Lateral root bridging as a strategy to enhance L-DOPA production in Stizolobium hassjoo hairy root cultures by using a mesh hindrance mist trickling bioreactor

Stizolobium hassjoo hairy roots exhibited a lateral root bridging behavior, enabling not only root dry weight but enhancement of intracellular L-DOPA content. When a single root tip was exerted a proper hindrance, the primary root growth was inhibited while lateral roots were profusely induced. The hindrance-induced lateral roots from individual primary root could bridge together under appropriate inoculation densities, leading to high density hairy root cultures producing secondary metabolites. In the present paper, a novel bioreactor was proposed based on a strategy of lateral root bridging by utilizing mesh as a hindrance, called "mesh hindrance mist trickling bioreactor (MHMTB)". Significant improvements of dry weight and L-DOPA production by using MHMTB were 1.8 and 2.2-folds, respectively, higher than those in the control run without the mesh hindrance within the root bed.     

Rosmarinic acid production by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Coleus forskohlii</Emphasis>hairy root cultures

Coleus forskohlii hairy root cultures were found to produce forskolin and rosmarinic acid (RA) as the main metabolites. The growth and RA production by C. forskohlii hairy root cultures in various liquid media were examined. The hairy root cultures showed good growth in hormone-free Murashige and Skoog medium containing 3% (w/v) sucrose (MS medium), and Gamborg B5 medium containing 2% (w/v) sucrose (B5 medium). RA yield reached 4.0 mg (MS medium) and 4.4 mg (B5 medium) after 5 weeks of culture in a 100 ml flask containing 20 ml of each medium. Hairy root growth and RA were also investigated after treatment with various concentrations of yeast extract (YE), salicylic acid (SA) and methyl jasmonic acid (MJA). RA production in a 100 ml flask containing 20 ml B5 medium reached 5.4 mg (1.9 times more than control) with treatment of 0.01 or 1% (w/v) YE, 5.5 mg (2.0 times more than control) with treatment of 0.1 mM SA, and the maximum RA content with 9.5 mg per flask (3.4 times more than control) was obtained in the hairy roots treated with 0.1 mM MJA. These results suggest that MJA is an effective elicitor for production of RA in C. forskohlii hairy root cultures.     

Eugenol from normal and transformed root cultures of Coluria geoides

Transformed root cultures of Coluria geoides Ledeb. were established with the use of Agrobacterium rhizogenes LBA 9402. Both normal and transformed root cultures were investigated for their growth and yield of eugenol. Normal roots were grown in B5 medium-supplemented with 0.2 mg l^-1 of kinetin and 0.2 mg l^-1 of 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). Hairy roots grew well in hormone-free B5 medium. Both hairy roots and normal roots produced glycosidic bound eugenol. as with the roots of intact plants, eugenol was the main component of the total essential oils obtained from hairy root and normal root cultures. The yield of eugenol from normal roots was 0.1–0.25% of the dry wt. and depended on the development stage of the culture. Yield of eugenol from hairy roots was 0.08–0.1% of the dry wt. NAA modified the hairy root morphology and influenced the yield of eugenol.Abbreviations NAA 1-naphthaleneacetic acid     

High-yield production of valepotriates by hairy root cultures of Valeriana officnalis L. var. sambucifolia Mikan

Summary Hairy root cultures of Valeriana officinalis var. sambucifolia were established by infection of sterile plantlets with Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain R1601 The transformed roots were grown in 10 different, hormone-free liquid media and the isovaltrate, valtrate, didrovaltrate, isovaleroxyhydroxydidrovaltrate content was quantified by HPLC. Valepotriates were entirely retained inside the root tissues. The highest overall valepotriate content (10.3 % dry wt), 4 times the amount found in the roots of 9-month-old nontransformed plants, was observed in half strength Gamborg B5 medium supplemented with 2 % sucrose. The hairy roots cultured in Murashige and Skoog liquid medium supplemented with 2 % sucrose for 50 days produced over 44 mg/g dry wt valepotriates.Abbreviations MS Murashige and Skoog medium (Murashige and Skoog 1962) - B5 Gamborg B5 medium (Gamborg 1970) - WP McCown's woody plant medium (Lloyd and McCown 1980) - 1/2 MS-2 half strength MS+2 % sucrose - 1/4 B5-2 quarter strength B5+2% sucrose - MS-7 full strength MS+7% sucrose - YMB Yeast mannitol broth (Hooykaas et al. 1977) - IVAL isovaltrate - VAL valtrate - IVHD isovaleroxyhydroxydidrovaltrate - DI didrovaltrate (Fig. 1)     

Growth and rutin production in hairy root cultures of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum M.)

