Hairy roots were obtained after inoculating sterile young stems of Fagopyrum  tataricum with Agrobacterium rhizogenes R1000. The established roots  displayed two morphological phenotypes when cultured on hormone-free medium  containing Murashige-Skoog salts and vitamins. The thin phenotype had a  higher growth rate than the thick phenotype. Further, the phenolic compound  content of the thin phenotype was higher than that of the thick phenotype.  In terms of their total dry weight, the thin phenotype produced an almost  double amount of (-)-epigallocatechin as well as more than 51.5% caffeic  acid, 65% chlorogenic acid, and 40% rutin compared to the thick phenotype  after 21 days of culture. Therefore, selection of the optimal morphological  phenotype of hairy roots of tartary buckwheat is an important factor for  improved phenolic compound production

Park Nam Il

Park Sang Un

Uddin Romij Md

Xiaohua Li

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Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 63 (1), 193-198, 2011 DOI:10.2298/ABS1101193P193Phenolic comPound Production by different morPhological PhenotyPes in hairy root cultures of Fagopyrum tataricum gaertn.NAm Il PArk, XIAOhuA lI, mD rOmIj uDDIN and SANg uN PArk*Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, 220 Gung-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, 305-764, korea.Abstract - hairy roots were obtained after inoculating sterile young stems of Fagopyrum tataricum with Agrobacterium rhizogenes r1000. The established roots displayed two morphological phenotypes when cultured on hormone-free me-dium containing murashige-Skoog salts and vitamins. The thin phenotype had a higher growth rate than the thick pheno-type. Further, the phenolic compound content of the thin phenotype was higher than that of the thick phenotype. In terms of their total dry weight, the thin phenotype produced an almost double amount of (-)-epigallocatechin as well as more than 51.5% caffeic acid, 65% chlorogenic acid, and 40% rutin compared to the thick phenotype after 21 days of culture. Therefore, selection of the optimal morphological phenotype of hairy roots of tartary buckwheat is an important factor for improved phenolic compound production.Key words: Fagopyrum tataricum gaertn., hairy root culture, phenolic compoundsuDC 633.12:575.21:581.144.2INTrODuCTIONFagopyrum tataricum gaertn. (tartary buckwheat), belonging to the Polygonaceae family, is currently grown as a crop only in the mountainous regions of southwest China (Sichuan), northern India, Bhutan, Nepal, and a small part of northwest Europe (Bona-faccia et al., 2003; Xuan and Tsuzuki, 2004). Tartary buckwheat is an excellent medicinal and nutrient-rich plant. It is known to have higher contents of rutin  and  other  phenolic  compounds  than  com-mon buckwheat (Fabjan et al., 2003). Furthermore, it reportedly exhibits various pharmacological and biological properties such as anticancer (guo et al., 2007), antidiabetic (Yao et al., 2008), and antioxidant activities (liu et al., 2008). The different organs of buckwheat contain several phenolic compounds. Phenolic compounds consti-tute one of the main classes of secondary metabolites that are widely distributed in higher plants. recently, research interest in these chemicals has been stimu-lated because of their potential health benefits. They protect the body’s tissues against oxidative stress and its associated pathologies such as cancer, coronary heart disease, and inflammation (Croft, 1998; kara-kaya, 2004; linseisen and rohrmann, 2008; Tapiero et al., 2002).hairy root cultures have been widely studied for the production of secondary metabolites use-ful as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food addi-tives (Christey and Braun, 2005; georgiev et al., 2007). In vitro production of phenolic compounds in hairy root cultures of common buckwheat and tartary buckwheat has been reported (kim et al., 2009; lee et al., 2007; Trotin et al., 1993). Fur-ther, a previous paper has reported the phenotypic and growth variations observed among hairy root clones induced from an independent transforma-tion event by using Agrobacterium rhizogenes (Al-pizar et al., 2008).194 NAm Il PArk  ET Al.In this paper, we describe phenolic compound production by different morphological phenotypes in  hairy  root  cultures  of  Fagopyrum  tataricum gaertn.  