Abstract
Crinum brachynema is a bulbous plant belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae which is restricted to Western India. Due to its high rarity and low distribution range, it has been classified as “critically endangered”. Establishing an efficient and unprecedented somatic embryogenesis protocol is necessary for its conservation and large-scale propagation. In this study, regeneration was achieved through somatic embryogenesis using bulb explants on MS media supplemented with various concentrations of 2,4-D alone and in combination with N6-benzyl-adenine. Different advanced phases with maturation of somatic embryo were obtained on MS medium with different ratios of picloram and thidiazuron (TDZ). The highest number of somatic embryos (50.33 ± 1.52) was obtained after eight weeks in the medium supplemented picloram (2.0 mg L−1) in combination with TDZ (0.5 mg L−1). MS medium with reduced concentration of salts in combination with GA3 (1.0 mg L−1) was used for somatic embryo germination. The maximum embryo germination frequency (82.22) was recorded on half-strength MS medium fortified with 1 mg L−1 GA3. The genetic true-to-typeness of regenerated plants was confirmed by ISSR, SCoT and RAPD primers based molecular analyses. This confirmed their genetic homogeneity compared to the mother plant and it also demonstrated the reliability of our somatic embryogenesis system for C. brachynema. The protocol developed may facilitate efforts in reintroduction, restoration, and ex situ conservation of C. brachynema in its natural habitat and its potential commercial utilization.
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We provided the first report on somatic embryogenesis system in C. brachynema. SEM indicated the morphogenesis and several molecular markers revealed genetic homogeneity of the regenerated plants.
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Introduction
The family Amaryllidaceae includes around 1600 species, distributed in 100 genera, which grow throughout the tropical and warm-temperate regions of the globe (Chahal et al. 2021; Kaur et al. 2022a). Crinum L. is one of the prominent genera of this family with more than 110 species distributed globally (Chahal et al. 2021). In India, a total of 13 Crinum species are found, of which 5 are endemic (Lekhak and Yadav 2011; Patel and Patel 2019). Indian Crinum species have been documented with several potential therapeutic applications such as antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory antiviral, antiaging, antioxidant, antimalarial, antidiarrheal analgesic, antitumour, antimicrobial and anti-Alzheimer due to the presence of valuable active alkaloids (Fennell and Van Staden 2001; Uddin et al. 2012; Refaat et al. 2013; Ghane et al. 2018; Sikder et al. 2021; Kaur et al. 2022b; Patel et al. 2022).
Crinum brachynema, locally known as “Karnaphul”, is a critically endangered herb restricted to Northern region of Western ghats of India (Punekar 2001; Kaur et al. 2022a). Like other Crinum species, C. brachynema is known for its beautiful fragrant flowers and as a potential source of valuable alkaloids (viz. galanthamine and lycorine (Jagtap et al. 2014; Kaur et al. 2022b). This plant is well known for its biological activities as anti-Alzheimer and anticancer, due to the presence of alkaloids skeletons like galanthamine (GAL) and lycorine (Fig. 1E, F) and could be used commercially in pharmaceutical and perfume industries as well (Jagtap et al. 2014; Roy et al. 2018; Santos et al. 2020; Lekhak et al. 2022).
GAL is a reversible, selective isoquinoline alkaloid, which acts as a competitive inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase and modulator of acetylcholine receptors (Heinrich and Teoh 2004; Jagtap et al. 2014; Argade et al. 2022). It is also sold under the product names Nivalin® and Reminyl® as a potential drug for Alzheimer’s disease (Heinrich 2010). C. brachynema is rarely cultivated and over the past few years wild populations of C. brachynema were over-exploited, threatening the very existence of this valuable endemic flora (Kaur et al. 2022a). Furthermore, limited availability, anthropogenic pressure, human activities, over-exploitation of bulb material and forest fires make them difficult to propagate in their natural habitat and it faces the threat of extinction. This plant has been also categorized as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), under the red list measures (POWO 2019). Its extreme destruction and status underline the need to develop novel biotechnological strategies for in vitro regeneration and conservation, essential to develop rapid propagation and conservation systems as tools to save and expand the populations of C. brachynema.