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.) is a potentially important source of rutin, a natural flavonoid with antihyperglycemic, antihypertensive, and antioxidative properties. To examine in vitro production of rutin, we established a hairy root culture of buckwheat by infecting leaf explants with Agrobacterium rhizogenes R1000, and tested the growth conditions and rutin production rates of these cultures. Ten hairy root clones were established; their growth and rutin production rates ranged from 233 to 312 (mg dry wt per 30 mL flask, and 0.8 to 1.2 (mg/g dry wt), respectively. Clone H8, which had high growth and rutin production rates (312 mg dry wt per 30 mL flask and 1.2 mg/g dry wt, respectively), was selected for further experiments. H8 showed maximal growth and rutin content at 30 days in culture in MS medium. Of four tested culture media, half-strength MS medium was found to induce the highest levels of growth (378 mg dry wt per 30 mL flask) and rutin production (1.4 mg/g dry wt) by clone H8. In contrast, supplementation with auxins (0.1-1 mg/l IAA, IBA and NAA) increased the growth rate, but had no significant effect on rutin production by H8. Collectively, these findings indicate that hairy root cultures of buckwheat culture could be a valuable alternative approach for rutin production.     

Production of valepotriates by hairy root cultures of Centranthus ruber DC

Hairy root cultures of Centranthus ruber DC. were established by infection of sterile plantlets with Agrobacterium rhizogenes, strain R1601. The transformed roots were grown in 12 different, hormone-free liquid media, and valtrate, isovaltrate, 7-desisovaleroyl-7-acetylvaltrate, 7-homovaltrate, didrovaltrate and isovaleroxyhydroxydidrovaltrate were quantified by high performance liquid chromatography. The highest overall valepotriate content (3.0% dry wt) was observed in half-strength Gamborg B5 medium supplemented with 3% sucrose. This concentration is very similar to that found in the roots of parent plants grown in the field. The use of N,N-dimethylmorpholinium iodide, a plant bioregulator, was very detrimental to the hairy root growth and to the valepotriate production. The hairy roots cultured in half strength Gamborg B5 liquid medium supplemented with 3% sucrose for 45 days produced over 31 mg/g dry wt valepotriates.Abbreviations MS Murashige and Skoog medium (Murashige and Skoog 1962) - B5 Gamborg B5 medium (Gamborg 1970) - WP McCown's woody plant medium (Lloyd and McCown 1980) - H Heller's medium (Heller 1953) - 1/4 B5-7 quarter strength B5 + 7% sucrose - DMI N,N-dimethylmorpholmium iodide - VAL valtrate - IVAL isovaltrate - DIA-VAL 7-desisovaleroyl-7-acetylvaltrate - HVAL 7-homovaltrate - DI didrovaltrate - IVHD isovaleroxyhydroxydidrovaltrate (Fig. 1) - NMR nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy - HPLC high performance liquid chromatography - Ac acetyl - IV isovaleryl - IV-IV -isovaleryloxy-isovaleryl - MV -methyl-valeryl     

Lobeline production by hairy root culture of Lobelia inflata L.

Hairy roots were obtained following inoculation of the stems of Lobelia inflata L. with Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain ATCC 15834. These hairy roots contained agropine and mannopine. In addition, lobeline was detected by HPLC and confirmed by mass spectrometry. Various media were tested for the growth of hairy roots as well as for the content of lobeline in hairy roots. The growth rate of hairy roots cultured in Nitsch and Nitsch's medium was approximately one third of those cultured in other media. The lobeline content of hairy roots (18–54 g/g dry weight) cultured in these media was the same order of magnitude compared with that of roots of L. inflata (24 g/g dry weight) cultivated in pots. The hairy roots cultured in Nitsch and Nitsch's medium were morphologically different from those cultured in other media.Abbreviations MS medium Murashige and Skoog's medium - 1/2 MS medium one-half strength of the standard Murashige and Skoog's medium - B5 medium Gamborg's B5 medium - NN medium Nitsch and Nitsch's medium - FW fresh weight - DW dry weight     

