Improved taxol yield by aromatic carboxylic acid and amino acid feeding to cell cultures of taxus cuspidata

Cell culture of Taxus cuspidata represents an alternative to whole plant extraction as a source of taxol and related taxanes. Feeding phenylalanine to callus cultures was previously shown to result in increased taxol yields, probably due to the involvement of this amino acid as a precursor for the N-benzoylphenylisoserine side chain of taxol. Inthis study, we have examined the effect of various concentrations of phenylalanine, benzoic acid, N-benzoylglycine, serine, glycine, alanine, and 3-amino-3-phenyl-propionic acid on taxol accumulation in 2-year-old cell suspensions of Taxus cuspidata, cell line FCL1F, and in developing callus cultures of T. cuspidata. All compounds tested were included in media at stationary phase (suspensions) or after the period of fastest growth (calli). Alanine and 3-amino-3-phenyl-propionicacid were tested only in callus cultures and did not affect taxol accumulation. Significant increases or trends toward increases in taxol accumulationin callus and suspensions were observed in the presence of phenylalanine, benzoic acid, N-benzoylglycine, serine, and glycine. The greatest increases in taxol accumulation were observed in the presence of various concentrations of phenylalanine (1 mM for callus; 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2 mM for suspensions) and benzoic acid (0.2 and 1 mM for callus and 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2 mM for suspensions). Increases in taxol yields of cell suspensions in the presence of the most effective precursors brought taxol amounts at stationary phase from 2 mug . g(-1) to approximately 10 mug . g(-1) of the extracted dry weight. The results are discussed in termsof possible implications to taxol biosynthesis and in terms of practical applications to large-scale cell culture systems for the production ofthis drug. (c) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Cell cycle analysis of Taxus suspension cultures at the single cell level as an indicator of culture heterogeneity

Single cell growth and division was measured via flow cytometry in order to characterize the metabolic variability of Taxus cuspidata suspension cultures, which produce the valuable secondary metabolite Taxol. Good agreement was observed between the cell cycle distribution and biomass accumulation over the batch culture period. Specific growth rates of 0.13 days(-1) by fresh weight and 0.15 days(-1) by dry weight were measured. Elicitation with methyl jasmonate (MJ) significantly decreased both cell cycle progression and biomass accumulation, as the specific growth rate decreased to 0.027 days(-1) by fresh and dry weight. Despite the decrease in biomass accumulation for MJ elicited cultures, sucrose utilization was not significantly different from control cultures. MJ elicitation also increased the accumulation of paclitaxel and other taxanes. The accumulation of upstream taxanes (baccatin III and 10-deactylbaccatin III) increased during exponential growth, reached a maximum around day 12, and then declined throughout the stationary phase. The paclitaxel concentration increased during both exponential growth and stationary phase, reaching a maximum around days 20-25. Throughout the culture period, greater than 70% of the cells were in G(0)/G(1) phase of the cell cycle. Studies using bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation showed that approximately 65% of the Taxus cells are noncycling, even during exponential growth. Although the role of these cells is currently unknown, the presence of a large, noncycling subpopulation can have a significant impact on the utilization of plant cell culture technology for the large-scale production of paclitaxel. These results demonstrate that there is a high degree of metabolic heterogeneity in Taxus cuspidata suspension cultures. Understanding this heterogeneity is important for the optimization of plant cell cultures, particularly the reduction of production variability.     

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细茎石斛拟原球茎生长与有效成分积累的关系

目的 :研究细茎石斛拟原球茎生长规律及其与两种有效成分总生物碱和可溶性多糖积累的关系。方法 :采用液体静止培养方法培养细茎石斛拟原球茎 ,在一个周期 ( 60天 )内 ,每隔 1 0天取样 ,测定拟原球茎的鲜、干重 ,总生物碱含量和可溶性多糖含量。结果 :液体培养的细茎石斛拟原球茎生长曲线大致呈“S”型 ,拟原球茎经过 1 0d左右的延迟期后进入对数生长期 ,第 5 0d左右达到生长高峰 ,此后 ,生长缓慢 ,进入静止期。拟原球茎中总生物碱和可溶性多糖含量随着拟原球茎的生长逐渐积累 ,在培养的第 40d左右达到高峰 ,之后含量有所下降 ,这两种有效成分的积累与生长基本同步 ,且拟原球茎中两种有效成分的含量接近或超过野生植株茎中的含量。结论 :液体培养的细茎石斛拟原球茎生长曲线大致呈“S”型 ,总生物碱和可溶性多糖的积累与生长基本同步 ,且拟原球茎中两种有效成分的含量接近或超过野生植株茎中的含量     

