Two forms of O-methyltransferase in tobacco cell suspension culture

An S-adenosyl-l-methionine: o-dihydric phenol O-methyltransferase was isolated from tobacco cell suspension culture and was partially purified by (NH₄)₂SO₄ precipitation and successive chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose, Sephacryl S-200 and hydroxyapatite columns. It catalysed the O-methylation of 3 cinnamic acids, two coumarins and two flavonoids, but to different extents. Results obtained from polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, m-/p-methylation ratios and mixed substrate experiments indicated the existence of two forms of the enzyme which were resolved by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. One form (MW 74000, pI 6.1, opt. pH 7.3) catalysed the meta-methylation of caffeic acid, while the other (MW 70000, pI 6.3, opt. pH 8.3) mediated the para-methylation of quercetin, though each form exhibited some activity against other substrates.     

Properties of peroxidases from tobacco cell suspension culture

An enzyme preparation from suspension cultured tobacco cells oxidized IAA only in the presence of added cofactors, Mn²⁺ and 2,4-dichlorophenol, and showed two pH optima for the oxidation at pH 4·5 and 5·5. Effects of various phenolic compounds and metal ions on IAA oxidase activity were examined. The properties of seven peroxidase fractions separated by column chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and CM-Sephadex, were compared. The peroxidases were different in relative activity toward o-dianisidine and guaiacol. All the peroxidases catalysed IAA oxidation in the presence of added cofactors. The pH optima for guaiacol peroxidation were very similar among the seven isozymes, but the optima for IAA oxidation were different. The anionic and neutral fractions showed pH optima near pH 5·5, but the cationic isozymes showed optima near pH 4·5. With guaiacol as hydrogen donor, an anionic peroxidase (A-1) and a cationic peroxidase (C-4) were very different in H₂O₂ concentration requirements for their activity. Peroxidase A-1 was active at a wide range of H₂O₂ concentrations, while peroxidase C-4 showed a more restricted H₂O₂ requirement. Gel filtration and polyacrylamide gel studies indicated that the three cationic peroxidases have the same molecular weight.     

Comparison of isoperoxide patterns in tobacco cell culture and in the intact plant

Analysis by ion-exchange chromatography of the enzymes from cultured tobacco cells and root or leaf tissues of the tobacco plant revealed that the cultured cells contain exclusively cationic peroxidases and the leaf tissues mainly anionic and neutral peroxidases.     

Position specificity of an o-dihydroxycoumarin glucosyltransferase from tobacco cell suspension culture

A partially purified UDP-glucose: o-dihydroxycoumarin glucosyltransferase from tobacco cell culture required an intact coumarin ring system with o-dihydroxy groups for highest activity. The enzyme exhibited strict position specificity towards the 7-OH group of both esculetin and daphnetin with the formation of cichoriin and daphnin, respectively. The apparent K_m values were 111 and 95 μM, while the V_max for esculetin was 26.4 pkat/mg protein.     

Effect of norleucine on growth,protein and catechol oxidase synthesis in tobacco suspension cultures

Tobacco cells were grown in artificial media with defined amino acid composition. In such media, the addition of methionine or norleucine caused increases in the specific activity of the catechol oxidase, while in the normal medium norleucine depressed it. The differences of the effect of norleucine on synthesis of catechol oxidase and on cell growth is demonstrated, as is the reversibility of the norleucine effect by methionine. The incorporation of norleucine into a purified enzyme fraction is shown. The change in the electrophoretic patterns of the enzyme during growth in the absence and presence of norleucine was followed. [¹⁴C]-Leucine incorporation by control and norleucine treated cells was examined and it was shown that protein synthesis in the norleucine treated cells was markedly changed and total incorporation reduced. Incorporation into soluble protein was reduced, but increased in the 20 000 g precipitate fraction. Nevertheless use of autoradiography indicates that some catechol oxidase is apparently synthesised in the presence of norleucine.     

Phosphodiesterases of tobacco cell cultures and the intact plant

Tobacco cells grown in suspension culture contained a higher specific activity of acid phosphodiesterase than tissues of the intact plant. The activity of the cells increased with age. The presence of alkaline phosphodiesterase both in the cultured cells and the intact plant was demonstrated, and the properties were partially characterized.     

