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Sands LB, Haiden SR, Ma Y, Berkowitz GA. Hormonal control of promoter activities of Cannabis sativa prenyltransferase 1 and 4 and salicylic acid mediated regulation of cannabinoid biosynthesis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:8620. [PMID: 37244890 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35303-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023] Open
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Cannabis sativa aromatic prenyltransferase 4 (CsPT4) and 1 (CsPT1) have been shown to catalyze cannabigerolic acid (CBGA) biosynthesis, a step that rate-limits the cannabinoid biosynthetic pathway; both genes are highly expressed in flowers. CsPT4 and CsPT1 promoter driven β-glucuronidase (GUS) activities were detected in leaves of cannabis seedlings, and strong CsPT4 promoter activities were associated with glandular trichomes. Hormonal regulation of cannabinoid biosynthetic genes is poorly understood. An in silico analysis of the promoters identified putative hormone responsive elements. Our work examines hormone-responsive elements in the promoters of CsPT4 and CsPT1 in the context of physiological responses of the pathway to the hormone in planta. Dual luciferase assays confirmed the regulation of promoter activities by the hormones. Further studies with salicylic acid (SA) demonstrated that SA pretreatment increased the expression of genes located downstream of the cannabinoid biosynthetic pathway. The results from all aspects of this study demonstrated an interaction between certain hormones and cannabinoid synthesis. The work provides information relevant to plant biology, as we present evidence demonstrating correlations between molecular mechanisms that regulate gene expression and influence plant chemotypes.
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- Lauren B Sands
- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269-4163, USA
- SafeTiva Labs, Westfield, MA, 01085, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269-4163, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269-4163, USA.
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269-4163, USA.
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Dong T, Song S, Wang Y, Yang R, Chen P, Su J, Ding X, Liu Y, Duan H. Effects of 5-azaC on Iridoid Glycoside Accumulation and DNA Methylation in Rehmannia glutinosa. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:913717. [PMID: 35812974 PMCID: PMC9260266 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.913717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Iridoid glycoside is the important secondary metabolite and the main active component in Rehmannia glutinosa. However, the mechanisms that underlie the regulation of iridoid glycoside biosynthesis remain poorly understood in R. glutinosa. Herein, the analysis of RNA-seq data revealed that 3,394 unigenes related to the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites were identified in R. glutinosa. A total of 357 unigenes were involved in iridoid glycoside synthesis, in which the highly conservative genes, such as DXS, DXR, GPPS, G10H, and 10HGO, in organisms were overexpressed. The analysis of the above genes confirmed that the co-occurrence ratio of DXS, DXR, and GPPS was high in plants. Further, our results showed that under normal and 5-azacytidine (5-azaC) treatment, the expression levels of DXS, DXR, GPPS, G10H, and 10HGO were consistent with the iridoid glycoside accumulation in R. glutinosa, in which the application of the different concentrations of 5-azaC, especially 50 μM 5-azaC, could significantly upregulate the expression of five genes above and iridoid glycoside content. In addition, the changes in the spatiotemporal specificity of degree and levels of DNA methylation were observed in R. glutinosa, in which the hemi-methylation was the main reason for the change in DNA methylation levels. Similar to the changes in 5-methyl cytosine (5mC) content, the DNA demethylation could be induced by 5-azaC and responded in a dose-dependent manner to 15, 50, and 100 μM 5-azaC. Taken together, the expression of iridoid glycoside synthesis gene was upregulated by the demethylation in R. glutinosa, followed by triggering the iridoid glycoside accumulation. These findings not only identify the key genes of iridoid glycoside synthesis from R. glutinosa, but also expand our current knowledge of the function of methylation in iridoid glycoside accumulation.
