Chlorogenic Acid Biosynthesis: Characterization of a Light-Induced
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ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS Vol. 258, No. 1, October, pp. 226-232, 1987 Chlorogenic Acid Biosynthesis: Characterization of a Light-Induced Microsomal 5O-(4-Coumaroyl)-D-quinate/shikimate 3’-Hydroxylase from Carrot (Daucus carota L.) Cell Suspension Cultures’ THOMAS KijHNL, ULRICH KOCH, WERNER HELLER, AND ECKARD WELLMANN Biologisches Institut II der Universitti Fm&wg, Schiinzlestrasse I, D-7800 Frea’burg, Federal Republic of Germany Received March 19,1987, and in revised form June 16,1987 Microsomal preparations from carrot (Daucus carota L.) cell suspension cultures cat- alyze the formation of tram-50-caffeoyl-D-quinate (chlorogenate) from trans-5-O-(4- coumaroyl)-D-quinate. trans-5-0-(4-Coumaroyl)shikimate is converted to about the same extent to trans-5Gcaffeoylshikimate. trans-4-0-(4-Coumaroyl)-D-quinate, tram-3-0-(4- coumaroyl)-D-quinate, trane-lcoumarate, and c&Z-5-0-(4-coumaroyl)-D-quinate do not act as substrates. The reaction is strictly dependent on molecular oxygen and on NADPH as reducing cofactor. NADH and ascorbic acid cannot substitute for NADPH. Cytochrome c, Tetcyclacis, and carbon monoxide inhibit the reaction suggesting a cytochrome P- 450-dependent mixed-function monooxygenase. Competition experiments as well as in- duction and inhibition phenomena indicate that there is only one enzyme species which is responsible for the hydroxylation of the 5-0-(4-coumaric) esters of both D-quinate and shikimate. The activity of this enzyme is greatly increased by in V&JOirradiation of the cells with blue/uv light. We conclude that the biosynthesis of the predominant caffeic acid conjugates in carrot cells occurs via the corresponding I-coumaric acid esters. Thus, in this system, 5-O-(4-coumaroyl)-D-quinate can be seen as the final intermediate in the chlorogenic acid pathway. 8 1987Academic press. I~C. Chlorogenic acid, 5-0-caffeoyl-D-quinic zymatic studies have shown that the es- acid, is one of the most widespread hy- terification of D-quinate requires hydrox- droxycinnamic acid derivatives known in ycinnamic acids activated by conjugation the plant kingdom (1). Various physiolog- with /3-D-glucose or coenzyme A. Kojima ical roles have been suggested for this and Villegas recently reported on the con- compound. These include growth regula- version of 4-~COUmarOyl-D-glUCOSe (2) and tion and disease resistance ((1) and liter- caffeoyl-D-glucose (3) to the corresponding ature cited therein). 5-O-esters of D-quinate by an enzyme Numerous reports on the biosynthesis of preparation from sweet potato. These re- chlorogenic acid have been published. En- actions have not yet been described for other plant systems. Transesterification ’ This work was supported by Deutsche For- via hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA esters me- schungsgemeinschaft (We 567/5-l). diated by hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:D-quin- * Present address: Gesellschaft ftir Strahlen und ate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (CQT),4 Umweltforschung Mtinchen, Ingolst&dter Landstrasse 1, D-8042 Neuherberg, FRG. ’ Abbreviations used: CQT, hydroxycinnamoyi- 3 To whom correspondence should he addressed at CoA:D-quinate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase; CST, Lehrstuhl fur Botanik, Biologisches Institut II der hydroxycinnamoyl-CoAshikimate hydroxycinnamoyl IJniversit%t, Schlnzlestraase 1, D-7800 Freihurg, FRG. transferase. 0003-9861/87 $3.00 226 Copyright 0 1987 by Academic Press, Inc. All rights of reproduction in any form reserved. Daucus carom 5-@(4-COUMAROYL)-D-QUINATE/SHIKIMATE 3’-HYDROXYLASE 227 on the other hand, has been demonstrated HO-..? OOH in a wide range of plants (4). In some cases, CQT activity is increased in response to HCf$OhoH external stimuli, such as light (5-7) or low temperature (8). This increase in enzyme activity is accompanied by accumulation of HO... COOH chlorogenic acid in the tissue. NADPH CQT exhibits high specificity for the ac- ceptor D-quinate. The relative specificities - 02 wQoJ-Q(,~ for the CoA esters differ from one plant system to the other, 4-coumaroyl-CoA and FIG. 1. Hydroxylation of trons-5-0-(4-coumaroyl)- caffeoyl-CoA being almost always the only D-quinate to trans-5-0-caffeoyl-n-quinate (chloro- substrates (4). The question remains as to genate). at which level the 3-hydroxylation of the 4-coumaroyl moiety occurs in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS The hydroxylation of both free 4-cou- marate (9, 10) and 4-coumaroyl-D-quinate Materials. Chlorogenic acid was purchased from Roth (Karlsruhe). Methanol-d, and trimethylsilane (11) has been reported to be catalyzed by were from EGA-Chemie (Weinheim). Cytochrome