Changes in the concentration of cAMP, fructose 2,6-bisphosphate and related metabolites and enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during growth on glucose

Changes in the concentration of several metabolites and enzymes related to carbohydrate metabolism were measured during the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on a mineral medium containing glucose as the limiting nutrient. When about 50% of the original glucose was used the exponential phase ended and the culture entered a 'transition' phase before the complete exhaustion of glucose. In this transition phase several metabolic changes occurred. cAMP, that decreased along growth, reached a constant value of about 0.7 nmol/g dry weight. A pronounced drop in fructose-6-phosphate-2-kinase activity and in the concentration of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate was observed accompanied by a less marked decrease in hexose monophosphates. Trehalase activity also dropped and reached a minimal value at the onset of the stationary phase when synthesis of trehalose began. Glycogen concentration and glycogen synthase activity increased sharply during the transition phase. Plasma membrane ATPase began to increase at the middle of the exponential phase and then, coincident with the glucose exhaustion, a 90% decrease in the measurable activity was observed.     

稀土元素对红豆杉细胞悬浮培养及紫杉醇合成的影响

研究了在250mL摇瓶中,不同浓度的硝酸镧、硫酸铈铵、硝酸亚铈3种稀土化合物对细胞生长及紫杉醇分泌和释放的影响。结果表明,在培养初期加入稀土元素。3种不同稀土化合物对细胞生长影响强弱不同,但趋势相似,均使细胞的延迟期缩短。1ppm的Ce^4 促进细胞生长的效果最明显。细胞干重第17d达到10.9g/L。在指数期加入稀土元素。10ppmCe^3 刺激细胞生长的效果最明显,细胞干重最高值达到11.5g/dL,比对照高1.5g/L,而10ppm的La^3 抑制细胞的生长。经稀土元素处理后,细胞胞内和胞外紫杉醇含量都有大幅度的提高,其中以10ppmCe^3 处理,胞外紫杉醇释放率最大,达37.7%。     

Uptake of 13C-glucose by cell suspensions of carrot (Daucus carota) measured by in vivo NMR: Cycling of triose-, pentose- and hexose-phosphates

After a lag phase of 2 days, batch-grown cells of carrot ( Daucus carota L.) cv. Flakkese entered the exponential growth phase and started to accumulate sucrose and hexoses. Short-term feeding ¹³C-glucose in this period resulted in only minor labelling of sucrose or fructose. CO₂ production from [1-¹³C]- and [6-¹³C]-glucose revealed, that at least 40% of the added glucose passed through the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (OPPP), up to 40% through glycolysis leaving only minor ¹³C-glucose for incorporation in various cell components in the exponential growth phase. After about 11 days of culture, the medium sugars were exhausted, cells entered the stationary growth phase and consumed stored sugar. Both neutral and acid invertase (EC 3.2.1.26) and sucrose synthase (EC 2.4.1.13) increased 50% from day 0 to days 11–13; thereafter their levels decreased again. Labelling with ¹³C-glucose resulted in the accumulation of labelled sucrose and fructose during the stationary growth phase. Sucrose labelling was transient, i.e. after 6 h its level started to decrease again. Labelled fructose, however, evolved slower and increased even after 8 h. In sucrose and fructose up to 20% of the ¹³C-label was exchanged from C-1 to C-6 carbons, indicating intensive cycling of at least 40% of the carbon between hexoses and triose phosphates. In the stationary phase only 10% of the labelled glucose passed through the OPPP and about 30% passed through the respiratory pathway; the remaining 60% was incorporated in cell constituents and sugars. Comparing the various cycles revealed that the regulation of the OPPP operated relatively independently from the cytosolic cycling of hexose phosphates through sucrose and from the cycling between hexose phosphates and triose phosphates.     