mATErIAlS AND mEThODSSeed sterilization and germinationDehulled seeds of Fagopyrum tataricum were sur-face-sterilized with 70% (v/v) ethanol for 1 min and 4% (v/v) sodium hypochlorite solution for 10 min and then rinsed thrice in sterilized water. Six seeds were placed on 25 ml of agar-solidified cul-ture medium in dishes (100 mm × 15 mm). The basal medium consisted of murashige and Skoog (mS) medium (murashige and Skoog, 1962) and was solidified with 0.8% (w/v) agar. The medium was adjusted to ph 5.8 before adding agar and then sterilized by autoclaving at 121°C for 20 min. The seeds  were  germinated  in  a  growth  chamber  at 25°C under standard cool white fluorescent tubes with a flux rate of 35 µmol/(sm2) and a 16-h pho-toperiod. For the wild-type roots, the F. tataricum mother plants were grown in a growth chamber at 25°C under standard cool white fluorescent tubes with a flux rate of 80 µmol/(sm2) and a 16-h pho-toperiod.Growth of Agrobacterium rhizogenesThe culture of A. rhizogenes strain r1000 was initiat-ed from glycerol stock and grown overnight at 28°C with shaking (180 rpm) in liquid luria–Bertani me-dium [1% tryptone, 0.5% yeast extract, and 1% NaCl (ph 7.0)] to the mid-log phase (OD600 = 0.5). The bacterial cells were collected by centrifugation at 224 ×g for 10 min and resuspended in liquid inoculation medium (mS medium containing 30 g/l sucrose). The cell density was then adjusted to give an A600 of 1.0 for inoculation.Establishment of hairy root culturesYoung stems of F. tataricum were collected from plants grown in vitro and cut at the ends into 7-mm sections. The excised stems were dipped into the A. rhizogenes r1000 culture in a liquid inoculation medium for 10 min, blotted dry on sterile filter pa-per, and incubated in the dark at 25°C on agar-so-lidified mS medium. After 2 days of co-cultivation, the explant tissues were transferred to a hormone-free medium containing mS salts and vitamins (0.5 mg/l nicotinic acid, 0.5 mg/l pyridoxine-hCl, 0.1 mg/l thiamine-hCl, and 2.0 mg/l glycine), 30 g/l sucrose, 500 mg/l cefotaxime, and 8 g/l agar. Nu-merous hairy roots were observed emerging from the wound sites within 2 weeks. The hairy roots were separated from the explant tissues and sub-cultured in the dark at 25°C on agar-solidified mS medium. After repeated transfer to fresh medium, rapidly growing hairy root cultures were obtained. Isolated roots (0.5 g/l) were transferred to 30 ml of mS liquid medium, containing 30 g/l sucrose, in  100-ml  flasks.  The  root  cultures  were  main-tained at 25°C on a gyratory shaker (100 rev/min) in a growth chamber under standard cool white fluorescent tubes with a flux rate of 35 µmol/(s/m2) and a 16-h photoperiod. After 30 days of cul-ture, the hairy roots were harvested and their dry weight and phenolic compound contents were de-termined. Three flasks were used for each culture condition, and the experiments were performed in duplicate. High-performance liquid chromatography analy-sis of phenolic compoundsThe wild-type roots and hairy roots were collect-ed, and fresh samples were stored in sealed clear polyethylene plastic bags at -80°C until they were used. The collected samples were freeze-dried at -80°C for at least 48 h and then ground to a fine powder using a mortar and pestle. rutin was ex-tracted from the dried samples (0.1 g) with 3 ml of pure methanol at 60°C for 30 min; the remaining tested compounds were extracted twice with 3 ml of 80% methanol for 1 h at room temperature. The solutions were filtered through a 0.45-μm polyfilter and then diluted twofold with methanol prior to high performance liquid chromatography (hPlC) analysis.mOrPhOlOgICAl PhENOTYPES IN FAgOPYrum TATArICum 195hPlC was performed with a Futecs hPlC appa-ratus (model NS-4000; Daejeon, korea). The analysis was monitored at 280 nm and performed by using a C18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm; rStech, Daejeon,  korea)  maintained  at  30°C.  The  mobile phase was a gradient prepared from mixtures of ac-etonitrile and 0.15% acetic acid. The flow rate was set at 1.0 ml/min, and the injection volume was 20 μl. The results were calculated using a standard curve. All samples were run in triplicate.rESulTSEstablishment of hairy root cultureshairy roots of F. tataricum were initiated by using stem explants inoculated with A. rhizogenes r1000. After 2 days of co-cultivation with A. rhizogenes, the explant tissues were transferred to agar-solidified mS medium containing 500 mg/l cefotaxime to elimi-nate A. rhizogenes. hairy root initials emerged from fig. 1. hairy roots of F. tataricum showing two different phenotypes within four weeks of inoculation with A. rhizogenes strain r1000. (a)–(c) Thin phenotype and (d)–(f) thick phenotype. magnification: A and D, 1 mm; B and E, 400 µm; C and F, 100 µm.196 NAm Il PArk  ET Al.wound sites on the explants within 5–7 days after