Novel synthetic 2,6-dichloroisonicotinate derivatives as effective elicitors for inducing the biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites

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• 作者：Zhi-Gang Qian ; Zhen-Jiang Zhao ; Yufang Xu ; Xuhong Qian and Jian-Jiang Zhong
• 刊名：Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：June 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：71
• 期：2
• 页码：164-167
• 全文大小：93 KB

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Two novel 2,6-dichloroisonicotinic acid (INA) derivatives [trifluoroethyl 2,6-dichloroisonicotinate (TFINA) and 2-(2,6-dichloro-pyridine-4-carbonyloxy)-ethyl jasmonate (DPCEJ)] were chemically synthesized and evaluated by bioassay as potential elicitors for inducing the biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites. A suspension culture of Taxus chinensis, which stably produces a high level of bioactive taxuyunnanine C (Tc), was taken as a model plant cell system. A significant increase in Tc accumulation was observed in the presence of TFINA or DPCEJ. For example, addition of 100 μM TFINA or DPCEJ on day 7 led to a high Tc content of 21.6±2.0 or 27.7±1.0 mg g−1 (on day 21), while the Tc content was 13.7±1.0 and 17.1±0.9 mg g−1 for the control and that with addition of 100 μM INA, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the use of synthetic INA derivatives for inducing the biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites. The results indicate that the newly synthesized INA analogues can act as promising elicitors for secondary metabolism induction in plant cell cultures.