石蒜儿茶酚氧位甲基转移酶基因克隆与原核表达

采用同源克隆与RACE相结合的方法,首次从石蒜叶片中克隆到可能与加兰他敏生物合成相关的儿茶酚氧位甲基转移酶基因,命名为LrCOMT。核酸序列分析显示,该cDNA全长1 246bp,开放阅读框1 101bp,编码366氨基酸。氨基酸序列分析与比对发现,LrCOMT编码的氨基酸序列具有COMT蛋白的特征区域,且与鸢尾、玉米、烟草等植物COMT的同源性大于60%。将LrCOMT基因连接到原核表达载体pET-29a上,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)的原核表达结果显示,重组蛋白受IPTG诱导表达,分子量大小约为40kD,与已报道的其他植物COMT大小基本一致。     

New rapid validated HPTLC method for the determination of galanthamine in Amaryllidaceae plant extracts

The work reported in this paper aims at developing an accurate, specific, repeatable and robust HPTLC method for the determination of galanthamine in different Amaryllidaceae plant extracts.     

一个新的忽地笑O-甲基转移酶基因的克隆与原核表达

采用RACE技术克隆得到一个新的忽地笑O-甲基转移酶（OMT）基因,命名为LaOMT。LaOMT的cDNA序列为1379 bp,开放阅读框1077 bp,预测编码蛋白包含358个氨基酸。序列比对分析发现, LaOMT编码的蛋白序列具有依赖于S-腺苷-L-甲硫氨酸（SAM）的高度保守的结构域,与葡萄、大豆等其他植物OMTs蛋白的相似性为50%左右。将LaOMT基因连接到原核表达载体pET28a上,转化大肠杆菌Rosetta （DE3）的SDS-PAGE电泳结果显示,重组蛋白受异丙基硫代半乳糖苷（IPTG）诱导表达,分子量大小约为45 kDa,与已报导的其他植物的OMTs蛋白大小基本一致。此外,半定量RT-PCR分析结果表明, LaOMT在忽地笑的叶、鳞茎、根和花中均有表达,其中花中的表达量最低。     

超声波法提取野生石蒜中加兰他敏

石蒜是我国丰富的野生资源之一,其鳞茎富含重要药用成分加兰他敏。为了获得石蒜中加兰他敏的超声波提取方法,以野生石蒜为原料,用乙醇作提取剂,探讨了超声波提取加兰他敏的工艺条件,并与常规溶剂法进行了比较。分析了料液比、超声波功率、提取温度、提取时间、提取次数等因素对加兰他敏提取效果的影响,运用正交实验L9(34)确定了最佳提取工艺条件。结果显示,超声波提取加兰他敏的最佳工艺条件为:料液比1:6,超声波功率250 W,提取温度60℃,提取时间1.5 h,提取2次;加兰他敏的提取率为94.6%,产率为0.0543%;提取物中加兰他敏含量为15.53%。与常规溶剂法相比,超声波法具有用时少、提取率高、提取次数少等优点,整体效果优于常规溶剂法。     

忽地笑愈伤组织培养条件对加兰他敏合成的影响

研究了忽地笑次生代谢产物加兰他敏的合成以及各种理化因子对加兰他敏合成的影响。结果表明,蔗糖是忽地笑愈伤组织培养的最佳碳源,而且在90 g/L浓度培养下加兰他敏含量最高,达到0.068%;附加500 mg/L苯丙氨酸前体物也可提高加兰他敏产量。酪氨酸和水杨酸不利于加兰他敏的积累。此外,2,4-D和浓度高于0.5 mg/L的NAA、IBA抑制加兰他敏的合成,但高浓度的6-BA却对加兰他敏的合成起促进作用。     

Effect of sucrose on growth and galanthamine production in shoot-clump cultures of Narcissus confusus in liquid-shake medium

