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•Cell suspension cultures from T. peruviana were used to produce secondary metabolites.•Production of phenolic compounds in plant cell cultures was time-dependent.•Elicitation with ...salicylic acid and MeJA increased biosynthesis of phenolics compounds.•Plant cells exposed to MeJA produced the higher levels of phenolics and antioxidants.
The objective was to enhance the production of the phenolic compounds in plant cell suspension cultures of T. peruviana at shake flask scale. The effects of salicylic acid (SA), methyl-jasmonate (MeJA) and the combination of both (SA/MeJA) were studied. Elicitor concentration, elicitation time and harvest time of cells were optimized. Phenolic compound content (PCC), flavonoid content (FC) and antioxidant activity (AA) were determined by the folin-ciocalteu method, flavonoid-aluminum complexation method and the ABTS assay, respectively. Differences between intracellular metabolite profiles due to the mentioned treatments were analyzed by Thin-layer chromatography and High-performance liquid chromatography. Highest PCC, FC and AA were obtained under the following treatments: 3 μM MeJA > 3 μM MeJA/300 μM SA > 300 μM SA > control, when elicited on the 4th day and harvested 96-h post-elicitation. It was demonstrated that exposure to 3 μM MeJA increase 1.49-fold of PCC, 1.66-fold of AA and 2.55-fold of FC compared to the control culture.
Anthocyanins are widely distributed, glycosylated, water-soluble plant pigments, which give many fruits and flowers their red, purple or blue colouration. Their beneficial effects in a dietary ...context have encouraged increasing use of anthocyanins as natural colourants in the food and cosmetic industries. However, the limited availability and diversity of anthocyanins commercially have initiated searches for alternative sources of these natural colourants. In plants, high-level production of secondary metabolites, such as anthocyanins, can be achieved by engineering of regulatory genes as well as genes encoding biosynthetic enzymes. We have used tobacco lines which constitutively produce high levels of cyanidin 3-O-rutinoside, delphinidin 3-O-rutinoside or a novel anthocyanin, acylated cyanidin 3-O-(coumaroyl) rutinoside to generate cell suspension cultures. The cell lines are stable in their production rates and superior to conventional plant cell cultures. Scale-up of anthocyanin production in small scale fermenters has been demonstrated. The cell cultures have also proven to be a suitable system for production of 13C-labelled anthocyanins. Our method for anthocyanin production is transferable to other plant species, such as Arabidopsis thaliana, demonstrating the potential of this approach for making a wide range of highly-decorated anthocyanins. The tobacco cell cultures represent a customisable and sustainable alternative to conventional anthocyanin production platforms and have considerable potential for use in industrial and medical applications of anthocyanins.
We have developed tobacco cell cultures as customisable and sustainable alternatives to conventional anthocyanin production platforms by engineering expression of regulatory genes together with expression of genes encoding side chain decorating enzymes. Display omitted
•Tobacco cell cultures for customisable anthocyanin production have been developed.•Differentially decorated and 13C-labelled anthocyanins have been produced.•Anthocyanin yield has been shown to be stable, up to 30 mg per g dry weight.•Scale-up anthocyanin production in small scale fermenters and purification have been demonstrated.•The approach is transferrable to other species for production of highly decorated anthocyanins.
Plant cell cultures from cloudberry, lingonberry and stoneberry were studied in terms of their nutritional properties as food. Carbohydrate, lipid and protein composition, in vitro protein ...digestibility and sensory properties were investigated. Dietary fibre content varied between 21.2 and 36.7%, starch content between 0.3 and 1.3% and free sugar content between 17.6 and 33.6%. Glucose and fructose were the most abundant sugars. High protein contents between 13.7 and 18.9% were recorded and all samples had a balanced amino acid profile. In vitro protein digestion assay showed hydrolysis by digestive enzymes in fresh cells but only limited hydrolysis in freeze-dried samples. The lipid analysis indicated that the berry cells were rich sources of essential, polyunsaturated fatty acids. In sensory evaluation, all fresh berry cells showed fresh odour and flavour. Fresh cell cultures displayed a rather sandy, coarse mouthfeel, whereas freeze-dried cells melted quickly in the mouth. All in all the potential of plant cells as food was confirmed.