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- Tianyu Dong
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology and Health Protection, College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology and Health Protection, College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology and Health Protection, College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- Agricultural Research Institute of Wenxian County, Wenxian, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology and Health Protection, College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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Ali M, Nishawy E, Ramadan WA, Ewas M, Rizk MS, Sief-Eldein AGM, El-Zayat MAS, Hassan AHM, Guo M, Hu GW, Wang S, Ahmed FA, Amar MH, Wang QF. Molecular characterization of a Novel NAD+-dependent farnesol dehydrogenase SoFLDH gene involved in sesquiterpenoid synthases from Salvia officinalis. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0269045. [PMID: 35657794 PMCID: PMC9165828 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Salvia officinalis is one of the most important medicinal and aromatic plants in terms of nutritional and medicinal value because it contains a variety of vital active ingredients. Terpenoid compounds, particularly monoterpenes (C10) and sesquiterpenes, are the most important and abundant among these active substances (C15). Terpenes play a variety of roles and have beneficial biological properties in plants. With these considerations, the current study sought to clone theNAD+-dependent farnesol dehydrogenase (SoFLDH, EC: 1.1.1.354) gene from S. officinalis. Functional analysis revealed that, SoFLDH has an open reading frame of 2,580 base pairs that encodes 860 amino acids.SoFLDH has two conserved domains and four types of highly conserved motifs: YxxxK, RXR, RR (X8) W, TGxxGhaG. However, SoFLDH was cloned from Salvia officinalis leaves and functionally overexpressed in Arabidopsis thaliana to investigate its role in sesquiterpenoid synthases. In comparison to the transgenic plants, the wild-type plants showed a slight delay in growth and flowering formation. To this end, a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis revealed that SoFLDH transgenic plants were responsible for numerous forms of terpene synthesis, particularly sesquiterpene. These results provide a base for further investigation on SoFLDH gene role and elucidating the regulatory mechanisms for sesquiterpene synthesis in S. offcinalis. And our study paves the way for the future metabolic engineering of the biosynthesis of useful terpene compounds in S. offcinalis.
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- Mohammed Ali
- Department of Genetic Resources, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Genetic Resources, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
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- Genetics and Cytology Department, Biotechnology Research institute, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Genetic Resources, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Genetic Resources, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Genetic Resources, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
- * E-mail:
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- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Minzu University, Enshi, China
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Apicella PV, Sands LB, Ma Y, Berkowitz GA. Delineating genetic regulation of cannabinoid biosynthesis during female flower development in Cannabis sativa. PLANT DIRECT 2022; 6:e412. [PMID: 35774623 PMCID: PMC9219008 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Cannabinoids are predominantly produced in the glandular trichomes on cannabis female flowers. There is little known on how cannabinoid biosynthesis is regulated during female flower development. We aim to understand the rate-limiting step(s) in the cannabinoid biosynthetic pathway. We investigated the transcript levels of cannabinoid biosynthetic genes together with cannabinoid contents during 7 weeks of female flower development. We demonstrated that the enzymatic steps for producing cannabigerol (CBG), which involve genes GPPS, PT, TKS, and OAC, could rate limit cannabinoid biosynthesis. Our findings further suggest that upregulation of cannabinoid synthases, CBDAS and THCAS in a commercial hemp and medical marijuana variety, respectively, is not critical for cannabinoid biosynthesis. The cannabinoid biosynthetic genes are generally upregulated during flower maturation; increased expression occurs coincident with glandular trichome development and cannabinoid production in the maturing flower. The results also suggest that different cannabis varieties may experience discrete transcriptional regulation of cannabinoid biosynthetic genes. In addition, we showed that methyl jasmonate (MeJA) can potentially increase cannabinoid production. We propose that biweekly applications of 100 μM MeJA starting from flower initiation would be efficacious for promoting cannabinoid biosynthesis. Our findings provide important genetic information for cannabis breeding to generate new varieties with favorable traits.
