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Shah D, Kamili AN, Wani AA, Majeed U, Wani ZA, Sajjad N, Ahmad P. Promoting the accumulation of scopolamine and hyoscyamine in Hyoscyamus niger L. through EMS based mutagenesis. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231355. [PMID: 32437389 PMCID: PMC7241962 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The overexploitation of medicinal plants is depleting gene pool at an alarming rate. In this scenario inducing the genetic variability through targeted mutations could be beneficial in generating varieties with increased content of active compounds. The present study aimed to develop a reproducible protocol for in vitro multiplication and mutagenesis of Hyoscyamus niger targeting putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT) and 6β-hydroxy hyoscyamine (H6H) genes of alkaloid biosynthetic pathway. In vitro raised callus were treated with different concentrations (0.01% - 0.1%) of Ethyl Methane Sulfonate (EMS). Emerging multiple shoots and roots were obtained on the MS media supplemented with cytokinins and auxins. Significant effects on morphological characteristics were observed following exposure to different concentrations of EMS. EMS at a concentration of 0.03% was seen to be effective in enhancing the average shoot and root number from 14.5±0.30 to 22.2 ±0.77 and 7.2±0.12 to 8.8±0.72, respectively. The lethal dose (LD50) dose was calculated at 0.08% EMS. The results depicted that EMS has an intense effect on PMT and H6H gene expression and metabolite accumulation. The transcripts of PMT and H6H were significantly upregulated at 0.03-0.05% EMS compared to control. EMS treated explants showed increased accumulation of scopolamine (0.639 μg/g) and hyoscyamine (0.0344μg/g) compared to untreated.
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- Durdana Shah
- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India
- * E-mail: (DS); (PA)
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- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- Cytogenetics and Reproductive Biology Lab, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- Immunology Lab, Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- Immunology Lab, Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- * E-mail: (DS); (PA)
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Qiang W, Xia K, Zhang Q, Zeng J, Huang Y, Yang C, Chen M, Liu X, Lan X, Liao Z. Functional characterisation of a tropine-forming reductase gene from Brugmansia arborea, a woody plant species producing tropane alkaloids. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2016; 127:12-22. [PMID: 26988730 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2016.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2015] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Brugmansia arborea is a woody plant species that produces tropane alkaloids (TAs). The gene encoding tropine-forming reductase or tropinone reductase I (BaTRI) in this plant species was functionally characterised. The full-length cDNA of BaTRI encoded a 272-amino-acid polypeptide that was highly similar to tropinone reductase I from TAs-producing herbal plant species. The purified 29kDa recombinant BaTRI exhibited maximum reduction activity at pH 6.8-8.0 when tropinone was used as substrate; it also exhibited maximum oxidation activity at pH 9.6 when tropine was used as substrate. The Km, Vmax and Kcat values of BaTRI for tropinone were 2.65mM, 88.3nkatmg(-1) and 2.93S(-1), respectively, at pH 6.4; the Km, Vmax and Kcat values of TRI from Datura stramonium (DsTRI) for tropinone were respectively 4.18mM, 81.20nkatmg(-1) and 2.40S(-1) at pH 6.4. At pH 6.4, 6.8 and 7.0, BaTRI had a significantly higher activity than DsTRI. Analogues of tropinone, 4-methylcyclohexanone and 3-quinuclidinone hydrochloride, were also used to investigate the enzymatic kinetics of BaTRI. The Km, Vmax and Kcat values of BaTRI for tropine were 0.56mM, 171.62nkat.mg(-1) and 5.69S(-1), respectively, at pH 9.6; the Km, Vmax and Kcat values of DsTRI for tropine were 0.34mM, 111.90nkatmg(-1) and 3.30S(-1), respectively, at pH 9.6. The tissue profiles of BaTRI differed from those in TAs-producing herbal plant species. BaTRI was expressed in all examined organs but was most abundant in secondary roots. Finally, tropane alkaloids, including hyoscyamine, anisodamine and scopolamine, were detected in various organs of B. arborea by HPLC. Interestingly, scopolamine constituted most of the tropane alkaloids content in B. arborea, which suggests that B. arborea is a scopolamine-rich plant species. The scopolamine content was much higher in the leaves and stems than in other organs. The gene expression and TAs accumulation suggest that the biosynthesis of hyoscyamine, especially scopolamine, occurred not only in the roots but also in the aerial parts of B. arborea.
