be used a prototype for studying biological functions and biotechnological applications of plant CPRs.
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- Ga-Young Lee
- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea.
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Khedgikar V, Ahmad N, Kushwaha P, Gautam J, Nagar GK, Singh D, Trivedi PK, Mishra PR, Sangwan NS, Trivedi R. Preventive effects of withaferin A isolated from the leaves of an Indian medicinal plant Withania somnifera (L.): comparisons with 17-β-estradiol and alendronate. Nutrition 2014; 31:205-13. [PMID: 25466667 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2014.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Bone protective effects of withaferin A (WFA) from leaves of Withania somnifera (L.) were evaluated in preventive model of Balb/c mice with 17 β-estradiol (E2) and alendronate (ALD). METHODS Adult female Balb/c mice, 7 to 9 wk, were bilaterally ovariectomized (OVx) to mimic the state of E2 deficiency. Immediately after surgery mice were administrated WFA at doses of 1, 5, 10 mg/kg/d while other two OVx groups received ALD or E2 for 2 mo. Sham and OVx groups with vehicle and no treatment served as controls. RESULTS WFA administration increased new bone formation, as well as improving microarchitecture and biomechanical strength of the bones. It prevented bone loss by reducing expression of osteoclastic genes tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) and receptor activator of nuclear factor κ B (RANK). Increase in bone turnover marker, osteocalcin (OCN) and inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) because of ovariectomy were reduced with WFA treatment, with effects comparable to E2 administration. Histomorphometric analysis of uterus shows that WFA was not fraught with estrogenic or antiestrogenic effects. At cellular level, WFA promoted differentiation of bone marrow cells (BMCs) and increased mineralization by inducing expression of osteogenic genes. WFA has bone protective potential as its treatment prevents bone loss that is comparable to ALD and E2. CONCLUSIONS It is surmised that WFA in preclinical setting is effective in preserving bone loss by both inhibition of resorption and stimulation of new bone formation before onset of osteoporosis with no uterine hyperplasia.
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- Vikram Khedgikar
- Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-CDRI, Lucknow, India; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-CDRI, Lucknow, India
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- Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-CDRI, Lucknow, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovation Research, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-CDRI, Lucknow, India; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-CDRI, Lucknow, India
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- Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-CDRI, Lucknow, India
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- Plant Gene Expression Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Botanic Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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- Division of Pharmaceutics Central Drug Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-CDRI, Lucknow, India
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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- Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-CDRI, Lucknow, India.
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Dhar N, Rana S, Razdan S, Bhat WW, Hussain A, Dhar RS, Vaishnavi S, Hamid A, Vishwakarma R, Lattoo SK. Cloning and functional characterization of three branch point oxidosqualene cyclases from Withania somnifera (L.) dunal. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:17249-67. [PMID: 24770414 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.571919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Oxidosqualene cyclases (OSCs) positioned at a key metabolic subdividing junction execute indispensable enzymatic cyclization of 2,3-oxidosqualene for varied triterpenoid biosynthesis. Such branch points present favorable gene targets for redirecting metabolic flux toward specific secondary metabolites. However, detailed information regarding the candidate OSCs covering different branches and their regulation is necessary for the desired genetic manipulation. The aim of the present study, therefore, was to characterize members of OSC superfamily from Withania somnifera (Ws), a medicinal plant of immense repute known to synthesize a large array of biologically active steroidal lactone triterpenoids called withanolides. Three full-length OSC cDNAs, β-amyrin synthase (WsOSC/BS), lupeol synthase (WsOSC/LS), and cycloartenol synthase (WsOSC/CS), having open reading frames of 2289, 2268, and 2277 bp, were isolated. Heterologous expression in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, LC-MS analyses, and kinetic studies confirmed their monofunctionality. The three WsOSCs were found to be spatially regulated at transcriptional level with WsOSC/CS being maximally expressed in leaf tissue. Promoter analysis of three WsOSCs genes resulted in identification of distinct cis-regulatory elements. Further, transcript profiling under methyl jasmonate, gibberellic acid, and yeast extract elicitations displayed differential transcriptional regulation of each of the OSCs. Changes were also observed in mRNA levels under elicitations and further substantiated with protein expression levels by Western blotting. Negative regulation by yeast extract resulted in significant increase in withanolide content. Empirical evidence suggests that repression of competitive branch OSCs like WsOSC/BS and WsOSC/LS possibly leads to diversion of substrate pool toward WsOSC/CS for increased withanolide production.