In order to produce galanthamine, an alkaloid currently being tested in Alzheimer's disease therapy, we have used in vitro organ cultures of Narcissus confusus (Amaryllidaceae) plants starting from two different explants: double scale segments with basal plate from bulbs (organogenic cultures), and mature seeds (callogenic-organogenic cultures). Shoot-clumps were induced from buds obtained from twin-scales and from organogenic calluses on a MS medium supplemented with 1 mg l⁻¹ 2,4-D and 5 mg l⁻¹ BA. Shoot-clumps were then developed partially submerged in a liquid medium. After one month of precondition, the shoot-clumps were cultured in liquid media with different concentrations of sucrose, from 3% to 18% (w/v) for 14 days. The growth of the regenerated plants treated with 9% sucrose was significantly greater. Under a photoperiod 16 h light/8 h dark, the shoot-clump cultures subjected to the two highest sucrose concentrations gave rise to higher dry weight/fresh weight ratios. Different doses of sucrose affected not only the alkaloid profile in the shoot-clump tissues but also that excreted to the medium. In all cases, shoot cultures of N. confusus were capable of galanthamine biosynthesis, with the best results at 9% sucrose concentration. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Nicotinic Agonists, Antagonists, and Modulators From Natural Sources

1. Acetylcholine receptors were initially defined as nicotinic or muscarinic, based on selective activation by two natural products, nicotine and muscarine. Several further nicotinic agonists have been discovered from natural sources, including cytisine, anatoxin, ferruginine, anabaseine, epibatidine, and epiquinamide. These have provided lead structures for the design of a wide range of synthetic agents.2. Natural sources have also provided competitive nicotinic antagonists, such as the Erythrina alkaloids, the tubocurarines, and methyllycaconitine. Noncompetitive antagonists, such as the histrionicotoxins, various izidines, decahydroquinolines, spiropyrrolizidine oximes, pseudophrynamines, ibogaine, strychnine, cocaine, and sparteine have come from natural sources. Finally, galanthamine, codeine, and ivermectin represent positive modulators of nicotinic function, derived from natural sources.3. Clearly, research on acetylcholine receptors and functions has been dependent on key natural products and the synthetic agents that they inspired.     

In sito galanthamine extraction during the cultivation of Leucojum aestivum L. shoot culture in two‐phase bubble column cultivation system

Two‐phase bioreactor cultivation system was developed and applied for in sito recovery of extracellular galanthamine during the cultivation of Leucojum aestivum L. shoot culture in a modified column bioreactor system. The inclusion of an external circulation column with adsorbent resin Amberlite XAD‐4 as a second phase, on the 21st day of the beginning of cultivation resulted in 1.25 folds increase in biomass accumulation and maximal amounts of accumulated galanthamine of 6 mg/L (3.1 mg/L intracellular and 2.9 mg/L extracellular). It was demonstrated that the inclusion of a second phase at the cultivation of the L. aestivum shoot culture in a bubble column bioreactor with internal sections redirected the alkaloid metabolism to galanthamine synthesis and inhibits the synthesis of hemanthamine and lycorine type alkaloids. Our research demonstrated that the application of the two‐phase cultivation systems could be an important tool to increase the yields of valuable secondary metabolites in plant tissue culture‐based bioprocess.     

Elicitation of galanthamine production by leucojum aestivum shoots grown in temporary immersion system

The influence of different elicitors (copper sulfate, silver nitrate, salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate), on both the growth and alkaloid production of Leucojum aestivum shoots grown in a temporary immersion system was studied. Seven Amaryllidaceae alkaloids and three protoalkaloids were quantitatively determined by GC‐MS analysis in leaves and bulblets, separately. Methyl jasmonate was found to significantly improve the production of galanthamine (GAL) in both leaves and bulblets. The content of GAL released to the liquid nutrient medium was also measured. The release of GAL into the liquid medium took place mainly in the first 2 weeks determined by harvesting the liquid nutrient medium after 2 weeks and measuring the GAL content (1st subculturing step). © 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 29: 311–318, 2013