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•Plant cells exhibit nutritional qualities suitable for food applications.•High DF and protein content compared to berry fruits.•Accumulation of essential, polyunsaturated fatty acids•Adequate sensory quality with some berry-like odours
Cell culture of Panax spp. is a potent sustainable source of biologically active triterpene glycosides (ginsenosides) specific for this genus. In this study, growth and biosynthetic profiles were ...investigated for P. japonicus suspension cell culture maintained for over 20 years by periodic subcultures in flasks. Cell culture demonstrated intensive growth evidenced by high accumulation of dry weight (DW, 9.8 gL−1), viability (80–90%) and specific growth rate (0.12 day−1) that were comparable to those recorded at the year of culture induction. Nineteen structurally different ginsenosides were identified in cell biomass using UPLC-Q-Exactive-Orbitrap HRMS and HPLC-ESI-Q-MS. Ginsenoside R0 and malonyl-ginsenosides (MalGs) accounted for over 80% of the total ginsenoside content in cells during the subculture cycle while the sum of neutral ginsenosides of protopanaxatriol (PPT: Re, Rg1, Rf) and protopanaxadiol (PPD: Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Rd) groups constituted less than 20%. Ginsenoside contents were maximized during growth decline phase as 35.3 mg/gDW for R0, 48.7 mg/gDW for MalGs, 10.4 mg/gDW for PPD and 5.2 mg/gDW for PPT. These data confirmed that 20-year-old cell culture of P. japonicus retained the ability for intensive growth and accumulation of wide spectrum of ginsenosides which opens the door for wide application of this culture.
•20-year-old suspension cell culture of Panax japonicus shows stable growth and biosynthetic characteristics.•UPLC-Q-Exactive-Orbitrap HRMS was used for metabolite identification.•Cell culture accumulates 19 structurally diverse ginsenosides.•Major compounds in cell culture are malonyl-ginsenosides (47.8 mg/g dry weight) and R0 (35.3 mg/g dry weight).
Plants have evolved a vast chemical cornucopia to support their sessile lifestyles. Man has exploited this natural resource since Neolithic times and currently plant-derived chemicals are exploited ...for a myriad of applications. However, plant sources of most high-value natural products (NPs) are not domesticated and therefore their production cannot be undertaken on an agricultural scale. Further, these plant species are often slow growing, their populations limiting, the concentration of the target molecule highly variable and routinely present at extremely low concentrations. Plant cell and organ culture constitutes a sustainable, controllable and environmentally friendly tool for the industrial production of plant NPs. Further, advances in cell line selection, biotransformation, product secretion, cell permeabilisation, extraction and scale-up, among others, are driving increases in plant NP yields. However, there remain significant obstacles to the commercial synthesis of high-value chemicals from these sources. The relatively recent isolation, culturing and characterisation of cambial meristematic cells (CMCs), provides an emerging platform to circumvent many of these potential difficulties. BMB Reports 2016; 49(3): 149-158.
The production of drugs, cosmetics, and food which are derived from plant cell and tissue cultures has a long tradition. The emerging trend of manufacturing cosmetics and food products in a natural ...and sustainable manner has brought a new wave in plant cell culture technology over the past 10 years. More than 50 products based on extracts from plant cell cultures have made their way into the cosmetics industry during this time, whereby the majority is produced with plant cell suspension cultures. In addition, the first plant cell culture-based food supplement ingredients, such as Echigena Plus and Teoside 10, are now produced at production scale. In this mini review, we discuss the reasons for and the characteristics as well as the challenges of plant cell culture-based productions for the cosmetics and food industries. It focuses on the current state of the art in this field. In addition, two examples of the latest developments in plant cell culture-based food production are presented, that is, superfood which boosts health and food that can be produced in the lab or at home.
The development of plant tissue (including organ and cell) cultures for the production of secondary metabolites has been underway for more than three decades. Plant cell cultures with the production ...of high-value secondary metabolites are promising potential alternative sources for the production of pharmaceutical agents of industrial importance. Medicinal plant cell suspension cultures (MPCSC), which are characterized with the feature of fermentation with plant cell totipotency, could be a promising alternative "chemical factory". However, low productivity becomes an inevitable obstacle limiting further commercialization of MPCSC and the application to large-scale production is still limited to a few processes. This review generalizes and analyzes the recent progress of this bioproduction platform for the provision of medicinal chemicals and outlines a range of trials taken or underway to increase product yields from MPCSC. The scale-up of MPCSC, which could lead to an unlimited supply of pharmaceuticals, including strategies to overcome and solution of the associated challenges, is discussed.
