Effects of different doses of cadmium on secondary metabolites and gene expression in Artemisia annua L

This study aims to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms of artemisinin accumulation induced by Cd. The effects of different Cd concentrations (0, 20, 60, and 120 μmol/L) on the biosynthesis of Artemisia annua L. were examined. Intermediate and end products were quantified by HPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis. The expression of key biosynthesis enzymes was also determined by qRT-PCR. The results showed that the application of treatment with 60 and 120 μmol/L Cd for 3 days significantly improved the biosynthesis of artemisinic acid, arteannuin B, and artemisinin. The concentrations of artemisinic acid, arteannuin B, and artemisinin in the 120 μmol/L Cd-treated group were 2.26, 102.08, and 33.63 times higher than those in the control group, respectively. The concentrations of arteannuin B and artemisinin in 60 μmol/L Cd-treated leaves were 61.10 and 26.40 times higher than those in the control group, respectively. The relative expression levels of HMGR, FPS, ADS, CYP71AV1, DBR2, ALDH1, and DXR were up-regulated in the 120 μmol/L Cd-treated group because of increased contents of artemisinic metabolites after 3 days of treatment. Hence, appropriate doses of Cd can increase the concentrations of artemisinic metabolites at a certain time point by up-regulating the relative expression levels of key enzyme genes involved in artemisinin biosynthesis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers of medicine - 11(2017), 1 vom: 04. März, Seite 137-146

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Liangyun [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Guang [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Haifeng [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Jinfu [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yizhan [VerfasserIn]
Garran, Thomas Avery [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Lanping [VerfasserIn]

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Artemisia annua L.
Artemisinins
Cadmium
Cd
Gene expressions
Journal Article
Plant Extracts
Secondary metabolites

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Date Completed 14.09.2017

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11684-016-0486-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM266915949