A method of producing a taxane-type diterpene and method of obtaining cultured cells which produce the taxane-type diterpene at a high rate
申请人:Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
公开号:EP1063300A2
公开(公告)日:2000-12-27
This invention relates to a method of producing a taxane-type diterpene(s) wherein tissues or cells of a plant which produces taxane-type diterpene(s) is cultured in the presence of at least one selected from the group consisting of jasmonic acids, compounds containing a heavy metal, complex ions containing a heavy metal, heavy metal ions, amines and antiethylene agents, a method of producing a taxane-type diterpene wherein the tissues or the cells of the plant are cultured by controlling the oxygen concentration in a gas phase in a culture vessel to less than the oxygen concentration in the atmosphere from the initial stage of the culture, or by controlling the dissolved oxygen concentration in a fluid medium which is in contact with the tissue or the cell to less than the saturated dissolved oxygen concentration at that temperature from the initial stage of the culture, a method of producing a taxane-type diterpene wherein the tissue or the cell of the plant is cultured in a culture vessel, while oxygenic gas containing 0.03 - 10 % of carbon dioxide is used as aeration gas to be introduced to the vessel, and a method of obtaining highly productive cultured cells for the taxane-type diterpene wherein cultured cells of the plant which produces the taxane-type diterpene are separated into a plurality of layers according to the difference in their specific gravities, and the cells contained in at least one layer are cultured, then highly productive cultured cells for the taxane-type diterpene are selected from among those cultured cells.
The present invention allows industrial production of a taxane-type diterpene such as taxol which is useful as a therapeutic agent for cancer.
本发明涉及一种生产紫杉烷型二萜的方法,其中生产紫杉烷型二萜的植物的组织或细胞是在至少一种选自茉莉酸、含重金属的化合物、含重金属的络离子、胺和抗乙烯剂的组中的一种存在下培养的、一种生产紫杉烷类二萜的方法,其中植物组织或细胞的培养是通过控制培养容器中气相中的氧浓度,使其从培养初始阶段起就低于大气中的氧浓度、一种生产紫杉烷类二萜的方法,其中植物的组织或细胞在培养容器中培养,而含氧气体中含有 0.03-10%的二氧化碳作为通气气体引入培养容器中,以及一种获得高产培养细胞的方法,其中将产生萜类二萜的植物的培养细胞根据其比重的差异分成多层,并培养至少一层中所含的细胞,然后从这些培养细胞中选出高产的萜类二萜培养细胞。
本发明可以工业化生产可用作癌症治疗剂的紫杉烷类二萜,如紫杉醇。