in-oculation. After 10–14 days, the roots began to grow more rapidly. About four weeks after co-cultivation with A. rhizogenes, the hairy roots were excised from the necrotic explant tissues and subcultured on fresh agar-solidified medium containing 500 mg/l cefo-taxime. morphological changes that occurred during the induction and development of hairy roots from the stem explants were investigated by light microscopy. We found two different morphological phenotypes: around 20% of the hairy roots presented the char-acteristic traits of primary roots with a profusion of root hairs (thin phenotype) (Fig. 1a–c), and the remaining 80% presented very thick primary roots and several secondary roots (thick phenotype) (Fig. 1d–f). The thin phenotype had a higher number of hairy roots than the thick phenotype.After isolation, hairy roots of both phenotypes were cultured in mS liquid medium for 21 days and their growth rate was investigated by harvesting six flasks at 3-day intervals (Fig. 2). During the 21-day culture period, the dry weight of the thin pheno-type increased from the original level of 0.5 g/l to 12.5 g/l. On the other hand, the growth of the thick phenotype increased (from 0.5 g/l to 11.1 g/l) up to 18 days and then started to decline. At all times, the growth rate was higher for the thin phenotype fig. 2. Time course study of the growth of the two hairy root phenotypes of F. tataricum grown in mS medium for 21 days. The values represent the mean ± SD of six independent measure-ments. DW, dry weight.Table 1. Phenolic compound contents of the thin and thick phenotypes of hairy roots of F. tataricum. Phenolic compoundThin phenotype (mg/g DW)Thick phenotype(mg/g DW)Caffeic acid 0.08 ± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.01(-)-Catechin hydrate 0.36 ± 0.01 0.34 ± 0.07Chlorogenic acid 0.16 ± 0.01 0.11 ± 0.01(-)-Epicatechin 5.33 ± 0.25 5.04 ± 0.11(-)-Epigallocatechin 0.21 ± 0.04 0.11 ± 0.01gallic acid 0.03 ± 0.00 0.03 ± 0.01rutin 1.63 ± 0.07 1.32 ± 0.08The values represent the mean ± SD of six independent measurements.DW – dry weight.mOrPhOlOgICAl PhENOTYPES IN FAgOPYrum TATArICum 197than the thick phenotype. After 21 days of culture, the hairy roots turned brown, and a brown pigment was released into the culture medium. Analysis of phenolic compound contentsSeven  phenolic  compounds  were  determined  by hPlC analysis (Table 1). Irrespective of the pheno-type, the content of epicatechin was the highest fol-lowed by rutin and that of gallic acid was the low-est. however, the thin phenotype produced almost a  double  amount  of  (-)-epigallocatechin  than  the thick phenotype. Furthermore, in terms of their to-tal dry weight, the thin phenotype produced more than 51.5%, 20%, 65%, 20%, 21%, and 40% of caffeic acid, (-)-catechin hydrate, chlorogenic acid, (-)-epi-catechin, gallic acid, and rutin, respectively, than the thick phenotype at 21 days of culture.DISCuSSIONWhen  A.  rhizogenes  infects  the  wounds  of  plant species,  adventitious  roots  with  numerous  hairs are produced (giri and Narasu, 2000; hamill et al., 1987).  In  general,  hairy  root  cultures  established by transformation with A. rhizogenes are attractive tools for the production of secondary metabolites because such cultures are genetically and biochemi-cally stable, show rapid growth rates, and can syn-thesize useful natural compounds at levels compara-ble to those produced by wild-type roots. Therefore, such cultures may be useful in studies into the pro-duction of important natural products (guillon et al., 2006; Srivastava and Srivastava, 2007). In this study, the two morphological phenotypes of tartary buckwheat hairy roots showed variations in growth rate and phenolic compound content. Simi-lar studies have reported that individual hairy roots often show different phenotypes and, in most cases, a variability that generally affects the branching inten-sity, root diameter, growth rate, and secondary me-tabolite production. For example, in one study, trans-formed ginseng hairy roots displayed three morpho-logical  phenotypes,  and  their  ginsenoside  pattern and growth rate varied according to their morphol-ogy (mallol et al., 2001). Twenty-nine isolated hairy root  clones  of  Scopolia  japonica  displayed  various phenotypes characterized by different growth rates and levels of tropane alkaloid production (mano et al., 1989). 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Phenolic compound production by different morphological phenotypes in hairy root cultures of Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.

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