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- Title
Effects of paclitaxel-producing fungal endophytes on growth and paclitaxel formation of Taxus cuspidata cells.
- Authors
Wen-Yi Tao
- Abstract
Abstract Effects of a fungal endophyte, Fusarium mairei, on growth and paclitaxel formation of Taxus cuspidata cells were investigated by adding fungal endophyte culture supernatant (FECS) to suspension cultures of T. cuspidata cells. The main effective chemical responsible for paclitaxel formation in FECS was an exopolysaccharide (EPS) of molecular weight ~2 kDa. FECS fractions except EPS stimulated growth of Taxus cells but had no effects on paclitaxel accumulation. Additionally, elicitation efficiency of FECS based on different culture conditions was studied. EPS content in FECS was related to FECS culture conditions. FECS with long cultivation and high-aeration cultivation contained higher EPS content and resulted in higher paclitaxel yield than that with short cultivation and low-aeration cultivation. The maximum yield of paclitaxel from Taxus cultures, elicited by FECS with 9-day cultivation, was 4.7-fold that of the control cultures.
- Subjects
PACLITAXEL; EFFECT of alkaloids on plants; ENDOPHYTIC fungi; TREE growth; TAXUS; FUSARIUM; MICROBIAL exopolysaccharides; FUNGAL cultures; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Plant Growth Regulation, 2009, Vol 58, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
0167-6903
- Publication type
Article