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- Niha Dhar
- From the Divisions of Plant Biotechnology
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- the School of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra-182320, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi-180001, India and
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Bhat WW, Rana S, Dhar N, Razdan S, Pandith SA, Vishwakarma R, Lattoo SK. An inducible NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase from Picrorhiza kurrooa - an imperative redox partner of cytochrome P450 enzymes. Funct Integr Genomics 2014; 14:381-99. [PMID: 24522789 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-014-0362-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Revised: 12/31/2013] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Picrorhiza kurrooa synthesizes a large array of pharmacologically important monoterpenoid iridoid glycosides called picrosides. Although chemical profile and pharmacological activities of P. kurrooa have been extensively studied, limited attempts have been made to decipher the biosynthetic route and to identify the key regulatory genes involved in picroside biosynthesis. In the present study, NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase, a key enzyme involved in electron transfer to cytochrome P450s was identified from P. kurrooa. The full length cDNA (2679 bp) contained an open reading frame of 2133 bp, corresponding to 710 amino acids. PkCPR was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli and the kinetic parameters of the recombinant enzyme were determined. Specific activity, V max and K m of PkCPR were found to be 5.8 ± 0.05 μmol min(-1) mg(-1), 8.1 ± 0.12 μmol min(-1) mg(-1) and 7.8 μM, respectively. PkCPR was found to be spatially regulated at transcript level, being maximally expressed in leaf tissues. Altitude was found to have a positive effect on the picroside concentration and the picroside content positively correlated with the PkCPR transcript levels in samples collected at varied altitudes. Further, transcript profiling under methyl jasmonate, salicylic acid, 2,4-dicholorophenoxy acetic acid and UV-B elicitations displayed differential transcriptional regulation of PkCPR that fully corroborated with the identified cis-elements within the PkCPR promoter. Expression of PkCPR was inducible by UV-B and phytohormone elicitation, indicating that the PkCPR is possibly related to defence reactions, including biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. Present study is so far the only report of identification and functional characterization of CPR ortholog from P. kurrooa.
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- Wajid Waheed Bhat
- Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu Tawi-180001, India
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Secondary Metabolites of Traditional Medical Plants: A Case Study of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera). PLANT CELL MONOGRAPHS 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-41787-0_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Dhar N, Rana S, Bhat WW, Razdan S, Pandith SA, Khan S, Dutt P, Dhar RS, Vaishnavi S, Vishwakarma R, Lattoo SK. Dynamics of withanolide biosynthesis in relation to temporal expression pattern of metabolic genes in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: a comparative study in two morpho-chemovariants. Mol Biol Rep 2013; 40:7007-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2820-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Molecular characterization of UGT94F2 and UGT86C4, two glycosyltransferases from Picrorhiza kurrooa: comparative structural insight and evaluation of substrate recognition. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73804. [PMID: 24066073 PMCID: PMC3774767 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferases (UGTs) are pivotal in the process of glycosylation for decorating natural products with sugars. It is one of the versatile mechanisms in determining chemical complexity and diversity for the production of suite of pharmacologically active plant natural products. Picrorhiza kurrooa is a highly reputed medicinal herb known for its hepato-protective properties which are attributed to a novel group of iridoid glycosides known as picrosides. Although the plant is well studied in terms of its pharmacological properties, very little is known about the biosynthesis of these important secondary metabolites. In this study, we identified two family-1 glucosyltransferases from P. kurrooa. The full length cDNAs of UGT94F4 and UGT86C4 contained open reading frames of 1455 and 1422 nucleotides, encoding polypeptides of 484 and 473 amino acids respectively. UGT94F2 and UGT86C4 showed differential expression pattern in leaves, rhizomes and inflorescence. To elucidate whether the differential expression pattern of the two Picrorhiza UGTs correlate with transcriptional regulation via their promoters and to identify elements that could be recognized by known iridoid-specific transcription factors, upstream regions of each gene were isolated and scanned for putative cis-regulatory elements. Interestingly, the presence of cis-regulatory elements within the promoter regions of each gene correlated positively with their expression profiles in response to different phytohormones. HPLC analysis of picrosides extracted from different tissues and elicitor-treated samples showed a significant increase in picroside levels, corroborating well with the expression profile of UGT94F2 possibly indicating its implication in picroside biosynthesis. Using homology modeling and molecular docking studies, we provide an insight into the donor and acceptor specificities of both UGTs identified in this study. UGT94F2 was predicted to be an iridoid-specific glucosyltransferase having maximum binding affinity towards 7-deoxyloganetin while as UGT86C4 was predicted to be a kaempferol-specific glucosyltransferase. These are the first UGTs being reported from P. kurrooa.
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