Plant tissue culture techniques are being used to conserve rare, endangered, and threatened species all over the world. Somatic embryogenesis (SE) has several advantages for increasing the rate of propagation of genetically uniform phenotypes (Chahal et al. 2023; Uma et al. 2023). Plant cells and tissues undergo several genetic changes during in vitro regeneration, including DNA methylation and morpho-physiological changes, chromosomal restructuring and/or doubling (aneuploidy/polyploidy), collectively referred to as “somaclonal variation” (Phillips et al. 1994; Bairu et al. 2011; Takagi 2011).
The somaclonal variations may arise due to several factors such as type of explant, exogenous plant growth regulators (PGRs) and excessive subculturing during in vitro propagation (Bhattacharyya et al. 2018; Chirumamilla et al. 2021). Different genetic markers including random amplified length polymorphism (RAPD) (Sebastiani and Ficcadenti 2016; Bajpai and Chaturvedi 2021), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) (Yin et al. 2013), direct amplification of minisatellite DNA (DAMD) (Parab et al. 2021; Longchar and Deb 2022), inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) (Jaiswal et al. 2021) and start codon targeted polymorphism (SCoT) (Thakur et al. 2016; Bhattacharyya et al. 2018) have been extensively used to discover the genetic variations of in vitro plant species. True-to type plants are vital to preserve the genetic resources of rare, endangered, and threatened species and are crucial for conservation practices and secondary metabolite production.
To date only one recent study (Kaur et al. 2022a) has reported on regeneration and conservation of C. brachynema. A regeneration of in vitro clones through somatic embryogenesis in a shorter period of time is advantageous for rapid propagation and production of bioactive compounds (Kumar et al. 2015, 2017; Lema-Rumińska et al. 2019; Marković et al. 2021; Mishra et al. 2022; Chahal et al. 2023). Therefore, we undertook this aim to establish an efficient protocol to produce true-to-type plantlets via somatic embryogenesis for the first time. The RAPD, ISSR, and SCoT markers were utilized to examine the true-to typeness of in vitro regenerated plants.
Materials and methods
Plant collection, and somatic embryogenesis
Pant material of C. brachynema were obtained from Satara district (17°56.270′N, 73°41.488′E), Maharashtra, India. (Fig. 1A). The species was identified by a botanist and a voucher was deposited at the herbarium of Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
To obtain bulb explants, plant leaves were taken away, and the outer scale and root were harvested. The bulbs (5–7 cm) (Fig. 1C) were rinsed thoroughly with running tap water and surface sterilized by using our recently published protocol (Kaur et al. 2022a). The disinfected bulb explants were cut longitudinally to give twin scales with basal plate (2.0 cm) inside the laminar air flow under sterile conditions. Sterilized explants were placed in culture flasks containing MS (Murashige and Skoog 1962) media supplemented with sucrose (3%), agar powder (0.8%) and with the plant growth regulators (PGR) 2,4-D, BA, picloram and TDZ, added individually or in mixture for induction of somatic embryogenesis. Bavistin and agar powder, Picloram, TDZ, 2,4-dichlorphenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 6-benzyladenine (BA), vitamins, and myo-inositol were procured from Hi-Media®, Pvt. Ltd. India. The pH of the MS medium was adjusted to 5.8 before autoclaving for 20 min at at 121 °C and 1.06 kg cm−2 of pressure. The inoculated culture tubes were maintained and incubated at 25 ± 2 °C in a culture room with a 16/8 h photoperiod from 40 W fluorescent tubes (Philips, India) emitting a photon flux density of 50 µmol m−2 s−1, with a relative humidity of 60% retained by using a humidifier. The medium without any PGR served as control. All cultures were kept under the same conditions as above. The percentage of embryogenic calli was calculated as the total number of embryogenic explants/total number of explants used ×100. Friable embryogenic calli were selected and transferred to MS medium fortified with 0.5–5.0 mg L−1 picloram and 0.5 mg L−1 TDZ. The mean number of somatic embryos was recorded after 8 weeks of culture.
