title: Establishment of Salvia officinalis L. hairy root cultures for the production of rosmarinic acid.
abstract: Shoots of Salvia officinalis, a medicinally important plant, were infected with Agrobacterium rhizogenes strains ATCC 15834 and A4 which led to the induction of hairy roots in 57% and 37% of the explants, respectively. Seven lines of hairy roots were established in WP liquid medium under light and dark conditions. The transformed nature of the root lines was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction using rolB and rolC specific primers. Transformed root cultures of Salvia officinalis showed variations in biomass and rosmarinic acid production depending on the bacterial strain used for transformation and the root line analyzed. Both parameters (growth and rosmarinic acid content) of ATCC 15834-induced lines were significantly higher than the A4-induced lines. The maximum accumulation of rosmarinic acid (about 45 mg g(-1) of dry weight) was achieved by hairy root line 1 (HR-1) at the end of the culture period (45-50 days). The level was significantly higher than that found in untransformed root culture (19 mg g(-10 of dry wt).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical University of Lódź, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Lódź, Poland. botanika@pharm.am.lodz.pl
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grzegorczyk
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Królicka
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wysokińska
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002934:Cinnamates / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D053630:Depsides; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000187:drug effects; D027544:Salvia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development*; D000097123:Rosmarinic Acid
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D002934:Cinnamates; D053630:Depsides; D000097123:Rosmarinic Acid