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- Peter V. Apicella
- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Biotechnology LaboratoryUniversity of ConnecticutStorrsCTUSA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Biotechnology LaboratoryUniversity of ConnecticutStorrsCTUSA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Biotechnology LaboratoryUniversity of ConnecticutStorrsCTUSA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Biotechnology LaboratoryUniversity of ConnecticutStorrsCTUSA
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Malik MR, Tang J, Sharma N, Burkitt C, Ji Y, Mykytyshyn M, Bohmert-Tatarev K, Peoples O, Snell KD. Camelina sativa, an oilseed at the nexus between model system and commercial crop. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2018; 37:1367-1381. [PMID: 29881973 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-018-2308-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The rapid assessment of metabolic engineering strategies in plants is aided by crops that provide simple, high throughput transformation systems, a sequenced genome, and the ability to evaluate the resulting plants in field trials. Camelina sativa provides all of these attributes in a robust oilseed platform. The ability to perform field evaluation of Camelina is a useful, and in some studies essential benefit that allows researchers to evaluate how traits perform outside the strictly controlled conditions of a greenhouse. In the field the plants are subjected to higher light intensities, seasonal diurnal variations in temperature and light, competition for nutrients, and watering regimes dictated by natural weather patterns, all which may affect trait performance. There are difficulties associated with the use of Camelina. The current genetic resources available for Camelina pale in comparison to those developed for the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana; however, the sequence similarity of the Arabidopsis and Camelina genomes often allows the use of Arabidopsis as a reference when additional information is needed. Camelina's genome, an allohexaploid, is more complex than other model crops, but the diploid inheritance of its three subgenomes is straightforward. The need to navigate three copies of each gene in genome editing or mutagenesis experiments adds some complexity but also provides advantages for gene dosage experiments. The ability to quickly engineer Camelina with novel traits, advance generations, and bulk up homozygous lines for small-scale field tests in less than a year, in our opinion, far outweighs the complexities associated with the crop.
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- Meghna R Malik
- Metabolix Oilseeds, Inc., 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., 19 Presidential Way, Woburn, MA, 01801, USA
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- Metabolix Oilseeds, Inc., 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Metabolix Oilseeds, Inc., 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Metabolix Oilseeds, Inc., 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Metabolix Oilseeds, Inc., 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., 19 Presidential Way, Woburn, MA, 01801, USA
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- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., 19 Presidential Way, Woburn, MA, 01801, USA.
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Burse A, Boland W. Deciphering the route to cyclic monoterpenes in Chrysomelina leaf beetles: source of new biocatalysts for industrial application? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 72:417-427. [PMID: 28593879 DOI: 10.1515/znc-2017-0015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The drastic growth of the population on our planet requires the efficient and sustainable use of our natural resources. Enzymes are indispensable tools for a wide range of industries producing food, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, or biofuels. Because insects constitute one of the most species-rich classes of organisms colonizing almost every ecological niche on earth, they have developed extraordinary metabolic abilities to survive in various and sometimes extreme habitats. Despite this metabolic diversity, insect enzymes have only recently generated interest in industrial applications because only a few metabolic pathways have been sufficiently characterized. Here, we address the biosynthetic route to iridoids (cyclic monoterpenes), a group of secondary metabolites used by some members of the leaf beetle subtribe Chrysomelina as defensive compounds against their enemies. The ability to produce iridoids de novo has also convergently evolved in plants. From plant sources, numerous pharmacologically relevant structures have already been described. In addition, in plants, iridoids serve as building blocks for monoterpenoid indole alkaloids with broad therapeutic applications. As the commercial synthesis of iridoid-based drugs often relies on a semisynthetic approach involving biocatalysts, the discovery of enzymes from the insect iridoid route can account for a valuable resource and economic alternative to the previously used enzymes from the metabolism of plants. Hence, this review illustrates the recent discoveries made on the steps of the iridoid pathway in Chrysomelina leaf beetles. The findings are also placed in the context of the studied counterparts in plants and are further discussed regarding their use in technological approaches.
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Borghi M, Xie DY. Cloning and characterization of a monoterpene synthase gene from flowers of Camelina sativa. PLANTA 2018; 247:443-457. [PMID: 29075872 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-017-2801-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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CsTPS1 encodes for a monoterpene synthase that contributes to the emission of a blend of volatile compounds emitted from flowers of Camelina sativa. The work describes the in vitro characterization of a monoterpene synthase and its regulatory region that we cloned from Camelina sativa (Camelina). Here, we named this gene as C. sativa terpene synthase 1 (CsTPS1). In vitro experiments performed with the CsTPS1 protein after expression and purification from Escherichia coli (E. coli) showed production of a blend of monoterpene volatile organic compounds, of which the emission was also detected in the floral bouquet of wild-type Camelina plants. Quantitative-PCR measurements revealed a high abundance of CsTPS1 transcripts in flowers and experiments performed with the GUS reporter showed high CsTPS1 expression in the pistil, in the cells of the wall of the ovary and in the stigma. Subcellular localization of the CsTPS1 protein was investigated with a GFP reporter construct that showed expression in plastids. The CsTPS1 gene identified in this study belongs to a mid-size family of 60 genes putatively codifying for TPS enzymes. This enlarged family of TPS genes suggests that Camelina has the structural framework for the production of terpenes and other secondary metabolites of relevance for the consumers.