Scanning electron microscopy
During scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis, different stages of somatic embryos were collected and fixed in 2.5% of glutaraldehyde solution and dehydrated with an ethanolic series (10, 30, 50, 70 and 100%). Dehydrated samples were dried in a critical point dryer and coated with gold in ion coater (D II-29030SCTR). The coated samples were visualized under SEM (FESEM, JSM-7610 F, Oxford Instruments X-Max N) operated at 15–25 kv and images were taken at different magnifications.
Somatic embryo germinations
To study the embryo germination into complete plantlets, modifications were made in MS medium by reducing the sucrose and salt (macro and micronutrients) concentrations. The cotyledonary somatic embryos were transferred to half and full-strength MS medium with 1.0 mg L−1 gibberellic acid (GA3). The inoculated culture tubes were maintained and incubated under the same conditions as above. The embryo germination rate was determined after 8 weeks of time.
Clonal fidelity analysis
Genomic DNA extraction
The genomic DNA was extracted from 4 to 5 cm pieces of fresh leaves of randomly selected seven in vitro regenerated plantlets and from a mother plant to compare the genetic fidelity assessment. Briefly, 500 mg of leaf sample were acquired from plant genomic DNA using the standard method of Doyle and Doyle (1987). CTAB buffer was prepared freshly with a composition of 2% N-cetyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB; w/v), 0.2% β-mercaptomethanol (v/v), 1 M Tris-HCL, (pH 8.0), 20mM ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) and 5.0 M NaCl). The genomic DNA quality and quantity were obtained with a UV–VIS spectrophotometer and confirmed on 1.0% agarose gel electrophoresis.
Polymerase chain reaction
dNTPs were purchased from Takara, Japan, DNA ladder were obtained from Thermofischer, India, whereas primers were ordered from Operon Technologies, USA. The PCR reaction was done with eight primers of RAPD and ten primers of each ISSR and SCoT marker using 96 well plate in a Gradient Thermal Cycler (iGene Labserve or G-storm). The reaction mixture was containing 10× PCR buffer, Taq DNA polymerase (3u/µl), 10mM dNTPS (Takara, Japan) and 2 µL of SCoT, ISSR and RAPD primers (Operon Technologies, USA). The amplification reaction was carried out using a cycling program consisting of initial denaturation at 94 °C for 3 min followed by 32 cycles of each at 94 °C for 30s, extension at 72 °C for 2 min and final extension at 72 °C for 10 min. During PCR reaction analysis, annealing temperature was varied between 50 and 58 °C based on the Tm (melting temperature) of the primer. The amplified PCR products were separated using 2.5% 1× TAE agarose gel, and a 100 bp or 50 bp DNA ladder (Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA) were used to compare the fragmentation pattern of the bands. All the chemicals and reagents used during the study were of analytical grade.
Data analysis
Every experiment was conducted three times with three replicates. The data of embryogenesis (%) and number of somatic embryos in mean values were recorded. All experiments were evaluated by using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Duncan’s multiple range test was used to analyze the significant difference among means with 95% confidence level (P ≤ 0.05).
