Flavonoid production in transgenic hop (Humulus lupulus L.) altered by PAP1/MYB75 from Arabidopsis thaliana L

Plant Cell Rep. 2012 Jan;31(1):111-9. doi: 10.1007/s00299-011-1144-5. Epub 2011 Sep 13.

Abstract

Hop is an important source of secondary metabolites, such as flavonoids. Some of these are pharmacologically active. Nevertheless, the concentration of some classes as flavonoids in wild-type plants is rather low. To enhance the production in hop, it would be interesting to modify the regulation of genes in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway. For this purpose, the regulatory factor PAP1/AtMYB75 from Arabidopsis thaliana L. was introduced into hop plants cv. Tettnanger by Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation. Twenty kanamycin-resistant transgenic plants were obtained. It was shown that PAP1/AtMYB75 was stably incorporated and expressed in the hop genome. In comparison to the wild-type plants, the color of female flowers and cones of transgenic plants was reddish to pink. Chemical analysis revealed higher levels of anthocyanins, rutin, isoquercitin, kaempferol-glucoside, kaempferol-glucoside-malonate, desmethylxanthohumol, xanthohumol, α-acids and β-acids in transgenic plants compared to wild-type plants.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anthocyanins / metabolism
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism
  • Color
  • Flavonoids / metabolism*
  • Flowers / physiology
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Humulus / chemistry
  • Humulus / drug effects
  • Humulus / genetics*
  • Humulus / metabolism*
  • Kanamycin / pharmacology
  • Kanamycin Resistance / genetics
  • Pancreatitis-Associated Proteins
  • Plants, Genetically Modified / metabolism
  • Propiophenones / metabolism
  • Transcription Factors / genetics*
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism

Substances

  • Anthocyanins
  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Flavonoids
  • PAP1 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Pancreatitis-Associated Proteins
  • Propiophenones
  • REG3A protein, human
  • Transcription Factors
  • Kanamycin
  • xanthohumol