Separation of a tungus producing taxol

An endogenous filariform fungus has been separated from a tree named Taxus growing in the Aba region, Sichuan, China. The fungus is fermented in fluid medium for 3 weeks at 25℃, then the HPLC and MALDI-TOF analysis of the zymotic fluid show that the zymotic fluid contains taxol. So it is a fungus which can produce taxol. It is named Taxomyces sp. temporarily.     

云南红豆杉离体胚的培养

在MS培养基上生长的云南红豆杉离体胚的萌发率较高,达80％;成熟种子胚的萌发率高于未成熟胚;胚的萌发率随着种子贮存时间的延长而下降;胚乳有助于胚的萌发。胚培养1个月左右可获得正常的红豆杉幼苗,成苗率15％～20％。幼苗中的紫杉醇含量为0.004％,远远低于成年树皮中紫杉醇的含量(0.02％)。     

中国红豆杉紫杉烯合酶cDNA的分离、表达和鉴定

紫杉烯合酶是一种二萜环化酶,催化牛儿基牛儿基焦磷酸形成紫杉醇生物合成过程中的中间体紫杉烯.利用PCR扩增同源探针筛选cDNA文库,克隆了一个编码中国红豆杉(Taxus chinensis (Pilg.) Rehd.)紫杉烯合酶3′端的2 151 bp的cDNA片段,也通过PCR扩增得到了该基因5′端的611 bp的cDNA片段,将这两个cDNA片段拼接在一起,得到长2 712 bp的cDNA片段,具有一个2 586个碱基的开放阅读框架(ORF),编码包括质体转移肽在内的共862个氨基酸残基;该酶与太平洋红豆杉紫杉烯合酶有97%的同源性(identity),与其他植物萜类环化酶也有较高的同源性.利用融合表达载体pET-32a在大肠杆菌BL21trxB中表达,所表达的融合蛋白以包含体形式存在.包含体经过变性、复性和再折叠,利用His残基亲和凝胶柱层析得到融合的紫杉烯合酶.用毛细管气相色谱-质谱联用对酶促反应产物进行分析,结果表明,融合的紫杉烯合酶能催化产生4(5),11(12)-紫杉烯.     

Taxol-induced apoptotic cell death in suspension cultures of Taxus cuspidata

Taxol caused apoptotic cell death of Taxus cuspidata in suspension cultures. Typical morphological and biochemical changes of apoptosis were observed by microscopy and total DNA agarose gel electrophoresis. Taxus cuspidata responded to the added Taxol by increasing the biosynthesis of Taxol. The percentage of apoptotic cells in total cells increased with the concentration of added Taxol. With Taxol added at 10 mg l^–1, the maximum concentration of Taxol produced was 23 mg l^–1, 3 times higher than that of the control culture.     

悬浮培养红豆杉细胞活力及存活率与生长周期的关系

用TTC法制定红豆杉细胞活力,用中性红测细胞存活率,探讨生长周期中细胞活力及存活率的变化规律。结果显示延迟期细胞活力最强,对数生长期活力较低,稳定期活力最低;而细胞存活率在整个周期中基本保持在70%-80%。     

Superoxide anion burst and taxol production induced by Ce in suspension cultures of Taxus cuspidata

Generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by Ce⁴⁺ in suspension cultures of Taxus cuspidata was investigated. The burst of superoxide anions (O₂√⁻) occurred rapidly after the addition of Ce⁴⁺ and reached maximum at 4.3 h, while the total level of the cellular reactive oxygen species maintained unchanged. The intracellular superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) were activated while the intra/extracellular peroxidases (PODs) were inhibited accompanying the O₂√⁻ burst. The pretreatment of the suspension cultures with diphenylene iodonium (DPI), a suicide inhibitor of the NADPH oxidase, blocked the O₂√⁻ burst, inhibiting the cell apoptosis and taxol production induced by Ce⁴⁺. These results show that NADPH oxidase played a key role in O₂√⁻ burst and O₂√⁻ served as a mediator of Ce⁴⁺ for cell apoptosis and taxol production. The pretreatments of the suspension cultures with anthracene-9-carboxylate, an ion-channel blocker, nifedipine, a Ca²⁺-channel blocker, neomycin, a phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor, or suramin, a G-protein inhibitor, decreased O₂√⁻ burst induced by Ce⁴⁺. It is thus inferred that Ce⁴⁺-induced O₂√⁻ burst, which mediated cell apoptosis and taxol production by activating the ion-channels, PLC, G-proteins and NADPH oxidase.     

