Rubio Julia, Arias Guisselle, Robles-Kelly Christian, Silva-Moreno Evelyn, Espinoza Luis, Carrasco Héctor, Olea Andrés F
Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago 8910339, Chile.
Instituto de Investigación Agropecuarias, INIA-La Platina, Avda. Santa Rosa, Santiago 11610, Chile.
Plants (Basel). 2022 Feb 18;11(4):546. doi: 10.3390/plants11040546.
Plant cell culture is a source of plant material from which bioactive metabolites can be extracted. In this work, the in vitro propagation of , an endemic Chilean shrub with anticancer activity, is described. Different media were tested and optimized for the introduction, propagation, and rooting steps of the micropropagation process. At the end of this process, 83% of plants were successfully acclimatized under greenhouse conditions. Callus induction from the internodal stem segment was performed using various combinations of phytohormones. Green-colored, friable, and non-organogenic callus was generated with a callus induction index higher than 90%. The chemical composition of extracts and callus, obtained from clonal plants, was assessed and the results indicate that the phytochemical profiles of extracts from micropropagated plants are like those found for plants collected from natural habitats, leptocarpine (LTC) being the major component. However, no LTC was detected in callus extract. HeLa and CoN cells, treated with LTC or extract of micropropagated plants, exhibit important diminution on cell viability and a drastic decrease in gene expression of and , genes associated with carcinogenic activity. These effects are more important in cancer cells than in normal cells. Thus, micropropagated could be developed as a potential source of efficient antiproliferative agents.
植物细胞培养是一种植物材料来源,可从中提取生物活性代谢物。在这项工作中,描述了一种具有抗癌活性的智利特有灌木的离体繁殖。针对微繁殖过程的引入、增殖和生根步骤,对不同培养基进行了测试和优化。在这个过程结束时,83%的植株在温室条件下成功驯化。使用各种植物激素组合从节间茎段诱导愈伤组织。产生了绿色、易碎且无器官发生的愈伤组织,愈伤组织诱导指数高于90%。对从克隆植物中获得的提取物和愈伤组织的化学成分进行了评估,结果表明,微繁殖植物提取物的植物化学特征与从自然栖息地采集的植物相似,主要成分是瘦果碱(LTC)。然而,在愈伤组织提取物中未检测到LTC。用LTC或微繁殖植物提取物处理的HeLa和CoN细胞,细胞活力显著降低,与致癌活性相关的基因和的基因表达急剧下降。这些作用在癌细胞中比在正常细胞中更明显。因此,微繁殖的可开发成为高效抗增殖剂的潜在来源。