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- Wei Qiang
- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anshun University, Anshun 561000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- TAAHC-SWU Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College, Tibet University, Nyingchi of Tibet 860000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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Lan X, Quan H, Xia X, Yin W, Zheng W. Molecular cloning and transgenic characterization of the genes encoding chalcone synthase and chalcone isomerase from the Tibetan herbal plant Mirabilis himalaica. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2015; 63:419-26. [PMID: 25817060 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Mirabilis himalaica is an endangered medicinal plant species in the Tibetan Plateau. The two genes respectively encoding chalcone synthase (MhCHS) and chalcone isomerase (MhCHI) were isolated and characterized from M. himalaica. The sequence analysis revealed that the two genes were similar with their corresponding homologous genes in other plants. The tissue profiles showed that both MhCHS and MhCHI had higher expression levels in roots than in stems and leaves. Transgenic hairy root cultures respectively with overexpressing MhCHS and MhCHI were established. The genomic PCR detection confirmed the authority of transgenic hairy root lines, in which either MhCHS or MhCHI expression levels were much higher than that in non-transgenic hairy root line. Finally, the HPLC detection results demonstrated that the rotenoid contents in MhCHS/MhCHI-transformed hairy root lines were enhanced. This study provided two candidate genes that could be used to genetic engineering rotenoid biosynthesis in M. himalaica and an alternative method to produce rotenoid using transgenic hairy root cultures.
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- Xiaozhong Lan
- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,TAAHC-SWU Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College, Tibet University, Nyingchi of Tibet, People's Republic of China
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- TAAHC-SWU Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College, Tibet University, Nyingchi of Tibet, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Plateau Ecology, Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College, Tibet University, Nyingchi of Tibet, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- TAAHC-SWU Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College, Tibet University, Nyingchi of Tibet, People's Republic of China
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Cui L, Huang F, Zhang D, Lin Y, Liao P, Zong J, Kai G. Transcriptome exploration for further understanding of the tropane alkaloids biosynthesis in Anisodus acutangulus. Mol Genet Genomics 2015; 290:1367-77. [DOI: 10.1007/s00438-015-1005-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Farrow SC, Facchini PJ. Functional diversity of 2-oxoglutarate/Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenases in plant metabolism. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:524. [PMID: 25346740 PMCID: PMC4191161 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Oxidative enzymes catalyze many different reactions in plant metabolism. Among this suite of enzymes are the 2-oxoglutarate/Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenases (2-ODDs). Cytochromes P450 (CYPs) as often considered the most versatile oxidative enzymes in nature, but the diversity and complexity of reactions catalyzed by 2-ODDs is superior to the CYPs. The list of oxidative reactions catalyzed by 2-ODDs includes hydroxylations, demethylations, desaturations, ring closure, ring cleavage, epimerization, rearrangement, halogenation, and demethylenation. Furthermore, recent work, including the discovery of 2-ODDs involved in epigenetic regulation, and others catalyzing several characteristic steps in specialized metabolic pathways, support the argument that 2-ODDs are among the most versatile and important oxidizing biological catalysts. In this review, we survey and summarize the pertinent literature with a focus on several key reactions catalyzed by 2-ODDs, and discuss the significance and impact of these enzymes in plant metabolism.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of CalgaryCalgary, AB, Canada
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Cui L, Huang Q, Yan B, Wang Y, Qian Z, Pan J, Kai G. Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a Cu/Zn SOD gene (BcCSD1) from Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis. Food Chem 2014; 186:306-11. [PMID: 25976826 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.07.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are a family of metalloproteins extensively exists in eukaryote, which plays an essential role in stress-tolerance of higher plants. A full-length cDNA encoding Cu/Zn SOD (BcCSD1) was isolated from young seedlings of non-heading Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis) by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). Bioinformatics analysis revealed that BcCSD1 belonged to the plant SOD super family and had the closest relationship with SOD from Brassica napus. Tissue expression pattern analysis revealed that the BcCSD1 was constitutively expressed in all the tested tissues, and strongest in leaf, moderate in stem, lowest in root. The expression profiles under different stress treatments such as drought, NaCl, high temperature and ABA were also investigated, and the results revealed that BcCSD1 was a stress-responsive gene, especially to ABA. These results provide useful information for further understanding the role of BcCSD1 resistant to abiotic stress in Brassica campestris in the future.
