title: Enhanced metabolic process to indole alkaloids in Clematis terniflora DC. after exposure to high level of UV-B irradiation followed by the dark.
abstract: Indole alkaloids, which characteristically contain an indole nucleus, have pharmaceutical potential in a diverse range of applications. UV-B can elicit the accumulation of indole alkaloids. The indole alkaloid (6-hydroxyl-1H-indol-3-yl) carboxylic acid methyl ester with cytotoxic activity was found to accumulate in Clematis terniflora DC. leaves after exposure to high level of UV-B irradiation and the dark. However, a more in-depth analysis of the process behind this response has not yet been performed. Therefore, an integrated approach involving metabolomic, proteomic, and transcriptomic analyses is essential to detail the biosynthetic mechanisms of the regulation of indole alkaloid under binary stress.
  
  
  
  Indole alkaloid (6-hydroxyl-1H-indol-3-yl) carboxylic acid methyl ester was found to increase 7-fold in C. terniflora leaves post-treatment with high level of UV-B irradiation followed by an incubation in the dark compared with pre-treatment. Analysis by proteomics and metabolomics indicates a decrease in photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism, respectively. By contrast, amino acid metabolism was activated by this binary stress, and, specifically, the genes involved in the metabolic pathway converting shikimate to L-tryptophan were concurrently upregulated. Metabolites involved in indole biosynthesis (shikimate metabolic) pathway were anthranilate, indole, and L-tryptophan, which increased 2-, 441-, and 1-fold, respectively. In addition, there was an increase of 2- and 9-fold in L-serine deaminase (L-SD) and L-tryptophan synthase activity in C. terniflora leaves after exposure to high level of UV-B irradiation and the dark.
  
  
  
  (6-hydroxyl-1H-indol-3-yl) carboxylic acid methyl ester was found to increase in response to high level of UV-B irradiation followed by an incubation in the dark, implying that indole alkaloid biosynthesis was activated in C. terniflora leaves. Analysis of perturbations in metabolism in these leaves demonstrated that amino acid metabolism was specifically activated by this binary stress. In addition, an enhancement in serine level and L-SD activity was noted, which likely leads to an accumulation of pyruvate that, in turn, supplies shikimate metabolic pathway. The genes, metabolites, and L-tryptophan synthase activity that are involved in the metabolic pathway leading from shikimate to L-tryptophan all increased under the experimental binary stress, resulting in an enhancement of indole biosynthesis (shikimate metabolic) pathway. Therefore, the metabolic process to indole alkaloids in C. terniflora was enhanced after exposure to high level of UV-B irradiation followed by the dark.
authors: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
authors: Cuixia
authors: C
authors: Gao
authors: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
authors: Bingxian
authors: B
authors: Yang
authors: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
authors: Dandan
authors: D
authors: Zhang
authors: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
authors: Meng
authors: M
authors: Chen
authors: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, 310027, China. tjk@zju.edu.cn.|Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. tjk@zju.edu.cn.
authors: Jingkui
authors: J
authors: Tian
mesh_terms: D039324:Clematis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000528:radiation effects*; D026121:Indole Alkaloids / Q000378:metabolism*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D040901:Proteomics; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D026121:Indole Alkaloids; D010940:Plant Proteins
keywords: Amino acid metabolism; Clematis terniflora DC.; Indole alkaloid biosynthesis; Metabolomics; Proteomics; Ultraviolet-B irradiation