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- Monica Borghi
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg, 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
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Li G, Xi J, Ji X, Li MZ, Xie DY. Non-plastidial expression of a synthetic insect geranyl pyrophosphate synthase effectively increases tobacco plant biomass. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 221:144-155. [PMID: 29277027 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Designing effective synthetic genes of interest is a fundamental step in plant synthetic biology for biomass. Geranyl pyrophosphate (diphosphate) synthase (GPPS) catalyzes a bottleneck step toward terpenoid metabolism. We previously designed and synthesized a plant (Arabidopsis thaliana)-insect (Myzus persicae, Mp) GPPS- human influenza hemagglutinin (HA) cDNA, namely PTP-MpGPPS-HA (or PTP-sMpGPPS-HA, s: synthetic), to localize the protein in plastids and improve plant biomass. To better understand the effects of different subcellular localizations on plant performance, herein we report PTP-sMpGPPS-HA re-design to synthesize a new MpGPPS-HA cDNA, namely sMpGPPS-HA, to express a non-plastidial sMpGPPS-HA protein. The sMpGPPS-HA cDNA driven by a 2 × S 35S promoter was introduced into Nicotiana tabacum Xanthi. PTP-MpGPPS-HA and PMDC84 vector transgenic plants were also generated as positive and negative controls, respectively. Eighteen to twenty transgenic T0 lines were generated for each sMpGPPS-HA, PTP-sMpGPPS-HA, and PMDC84. Transcriptional genotyping analysis demonstrated the expression of sMpGPPS-HA in transgenic plants. Confocal microscopy analysis of transgenic progeny demonstrated the non-plastidial localization of sMpGPPS-HA. Growth of T1 transgenic and wild-type control plants showed that the expression of sMpGPPS-HA effectively increased plant height by 50-80%, leaf numbers and sizes, and dry biomass by 60-80%. Calculation of the vegetative growth rates showed that the expression of sMpGPPS-HA increased plant height each week. Moreover, sMpGPPS-HA expression promoted early flowering and reduced leaf carotenoid levels. In conclusion, non-plastidial expression of the novel sMpGPPS-HA was effective for improving tobacco growth and biomass. Our data indicate that research examining different subcellular localizations facilitates a better understanding of in planta functions of proteins encoded by synthetic cDNAs.
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- Gui Li
- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, United States; State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, United States
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- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, United States
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- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, United States
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- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, United States.
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Ma D, Xu C, Alejos-Gonzalez F, Wang H, Yang J, Judd R, Xie DY. Overexpression of Artemisia annua Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase Increases Lignin and Coumarin and Reduces Artemisinin and Other Sesquiterpenes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:828. [PMID: 29971081 PMCID: PMC6018409 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Artemisia annua is the only medicinal crop that produces artemisinin for malarial treatment. Herein, we describe the cloning of a cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (AaCAD) from an inbred self-pollinating (SP) A. annua cultivar and its effects on lignin and artemisinin production. A recombinant AaCAD was purified via heterogeneous expression. Enzyme assays showed that the recombinant AaCAD converted p-coumaryl, coniferyl, and sinapyl aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols, which are key intermediates involved in the biosynthesis of lignin. Km, Vmax, and Vmax/Km values were calculated for all three substrates. To characterize its function in planta, AaCAD was overexpressed in SP plants. Quantification using acetyl bromide (AcBr) showed significantly higher lignin contents in transgenics compared with wild-type (WT) plants. Moreover, GC-MS-based profiling revealed a significant increase in coumarin contents in transgenic plants. By contrast, HPLC-MS analysis showed significantly reduced artemisinin contents in transgenics compared with WT plants. Furthermore, GC-MS analysis revealed a decrease in the contents of arteannuin B and six other sesquiterpenes in transgenic plants. Confocal microscopy analysis showed the cytosolic localization of AaCAD. These data demonstrate that AaCAD plays a dual pathway function in the cytosol, in which it positively enhances lignin formation but negatively controls artemisinin formation. Based on these data, crosstalk between these two pathways mediated by AaCAD catalysis is discussed to understand the metabolic control of artemisinin biosynthesis in plants for high production.