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- Lijie Cui
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Development Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Development Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Development Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Development Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Development Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Development Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Development Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China.
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Dehghan E, Shahriari Ahmadi F, Ghotbi Ravandi E, Reed DW, Covello PS, Bahrami AR. An atypical pattern of accumulation of scopolamine and other tropane alkaloids and expression of alkaloid pathway genes in Hyoscyamus senecionis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2013; 70:188-194. [PMID: 23786817 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A cDNA encoding hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase (H6H, EC 1.14.11.11), a bifunctional enzyme catalyzing the last two steps in the scopolamine biosynthetic pathway, was isolated from Hyoscyamus senecionis, a medicinal plant endemic to the Iranian plateau. Expression analysis indicates that Hsh6h is expressed in all tested organs of H. senecionis including roots, rhizomes, leaves, stems and flowers unlike the other tropane alkaloid producing species. In parallel to this, in leaves, levels of scopolamine, the product of H6H, were higher than the substrate hyoscyamine. These data suggest that not only does the conversion of hyoscyamine to scopolamine take place in the root, followed by translocation to aerial parts, but also accumulated hyoscyamine in the aerial parts may be converted to scopolamine by activity of HsH6H. Analysis of expression profiles of putrescine N-methyltransferase and tropinone reductase I and II genes also indicates the organ-independent expression of these genes. Here we also introduce H. senecionis as an important tropane alkaloid producing species with its thick underground parts as a source of hyoscyamine, while its leaves can be considered as a source of scopolamine.
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- Esmail Dehghan
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 9177948978, Mashhad, Iran.
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Kai G, Zhang A, Guo Y, Li L, Cui L, Luo X, Liu C, Xiao J. Enhancing the production of tropane alkaloids in transgenic Anisodus acutangulus hairy root cultures by over-expressing tropinone reductase I and hyoscyamine-6β-hydroxylase. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2012; 8:2883-90. [PMID: 22955966 DOI: 10.1039/c2mb25208b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Tropane alkaloids (TA) including hyoscyamine, anisodamine, scopolamine and anisodine, are used medicinally as anticholinergic agents with increasing market demand, so it is very important to improve TA production by metabolic engineering strategy. Here, we report the simultaneous introduction of genes encoding the branch-controlling enzyme tropinone reductase I (TRI, EU424321) and the downstream rate-limiting enzyme hyoscyamine-6β-hydroxylase (H6H, EF187826) involved in TA biosynthesis into Anisodus acutangulus hairy roots by Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer technology. Transgenic hairy root lines expressing both TRI and H6H (TH lines) produced significantly higher (P < 0.05) levels of TA compared with the control and single gene transformed lines (T or H lines). The best double gene transformed line (TH53) produced 4.293 mg g(-1) TA, which was about 4.49-fold higher than that of the control lines (0.96 mg g(-1)). As far as it is known, this is the first report on simultaneous introduction of TRI and H6H genes into TA-producing plant by biotechnological approaches. Besides, the content of anisodine was also greatly improved in A. acutangulus by over-expression of AaTRI and AaH6H genes. The average content of anisodine in TH lines was 0.984 mg g(-1) dw, about 18.57-fold of BC lines (0.053 mg g(-1) dw). This is the first time that this phenomenon has been found in TA-producing plants.
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- Guoyin Kai
- Department of Biology, College of Life & Environment Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China.
