Journal
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 287-295Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-012-0262-z
Keywords
Artemisia annua L.; Artemisinin; Genetic engineering; CYP71AV1; CPR; FPS
Funding
- People's Republic of China National High-Tech 863 Program [2011AA100605]
- People's Republic of China Genetically Modified Organisms breeding Major Project [2011ZX08002-001]
- Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project [B209]
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Artemisinin is an endoperoxide sesquiterpene lactone isolated from the aerial parts of Artemisia annua L., and is presently the most potent anti-malarial drug. Owing to the low yield of artemisinin from A. annua as well as the widespread application of artemisinin-based combination therapy recommended by the World Health Organization, the global demand for artemisinin is substantially increasing and is therefore rendering artemisinin in short supply. An economical way to increase artemisinin production is to increase the content of artemisinin in A. annua. In this study, three key genes in the artemisinin biosynthesis pathway, encoding farnesyl diphosphate synthase, amorpha-4, 11-diene C-12 oxidase and its redox partner cytochrome P450 reductase, were over-expressed in A. annua through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The transgenic lines were confirmed by Southern blotting and the over-expressions of the genes were demonstrated by real-time PCR assays. The HPLC analysis showed that the artemisinin contents in transgenic lines were increased significantly, with the highest one found to be 3.6-fold higher (2.9 mg/g FW) than that of the control. These results demonstrate that multigene engineering is an effective way to enhance artemisinin content in A. annua.
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