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Khojasteh A, Sanchez-Muñoz R, Moyano E, Bonfill M, Cusido RM, Eibl R, Palazon J. Biotechnological production of ruscogenins in plant cell and organ cultures of Ruscus aculeatus. Plant Physiol Biochem 2019; 141:133-141. [PMID: 31163340 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Ruscus aculeatus is a threatened medicinal plant whose main bioactive components, the ruscogenins, have long been used in the treatment of hemorrhoids and varicose veins, but recently demonstrated activity against some types of cancer. Plant cell biofactories could constitute an alternative to the whole plant as a source of ruscogenins. In this pipeline, despite the in vitro recalcitrance of R. aculeatus, after many attempts we developed friable calli and derived plant cell suspensions, and their ruscogenin production was compared with that of organized in vitro plantlet and root-rhizome cultures. Root-rhizomes showed a higher capacity for biomass and ruscogenin production than the cell suspensions and the yields were greatly improved by elicitation with coronatine. Although ruscogenins accumulate in plants mainly in the root-rhizome, it was demonstrated that the aerial part could play an important role in their biosynthesis, as production was higher in the whole plant than in the root-rhizome cultures.
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- Abbas Khojasteh
- Secció de Fisiologia i Biotecnologia Vegetal, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Joan XXIII 27-31, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, E-08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, E-08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Secció de Fisiologia i Biotecnologia Vegetal, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Joan XXIII 27-31, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Secció de Fisiologia i Biotecnologia Vegetal, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Joan XXIII 27-31, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering and Cell Cultivation Techniques, Campus Grüental, Wädenswill, Switzerland
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- Secció de Fisiologia i Biotecnologia Vegetal, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Joan XXIII 27-31, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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Özçinar Ö, Tağ Ö, Yusufoglu H, Kivçak B, Bedir E. Biotransformation of ruscogenins by Cunninghamella blakesleeana NRRL 1369 and neoruscogenin by endophytic fungus Neosartorya hiratsukae. Phytochemistry 2018; 152:1-9. [PMID: 29689318 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2018.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Biotransformation of steroidal ruscogenins (neoruscogenin and ruscogenin) was carried out with Cunninghamella blakesleeana NRRL 1369 and endophytic fungus Neosartorya hiratsukae yielding mainly P450 monooxygenase products together with a glycosylated compound. Fermentation of ruscogenins (75:25, neoruscogenin-ruscogenin mixture) with C. blakesleeana yielded 8 previously undescribed hydroxylated compounds. Furthermore, microbial transformation of neoruscogenin by endophytic fungus N. hiratsukae afforded three previously undescribed neoruscogenin derivatives. While hydroxylation at C-7, C-12, C-14, C-21 with further oxidation at C-1 and C-7 were observed with C. blakesleeana, N. hiratsukae biotransformation provided C-7 and C-12 hydroxylated compounds along with C-12 oxidized and C-1(O) glycosylated derivatives. The structures of the metabolites were elucidated by 1-D (1H, 13C and DEPT135) and 2-D NMR (COSY, HMBC, HMQC, NOESY, ROESY) as well as HR-MS analyses.
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- Özge Özçinar
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
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- Bionorm Natural Products Production & Marketing Corp., İTOB, 35477 Menderes, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, 11942 Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 35430 Urla, Izmir, Turkey.
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Biotransformation of neoruscogenin (NR, 1, spirosta-5,25(27)-diene-1β,3β-diol), the major bioactive sapogenin of Ruscus preparations, was carried out with the endophytic fungus Alternaria eureka. Fourteen new biotransformation products (2-15) were isolated, and their structures were elucidated by NMR and HRESIMS data analyses. A. eureka affected mainly oxygenation, oxidation, and epoxidation reactions on the B and C rings of the sapogenin to afford compounds 8-15. In addition to these, cleavage of the spiroketal system as in compounds 2-7 and subsequent transformations provided unusual metabolites. This is the first study reporting conversion of the spirostanol skeleton to cholestane-type metabolites 2-5. Additionally, the cleavage of the C-22/C-26 oxygen bridge yielding a furostanol-type steroidal framework and subsequent formation of the epoxy bridge between C-18 and C-22 in 7 was encountered for the first time in steroid chemistry.
