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A peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cell-suspension culture susceptible to selective induction of stilbene formation was established. The principles of defense responses of the whole plant were found to be retained in the artificial system. The suspension culture was characterized by its growth curve and by various biochemical parameters. In the stationary phase, reached 8 d after transfer to a new medium, the formation of stilbenes and stilbene synthase could be induced without altering the levels of other enzymes. Eighteen hours after applying an artificial elicitor (ultraviolet-C light) or 4 h after eliciting with a crude preparation of Phytophthora cambivora cell walls, phenylalanineammonia-lyase activity was increased eightfold and stilbene-synthase activity 20-fold. The activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase reached its peak at a slightly different time from that of stilbene synthase. The main products of L-phenylalanine metabolism in the induced cells were resveratrol, 3,3′,5-trihydroxy-4′-methoxystilbene and isopentenylresveratrol. Likewise, feruloyl-CoA reductase, as a parameter of lignin formation, was enhanced following induction, albeit with a different time course and with a less steep increase than found for phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and stilbene synthase.
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Rolfs, C.H., Schön, H., Steffens, M. et al. Cell-suspension culture of Arachis hypogaea L.: model system of specific enzyme induction in secondary metabolism. Planta 172, 238–244 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394593
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