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In a Catharanthus roseus cell line accumulating secologanin, time-course studies on the uptake of loganin and the in vivo conversion to secologanin were performed. Four-day-old cells converted 100% of the fed loganin to secologanin within 24 hours, showing that this step is unlikely to be limiting for alkaloid accumulation. Thirteen-day-old cells also took up loganin, but only about 25% was recovered as secologanin. A saturation in the uptake of loganin and in the conversion of loganin into secologanin was observed after feeding increasing amounts of loganin. Elicitation by cellulase and pectinase decreased the cellular contents of secologanin and strictosidine whereas it increased the tryptamine content. In addition, the uptake of loganin in elicited cells was blocked. In vitro assays with protein extracts of elicited Catharanthus roseus cells indicated the activation of secologanin degrading enzyme(s). Feeding of tryptophan did not result in any increase in alkaloid contents, despite its complete uptake. Tryptamine feeding led to increased strictosidine contents, but ajmalicine levels remained unchanged.
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Contin, A., van der Heijden, R. & Verpoorte, R. Effects of alkaloid precursor feeding and elicitation on the accumulation of secologanin in a Catharanthus roseus cell suspension culture. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 56, 111–119 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006257125191
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