| Literature DB >> 24757332 |
Hakimeh Mansouri1, Fatemeh Salari1.
Abstract
Plants synthesize a myriad of isoprenoid products that are required both for essential constitutive processes and for adaptive responses to the environment. Two independent pathways for the biosynthesis of isoprenoid precursors coexist within the plant cell: the cytosolic mevalonic acid (MVA) pathway and the plastidial methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effect of the MVA pathway on isoprenoid biosynthesized by the MEP pathway in Cannabis sativa by treatment with mevinolin. The amount of chlorophyll a, b, and total showed to be significantly enhanced in treated plants in comparison with control plants. Also, mevinolin induced the accumulation of carotenoids and α-tocopherol in treated plants. Mevinolin caused a significant decrease in tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content. This result show that the inhibition of the MVA pathway stimulates MEP pathway but none for all metabolites.Entities:
Keywords: Cannabinoids; Cannabis sativa; Mevinolin; Terpenoids
Year: 2014 PMID: 24757332 PMCID: PMC3988329 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-014-0222-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Physiol Mol Biol Plants ISSN: 0974-0430