Results and discussion
Induction of somatic embryogenesis
Somatic embryogenesis is a very efficient tool for large-scale production of regenerated plantlets and has the potential to develop the conservation practices for valuable and endangered species. Categorized as “critically endangered” and an endemic species, the development of a long-term conservation strategy for C. brachynema needs urgent attention. In the present investigation, an efficient plant regeneration system via somatic embryogenesis was established (Figs. 2 and 3). A range of different concentrations of 2,4-D (1.0–10.0 mg L−1) alone and in combination with BA (1.0 mg L−1) were used for somatic embryogenesis induction using bulb explants. Further, combinations of Picloram (1.0–5.0 mg L−1) and TDZ (0.5 mg L−1) were examined to achieve the maturation of somatic embryos. The somatic embryogenesis induction percentage and production of somatic embryos varied with the PGRs tested (Fig. 4). Alone, 2,4-D induced embryogenic calli and had a significant effect on the production of somatic embryos, in agreement with similar results for other Amaryllidaceae species (Mujib et al. 1996; Ptak et al. 2013; Priyadharshini et al. 2020; Chahal et al. 2023). The addition of BA with 2,4-D significantly increased the formation of somatic embryos. A combination of 8.0 mg L−1 2,4-D and 1.0 mg L−1 BA influenced the induction of embryogenic calli (78.5%), and was coupled with a significant impact on the mean number of somatic embryos (35.44) achieved. Our results concur with reports on the embryogenic potential of other species such as Allium schoenoprasum L. (Zdravković-Korać et al. 2010), Chrysanthemum sp. (Naing et al. 2013), Vitis vinifera (Dai et al. 2015)d malabaricum (Chahal et al. 2023). Furthermore, a combination of picloram (2.0 mg L−1) and TDZ (0.5 mg L−1) significantly enhanced the mean number of somatic embryos (50.33) in C. brachynema (Fig. 4F). Although, 2,4-D is the most commonly used PGR during somatic embryogenesis (Jouini et al. 2023), the application of picloram for somatic embryo production has been well-documented in other species (Takamori et al. 2015; Campos-Boza et al. 2022; Ferreira et al. 2022a, b), including several other bulbous plant species such as Lilium longiflorum (Tribulato et al. 1997), Leucojum aestivum (Ptak et al. 2013), Lachenalia virdiflora (Kumar et al. 2016) Crinum malabaricum (Chahal et al. 202320232023).
The cytokinin TDZ has been widely used in somatic embryo production in different plant species (Baskaran et al. 2012, 2014; Dhekney et al. 2016; Ghahremani et al. 2021). The present investigation revealed that MS medium supplemented with a combination of picloram and TDZ is essential for maximum number of somatic embryo production in C. brachynema. A similar result was found for somatic embryo production in Merwilla plumbea (Baskaran et al. 2012), Drimia robusta (Baskaran et al. 2014), Lachenalia virdiflora (Kumar et al. 2016), Cyrtanthus mackenii (Kumari et al. 2017), Stewartia sp. (Gladfelter et al. 2021) Crinum malabaricum (Chahal et al. 2023).
SEM investigation of C. brachynema samples showed the development of all stages of somatic embryogenesis on the surface of explants, inlcuding globular-shaped somatic embryos (Fig. 5b–d), cotyledonary-shaped somatic embryos (Fig. 5e, f), as well as somatic embryos with well-developed cotyledon with a distinct shoot tip (Fig. 5g, h).
Embryo germination and plantlet development
Successful conversion of somatic embryos into well-developed plantlets is vital for effective plant regeneration. In this study, embryo germination was 51.11% on half-strength MS medium, whereas full-strength MS medium produced 40% germination. Interestingly, half-strength MS medium supplemented with 1 mg L−1 GA3 gave a maximum frequency of somatic embryo germination (82.22%) with well-rooted plantlets (Fig. 6). The growth and expansion of the root and cotyledonary leaves were more pronounced in half-strength MS medium compared to the full-strength medium. Our results agree with similar findings on several other species (Paul et al. 2011; Raju et al. 2013; Baskaran and Van Staden 2014; Khan et al. 2015; Ferreira et al. 2022a; Lekshmi and Swapna 2022). Similarly, the supplementation of GA3 and its beneficial effect on somatic embryo germination has been reported for several plant species (Cangahuala-Inocente et al. 2007; Siddiqui et al. 2011; Baskaran and Van Staden 2012; Raomai et al. 2014; Fang et al. 20222022).
Clonal fidelity assessment
The genetic stability studies help in the assessment of the true-to-typeness between the regenerated clones and mother plants (Hou et al. 2022; Chahal et al. 2023; Uma et al. 2023). RAPD and ISSR markers are considered as advanced marker types, yet simple approaches to assess the clonal fidelity of regenerated plantlets (Bhardwaj et al. 2018; Sadhu et al. 2020; Rohela et al. 2020; Bajpai and Chaturvedi 2021; Mood et al. 2022). SCoT markers were proven to be more reliable and highly reproducible (Gorji et al. 2011) that can target the starting codon region of plant genes, and the same primer serves as forward and reverse (Collard and Mackill 2009; Elayaraja et al. 2019; Verma et al. 2022). Moreover, it is always beneficial to utilize more than one marker to assess the clonal fidelity of in vitro regenerated plants (Palombi and Damiano 2002; Rohela et al. 2020; Mishra et al. 2023). Therefore, we undertook to investigate the clonal fidelity assessment of somatic embryo-derived plantlets with the ex vitro mother plant using three (RAPD, ISSR and SCoT) different markers (Fig. 7).