Influence of metal ions on the formation of mycobactin and salicylic acid in Mycobacterium smegmatis grown in static culture

Mycobacterium smegmatis was grown on trace-metal-free medium in static culture. Throughout the growth phase, the concentration of mycobactin increased continuously, reaching a maximum of about 30 to 40 mug of mycobactin/mg of cell dry weight after 6 days; the concentration of salicylic acid remained approximately constant at 1 to 2 mug of salicylic acid/mug of cell dry weight. Fe(2+) (or Fe(3+)), Zn(2+), Mn(2+), and Mg(2+) were all essential to a maximum formation of mycobactin. Optimum concentrations required were: Fe(2+), about 1.8 mum; Mn(2+) and Zn(2+), about 0.5 mum; and Mg(2+), at least 0.17 mm. Higher levels of Fe(2+) (9 to 90 mum) and Zn(2+) (2 to 7 mum) repressed mycobactin to about half the maximum value. No other cation or anion apparently is required for mycobactin biosynthesis. Salicylic acid concentration increased about fourfold when iron was omitted from the medium, but this is not as great as the increase reported previously for this strain of M. smegmatis. Mycobactin formation in another strain of M. smegmatis, NCIB 8548, showed similar dependencies on Fe(2+), Zn(2+), and Mn(2+). Maximum accumulation of mycobactin with this strain was 85 mug of mycobactin/mg of dry cell weight, under iron-deficient (1.8 mum Fe(2+)) conditions.     

Temporal accumulation of mannitol and arabitol in Geotrichum candidum

The temporal depletion and accumulation of polyols were investigated in the fungus Geotrichum candidum. The major intracellular polyols were tentatively identified by paper chromatography as mannitol and arabitol. Inositol was also present in small quantities, and trehalose was also detected in appreciable concentrations.Germination and vegetative growth depended on the type and concentration of the sole exogenous carbon source. Mannitol occurred in arthrospores at 9.4% of the dry weight after several days growth in 2% (w/v) glucose solid medium, and became depleted during germination and vegetative growth in liquid medium containing 2% (w/v) glucose, 2% (w/v) sodium acetate or 25% (w/v) glucose as sole carbon source. This hexitol latter accumulated during arthrosporulation. The depletion and accumulation of ethanol-soluble carbohydrate believed to be primarily trehalose was temporally similar to that of mannitol. Arabitol accumulated intracellularly during germination and vegetative growth in sodium acetate medium and 25% glucose medium. This pentitol was not detected intracellularly at any culture age during growth in 2% glucose medium.Prolonged incubation of the culture in 25% glucose medium after stationary phase was reached resulted in the gradual disappearance of arabitol from the arthrospores simultaneously with an increase in intracellular mannitol. In comparison, ethanol-soluble carbohydrate did not change with prolonged incubation in this medium.     

Effect of cultivation conditions on the accumulation of poly-beta-hydroxy-butyric acid in Rhizobium lupini]

The influence of the age of the culture and nitrogen source on the accumulation of poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid by different strains of Rhizobium lupini was studied. The accumulation depended on the age of the culture and reached maximum at the end of the logarithmic and at the beginning of the stationary phase of the bacterial growth (about 50-60% dry weight). The accumulation varied in relation to the nitrogen source used: it was the highest in the glutamate medium and the lowest on nitrate nitrogen; the culture grown on ammonium phosphate was intermediate.     

Accumulation of poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate in Spirulina platensis.

Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate has been identified in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. The addition of reduced carbon compounds to the growth medium was not required for poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate accumulation. Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate accumulated during exponential growth to 6% of the total dry weight and then decreased during the stationary phase.     

果糖和前体物质对紫杉醇生物合成的影响

研究了果糖和几种前体物质对东北红豆杉生产紫杉醇的影响,结果表明,在第12d加入6g/L果糖可以使紫杉醇产量增加63.89％,在糖协同的作用下,加入前体（0.05mmol/L乙酸钠,0.05mmol/L苯丙氨酸,0.1mmol/L苯甲酸钠）可显著提高紫杉醇的合成,同对照相比,含量分别增加49.36%、13.18%和64.26%,在第15d向培养基中加入0.05 mmol/L乙酸钠、0.1mmol/L苯甲酸钠、1mmol/L苯丙氨酸和6g/L果糖则使紫杉醇含量提高181.89％。     

Paclitaxel production is enhanced in suspension‐cultured hazel (Corylus avellana L.) cells by using a combination of sugar,precursor, and elicitor