溶氧水平对红豆杉细胞悬浮培养的影响研究

紫杉醇 (Ｔａｘｏｌ)是源自红豆杉提取物的一种高度衍生化的二萜类化合物 ,临床实验结果表明紫杉醇对于卵巢癌、乳腺癌、胃肠道癌等具有明显的抗肿瘤活性[1] ,因而受到世界各国的广泛关注 ,并已被美国食品与药品管理局 (ＦＤＡ)批准用于卵巢癌与乳腺癌的治疗[2 ] 。到目前为止紫杉醇仍然主要从树皮中提取 ,但由于红豆杉生长缓慢 ,天然资源非常有限 ,加快其替代来源的研究势在必行。利用植物细胞悬浮培养生产紫杉醇作为一种可行的选择 ,近年来取得了较大的进展[3 ,4 ] 。本文研究了摇瓶及 2 0 Ｌ反应器培养过程的溶氧水平对细胞生长及紫杉醇…     

红豆杉营养器官的解剖学研究

通过对红豆杉营养器官的解剖学研究,阐明其根、茎、叶的结构特征,为红豆杉的开发利用研究提供了解剖学依据。研究结果表明红豆杉营养器官具有以下特征：（1）根、茎、叶中均无树脂道;（2）根、茎皮层中均有含单宁类物质的细胞分布;（3）根、茎中均有石细胞分布,（4）叶气孔器为双环型,略内陷;（5）根为二原型,（6）幼根的内皮层具凯氏带加厚,中柱鞘细胞富含单宁类物质;（7）根的次生维管组织中射线发达。     

红豆杉资源与紫杉醇生产概况

红豆杉属（ＴａｘｕｓＬ．）植物全世界共１１种,分布于北半球的温带至亚热带地区。我国有４种１变种,即：东北红豆杉（Ｔ．ｃｕｓｐｉｄａｔａＳｉｅｂ．ｅｔＺｕｃ．）、云南红豆杉（Ｔ．ｙｕｎｎａｎｅｎｓｉｓＣｈｅｎｇｅｔＬ．Ｋ．Ｆｕ）、西藏红豆杉（Ｔ．ｗａｌｉｃｈｉａｎａＺｕｃｃ．）、中国红豆杉〔Ｔ．ｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ（Ｐｉｌｇｅｒ）Ｒｅｈｄ．〕和南方红豆杉〔Ｔ．ｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｉｓｖａｒ．ｍａｉｒｅｉ（ＬｅｍｅｅｅｔＬéｖｌ．）ＣｈｅｎｇｅｔＬ．Ｋ．Ｆｕ〕,分布于我国大部分地区,较为集中的产区为东北、西南和华东地区。云南省是我国红豆杉资源的主要分布区域。红豆杉树皮中含有新型抗癌药物紫杉醇,近年来,由于过度砍剥致使我国红豆杉野生资源遭到严重破坏。因此必须制定保护措施,进行人工种植。由于紫杉醇在红豆杉中含量甚微,结构异常复杂,所以研究紫杉醇的新来源成为世界性的热点,主要研究内容包括：非树皮部分的提取,人工大量种植,衍生物的寻找,化学合成和生物技术等。我国在以上研究领域内已取得多项成果,但与世界先进国家相比还有一定的差距,有待深入研究     

The dendrochronological potential of modern yew (Taxus baccata) with special reference to yew from Hampton Court Palace, UK

Modern yew ( Taxus baccata ) is demonstrated to have considerable potential for dendrochronological use. A replicated 303 yr chronology has been formed from Hampton Court Palace yew and cross-matches well with a number of different tree species, including oak. Growth is positively correlated with rainfall but inversely related to late summer temperature. Range limits and present and prehistoric sources of yew are also briefly discussed, highlighting the future potential of yew to become the third major tree species for British dendrochronological study.