A total of ten SCoT and ISSR primers and eight RAPD primers-based fingerprinting was performed by randomly selecting seven regenerants derived from somatic embryos in vitro compared with the ex vitro mother plant (Tables 1, 2 and 3). While validating the clonal fidelity, SCoT amplified primers showed good amplification with the generation of total 18 scorable DNA bands with amplified band sizes of 220 to 2000 bp (Table 1). The ISSR primers scored 22 bands with sizes of 250 to 950 bp (Table 2), while the RAPD primers produced 10 bands in a range of 400 to 1300 bp (Table 3).
The generated bands produced with SCoT, ISSR and RAPD were monomorphic and since true-to-type propagules were obtained via somatic embryogenesis no variation was detected (Fig. 7). SCoT, ISSR and RAPD markers assessments were also performed in several other species such as Eclipta alba (Singh et al. 2012), Angelica glauca (Rawat et al. 2018), Artemisia vulgaris (Jogam et al. 2020), Iris × hollandica (Verma et al. 2022), C. malabaricum (Chahal et al. 2023), Congenesis-Robusta (C×R) cultivar (Mishra et al. 2023). The current report revealed the application of more than one marker, as also confirmed by several researchers (Sadhu et al. 2020; Mood et al. 2022; Uma et al. 2023), which clearly shows that utilization of one single marker is not effective enough to reliably validate the genetic variations of in vitro regenerated plants.
Conclusions
This first report for the development of somatic embryogenesis system of C. brachynema offers an opportunity to ensure germplasm conservation, to control destruction threats, and it also delivers a potential system for the analysis of secondary metabolites. The induction and production of somatic embryos was significantly influenced by the combination of picloram (2.0 mg L−1) and TDZ (0.5 mg L−1). The SEM analyses affirm the developmental differentiation of somatic embryos. The banding pattern from SCoT, ISSR and RAPD markers analyses proved that the in vitro clones highly resembled to their mother plant which ruled out any somaclonal variation induced during somatic embryogenesis. The established model system enables the mass multiplication of genetically stable C. brachynema plants and could be employed as a potential source of active biomolecules in several ailments. In addition to the considerable work carried out, in-depth studies including genetic and metabolic engineering should also be performed in future to maximize the productivity of valuable alkaloids present in this species.
Abbreviations
- ANOVA:
-
Analysis of variance
- BA:
-
6-Benzyladenine
- 2,4-D:
-
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- CTAB:
-
Cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide
- DMRT:
-
Duncan’s multiple range test
- dNTP:
-
Deoxynucleotide triphosphate
- GAL:
-
Galanthamine
- GA3 :
-
Gibberellic acid
- IUCN:
-
International union for conservation and nature
- ISSR:
-
Inter simple sequence repeat
- LED:
-
Light-emitting diode
- MS:
-
Murashige and Skoog
- PCR:
-
Polymerase chain reaction
- PGRs:
-
Plant growth regulators
- PPFD:
-
Photosynthetic photon flux density
- RAPD:
-
Random amplified polymorphic DNA
- SCoT:
-
Start codon targeted polymorphism
- SE:
-
Somatic embryogenesis
- SEM:
-
Scanning electron microscope
- TAE:
-
Tris-acetate EDTA
- TDZ:
-
Thidiazuron
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Kaur, H., Lekhak, M.M., Ochatt, S.J. et al. Somatic embryogenesis and genetic homogeneity assessment of regenerated plants of Crinum brachynema (Amaryllidaceae): an endemic critically endangered medicinal plant. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 156, 33 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-023-02625-0
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