Hernandulcin in hairy root cultures of Lippia dulcis

The hairy root culture of Lippia dulcis Trev., Verbenaceae, was established by transformation with Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4. The transformed roots grew well in Murashige and Skoog medium containing 2% sucrose. The roots turned light green when they were cultured under 16 h/day light. The green hairy roots produced the sweet sesquiterpene hernandulcin (ca. 0.25 mg/g dry wt) together with 20 other mono- and sesquiterpenes, while no terpenes were detected in the nontransformed root cultures. The growth and hernandulcin production in the hairy root cultures were influenced by the addition of auxins to the medium. The addition of a low concentration of chitosan (0.2 – 10.0 mg / l) enhanced the production of hernandulcin 5-fold.Abbreviations Cht chitosan - IAA indole-3-acetic acid - NAA 1-naphthaleneacetic acid - 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - MS Murashige and Skoog(1962)     

Scale-up production of puerarin from hairy roots of Pueraria phaseoloides in an airlift bioreactor

Hairy roots of the Chinese herb, Pueraria phaseoloides, obtained from leaf explants and transformed with the Agrobacterium rhizogenes, were cultured in 2.5 l airlift bioreactors for three weeks. Puerarin accumulated at 5,570 microg g(-1) dry wt, which is near 200 times as much as in 250 ml flask cultures. In addition, puearin was exuded into the nutrient medium at final concentrations higher than in the hairy roots themselves.     

蔗糖和光对三裂叶野葛毛状根生长及次生物质产生的影响

研究了蔗糖浓度和光对固体培养的三裂叶野葛毛状根生长及其总异黄酮和葛根素产生的影响。结果表明：在供试的分别添加1%、3%、5%、7%和9%蔗糖的MS固体培养基中,3%蔗糖能促进三裂叶野葛毛状根的生长及其异黄酮类化合物和葛根素的积累;培养20d后,其生物量达到0.48g(DW,干重)/瓶,总异黄酮和葛根素含量分别为25.44mg/g(DW)和11.64mg/g(DW)。与添加3%蔗糖的MS培养基培养的三裂叶野葛毛状根相比,含5%蔗糖的培养基培养的毛状根干重增殖倍数提高了7.0％,而含1％、7％和9％蔗糖的培养基培养的毛状根干重增殖倍数分别下降62.4％、42.8％和65.3％;其总异黄酮含量分别降低574％、13％和33.4％,葛根素含量分别下降47.9％、15.8％和35.1％,但其毛状根培养物的可溶性糖含量则分别增加了0.52、1.45和1.54倍。暗培养30d的毛状根的生物量达到0.83g(DW)/瓶,分别比蓝光和白光培养的毛状根提高37.1%和23.3%。在蓝光和白光下培养的部分毛状根的表面呈淡绿色;但白光处理的毛状根中总异黄酮含量比蓝光和暗培养处理的分别提高了14.7%和19.2%;蓝光抑制毛状根中葛根素含量的积累,白光和暗培养的毛状根培养物中的葛根素含量分别是蓝光处理的1.61倍和1.52倍。     

美洲商陆毛状根诱导及其离体培养的影响因素

为了探讨利用美洲商陆毛状根生产其药用成分的可能性,研究了美洲商陆毛状根诱导及其离体培养的影响因素。结果表明,美洲商陆叶片外植体被发根农杆菌ATCC 15834感染约18 d后,从其叶片外植体形态学下端叶脉切口处产生毛状根,其中以预培养1 d,农杆菌感染20 min,共培养4 d时的毛状根诱导率最高,达到70%。PCR扩增和硅胶薄层层析结果显示,发根农杆菌Ri质粒的rol C基因以及冠瘿碱合成酶基因已在美洲商陆毛状根基因组中整合和表达。所获得的美洲商陆毛状根系都能在无外源激素的MS固体培养基上快速自主生长;其中以毛状根根系2的生长速度最快、分生侧根能力最强和根表面的根毛密度最高;毛状根根表面呈紫红色或呈白色。在供试的MS、1/2MS、B5和6,7-V液体培养基中,以无外源激素的MS培养基最适合美洲商陆毛状根根系生长。与无外源激素的MS培养基相比,6,7-V培养基更有利于毛状根中商陆皂苷甲的合成与积累。本文所建立的美洲商陆毛状根诱导及其离体培养的适宜条件为今后利用其毛状根株系的规模培养来生产其药用有效成分商陆皂苷甲奠定了实验和技术基础。     