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Li J, van Belkum MJ, Vederas JC. Functional characterization of recombinant hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase from Atropa belladonna. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:4356-63. [PMID: 22705021 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Revised: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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(-)-Hyoscyamine, the enantiomerically pure form of atropine, and its derivative scopolamine are tropane alkaloids that are extensively used in medicine. Hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase (H6H, EC 1.14.11.11), a monomeric α-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenase, converts (-)-hyoscyamine to its 6,7-epoxy derivative, scopolamine, in two sequential steps. In this study, H6H of Atropa belladonna (AbH6H) was cloned, heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, purified and characterized. The catalytic efficiency of AbH6H, especially for the second oxidation, was found to be low, and this may be one of the reasons why Atropa belladonna produces less scopolamine than other species in the same family. 6,7-Dehydrohyoscyamine, a potential precursor for the last step of epoxidation, was shown not to be an obligatory intermediate in the biosynthesis of scopolamine using purified AbH6H with an in vitro (18)O labeling experiment. Moreover, the nitrogen atom in the tropane ring of (-)-hyoscyamine was found to play an important role in substrate recognition.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2
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The effects of elicitation on the expression of key enzyme genes and on production of tropane alkaloids in Anisodus acutangulus plant. Biologia (Bratisl) 2012. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-012-0007-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Wang X, Chen M, Yang C, Liu X, Zhang L, Lan X, Tang K, Liao Z. Enhancing the scopolamine production in transgenic plants of Atropa belladonna by overexpressing pmt and h6h genes. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2011; 143:309-315. [PMID: 21883248 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2011.01506.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Atropa belladonna is officially deemed as the commercial plant to produce scopolamine in China. In this study we report the simultaneous overexpression of two functional genes involved in biosynthesis of scopolamine, which encode the upstream key enzyme putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT) and the downstream key enzyme hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase (H6H), respectively, in transgenic herbal plants Atropa belladonna. Analysis of gene expression profile indicated that both pmt and h6h were expressed at a higher level in transgenic lines, which would be favorable for biosynthesis of scopolamine. High-performance liquid chromatography result suggested that transgenic lines could produce higher accumulation of scopolamine at different levels compared with wild-type lines. Scopolamine content increased to 7.3-fold in transgenic line D9 compared with control lines. This study not only confirms that co-overexpression of pmt and h6h is an ideal method to improve the biosynthetic capacity of scopolamine but also successfully cultivates the transgenic line D9, which significantly enhanced the scopolamine accumulation. Our research can serve as an alternative choice to provide scopolamine resources for relative industry, which is more competitive than conventional market.
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- Xirong Wang
- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Sweet potato Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Kai G, Yang S, Zhang Y, Luo X, Fu X, Zhang A, Xiao J. Effects of different elicitors on yield of tropane alkaloids in hairy roots of Anisodus acutangulus. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:1721-9. [PMID: 21625855 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0912-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2010] [Accepted: 05/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The four tropane alkaloids have played a pivotal role in controlling diseases such as the toxic and septic shock, the organophosphorus poison and the acute lung injury. Here, the elicitation effect of different elicitors on the production of tropane alkaloids and the molecular mechanism of enzyme genes in the pathway was firstly demonstrated in hairy roots of Anisodus acutangulus. The results showed ethanol, methyl jasmonate and Ag(+) could improve the accumulation of tropane alkaloids up to 1.51, 1.13 and 1.08 times after 24 h treatment, respectively (P < 0.05), whereas salicylic acid decreased the average content of tropane alkaloids. Furthermore, expression profile analysis results revealed that up-regulation of hyoscyamine-6b-hydroxylase (AaH6H) and little regulation of tropinone reducase II (AaTR2) elicited by ethanol, increased expression of putrescine N-methyltransferase I (AaPMT1) elicited by Ag(+), elevated expression of tropinone reducase I (AaTR1) elicited by methyl jasmonate, respectively, resulted in tropane alkaloids improvement. Our results showed that hairy root culture of A. acutangulus in combination with elicitors was a promising way for production of tropane alkaloids in the future.
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- Guoyin Kai
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, People's Republic of China.