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- Özge Özçınar
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy , Ege University , 35100 Bornova - İzmir , Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy , Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University , 11942 Al-Kharj , Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy , Ege University , 35100 Bornova - İzmir , Turkey
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering , Izmir Institute of Technology , 35430 Urla - Izmir , Turkey
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Li J, Xia Z, Sun X, Zhang R, Huang G, Hickling R, Xia Z, Hu Y, Zhang Y. Reversal of dopamine neurons and locomotor ability degeneration in aged rats with smilagenin. Neuroscience 2013; 245:90-8. [PMID: 23624370 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Revised: 04/08/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of smilagenin (SMI) (PYM50028), a sapogenin compound originally identified from Chinese medicinal herb, on dopamine neurons and locomotor ability in aged rats. Experiments were carried out on young and aged Sprague-Dawley rats, which were daily administered with either SMI (18mg/kg/day) or vehicle (0.5% sodium carboxymethycellulose [CMCNa]). Open-field and rotarod performance tests revealed that behavioral ability was impaired in aged rats and was improved by oral administration of smilagenin. Immunohistochemical data showed that tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive neuron numbers in the substantia nigra pars compacta (unbiased stereological counting) were altered with aging and were increased by smilagenin treatment. Likewise, the dopamine receptor density and the striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) density ((125)I-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)-N-(3-fluoropropyl) nortropane [(125)I-FP-CIT] autoradiography) were significantly lowered in aged rats as compared to young rats, and treatment with smilagenin significantly elevated the dopamine receptor and DAT density in aged rats. Furthermore, smilagenin enhances glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) release both in the striatum and midbrain. These results indicate a possible role of smilagenin in the treatment of age-related extrapyramidal disorders.
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- J Li
- Research Laboratory of Cell Regulation, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 280 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, PR China
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Chen J, Yang CJ, Guo YH. [Studies on accumulation of active ingredients, N, P and K in Anemarrhena asphodeloides]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2007; 32:1504-1507. [PMID: 17972573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the accumulation of active ingredients, the absorption and transformation of N, P and K in Anemarrhena asphodeloides and provide basis for determination of the harvest time and fertilizing. METHOD Samples were collected in different phrases and the weight of dry matter, the content of N, P and K of different organs and the content of sarsasapogenin were determined. RESULT Absorption of N, P and K started by the root and rhizoma after July. At the end of August, the N and K of the aerial part transfered largely into rhizome. The content of sarsasapogenin in rhizome was the highest in early spring. CONCLUSION Additional fertilizer is helpful to increase the yield in July of the second year after the transplantation. The quality is the best when harvest in early spring.
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- Juan Chen
- Chinese Medicine Herbs Research Center of China Agricultural University, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Beijing 100094, China
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Loader JI, Wilkins AL, Flåøyen A, Ryste E, Hove K. Ovine metabolism of lithogenic sapogenins. Synthesis of [2,2,4,4-(2)h(4)]sarsasapogenone, [2,2,4,4-(2)h(4)]sarsasapogenin, and [2,2,4,4-(2)h(4)]episarsasapogenin and evaluation of deuterium retention in a sheep-dosing trial. J Agric Food Chem 2003; 51:2641-2645. [PMID: 12696951 DOI: 10.1021/jf026075z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The suitability of [2,2,4,4-(2)H(4)]sarsasapogenone (1b), [2,2,4,4-(2)H(4)]sarsasapogenin (2b), and [2,2,4,4-(2)H(4)]episarsasapogenin (3b) as isotopically labeled dosing substrates to determine the levels of free and conjugated sapogenins present in feces from sheep grazing saponin-containing plants implicated in the development of ovine heptagenous photosentization diseases was investigated. A 1:4 mixture of [2,2,4,4-(2)H(4)]sarsasapogenin (2b) and [2,2,4,4-(2)H(4)]episarsasapogenin (3b), obtained by reduction of [2,2,4,4-(2)H(4)]sarsasapogenone (1b), was found to retain 94% of incorporated deuterium, when dosed to one sheep. The recovery of the dosed mixture of genins 2b and 3b was calculated to be 85%. Considerable loss of deuterium and a lower recovery of genin material were observed when [2,2,4,4-(2)H(4)]sarsasapogenone (1b) was dosed.
