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%。     

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％。     

南方红豆杉组织培养及紫杉醇的产生

南方红豆杉茎段愈伤组织在不同基本培养基及激素组合的培养基上,其平均鲜重生物量具显著差异,而干重生物量无差异。适宜浓度的ＮＡＡ可以取代常用的、但致癌活的２,４－Ｄ。     

The induction of taxol production in the endophytic fungus—Periconia sp from Torreya grandifolia

A Periconia sp was isolated from Torreya grandifolia (a relative of yew that does not synthesize taxol) near Huangshan National Park in the People’s Republic of China. This fungus, not previously known as a tree endophyte, was isolated from the inner bark of a small lower limb. When freshly isolated from the tree and placed in a semi-synthetic medium, the fungus produced readily detectable quantities of the anticancer drug taxol. Other taxol-producing endophytes were also isolated from this source. The production of taxol by Periconia sp was demonstrated unequivocally via spectroscopic and immunological methods. However, successive transfers of the fungus in semi-synthetic medium resulted in gradual attenuation until low production occurred even though fungal growth was relatively unaffected. Several compounds, known previously as activators of microbial metabolism, including serinol, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, and a mixture of phenolic acids, were capable of fully or partially restoring taxol production to otherwise taxol-attenuated cultures. The compound with the most impressive ability to activate taxol production was benzoic acid at 0.01 mM. Benzoic acid was not a taxol precursor. Received 19 December 1997/ Accepted in revised form 19 February 1998     

南方红豆杉产紫杉醇内生真菌的分离鉴定

从南方红豆杉(Taxus chinensisvar.mairei)植株分离到内生真菌63株,其中24株经鉴定分属于19个种(属).真子囊菌纲的2个属2株,半知菌纲的14个属22株.真子囊菌纲的无毛毛壳属(Achaetomiumsp.)的1株为新发现种.半知菌纲的葡萄孢属(Botrytissp.)1株和无孢菌群(Mycelia sterlia)2株的培养液,经浓缩萃取,薄层层析检测,Rf值分别为0.404、0.404、0.401,与紫杉醇对照品Rf值一致,为南方红豆杉产紫杉醇内生真菌.     

Effects of paclitaxel and doxorubicin in histocultures of hepatocelular carcinomas

Summary Cancer has been the leading cause of death in Taiwan over the past two decades and liver cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths in Taiwan with a trend of increase in incidence. Therapeutic options and efficacy for liver cancer have been limited and the 5-year survival rate is less than 7% in the Unite States. The study was conducted to establish a histoculture system of human hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) for biological and pharmacological studies and to determine the efficacy of anticancer drugs with the established HCC histocultures. Patient HCC tissues freshly obtained after surgeries were prepared and histocultured. The histocultured HCC were treated with doxorubicin and paclitaxel of various concentrations for 96-h. Upon drug treatments, the activity of tumor cell proliferation and extent of cell death induction were measured and changes of the α-fetoprotein levels in the culture medium were determined. We demonstrated that human HCC can be successfully cultured in a 3-dimensional histoculture system and used for pharmacological studies. Doxorubicin and paclitaxel showed concentration-dependent activities in anti-proliferation and cell death induction against the human HCC. Inhibitory effects of both drugs on α-fetoprotein production of the cultured HCC were in agreement with their anti-proliferative effects. Exposure time-dependent antitumoral effects of paclitaxel treatments at 3-, 24-, and 96-h against the histocultured HCC PLC/PRF/5 xenograft tumors were also observed. In conclusion, we have demonstrated a histoculture system for patient HCC and it can be utilized in selection of active drugs prior to treatments in patients and in evaluation of new agents against HCC, for which therapeutic agents are in desperate needs worldwide.     

1株产紫杉醇内生真菌LNUF014的鉴定及产物检测

从红豆杉的韧皮部组织中分离得到的360株内生真菌中,通过对发酵粗提的检测,共筛选到11株产紫杉醇的真菌。其中1株内生真菌LNUF014的发酵液采用有机试剂抽提紫杉醇,经薄层层析和高效液相色谱分析,初步表明该菌株的紫杉醇类物质含量为53.68μg/L。根据形态学研究和真核生物18S rDNA基因序列分析,将其鉴定为镰刀菌属(Fusarium)。产紫杉醇内生真菌的研究将对紫杉醇类抗肿瘤药物的研制具有重要意义。     

Recent population decline and selection shape diversity of taxol-related genes

Taxanes are defensive metabolites produced by Taxus species (yews) and used in anticancer therapies. Despite their medical interest, patterns of natural diversity in taxane-related genes are unknown. We examined variation at five main genes of Taxus baccata in the Iberian Peninsula, a region where unique yew genetic resources are endangered. We looked at several gene features and applied complementary neutrality tests, including diversity/divergence tests, tests solely based on site frequency spectrum (SFS) and Zeng's compound tests. To account for specific demography, microsatellite data were used to infer historical changes in population size based on an Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) approach. Polymorphism-divergence tests pointed to positive selection for genes TBT and TAT and balancing selection for DBAT. In addition, neutrality tests based on SFS found that while a recent reduction in population size may explain most statistics' values, selection may still be in action in genes TBT and DBAT, at least in some populations. Molecular signatures on taxol genes suggest the action of frequent selective waves with different direction or intensity, possibly related to varying adaptive pressures produced by the host-enemy co-evolution on defence-related genes. Such natural selection processes may have produced taxane variants still undiscovered.     

产紫杉醇内生真菌Z58的分离和鉴定

本研究从曼地亚红豆杉（Taxus x media）树皮内表皮分离得到一株产紫杉醇的内生真菌Z58,通过高效液相色谱法、质谱法和核磁共振波谱法对其紫杉醇提取物进行了分析. 结果表明,内生真菌Z58的紫杉醇提取物具有和紫杉醇标准品相近的色谱特征峰,其保留时间为10.2 min;也与紫杉醇标准品具有相同的质谱特征峰（（M+Na）+=876）和1H-NMR谱带.并通过形态学特征分析和18S rDNA序列分析,将内生真菌Z58初步鉴定为肉座菌属（Hypocrea sp.）真菌.肉座菌Z58的紫杉醇产量约为2.5～3.0 μg/g（紫杉醇/菌丝干重）,是一株具有潜在应用价值的产紫杉醇内生真菌.     

基于定量PCR技术探讨紫杉醇生物合成的限速步骤

次生代谢产物牛物合成受到发育和诱导的调控,本实验研究了组织分化和诱导处理对紫杉醇生物合成的影响,并采用定量PCR技术分析了紫杉醇生物合成不同阶段关键酶基因的动态表达特征。结果表明。紫杉醇主要分布在中国红豆杉（Taxus chinensis）树皮和根皮组织中,针叶内含量很少,催化紫杉醇功能官能团连接的关键酶摹因也主要定位在树皮和根皮组织巾;茉莉酸甲酯（MJ）和真菌诱导子F5分别提高了中国红豆杉悬浮培养细胞HG-1紫杉醇得率8倍和10倍,同时有效诱导紫杉醇生物合成基因的表达。发现催化紫杉醇侧链连接的基因与紫杉醇生物合成早正相关。结果表明。紫杉醇生物合成的限速步骤是催化功能官能团连接的步骤。