OpNAC1 transcription factor regulates the biosynthesis of the anticancer drug camptothecin by targeting loganic acid O-methyltransferase in Ophiorrhiza pumila

作     者：Xiaolong Hao Can Wang Wei Zhou Qingyan Ruan Chenhong Xie Yinkai Yang Chengyu Xiao Yan Cai Jingyi Wang Yao Wang Xuebin Zhang Itay Maoz Guoyin Kai Xiaolong Hao;Can Wang;Wei Zhou;Qingyan Ruan;Chenhong Xie;Yinkai Yang;Chengyu Xiao;Yan Cai;Jingyi Wang;Yao Wang;Xuebin Zhang;Itay Maoz;Guoyin Kai

作者机构：Laboratory of Medicinal Plant BiotechnologySchool of Pharmaceutical SciencesAcademy of Chinese Medical Science Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityHangzhou 310053 China State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and ImprovementHenan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics ResearchSchool of Life Sciences Henan UniversityKaifeng 475001 China Department of Postharvest Science AROThe Volcani Center HaMaccabim Rd 68POB 15159Rishon LeZion 7528809 Israel 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Plant Biology》 (植物学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第65卷第1期

页      面：133-149页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 09[农学] 071007[理学-遗传学] 0901[农学-作物学] 090102[农学-作物遗传育种] 

基　　金：supported by the Major Science and Technology Projects of Breeding New Varieties of Agriculture in Zhejiang Province (2021C02074) National Natural Science Foundation of China (82003889, 31571735, 82073963, 81522049) National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1706203) Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LQ21H280004, LY20H280008) Zhejiang Provincial Ten Thousands Program for Leading Talents of Science and Technology Innovation (2018R52050) Zhejiang Provincial Program for the Cultivation of High-level Innovative Health Talents Research Project of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (2021JKZDZC06) Opening Project of Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2021E10013) 

主　　题：camptothecin biosynthesis metabolic engineering strategies Ophiorrhiza pumila plant secondary metabolism transcriptional regulation 

摘      要：Camptothecin(CPT) is an anticancer pentacyclic quinoline alkaloid widely used to treat cancer patients worldwide. However, the biosynthetic pathway and transcriptional regulation of camptothecin are largely unknown. Ophiorrhiza pumila, the herbaceous plant from the Rubiaceae family, has emerged as a model plant for studying camptothecin biosynthesis and regulation. In this study, a high-quality reference genome of O. pumila with estimated size of ~456.90Mb was reported, and the accumulation level of camptothecin in roots was higher than that in stems and leaves. Based on its spatial distribution in the plant, we examined gene functions and expression by combining genomics with transcriptomic *** loganic acid O-methyltransferase(OpLAMTs)were identified in strictosidine-producing plant ***, and enzyme catalysis assays showed that OpLAMT1 and not OpLAMT2 could convert loganic acid into loganin. Further knock-out of OpL AMT1expression led to the elimination of loganin and camptothecin accumulation in O. pumila hairy *** key residues were identified in OpLAMT1 protein crucial for the catalytic activity of loganic acid to loganin. By co-expression network, we identified a NAC transcription factor, OpNAC1, as a candidate gene for regulating camptothecin *** hairy roots and biochemical assays demonstrated that OpNAC1 suppressed OpLAMT1 expression. Here, we reported on two camptothecin metabolic engineering strategies paving the road for industrial-scale production of camptothecin in CPT-producing plants.