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- Jared I Loader
- Chemistry Department, School of Science and Technology, The University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Nawłoka P, Kalinowska M, Paczkowski C, Wojciechowski ZA. Evidence for essential histidine and dicarboxylic amino-acid residues in the active site of UDP-glucose : solasodine glucosyltransferase from eggplant leaves. Acta Biochim Pol 2003; 50:567-572. [PMID: 12833182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2003] [Revised: 05/27/2003] [Accepted: 06/02/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Effects of several chemical probes selectively modifying various amino-acid residues on the activity of UDP-glucose : solasodine glucosyltransferase from eggplant leaves was studied. It was shown that diethylpyrocarbonate (DEPC), a specific modifier of histidine residues, was strongly inhibitory. However, in the presence of excessive amounts of the enzyme substrates, i.e. either UDP-glucose or solasodine, the inhibitory effect of DEPC was much weaker indicating that histidine (or histidines) are present in the active site of the enzyme. Our results suggest also that unmodified residues of glutamic (or aspartic) acid, lysine, cysteine, tyrosine and tryptophan are necessary for full activity of the enzyme. Reagents modifying serine and arginine residues have no effect on the enzyme activity.
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- Paulina Nawłoka
- Institute of Biochemistry, Warsaw University, I. Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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Pazkowski C, Kalinowska M, Wojciechowski ZA. Phospholipids modulate the substrate specificity of soluble UDP-glucose:steroid glucosyltransferase from eggplant leaves. Phytochemistry 2001; 58:663-669. [PMID: 11672729 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(01)00292-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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UDP-glucose-dependent glucosylation of solasodine and diosgenin by a soluble, partially purified enzyme fraction from eggplant leaves is affected in a markedly different way by some phospholipids. While glucosylation of diosgenin and some closely related spirostanols, e.g. tigogenin or yamogenin, is strongly inhibited by relatively low concentrations of several phospholipids, the glucosylation of solasodine is unaffected or even slightly stimulated. These effects depend both on the structure of the polar head group and the nature of the acyl chains present in the phospholipid. The most potent inhibitors of diosgenin glucosylation are choline-containing lipids: phosphatidylcholine (PC) and sphingomyelin (SM) but the removal of phosphocholine moiety from these phospholipids by treatment with phospholipase C results in an almost complete recovery of the diosgenin glucoside formation by the enzyme. Significant inhibition of diosgenin glucoside synthesis and stimulation of solasodine glucosylation was found only with PC molecular species containing fatty acids with chain length of 12-18 carbon atoms. PC with shorter or longer acyl chains had little effect on glucosylation of either diosgenin or solasodine. Our results indicate that interaction between the investigated glucosyltransferase and lipids are quite specific and suggest that modulation of the enzyme activity by the nature of the lipid environment may be of importance for regulation of in vivo synthesis of steroidal saponins and glycoalkaloids in eggplant.
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- C Pazkowski
- Department of Biochemistry, Warsaw University, ul. Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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Flåøyen A, Wilkins AL, Deng D, Brekke T. Ovine metabolism of saponins: evaluation of a method for estimating the ovine uptake of steroidal saponins from Narthecium ossifragum. Vet Res Commun 2001; 25:225-38. [PMID: 11334151 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006485726523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A sheep was dosed three times per day over six consecutive days with 70 g Narthecium ossifragum, and once on the seventh day with 70 g N. ossifragum. Additionally, it was dosed once on days 1-7 with 20 mg of [20,23,23-2H3]sarsasapogenin. After 7 days, the sheep was killed and GC-MS analysis of the free and conjugated sapogenin content in bile, urine, rumen, duodenum, jejunum, colon and rectum samples collected from the sheep, faecal samples collected on days 4-7, and dosed plant material was performed. The N. ossifragum contained mainly sarsasapogenin and smilagenin. Only neglible levels of deuterium-labelled sarsasapogenins were detected in the samples from the animal. Ingested saponins were quickly hydrolysed in the rumen to free sapogenins and, in part, epimerized at C-3 to afford episapogenins. The absorption of free sapogenins appeared to occur in the jejunum. The concentration of sapogenins in faeces reached a plateau 108 h after dosing started.