Background: Cell suspension culture and elicitation have been playing an important role in the synthesis of active secondary metabolites. Rosmarinic acid (RA) is one of the active compounds found in ...lavender essential oil that stands out due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory characteristics. Objective: This research was conducted to investigate the production efficiency of RA in Lavandula angustifolia suspension culture through elicitation with methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and yeast extract (YE). Methods: Cell suspension culture established in B5 liquid media supplemented with different combinations of Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs). The influence of different PGRs treatments on cell growth and accumulation of RA were analyzed. Then the effect of concentration and time course of elicitation with YE (0.1, 0.5, and 1 g/l after 1, 3 and, 6 days of elicitation) and MeJA (50, 100 and 200 µM after 1, 2 and 3 days of elicitation) separately and in combination with each other on cell growth and intracellular and extracellular content of RA were investigated. Results: HPLC analysis showed that the highest intracellular RA content (17.03 mg/g dry weight) was observed 24 hours after the addition of 50 µM MeJA in combination with 1 g/l YE, which was approximately 33% higher than that found in leaves. Furthermore, it was 9 and 11 times higher than cultures treated with MeJA and YE alone, respectively. In addition, both elicitors significantly affected the extracellular quantity of RA than control. Conclusion: Our results documented that the application of elicitors increased biomass and RA accumulation in L. angustifolia suspension cells.
Bacopa monnieri L. Pennell, commonly known as Brahmi, is an important medicinal plant that belongs to the family Plantaginaceae. Brahmi is rich in innumerable bioactive secondary metabolites, ...especially bacosides that can be employed to reduce many health issues. This plant is used as a neuro-tonic and treatment for mental health, depression, and cognitive performance. Brahmi is also known for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-hepatotoxic activities. There is a huge demand for its raw materials, particularly for the extraction of bioactive molecules. The conventional mode of propagation could not meet the required commercial demand. To overcome this, biotechnological approaches, such as plant tissue culture techniques have been established for the production of important secondary metabolites through various culture techniques, such as callus and cell suspension cultures and organ cultures, to allow for rapid propagation and conservation of medicinally important plants with increased production of bioactive compounds. It has been found that a bioreactor-based technology can also enhance the multiplication rate of cell and organ cultures for commercial propagation of medicinally important bioactive molecules. The present review focuses on the propagation and production of bacoside A by cell and organ cultures of Bacopa monnieri, a nootropic plant. The review also focuses on the biosynthesis of bacoside A, different elicitation strategies, and the over-expression of genes for the production of bacoside-A. It also identifies research gaps that need to be addressed in future studies for the sustainable production of bioactive molecules from B. monnieri.
•MeJA and SA induced a differential metabolic production in elicited cell suspensions.•Production of metabolites was dependent on the type and the concentration of elicitor.•Elicitation with SA ...produced the greatest changes in the metabolic profile.•5-hidroximetilfurfural, (Z)-9-octadecenamide and phenol were induced by elicitation.
Elicitation of cell suspensions culture is a strategy that could increase the production of secondary metabolites under controlled conditions. This research evaluated the effect of methyl jasmonate-MeJA and salicylic acid-SA as elicitors on the production of metabolites in cell suspensions of P. cumanense. The type of elicitor (MeJA or SA), the concentration of elicitor (10 μM and 100 μM), and time of exposition (3, 12, 24 h) on cell suspension were evaluated. Metabolic profiles of intracellular and extracellular extracts were analyzed by UHPLC-DAD and GC–MS. Differential production of metabolites was dependent on the type of elicitor, its concentration, and the time of exposition. Treatments with 100 μM SA were conducted to high production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (6.3 %), phenol (6.5 %), and (Z)-9-octadecenamide (8.8 %). This is the first report of elicitation on cell suspensions in the Piper genus and contributes to understanding the effect of MeJA and SA on metabolite production in plant cell culture.
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