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Kai G, Yang S, Luo X, Zhou W, Fu X, Zhang A, Zhang Y, Xiao J. Co-expression of AaPMT and AaTRI effectively enhances the yields of tropane alkaloids in Anisodus acutangulus hairy roots. BMC Biotechnol 2011; 11:43. [PMID: 21526999 PMCID: PMC3111346 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-11-43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2010] [Accepted: 04/28/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Tropane alkaloids (TA) including anisodamine, anisodine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine are a group of important anticholinergic drugs with rapidly increasing market demand, so it is significant to improve TA production by biotechnological approaches. Putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT) was considered as the first rate-limiting upstream enzyme while tropinone reductase I (TRI) was an important branch-controlling enzyme involved in TA biosynthesis. However, there is no report on simultaneous introduction of PMT and TRI genes into any TA-producing plant including Anisodus acutangulus (A. acutangulus), which is a Solanaceous perennial plant that is endemic to China and is an attractive resource plant for production of TA. RESULTS In this study, 21 AaPMT and AaTRI double gene transformed lines (PT lines), 9 AaPMT single gene transformed lines (P lines) and 5 AaTRI single gene transformed lines (T lines) were generated. RT-PCR and real-time fluorescence quantitative analysis results revealed that total AaPMT (AaPMT T) and total AaTRI (AaTRI T) gene transcripts in transgenic PT, P and T lines showed higher expression levels than native AaPMT (AaPMT E) and AaTRI (AaTRI E) gene transcripts. As compared to the control and single gene transformed lines (P or T lines), PT transgenic hairy root lines produced significantly higher levels of TA. The highest yield of TA was detected as 8.104 mg/g dw in line PT18, which was 8.66, 4.04, and 3.11-times higher than those of the control (0.935 mg/g dw), P3 (highest in P lines, 2.004 mg/g dw) and T12 (highest in T lines, 2.604 mg/g dw), respectively. All the tested samples were found to possess strong radical scavenging capacity, which were similar to control. CONCLUSION In the present study, the co-expression of AaPMT and AaTRI genes in A. acutangulus hairy roots significantly improved the yields of TA and showed higher antioxidant activity than control because of higher total TA content, which is the first report on simultaneous introduction of PMT and TRI genes into TA-producing plant by biotechnological approaches.
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- Guoyin Kai
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai, Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai, Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai, Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai, Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai, Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai, Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai, Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai, Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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Kai G, Liu Y, Wang X, Yang S, Fu X, Luo X, Liao P. Functional identification of hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase from Anisodus acutangulus and overproduction of scopolamine in genetically-engineered Escherichia coli. Biotechnol Lett 2011; 33:1361-5. [PMID: 21380527 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0575-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/21/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase (H6H; EC 1.14.11.11) converts hyoscyamine to scopolamine in the last step of scopolamine biosynthetic pathway. The gene encoding H6H in Anisodus acutangulus was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli and the recombinant proteins fused with His-tag or GST-tag at its N-terminal were purified and then confirmed by Western bolt analysis. The biofunctional assay revealed that the His-AaH6H and GST-AaH6H converted hyoscyamine (40 mg/l) to scopolamine at 32 and 31 mg/l, respectively. This is the first report on AaH6H expression, purification and functional characterization facilitates further genetic improvement of scopolamine yield in A. acutangulus.
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- Guoyin Kai
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
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Sheludko YV. Recent advances in plant biotechnology and genetic engineering for production of secondary metabolites. CYTOL GENET+ 2010. [DOI: 10.3103/s009545271001010x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Schäfer H, Wink M. Medicinally important secondary metabolites in recombinant microorganisms or plants: Progress in alkaloid biosynthesis. Biotechnol J 2009; 4:1684-703. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.200900229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Molecular cloning and characterization of two tropinone reductases in Anisodus acutangulus and enhancement of tropane alkaloid production in AaTRI-transformed hairy roots. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2009; 54:177-86. [PMID: 19751215 DOI: 10.1042/ba20090171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tropane alkaloids are used medicinally as anticholinergic agents with increasing market demand, so the improvement and production of active components from medicinal plants using molecular biotechnology show great potential for applications that should benefit human healthcare. Two tropinone reductases constitute a branching point in the biosynthesis of tropane alkaloids. In the present paper, we report for the first time the cloning and characterization of two fulllength cDNAs encoding TRI (tropinone reductase I) (GenBank accession number EU424321) and TRII (tropinone reductase II) (GenBank(R) accession number EU424322) from the solanaceous plant Anisodus acutangulus by rapid amplification of cDNA ends. Sequence comparison indicated that AaTRI (A. acutangulus TRI) and AaTRII (A. acutangulus TRII) had high homology with other tropinone reductases from Hyoscyamus niger, Datura stramonium etc., but AaTRI and AaTRII showed identity of only 60.8%. Phylogenetic-tree analysis showed that AaTRI and AaTRII belong to different clusters and have the closest relationship with H. niger TRI and TRII respectively. Expression-pattern analysis showed that AaTRI and AaTRII were expressed in all tissues tested, including root, stem and leaf, but the transcript level of AaTRI was much lower than AaTRII. Expression of AaTRI and AaTRII could be enhanced by methyl jasmonate, with a weak effect for AaTRI and a strong effect for AaTRII. AaTRI-transformed hairy-root lines were accompanied by a mean 1.87-fold higher level of hyoscyamine and a mean 8-fold higher level of scopolamine compared with control roots, indicating that AaTRI is a promising target for genetic engineering to increase tropane alkaloid in A. acutangulus.