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- Dongming Ma
- Research Center of Chinese Herbal Resource Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Research Center of Chinese Herbal Resource Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Research Center of Chinese Herbal Resource Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
- *Correspondence: De-Yu Xie,
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Ma D, Li G, Alejos-Gonzalez F, Zhu Y, Xue Z, Wang A, Zhang H, Li X, Ye H, Wang H, Liu B, Xie DY. Overexpression of a type-I isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase of Artemisia annua in the cytosol leads to high arteannuin B production and artemisinin increase. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 91:466-479. [PMID: 28440881 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We recently characterized a gene-terpene network that is associated with artemisinin biosynthesis in self-pollinated (SP) Artemisia annua, an effective antimalarial plant. We hypothesize that an alteration of gene expression in the network may improve the production of artemisinin and its precursors. In this study, we cloned an isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase (IPPI) cDNA, AaIPPI1, from Artemisia annua (Aa). The full-length cDNA encodes a type-I IPPI containing a plastid transit peptide (PTP) at its amino terminus. After the removal of the PTP, the recombinant truncated AaIPPI1 isomerized isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) to dimethyl allyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP) and vice versa. The steady-state equilibrium ratio of IPP/DMAPP in the enzymatic reactions was approximately 1:7. The truncated AaIPPI1 was overexpressed in the cytosol of the SP A. annua variety. The leaves of transgenic plants produced approximately 4% arteannuin B (g g-1 , dry weight, dw) and 0.17-0.25% artemisinin (g g-1 , dw), the levels of which were significantly higher than those in the leaves of wild-type plants. In addition, transgenic plants showed an increase in artemisinic acid production of more than 1% (g g-1 , dw). In contrast, isoprene formation was significantly reduced in transgenic plants. These results provide evidence that overexpression of AaIPPI1 in the cytosol can lead to metabolic alterations of terpenoid biosynthesis, and show that these transgenic plants have the potential to yield high production levels of arteannuin B as a new precursor source for artemisinin.
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- Dongming Ma
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Research Center of Chinese Herbal Resource Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Champagne A, Boutry M. A comprehensive proteome map of glandular trichomes of hop (Humulus lupulus
L.) female cones: Identification of biosynthetic pathways of the major terpenoid-related compounds and possible transport proteins. Proteomics 2017; 17. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201600411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Antoine Champagne
- Institut des Sciences de la Vie; Université catholique de Louvain; Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium
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- Institut des Sciences de la Vie; Université catholique de Louvain; Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium
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Ma D, Li G, Zhu Y, Xie DY. Overexpression and Suppression of Artemisia annua 4-Hydroxy-3-Methylbut-2-enyl Diphosphate Reductase 1 Gene ( AaHDR1) Differentially Regulate Artemisinin and Terpenoid Biosynthesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:77. [PMID: 28197158 PMCID: PMC5281613 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
4-Hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase (HDR) catalyzes the last step of the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4- phosphate (MEP) pathway to synthesize isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP). To date, little is known regarding effects of an increase or a decrease of a HDR expression on terpenoid and other metabolite profiles in plants. In our study, an Artemisia annua HDR cDNA (namely AaHDR1) was cloned from leaves. Expression profiling showed that it was highly expressed in leaves, roots, stems, and flowers with different levels. Green florescence protein fusion and confocal microscope analyses showed that AaHDR1 was localized in chloroplasts. The overexpression of AaHDR1 increased contents of artemisinin, arteannuin B and other sesquiterpenes, and multiple monoterpenes. By contrast, the suppression of AaHDR1 by anti-sense led to opposite results. In addition, an untargeted metabolic profiling showed that the overexpression and suppression altered non-polar metabolite profiles. In conclusion, the overexpression and suppression of AaHDR1 protein level in plastids differentially affect artemisinin and other terpenoid biosynthesis, and alter non-polar metabolite profiles of A. annua. Particularly, its overexpression leading to the increase of artemisinin production is informative to future metabolic engineering of this antimalarial medicine.
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