Hazel (Corylus avellana L.) has recently been drawing attention as an alternative source of taxol. In the present study, the effects of sugar type, and different concentrations of phenylalanine (Phe) and vanadyl sulfate (V) on the production of taxol in C. avellana were investigated. A factorial experiment was used to optimize the concentrations of the precursor and elicitor. The cells were treated with Phe and V on the fourth day of culture and were harvested every 2 days until the 10th day. By increasing the Phe and V supply, taxol production increased during the culture period and the maximum level of 4.2 μg/g (dry weight) was obtained at day 10 by combining 3 μM of Phe and 0.05 and 0.1 mM of V in media supplemented with fructose (3%). The time course study on taxol production suggested that the appropriate time for using Phe is day 4 of culture, and day 8 for V. Overall, taxol production in C. avellana cell suspension culture was improved by the use of the combined strategy.     

美丽镰刀菌培养液对东北红豆杉悬浮细胞防御反应及紫杉醇合成的影响

美丽镰刀(Fusarium mairei)是一分离自南方红豆杉(Taxus chinensis var.mairei)的产紫杉醇内生真菌,用B5培养基培养6 d,去菌尘幺后制得美丽镰刀菌培养液,并从中提取其胞外多糖.研究了4%(V/V)美丽镰刀菌培养液及4%(W/V)胞外多糖两种处理,对东北红豆杉(T.cuspidata)悬浮细胞防御反应及紫杉醇合成的影响.结果表明:两种处理均能诱导东北红豆杉细胞的防御反应.但美丽镰刀菌培养液的影响明显大于胞外多特(P<0.05).另外,两种处理均可促进东北红豆杉细胞紫杉醇的合成与释放.美丽镰刀菌培养液处理得到的紫杉醇与其释放率分别是对照的2.5倍8.8倍,而胞外多糖处理得到的紫杉醇与其释放率则分别是对照的1.5倍与3倍.     

红豆杉细胞悬浮培养中不同添加物对细胞生长和紫杉醇合成的影响

采用正交实验检测红豆杉（Ｔａｘｕｓ ｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ（Ｐｉｌｇｅｒ）Ｒｅｈｄ．）细胞悬浮培养中水杨酸、Ｄ－果糖、甘露醇和硫酸镧对细胞生长和紫杉醇（ｔａｘｏｌ）积累的影响。添加１０ｇ／ＬＤ－果糖,可使细胞的鲜重和干重明显增加;添加６０ｇ／Ｌ甘露醇使细胞的鲜重和干重明显减少;１ｍｇ／Ｌ水杨酸仅使细胞鲜重增加,对干重影响不明显;硫酸镧对细胞生长无明显影响。单独添加这４种物质,紫杉醇含量均下降,同时添加     

Enhanced taxol production and release in Taxus chinensis cell suspension cultures with selected organic solvents and sucrose feeding

Suspension culture of Taxus chinensis cells was carried out in aqueous-organic two-phase systems for the production and in situ solvent extraction of taxol (paclitaxel). Three organic solvents, hexadecane, decanol, and dibutylphthalate, were tested at 5-20% (v/v) in the culture liquid. All of these solvents stimulated taxol release and the yield per cell, though decanol and higher concentrations of the other two solvents depressed biomass growth significantly. Ten percent dibutylphthalate was the optimal solvent for improving taxol production and release with minimal cell growth inhibition. The time of solvent addition to the culture also affected taxol production, with the addition during the late-log growth phase being most favorable. By feeding sucrose to the culture near the stationary growth phase, the cell growth and taxol production period was extended from 27 to 42 days. The combining of the two-phase culture and sucrose feeding increased the taxol yield by about 6-fold compared with the single-phase batch culture, to 36.0 +/- 3.5 mg/L, with up to 63% taxol released. This study shows that in situ solvent extraction combined with nutrient feeding is an effective process strategy for production and recovery of secondary metabolites in plant cell suspension culture.     