High forskolin production in hairy roots of Coleus forskohlii

Hairy roots of Coleus forskohlii were induced by infection with the Agrobacterium rhizogenes MAFF 03-01724 strain. Growth and forskolin production of two hairy root clones cultured in various liquid media were examined. Hairy root clone B9 grew well in woody plant liquid medium and showed a high forskolin yield (ca. 1.3 mg/ 100 ml flask) after 5 weeks of culture. The time course of growth and forskolin production of the clone B9 cultured in woody plant liquid medium was also examined. Rapid growth started at week 2 and continued until week 5. The highest forskolin yield (ca. 1.6 mg/100 ml flask) was obtained at week 5. Productivity was much higher than that previously reported. Received: 19 June 1997 / Revision received: 6 October 1997 / Accepted: 18 October 1997     

Establishment of Salvia officinalis L. hairy root cultures for the production of rosmarinic acid

Shoots of Salvia officinalis, a medicinally important plant, were infected with Agrobacterium rhizogenes strains ATCC 15834 and A4 which led to the induction of hairy roots in 57% and 37% of the explants, respectively. Seven lines of hairy roots were established in WP liquid medium under light and dark conditions. The transformed nature of the root lines was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction using rolB and rolC specific primers. Transformed root cultures of Salvia officinalis showed variations in biomass and rosmarinic acid production depending on the bacterial strain used for transformation and the root line analyzed. Both parameters (growth and rosmarinic acid content) of ATCC 15834-induced lines were significantly higher than the A4-induced lines. The maximum accumulation of rosmarinic acid (about 45 mg g(-1) of dry weight) was achieved by hairy root line 1 (HR-1) at the end of the culture period (45-50 days). The level was significantly higher than that found in untransformed root culture (19 mg g(-10 of dry wt).     

Hairy root cultures of Anethum graveolens (dill): establishment, growth, time-course study of their essential oil and its comparison with parent plant oils

Transformed root cultures of Anethum graveolens were induced by inoculation of aseptically grown seedlings with Agrobacterium rhizogenes carrying plasmid pRi 1855. The main component of the essential oils from the fruits and from the roots of the parent plant was carvone, whereas -phellandrene and apiole were dominant in the oil from, respectively, the aerial parts and the hairy roots. The essential oils from the fruits, aerial parts and roots of the parent plant were at 2%, 0.3% and 0.06% (v/w), respectively, but only 0.02% (v/w) in the hairy root cultures. Growth of the hairy root cultures reached 600 mg dry wt/50 ml medium after 50 days. The essential oil composition did not change significantly during their growth.     

Agrobacterium rhizogenes mediated transformation of the medicinal plant Decalepis arayalpathra and production of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzaldehyde

Agrobacterium rhizogenes mediated transformation of Decalepis arayalpathra, an ethnomedicinal plant, was achieved by infecting juvenile hypocotyl explants with different strains, including A4, MTCC 532, TR105 and LBA 5402. Hypocotyl explants induced hairy roots at a higher frequency (53.2 ± 0.3 %) than cotyledons (32.1 ± 0.2 %) when infected with the most virulent strain TR105. The explants co-cultivated 48 h in half-strength salts and vitamins of Murashige and Skoog basal medium (half-MSB) induced hairy roots either directly from the wounds or followed by the formation of gall like structures. Irrespective of the explants, the strain MTCC 532 induced callus alone. The root initials on the galls proliferated vigorously and elongated more rapidly when they were segmented and subcultured on half-MSB medium than the proliferation and elongation of directly emerged roots. The established hairy roots showed intermittent gall formation which was the active sites for hairy roots induction. The molecular evidence of rol A and rol C gene integration was confirmed by PCR amplification and southern blot hybridization. Growth of the hairy roots was undertaken by measuring root growth unit after culturing root tips in half-MSB solid medium and determined fresh weight/dry weight/conductivity during time-course study in shake flask cultures. The maximum biomass and accumulation of the root specific compound, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzaldehyde (MBALD) (0.22 % dry weight), was recorded at the 6th week of growth, which was more than that observed in normal root cultures (0.16 % dry weight).     

