Lignans are the main secondary metabolites synthetized by Linum species as plant defense compounds but they are also valuable for human health, in particular, for novel therapeutics. In this work, Linum austriacum in vitro cultures, cells (Cc), adventitious roots (ARc) and hairy roots (HRc) were developed for the production of justicidin B through elicitation with methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and coronatine (COR). The performances of the cultures were evaluated for their stability, total phenols content and antioxidant ability. NMR was used to identify justicidin B and isojusticidin B and HPLC to quantify the production, highlighting ARc and HRc as the highest productive tissues. MeJA and COR treatments induced the synthesis of justicidin B more than three times and the synthesis of other compounds. RNA‐sequencing and a de novo assembly of L. austriacum ARc transcriptome was generated to identify the genes activated by MeJA. Furthermore, for the first time, the intracellular localization of justicidin B in ARc was investigated through microscopic analysis. Then, HRc was chosen for small‐scale production in a bioreactor. Altogether, our results improve knowledge on justicidin B pathway and cellular localization in L. austriacum for future scale‐up processes.

New insight into justicidin b pathway and production in linum austriacum / I. Mascheretti, M. Alfieri, M. Lauria, F. Locatelli, R. Consonni, E. Cusano, R.A. Dougue Kentsop, M. Laura, G. Ottolina, F. Faoro, M. Mattana. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 22:5(2021 Mar), pp. 2507.1-2507.23. [10.3390/ijms22052507]

New insight into justicidin b pathway and production in linum austriacum

F. Faoro
Investigation
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2021

Abstract

Lignans are the main secondary metabolites synthetized by Linum species as plant defense compounds but they are also valuable for human health, in particular, for novel therapeutics. In this work, Linum austriacum in vitro cultures, cells (Cc), adventitious roots (ARc) and hairy roots (HRc) were developed for the production of justicidin B through elicitation with methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and coronatine (COR). The performances of the cultures were evaluated for their stability, total phenols content and antioxidant ability. NMR was used to identify justicidin B and isojusticidin B and HPLC to quantify the production, highlighting ARc and HRc as the highest productive tissues. MeJA and COR treatments induced the synthesis of justicidin B more than three times and the synthesis of other compounds. RNA‐sequencing and a de novo assembly of L. austriacum ARc transcriptome was generated to identify the genes activated by MeJA. Furthermore, for the first time, the intracellular localization of justicidin B in ARc was investigated through microscopic analysis. Then, HRc was chosen for small‐scale production in a bioreactor. Altogether, our results improve knowledge on justicidin B pathway and cellular localization in L. austriacum for future scale‐up processes.
coronatine; elicitation; flax; justicidin B; methyl jasmonate; plant tissue cultures; dioxolanes; flax; gene expression profiling; lignans; metabolic networks and pathways; plant proteins; plant roots; gene expression regulation, plant; transcriptome
Settore BIO/04 - Fisiologia Vegetale
Settore AGR/12 - Patologia Vegetale
Settore BIO/01 - Botanica Generale
mar-2021
2-mar-2021
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