Affiliation:
1. Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou 311300, China
2. College of Food and Health, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, China
4. Chun’an County Forestry Bureau, Chun’an 311330, China
5. Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 311300, China
Abstract
Paris polyphylla Smith var. Chinensis (Franch.) Hara is a medicinal plant that belongs to the Liliaceae family. Its main components are parissaponins, which have excellent medicinal effects such as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, etc. Improving the quality of parissaponins through artificial directional regulation has emerged as a practice to meet medical demand and is a new research hotspot. In this paper, P. polyphylla plants were treated with UVA, UVB, and UVC, and the contents of PolyPhyllin VI (PPVI) and PolyPhyllin VII (PPVII), saponin synthase (squalene synthase, SS; cycloartenol synthase, CAS; cytochrome P450, CYP450; and glycosyl transferases, GT) activity, MDA, and the photosynthetic pigment indexes were measured and analyzed. The results showed that PPVII content increased by 32.43% with UVC treatment after 4 h (3.43 mg/g), but the PPVI and PPVII contents in the other groups decreased compared with CK (control group) and they did not return to the original level after 4 h. SS, CAS, CYP450, and GT synthases were activated in varying degrees via UV treatment and increased, respectively, by 22.93%, 10.83%, 20.15%, and 25.98%. Among them, GT, as the last of the synthetases, had a shorter response time to UVB (30 min) and UVC (15 min); the difference was sensible compared with CK. Moreover, UV had a stressing effect and promoted the rapid accumulation of MDA content (increased 17.66%, 34.53%, and 9.65%) and carotenoid (increased 7.58, 5.60, and 7.76 times) within 4 h compared to CK. UVB and UVC radiation visibly improved chlorophyll a content (42.56% and 35.45%), but UVA did not, and the change in chlorophyll b content showed no overt statistical difference. In addition, PPVI and PPVII were negatively correlated with SS, CAS, carotenoids, and MDA (p < 0.05) and positively correlated with CYP450, GT, and chlorophyll a (p < 0.05). This study provides a theoretical basis for using UV light to regulate secondary metabolism in P. polyphylla, which is of great value for production management.
Funder
Key Research and Development Projects of “Vanguard” and “Leading Goose” in Zhejiang Province
Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province
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