Regulation of shikonin production by glutamine in Lithospermum erythrorhizon cell cultures |
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Authors: | K. Yazaki H. Fukui M. Kikuma M. Tabata |
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Affiliation: | (1) Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 606 Kyoto, Japan;(2) Present address: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 700 Okayama, Japan |
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Abstract: | Amino acid analysis has shown that Lithosperum erythrorhizon cell suspension cultures which are unable to produce shikonin derivatives in LS medium containing ammonium accumulate a large quantity of glutamine, as compared with shikonin-producing cells cultured in the production medium M9 containing nitrate as the sole nitrogen source. The addition of glutamine to M9 medium proved to be strongly inhibitory to shikonin production. Furthermore, culture experiments using an inhibitor of glutaminase suggested that shikonin synthesis is not inhibited by ammonium released from glutamine but by glutamine itself. These findings indicate that the repression of shikonin synthesis occurs in close association with an accumulation of glutamine in cultured cells grown in a medium containing ammonium. |
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