Purification and properties of acid phosphatase from cultured tobacco cells

One component of acid phosphatase was purified from cultured tobacco cells. The purified enzyme was homogeneous on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with or without sodium dodecyl sulfate. The enzyme possesses high activity toward nucleoside di- and triphosphate, much less activity toward nucleoside monophosphates and sugar esters. The MWs of the phosphatase determined by Sephadex G-100 gel filtration and dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis were 74000 and 76000, respectively. The phosphatase showed high affinity for concanavalin A-Sepharose and single superimposed bands of protein and carbohydrate on gel electrophoresis, suggesting that it is a glycoprotein.     

Conditioning of the culture medium by suspension cells and formation of somatic proembryo in Araucaria angustifolia (coniferae)

Summary Cell masses of Araucaria angustifolia cultured in LP liquid medium showed different uptake and utilization patterns for different sugars. Fructose was slowly utilized by cell growth during the lag phase. After this lag period, fructose concentration decreased quickly, corresponding to the start of linear growth. Glucose rapidly decreased following fructose depletion. The level of extracellular proteins in the culture medium increased for the first 5 d after cell inoculation, during the transition from the lag phase to the high-growth phase. The pH of the medium decreased through the first half of the culture period (4.94) and increased (5.6) thereafter. Proembryos originated from a single cell, without a cleavage process. Suspensor cells and proembryonal groups developed independently. Only embryogenic cells divided and formed a suspensor or a proembryo group, which differentiated further along the longitudinal axis. The pathway observed for proembryo formation in Araucaria differs from the model proposed for other conifers, which show cleavage polyembryony.     

一次性生物反应器悬浮培养HEK293细胞生产Ad-IFNγ的工艺

腺病毒载体是极具发展前景的基因治疗载体之一,为获得一条新型腺病毒规模化生产工艺,研究采用5 L振荡激流式一次性生物反应器悬浮培养HEK293细胞来生产重组腺病毒载体。细胞经种子链逐步扩增后,接种至AP10生物反应器,采用CD293无血清培养基流加培养悬浮HEK293细胞,细胞密度达约2.0×106个/m L时,以30 MOI(Multiplicity of infection)感染重组Ad-IFNγ(Recombinant adenovirus-interferon gamma),48 h后收获细胞,3次冻融裂解离心收获上清病毒粗产品。采用壳蛋白免疫法快速测定粗产品滴度。结果表明,采用振荡激流式一次性生物反应器,流加HEK293细胞悬浮培养6 d,密度可达2.0×106个/m L,Ad-IFNγ粗产量达1.49×1013 IFU(Infectious unit),单细胞包装量达3 800 IFU/cell。采用阴离子交换层析法纯化重组腺病毒,回收率35.9%。建立了利用5 L激流式一次性生物反应器悬浮培养HEK293细胞生产重组腺病毒载体Ad-IFNγ的初步工艺。     

石竹细胞悬浮培养研究

石竹细胞继代周期为 7d时 ,悬浮细胞培养系生长最快 ,生长率最高 ,而且培养物中胚性细胞较多 ,并能保持较快的分裂和生长 ,能促进已形成的大细胞团的生长和分化。转代时接种物与新鲜培养基的体积比以1∶2较好 ,悬浮系细胞生长最快 ,生长率最高 ,以 1∶2和 1∶3的高倍稀释接种有利于胚性细胞的形成及产生小的胚性细胞团 ,对悬浮系添加椰乳和水解乳蛋白的混合物 ,可较大幅度地提高悬浮细胞系的生长速率 ,单独添加上述两种物质的效果均不如二者的综合效应好。在 6种不同激素组合中 ,配方 2 (2 ,4 D 1 .5mg/L +NAA0 .5mg/L +6 BA 0 .5mg/L)最好 ,生长率最高。配方 5 (2 ,4 D 1 .5mg/L +NAA 0 .5mg/L +6 BA 1 .0mg/L)其次 ;配方 1 (2 ,4 D 1 .0mg/L +NAA 0 .5mg/L +6 BA 0 .5mg/L)次之。     

α-Acid degradation by suspension culture cells of humulus lupulus

In a suspension culture of Humulus lupulus hop α-acids could not be detected. However, the culture was shown to have an in vivo ability to degrade exogenous α-acids and related compounds. It is shown that this is due to peroxidase with a rate constant for α-acid degradation of 2.7 × 10⁴/M · sec.     

巫山淫羊藿愈伤组织细胞的悬浮培养条件优化的初步研究

通过研究接种量、激素配比、糖浓度、培养基种类对巫山淫羊藿悬浮培养细胞生长及其愈伤组织黄酮类含量的影响,建立了巫山淫羊藿细胞悬浮培养的技术体系.结果表明:巫山淫羊藿愈伤组织细胞悬浮培养在B5基本培养基中并附加1.0 mg·L-12,4-D和0.2 mg· L-1BA,蔗糖浓度40 g·L-1,接种量每30 mL为鲜重2 ...     

