Permeabilization and in situ adsorption studies during growth and coumarin production in hairy root cultures of Cichorium intybus L.

Bais, H. P. and Sudha, G. and Suresh, B. and Ravishankar, G. A. (2001) Permeabilization and in situ adsorption studies during growth and coumarin production in hairy root cultures of Cichorium intybus L. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 39 (6). pp. 564-71. ISSN 0019-5189

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Abstract

Effect of addition of a permeabilizing agent dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and a solid adsorbent, XAD -7, on growth and coumarin production in hairy root cultures of C. intybus was studied. Continuous permeabilization of the hairy root cultures of C. intybus with DMSO has been shown to be an effective strategy for enhanced release of coumarins while preserving the root viability. DMSO at 0.2% (v/v) level showed the maximum growth and coumarin production but was less as compared to control on day 28. Treatment of cells with increasing concentrations of DMSO (0.3 - 0.6 % v/v) to hairy root cultures of C. intybus, showed an inverse relationship with growth and coumarin production. Growth and production of coumarins increased with 1% media filtrate (MF) of cultures of Phytopthora parasitica var. nicotiana treatment. It was observed that treatment with DMSO (0.2% v/v) and 1% MF of P. parasitica showed the better growth and coumarin production with an increased release of coumarins as compared to the control and other treatments. It was observed that treatment of hairy root cultures with XAD-7 resulted in lesser growth and coumarin production as compared to control during the culture period. Addition of XAD-7 along with 1% MF of P. parasitica showed enhanced growth, coumarin production and increased adsorption as compared to control and lone XAD-7 treatment. Combined addition of DMSO/XAD-7 with fungal elicitor showed synergistic response in terms of biomass and coumarin production. Excretion of coumarins in both the cases was dependent on the presence of DMSO/XAD-7. These results showed that continuous permeabilization of hairy root cultures of C. intybus by using DMSO at 0.2% (v/v) level coupled with 1% MF of P. parasitica maintained viability of tissues and produced coumarins at higher level.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	permeabilizing agent, coumarins, hairy root cultures
Subjects:	500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 10 Plants 500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 10 Plants > 05 Tissue Culture
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2011 06:29
Last Modified:	06 Jul 2015 07:20
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/2082

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