Carbon assimilation in carrot cells in liquid culture

Assimilation of carbohydrates by carrot (Daucus carota L. cv Danvers) cells in liquid culture was studied to delineate the major metabolic pathways used in transformation of external carbohydrates to UDP-glucose. The cells grown on either sucrose or glucose for several years proved equally capable of utilizing each of these sugars. Sucrose was rapidly hydrolyzed extracellularly to glucose and fructose, and glucose was preferentially taken up. Uptake of fructose was slower and delayed until glucose was nearly depleted from the medium. Concentrations of cellular sugars, mainly glucose and sucrose, increased during late logarithmic phase of growth and decreased during the plateau phase. Continuous labeling of the cells with d-[¹⁴C]glucose resulted in rapid accumulation of radioactivity in glucose-6-phosphate and UDP-glucose. Because there was virtually no uptake of sucrose, UDP-glucose was likely derived from glucose-1-phosphate in a reaction catalyzed by UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and not directly from sucrose. Concentrations of major nucleotides and nucleotide sugars were maximal during the early logarithmic phase of growth and decreased several-fold in the stationary phase. A modified `energy charge' for adenylates calculated with the omission of AMP decreased steadily from 0.9 to 0.8 during the course of culture cycle. An analogous uracil nucleotide ratio was considerably lower (0.85) during early culture, decreased to about 0.7 for the entire logarithmic phase, and returned to initial values as cells entered stationary phase. The uracil nucleotide ratio may provide a useful index to assess the coupling between the energy available in phosphoanhydride bond in adenine nucleotides and the demand for sugar for polysaccharide synthesis through uridine diphosphate-sugar pools.     

Influence of the carbon source on growth and rosmarinic acid production in suspension cultures of Coleus blumei

Suspension cultures of Coleus blumei were characterized with respect to growth and rosmarinic acid formation in media with different sugars and various sugar concentrations. Sucrose is the sugar with the highest stimulating effect on growth and rosmarinic acid accumulation, followed by glucose and fructose. The sugar alcohol mannitol cannot be metabolized by the plant cells. Sucrose is cleaved into glucose and fructose by the Coleus cells. Sucrose concentrations from 1 to 5% have an increasing positive effect on growth and rosmarinic acid synthesis in the cell cultures with a maximum rosmarinic acid content of 12% of the dry weight in medium with 5% sucrose; in medium with 6% sucrose rosmarinic acid accumulation obviously did not reach its highest level in the culture period of 14 days. A very high yield of rosmarinic acid (2 mg ml^-1 suspension) could also be achieved by maintaining a sucrose concentration of 2% during the whole culture period. The start of rosmarinic acid synthesis by the cell cultures seems to be regulated by the growth limitation when a nutrient, e.g. phosphate is depleted from the medium. The rate of rosmarinic acid accumulation is related to the amount of carbon left in the medium when growth ceases.Abbreviations RA rosmarinic acid     

青蒿毛状根生长、青蒿素合成以及 营养物消耗的动力学

诱导产生的青蒿毛状根培养物置于MS培养基(含30 g/L蔗糖)进行悬浮培养,并对悬浮培养过程中毛状根生长、青蒿素合成、蔗糖、磷酸盐和不同氮源的消耗、pH和电导率的动力学过程进行分析。经30 d培养,生物量干重和青蒿素产量分别达到13.7 g/L和0.23 g/L,碳源和氮源在培养过程中被逐渐利用,而磷酸盐的利用速率最快,培养至15 d所有的磷酸盐均被吸收,pH在培养初期降低,后又逐渐上升,电导率由于毛状根生长对无机离子的吸收而逐渐减低。     

Occurrence of Poly-β-Hydroxybutyrate in the Azotobacteriaceae

Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) from various representative strains of the genera Azotobacter, Beijerinckia, and Derxia was isolated and characterized. During growth in shake culture, with glucose as a carbon and energy source, and molecular nitrogen as a nitrogen source, increase in dry weight appeared linear, and PHB formed a constant percentage of the dry weight. In a medium containing 1% (w/v) glucose, PHB declined with the onset of the stationary phase of growth; with 2% (w/v) glucose, an increase in PHB content during stationary phase was noted in the case of some strains, before a subsequent decline. The decrease in PHB as a percentage of dry cellular weight (not of total amount present in the culture) during growth of some strains with 2% as opposed to 1% (w/v) glucose may be ascribed to a greater production of capsular polysaccharide. PHB content could not be used as a taxonomic criterion. Strain differences were as great as or greater than species differences. The only strain of Beijerinckia fluminensis obtained contained PHB, but it could not be grown on the nitrogen-free medium used. Two species of the genus Azotomonas, reported to be aerobic, nonsymbiotic nitrogen-fixers, did not grow on the nitrogen-free medium used and did not produce PHB during growth with a combined nitrogen source.