Growth and steroidal saponin production in hairy root cultures of Solanum aculeatissimum

Summary Hairy root cultures of Solanum aculeatissimum were established by trans-formation using Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain 15834. Root growth and production of steroidal saponin were investigated under various culture conditions. Transformed roots grew better in Gamborg's B5 medium containing 3 % sucrose under continuous light than in the dark. Also, the roots turned light green when cultured under continuous light. Green hairy roots produced aculeatiside A (6.71mg ·) L^–1 and aculeatiside B (6.39mg · L^–1) after 8 weeks of culture, while no steroidal saponin was detected in hairy roots cultured in the dark. Of the three culture media tested, Gamborg's B5 medium was superior for growth and steroidal saponin production. Growth and steroidal saponin production were enhanced when 100g · L^–1 auxin except for 2,4-D was added to the medium. The addition of 2,4-D inhibited growth. Production of steroidal saponin was highest with NAA. Transformed roots used in this experiment were confirmed that hairy roots examined contain both TL-DNA and TR-DNA region of Ri plasmid by PCR amplification analysis of DNA.Abbreviations MS medium Murashige and Skoog's medium (1962) - B5 medium Gamborg's B5 medium (1968) - LS medium Linsmaier and Skoog's medium(1965) - HPLC High performance liquid chromatography - NAA -Naphthaleneacetic acid - IAA Indole-3-acetic acid - 2,4-D 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - PCR polymerase chain reaction     

Enhanced accumulation of secondary metabolites in hairy root cultures of Scutellaria lateriflora following elicitation

Hairy root cultures of Scutellaria lateriflora were established using Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4 and produced acteoside (18.5?mg?g(-1) dry wt), baicalin (14.5?mg?g(-1) dry wt) and wogonoside (12?mg?g(-1) dry wt). Yeast extract (50?μg?ml(-1)) increased acteoside production 1.4-fold and flavone production 1.7-fold after 7 and 14?days of elicitation. Addition of Pectobacterium carotovorum lysate in the stationary phase of the hairy root culture stimulated only the accumulation of wogonin to 30?mg?g(-1) dry wt. The production of wogonin in hairy roots could be associated with its role as a phytolaexin.     

Hairy roots of Dracocephalum moldavica: rosmarinic acid content and antioxidant potential

Hairy roots of Dracocephalum moldavica L. were induced using Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain A4. Transformed roots were obtained from shoot explants with low transformation frequency of up to 3 %. The effects of different liquid media: Murashige and Skoog (MS), Gamborg et al. (B5) and Woody Plant (WP) with full- and half-strength (½MS, ½B5, ½WP), on biomass accumulation and rosmarinic acid (RA) content were investigated. The hairy roots were cultured in photoperiod (16 h light/8 h dark) and darkness. Biomass of D. moldavica hairy roots was the highest (7.23 g flask^?1 of fresh weight and 0.89 g flask^?1 of dry weight) in the cultures grown in WP medium under periodic light. Ultra performance liquid chromatography analysis revealed the highest RA content (78 mg g^?1 dry wt) in roots cultured in ½B5 medium under photoperiod conditions. It was about tenfold higher compared to roots of field-grown mother plants. Antioxidant activities and total phenolic contents of methanolic extracts of D. moldavica hairy roots cultured in ½B5 and WP media under photoperiod and darkness and roots of field grown plants were compared. All extracts were investigated using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging and phosphomolybdenum reduction assays. Total phenolic contents were estimated by the Folin–Ciocalteu method. The methanolic extract of D. moldavica hairy roots grown in ½B5 medium under photoperiod possessed the strongest effects on reducing Mo and DPPH radical scavenging. The activities were significantly higher (p ≤ 0.05) than those of methanolic extract of roots of intact plants grown in the field. The most active methanolic extract of hairy roots was characterized by the highest level of rosmarinic acid and total content of phenolic compounds.     

Variation of alkaloid productivity among several clones of hairy roots and regenerated plants ofAtropa belladonna transformed withAgrobacterium rhizogenes 15834

Hairy root cultures ofAtropabelladonna were established by transformation withAgrobacterium rhizogenes 15834. Five clones of them were employed to study the production of hyoscyamine, the main constituent of the plant, together with other tropane alkaloids. The growth and alkaloid production of each clone were differently affected by basal liquid culture media tested. The transgenic plants regenerated from each clone of the hairy roots had different phenotypes and diverse alkaloid productivity both in the cultured condition and in productivitiy both in the cultured condition and in hydroponics.Abbreviations ANOVA analysis of variance - B5 medium Gamborg B5 medium - BA N⁶-benzyladenine - B.S. Balanced Solution - dw dry weight - EC electric conductivity - fw fresh weight - GC/MS gas chromatography-mass spectrometry - HPLC high performance liquid chromatography - MS medium Murashige and Skoog medium - NAA naphthalene-l-acetic acid - PCR polymerase chain reaction - SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate - TMS trimethylsilyl - WP medium Woody Plant medium