Viable alternative in vitro system and comparative metabolite profiling of different tissues for the conservation of ceropegia karulensis

TitleViable alternative in vitro system and comparative metabolite profiling of different tissues for the conservation of ceropegia karulensis
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsPandey, M, Jayaramaiah, RH, Dholakia, BB, Punekar, SA, Giri, AP
JournalPlant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture
Pagination1-15
Date PublishedAUG
Type of ArticleArticle
Keywordsalkaloids, Metabolites
AbstractAbstract: Ceropegia karulensis is an endemic and critically endangered plant of the Western Ghats from India. Exploitation of the tubers and poor regeneration from seed has narrowed distribution and propagation of the species. There is a need to develop in vitro propagation methods for C. karulensis to alleviate these problems. Here, we optimized callus induction, somatic embryogenesis and microtuberization from different seedling explants viz. cotyledonary leaf and root. The environmental scanning electron microscopy was used to observe somatic embryonic origin and their developmental stages. Highest callus proliferation was recorded with 2 µM 6-benzylaminopurine and 1 µM 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Somatic embryos derived from cotyledonary leaf explants were more proliferative than root explants. The combination of 2 µM 6-benzylaminopurine, 2 µM naphthalene acetic acid and 7% sucrose in MS media resulted in highest microtuberization. Further, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry based metabolic profiling was carried out from native wild plants and in vitro callus tissues which identified various phytochemicals such as alkaloids, fatty acids, esters alcohols, etc. Multivariate analysis revealed the chemical disparities, where considerable variations were observed between native wild type and in vitro tissues, but no significant differences were found among in vitro callus from both root and cotyledonary explants. Overall, our results suggested that the production of various secondary metabolites found in C. karulensis was not affected by in vitro propagation and could be utilized in the conservation strategies for this plant. Graphical Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
DOI10.1007/s11240-017-1292-6
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)Foreign
Impact Factor (IF)2.39
Divison category: 
Biochemical Sciences

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