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- A Flåøyen
- National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway
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To search for cytotoxic components from Allium victorialis, MTT assays on each extract and an isolated component, gitogenin 3-O-lycotetroside, were performed against cancer cell lines. Cytotoxicities of most extract were shown to be comparatively weak, though IC50 values of CHCl3 fraction was found to be <31.3-368.4 microg/ml. From the incubated methanol extract at 36 degrees C, eleven kinds of organosulfuric flavours were predictable by GC-MS performance. The most abundant peak was revealed to be 2-vinyl-4H-1,3-dithiin (1) by its mass spectrum. Further, this extract showed significant cytotoxicities toward cancer cell lies. Silica gel column chromatography of the n-butanol fraction led to the isolation of gitogenin 3-O-lycotetroside (3) along with astragalin (4) and kaempferol 3, 4'-di-O-beta-D-glucoside (5). This steroidal saponin exhibited significant cytotoxic activities (IC50, 6.51-36.5 microg/ml) over several cancer cell lines. When compound 3 was incubated for 24 h with human intestinal bacteria, a major metabolite was produced and then isolated by silica gel column chromatography. By examining parent- and prominent ion peak in FAB-MS spectrum of the metabolite, the structure was speculated not to be any of prosapogenins of 3, suggesting that spiroketal ring were labile to the bacterial reaction. These suggest that disulfides produced secondarily are the antitumor principles.
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- K T Lee
- College of Pharmacy, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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Microbial transformation of sarsasapogenin (1) with Mycobacterium sp. (NRRL B-3805) gave 25(S)-neospirost-4-en-3-one (2) as the sole product in 62% yield. Incubation of dihydrosarsasapogenin (3) led to the isolation of seven products in 0.5 (4), 6.6 (5), 5 (6), 16 (7), 1 (8), 1 (9), and 4.5% (10) yields, respectively, while 15% of 3 was recovered. Among these products, 8 and 9 were C22 steroids, and 10 was a C19 steroid. Isolation of these C19 and C22 steroids indicated that this microorganism is capable of cleaving the ether linkage between C-16 and C-22 in 3. In addition, 12 alpha-hydroxylation was also observed in all these three metabolites.
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- S S Lee
- School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China
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Inoue K, Shibuya M, Yamamoto K, Ebizuka Y. Molecular cloning and bacterial expression of a cDNA encoding furostanol glycoside 26-O-beta-glucosidase of Costus speciosus. FEBS Lett 1996; 389:273-7. [PMID: 8766714 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00601-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Furostanol glycoside 26-O-beta-glucosidase (F26G) purified from Costus speciosus rhizomes was digested with endoproteinase, and several internal peptide fragments were obtained. Degenerate oligonucleotide primers based on amino acid sequences of the peptides were used for amplification of F26G cDNA fragments by applying nested polymerase chain reactions to cDNAs from in vitro cultured plantlets of C. speciosus. Using primers based on sequences of the cDNA fragments, the 5'- and 3'-end clones were isolated by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) methods. Finally, the entire coding portion of F26G cDNA was cloned by using primers designed from sequences of the RACE products. The deduced amino acid sequence of CSF26G1, the protein encoded by the cloned cDNA, consists of 562 amino acids and shows high homology to a widely distributed family of beta-glucosidases (BGA family). Cell-free homogenate of Escherichia coli expressing CSF26G1 cDNA showed beta-glucosidase activity specific for cleavage of the C-26 glucosidic bond of furostanol glycosides.
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- K Inoue
- Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Lajis NH, Abdullah AS, Salim SJ, Bremner JB, Khan MN. Epi-sarsasapogenin and epi-smilagenin: two sapogenins isolated from the rumen content of sheep intoxicated by Brachiaria decumbens. Steroids 1993; 58:387-9. [PMID: 8212090 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128x(93)90043-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Spectroscopic examination of purified extracts of the rumen content of sheep intoxicated by Brachiaria decumbens revealed the presence of two spirostanes, identified as epi-sarsasapogenin and epi-smilagenin. Sarsasapogenone was obtained by the oxidation of sarsasapogenin. The reduction of sarsasapogenone using lithium aluminum hydride yielded isomeric products, sarsasapogenin (20%) and epi-sarsasapogenin (80%).
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- N H Lajis
- Department of Chemistry, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Selangor D. E
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Camp BJ, Bridges CH, Hill DW, Patamalai B, Wilson S. Isolation of a steroidal sapogenin from the bile of a sheep fed Agave lecheguilla. Vet Hum Toxicol 1988; 30:533-5. [PMID: 3245115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- B J Camp
- Department of Veterinary Physiology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843
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Stohs SJ, Rosenberg H. Steroids and steroid metabolism in plant tissue cultures. Lloydia 1975; 38:181-94. [PMID: 1095879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The steroids which have been isolated from plant callus and suspension cultures are reviewed. In addition, the research involving the use of plant tissue cultures to investigate steroid biosynthesis and metabolism is summarized.
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