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Kai G, Zhang Y, Chen J, Li L, Yan X, Zhang R, Liao P, Lu X, Wang W, Zhou G. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of two distinct putrescine N-methyltransferases from roots of Anisodus acutangulus. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2009; 135:121-129. [PMID: 19055544 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2008.01178.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT; EC. 2.5.1.53) catalyzes the S-adenosylmethionine-dependent N-methylation of putrescine to form N-methylputrescine, which was the first committed step in tropane alkaloid biosynthetic pathway. Two PMT cDNA clones [Anisodus acutangulus putrescine N-methyltransferase 1 (AaPMT1), GenBank Accession No. EU670745; AaPMT2, GenBank Accession No. EU670746] were obtained and characterized together from Anisodus acutangulus for the first time. The full-length cDNA of AaPMT1 was 1322 bp containing a 1014-bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a polypeptide of 338 amino acids and AaPMT2 was 1219 bp containing a 1041-bp ORF encoding a polypeptide of 347 amino acids. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences of AaPMTs with those from tropane alkaloid-producing plants revealed that AaPMTs had high similarity with other plants PMT. Phylogenetic tree analysis displayed that AaPMT1 showed extensive homology with PMT from Anisodus tanguticus, and AaPMT2 had closer relationship with PMT2 from Atropa belladonna, which indicated PMTs belonged to PMT superfamily. Southern hybridization analysis of the genomic DNA revealed the occurrence of two PMT copies in A. acutangulus genome. Tissue expression pattern analysis revealed that AaPMT1 expressed strongly in roots, weakly in steams and leaves, besides, AaPMT2 presented a similar weaker trend. It indicated that AaPMTs were constitutive expression genes, which were the first reported tissue-independent PMT genes compared with other known PMT genes. AaPMT1 expression was upregulated by methyl jasmonate (MeJA) in all tissues, reaching the highest level after 24 h of the treatment. AaPMT2 also exhibited a very similar trend, whereas the expression was much weaker than that in AaPMT1. So, AaPMTs were considered to be MeJA elicitor-responsive genes and could be effectively elicited at least at the transcriptional level. The work would provide useful knowledge for tropane alkaloids biosynthesis and metabolic engineering to increase the production.
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- Guoyin Kai
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
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Optimization of induction and culture conditions and tropane alkaloid production in hairy roots of Anisodus acutangulus. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-008-0035-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cardillo AB, Talou JR, Giulietti AM. Expression of Brugmansia candida Hyoscyamine 6beta-Hydroxylase gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its potential use as biocatalyst. Microb Cell Fact 2008; 7:17. [PMID: 18505565 PMCID: PMC2430943 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Tropane alkaloids, mainly hyoscyamine and scopolamine, are widely used in medicine due to their anticholinergic activity. Scopolamine has a higher demand being the more valuable alkaloid due to its fewer side effects and higher physiological activity. Anisodamine (6β-hydroxyhyoscyamine) is the intermediate in the conversion of hyoscyamine into scopolamine. Current studies report that this alkaloid is potentially applicable in medicine. The gene that codifies for Hyoscyamine 6-β hydroxylase, the enzyme responsible for hyoscyamine hydroxylation and epoxidation, leading to scopolamine was isolated from Brugmansia candida. Results The h6hcDNA was cloned into pYES2.1 and pYES2.1/V5-His-TOPO vectors to produce an untagged and a tagged protein, respectively. The H6H enzyme was produced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in order to obtain a biological catalyst for potential industrial applications. Protein extracts of the induced yeast were analyzed by Western blot. The expression was detected 4 h after induction and no degradation was observed during the period assayed. The tagged and the untagged proteins were able to transform hyoscyamine, showing a functional expression of the h6hcDNA. Conclusion The strains obtained in this work are promising and potentially applicable in biocatalytic processes.
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- Alejandra B Cardillo
- Microbiología Industrial y Biotecnología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956 6° piso (1113), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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