Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
ISSN: 0717-3458 |
Vol. 9 No. 3, Special Issue, 2006 |
© 2006 by Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Valparaíso -- Chile |
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DOI: 10.2225/vol9-issue3-fulltext-14 |
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Callus culture for biomass production of milk thistle as a potential source of milk clotting peptidases
Cecilia Cimino
Laboratorio de Investigación de Proteínas Vegetales
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata 47 y 115, CC 711, 1900
La Plata. Argentina
Tel: 54 221 4235333 ext. 57
Fax: 54 221 422 4067
E-mail:
cvcimino@biol.unlp.edu.ar
Sandra Vairo Cavalli
Laboratorio de Investigación de Proteínas Vegetales
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata 47 y 115, CC 711, 1900
La Plata. Argentina
Tel: 54 221 4235333 ext. 57
Fax: 54 221 422 4067
E-mail: svairo@biol.unlp.edu.ar
Francisco Spina
Laboratorio de Investigación de Proteínas Vegetales
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata 47 y 115, CC 711, 1900
La Plata. Argentina
Tel: 54 221 4235333 ext. 57
Fax: 54 221 422 4067
E-mail: frankspina1@hotmail.com
Claudia Natalucci
Laboratorio de Investigación de Proteínas Vegetales
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata 47 y 115, CC 711, 1900
La Plata. Argentina
Tel: 54 221 4235333 ext. 57
Fax: 54 221 422 4067
E-mail: natalucci@biol.unlp.edu.ar
Nora Priolo*
Laboratorio de Investigación de Proteínas Vegetales
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata 47 y 115, CC 711, 1900
La Plata. Argentina
Tel: 54 221 4235333 ext. 57
Fax: 54 221 422 4067
E-mail: priolo@biol.unlp.edu.ar
*Corresponding
author
Financial support: The present work was supported by grants from ANPCyT, CIC, CONICET, CYTED, and UNLP.
Keywords:
Asteraceae,
callus, rhizogenesis, Silybum marianum.
Abbreviations: |
2,4-D: dichlorophenoxy acetic acid
BA: benzyladenine
NAA: naphtalenacetic acid |
The objective of this
work was the optimization of the conditions of in vitro culture
for callus production of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. (Asteraceae).
Sections of cotyledons, previously disinfected by washing successively
with ethanol 70º, NaClO (10% w/v) and Tween 20 (0.05% v/v) and
rinsing with sterile distilled water, were used as explants. For its
initial culture, B5 medium supplemented with BA and 2,4-D solidified
with phytagel was used, and a 63% survival was achieved. To obtain
callus, two solid media were assayed (S1 and S2) using B5 medium supplemented
with growth regulators (BA and 2,4-D or NAA and BA, respectively).
The calli were grown at 25ºC during 45 days in darkness.
Growth kinetics was studied using S1 medium obtaining a typical growth
curve with an exponential phase after 14 days of incubation (rate
of growth 0.005 g
dry weight/ day) and stationary phase after 35 days. The rate of growth
in S2 medium was slower, and rhizogenesis was observed starting on
the fifth week of incubation. From these results, the best culture
medium for callus production of Silybum marianum was S1 medium.
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