Caffeic acid-O-methyltransferase in a suspension of cell aggregates of tobacco

Aggregates of tobacco cells in suspension in 2,4-D (10^?6 M) and kinetin (10^?5 M) cultures were fractionated by size, then their O-methyltransferase (OMT) activities were assayed. Only the kinetin culture showed high OMT activity, which was higher in the larger than the smaller aggregates at all stages of cell growth. The contents of phenolic acids were also greater in the larger cell aggregates in the kinetin culture. However, when the kinetin cultured cells were transferred to a medium containing 10^?6 M of 2,4-D, the relationships between the cell size of the aggregates and OMT, lignin and the phenolic acids disappeared. The importance of kinetin and cell association for OMT and the subsequent lignification of the cells is discussed.     

The effect of cadmium on cell cycle control in suspension culture cells of soybean

Heavy metals inhibit plant growth. This proces may be directly or indirectly connected with mechanisms regulating cell division. We analyzed the effect of Cd²⁺ on cell cycle progression in partially synchronized soybean (Glycine max) cell suspension culture and followed the expression of cell cycle genes (cyclin B1 and cyclin-dependent kinase A - CDK-A). We have checked the hypothesis that Cd²⁺-induced impairment of cell division is connected with DNA damage. The [³H]-thymidine incorporation in cell cultures synchronized either with hydroxyurea (HU) or phosphate starvation have shown, that Cd²⁺ strongly affects the S phase of soybean cell cycle, by causing the earlier entry of cells into S phase and by decreasing the rate of DNA synthesis. RT-PCR analysis indicated that Cd²⁺ decreases the level of cyclin B1 mRNA and has no effect on CDK-A mRNA. The result of comet assay indicated the damaging effect of Cd²⁺ on DNA of soybean cells. We suggest that Cd²⁺ affects plant cell cycle at two major checkpoints: the G1/S — by damaging of DNA, and G2/M - by decreasing the level of cyclin B1 mRNA     

An arabinoxyloglucan from extracellular polysaccharides of suspension-cultured tobacco cells

An arabinoxyloglucan (AXG) isolated from extracellular polysaccharide of suspension-cultured tobacco cells was investigated by methylation analysis, partial acid hydrolysis and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. It was found that the AXG is structurally similar to that isolated from the midrib of tobacco leaves.     

Glutathione in conditioned media of tobacco suspension cultures

Conditioned media of suspension cultures of Nicotiana tabacum var. Samsun contain 0.15-0.20 mmol/l glutathione. These concentrations correspond closely to the intracellular content of glutathione and represent about three to four times the amount of glutathione needed to maintain the intracellular level of glutathione. In contrast to the GSH:GSSG ratio inside the cells, the amount of GSSG in the media rises to 20% of the GSH content.     

几种生理因子对印楝细胞悬浮培养生长的影响

通过研究不同生理因子对印楝悬浮细胞生长的影响 ,建立了一种快速生长的印楝细胞悬浮培养体系。结果表明 ,在添加了 6 BA 0 .8mg/L、NAA 0 .8mg/L、蔗糖 3 0 g/L且初始 pH值为 5 .8的MS培养液中 ,以 60g/L的接种量进行印楝细胞的悬浮培养 ,细胞生长速率可达 4.49g/L·d。     

茅苍术愈伤组织诱导及其细胞悬浮培养研究

采用正交试验法研究了不同的植物生长调节剂对茅苍术叶柄、叶片和根茎愈伤组织诱导的影响,结果表明,不同外植体在各自的最佳培养条件下,叶柄、叶片和根茎愈伤组织的诱导率分别为99.0%、83.5%和71.5%,以叶柄的培养效果最好,其中2,4-D对茅苍术愈伤组织的诱导具有极显著的效果,在各种植物生长调节剂组合中,诱导叶柄愈伤组织形成的最佳组合为0.4mg·L-1NAA、4.0mg·L-12,4-D和0.4mg·L-1KT,培养20d左右,诱导率达到99.0%。此外,将茅苍术叶柄细胞悬浮培养至18d时,细胞量、多糖和苍术素的含量均达到最大值,分别为9.07g·L-1、15.68mg·L-1和19.62ug·L-1。