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- Title
Use of protocorm-like bodies for studying alkaloid metabolism in Pinellia ternata.
- Authors
Yonghong Liu
- Abstract
Abstract  Highly differentiated tissue masses known as protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) have been commonly used for plant regeneration. In this study the potential use of PLBs for studying alkaloid metabolism in the Chinese medicinal herb Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit. was investigated. Tuber, leaf, and petiole explants of P. ternata were incubated on Murashige and Skoog (MS) (1962) basal medium containing different combinations of α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 6-benzyladenine (BA). It was observed that 0.5 mg/L NAA and 1.0 mg/L BA induced the highest frequency of undifferentiated PLBs from tuber explants; whereas, a combination of 0.2 mg/L NAA and 1.0 mg/L BA was best suited for inducing undifferentiated PLBs from leaf and petiole explants. When these PLBs were subcultured on solid MS medium containing 0.6 or 1.2 mg/L abscisic acid (ABA), ABA promoted proliferation of PLBs, but inhibited their germination. To elicit alkaloid biosynthesis, suspension cultures of PLBs were established in half-strength MS (1/2 MS) liquid medium supplemented with 0.6 mg/L ABA. Water extracts of PLBs collected from suspension cultures contained guanosine and inosine, two important alkaloids of P. ternata. Levels of guanosine concentrations were tenfold higher in tuber-derived PLBs compared to those in field-grown tubers; whereas, those of inosine were slightly lower in PLBs compared to those from field-grown tubers.
- Subjects
EFFECT of alkaloids on plants; PLANT metabolism; JAPANESE black pine; NAPHTHALENEACETIC acid; BENZYLAMINOPURINE; ABSCISIC acid; GERMINATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; TUBERS
- Publication
Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture, 2010, Vol 100, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
0167-6857
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11240-009-9622-y