P- phenolases. These enzymes have, however, 450 specific inhibitors were kindly provided by Pro- not been proved to be specifically involved fessor H. Grisebach, Freiburg. All other chemicals in chlorogenic acid biosynthesis. and enzymes were obtained or prepared as described Recent investigations on elicitor-induced previously (12). parsley (Petroselinum crispurn Miller) cell Cell cultures. Carrot (Daucus curotu) cell suspension suspension cultures have shown that hy- cultures were a kind gift from Dr. U. Matern, Freiburg. droxylation of 5-0-(4-coumaroyl)shikimate The cells were grown in B-5 medium (16) at 25°C in can be mediated by a microsomal cyto- the dark. Two and one half to three grams of 7-day- chrome P-450-dependent mixed-function old cultures was propagated in 40 ml of fresh medium. Light induction Seven-day-old cells were washed monooxygenase (12). A hydroxycinnamoyl- with fresh medium and an inoculum of 10 g was CoA:shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl trans- transferred to 40 ml medium. After 10 to 12 h in the ferase (CST) is induced concomitantly. This dark, the cells were irradiated for 20 h with Osram L suggests the possibility of a flux of 4-cou- 40 W/73 fluorescent tubes (A,,,,, 350 nm, half band- marate into the ester pathway, at which width 40 nm, 7.8 W m-a) (1’7). stage 3-hydroxylation of the coumaroyl Chromatography. TLC on cellulose plates (Merck, moiety occurs. In the case of chlorogenic Darmstadt) was performed with 2% formic acid (I). acid biosynthesis, a similar pathway for 4- HPLC was carried out on a lo-pm Lichrosorb RP-18 coumaroyl 3-hydroxylation might be ex- column (0.5 X 25 cm) (Merck, Darmstadt) using water/ pected, since some earlier tracer studies acetonitrile/acetic acid (87/12/l, v/v/v) (II) and (84/ 15/l, v/v/v) (III) as solvents. have shown 5-o-(4-coumaroyl)-D-quinate Enzymatic preparation of 5-0-(&coumaroyl)-D- to be an intermediate (13,14). PiniC acid. Preparation of 5-@(4-coumaroyl)-D-quinic Carrot (Duucus carob L.) cell cultures acid was carried out according to (12) using 300 nmol are known to produce chlorogenic acid (15). I-coumaroyl-CoA and 1 rmol D-quinate in a volume We have recently found that the formation of 500 ~1. The product was extracted twice with 250 of this compound can be increased by ir- /.d of l-butanol and evaporated to dryness. After TLC, radiation with blue/uv light. the product was purified further by HPLC with solvent In this paper, we report on a particulate III. The product was identified by ‘H NMR spectros- hydroxylase from carrot cell suspension copy in methanol-d4. The data were compared with cultures responsible for the conversion of those obtained from chlorogenic acid. 5-O-(4-coumaroyl)-D-quinate to chloro- 5-@Caffeoyl-D-quinate: 7.56 (d, H-0, 15.9), 7.04 (d, H-2’, ZO),6.95 (dd, H-6,2.0/8.2), 6.77 (d, H-5,8.2), 6.26 genate (Fig. l), which is induced by blue/ (d, H-a, 15.9), 5.34 (m, H-5,4.3/9.7/9.7), 4.17 (m, H-3, uv light. The relationship between the 4- 5.0/3.3/3.3), 3.72 (dd, H-4,3.2/8.6), 2.24 (m, H&q, 2.1/ coumaroyl3-hydroxylases from carrot and 4.5/13.4), 2.17 (dd, H-Zax, 3.3/14.1), 2.07 (dd, H-Gax, parsley cells is discussed. 9.7/13.3), 2.06 (m, H-Zeq, 2.1/5.0/14.1); (cf. (18)). 228 KUHNL ET AL. 5-0-(4-Coumaroyl)-D-quinate: 7.63 (d, H-8, 15.8), (1.7 TBq/mol). In the presence of an excess of micro- 7.42 (d, H-Z/H-6’, 6.5), 6.76 (d, H-3’/H-5’, ‘7.2), 6.33 (d, somal protein, cinnamate I-hydroxylase yielded up to H-a, 14.9), 5.40 (H-5), 4.24 (H-3), 3.74 (H-4). 1.5 nmol4-[3-‘%]coumarate in the assay. Preparation of enzymes. Crude extracts and micro- Product ident@ztion Chlorogenate prepared by somal fractions were prepared from freshly harvested enzymatic hydroxylation of 5-o-(d-COUUXirOyl)-D- carrot cells as described earlier (12), but with 0.1 M quinate was identified by TLC (solvent I) and HPLC potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.5, with 1.5 IUM di- (solvent II). thioerythritol and 10% (w/v) sucrose. The microsomal Assaysfor other enzymes. CQT was measured spec- preparations were frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored trophotometrically as described by Ulbrich and Zenk at -70°C. (4). Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase was measured as de- Synthesis of hydrvxycinnamoyl-D-quinic acids. (a) scribed previously (12). The 3-O and 4-O isomers of I-coumaroyl- and caffeoyl- Other analytical methods. Protein was determined D-quinic acids were prepared according to the method by a modified Lowry procedure (12). ‘H NMR spectra of Hanson (19) by keeping a neutral solution of 5-O were recorded on a Bruker WM 300 spectrometer. (I-coumaroyl) quinic acid and chlorogenic acid, re- spectively, at 90°C for 30 min. The products were ex- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION tracted with I-butanol.