Paper · 2025 · Frontiers in Plant Science

Nano-elicitation strategy to improve specialized metabolite pathways in plant cell suspension culture

Kamran Ashraf; Qamar uz Zaman; Weihua Tang; et al.

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Abstract

Plant hormone-loaded nanoparticles (NPs) represent a novel class of materials with significant potential in plant cell culture, owing to their unique physico-chemical properties. The utilization of these hormone-loaded NPs as elicitors could enhance the production of bioactive compounds and boost antioxidant enzymatic activity in plant cell suspension cultures. Therefore, this study aimed to synthesize jasmonic acid (JA) loaded Fe 3 O 4 NPs and evaluate their effects on the cell suspension culture of Carthamus tinctorius (safflower). The synthesized material was applied at various concentrations (10, 20, 40 and 80 mg L -1 ) to assess its impact on cell growth, physio-biochemical, antioxidative activities and specialized metabolites (SMs) of C. tinctorius . The results demonstrated that the addition of JA-loaded NPs significantly enhanced the total chlorophyll (70.37%), soluble protein (154.45%) and total phenolic contents (110.64%) of safflower compared to the control. A linear decrease in all reactive oxygen species (ROS) attributes, such as H 2 O 2 (4.65%) and O 2 - (22.81%), was observed as the NPs concentration in the culture media was increased to the T2 group (20 mg L -1 ). Maximum chlorogenic acid (CGAs) accumulation (43.76 mg g -1 ) was noted on 72 hours after elicitation, representing a 2.26-fold increase over the control group. Furthermore, amino acid profiling revealed substantial variations in the composition of all detected amino acids following treatment with JA-loaded Fe 3 O 4 NPs. In summary, this strategy demonstrates potential for optimizing the production of antioxidant and bioactive metabolites, thereby offering a viable solution for the industrial scale production of high-quality safflower extracts.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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JA-loaded nanoparticles increased total chlorophyll by 70.37% versus control.

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“JA-loaded NPs significantly enhanced the total chlorophyll (70.37%), soluble protein (154.45%) and total phenolic contents (110.64%) of safflower compared to the control”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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JA-loaded nanoparticles increased soluble protein by 154.45% versus control.

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soluble proteine0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“JA-loaded NPs significantly enhanced the total chlorophyll (70.37%), soluble protein (154.45%) and total phenolic contents (110.64%) of safflower compared to the control”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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JA-loaded nanoparticles increased total phenolic contents by 110.64% versus control.

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total phenolic contentse0
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controle0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“JA-loaded NPs significantly enhanced the total chlorophyll (70.37%), soluble protein (154.45%) and total phenolic contents (110.64%) of safflower compared to the control”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Increasing nanoparticle concentration to 20 mg L -1 decreased H 2 O 2 by 4.65%.

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NPs concentration in the culture media was increased to the T2 group (20 mg L -1 )e0
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Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“A linear decrease in all reactive oxygen species (ROS) attributes, such as H 2 O 2 (4.65%) and O 2 - (22.81%), was observed as the NPs concentration in the culture media was increased to the T2 group (20 mg L -1 )”

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“cell suspension culture of Carthamus tinctorius (safflower)”

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Increasing nanoparticle concentration to 20 mg L -1 decreased O 2 - by 22.81%.

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NPs concentration in the culture media was increased to the T2 group (20 mg L -1 )e0
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O 2 -e0
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22.81%e0

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Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“A linear decrease in all reactive oxygen species (ROS) attributes, such as H 2 O 2 (4.65%) and O 2 - (22.81%), was observed as the NPs concentration in the culture media was increased to the T2 group (20 mg L -1 )”

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“cell suspension culture of Carthamus tinctorius (safflower)”

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Chlorogenic acid accumulation reached 43.76 mg g -1 at 72 hours, 2.26-fold over control.

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chlorogenic acid (CGAs) accumulatione0
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Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Maximum chlorogenic acid (CGAs) accumulation (43.76 mg g -1 ) was noted on 72 hours after elicitation, representing a 2.26-fold increase over the control group”

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“cell suspension culture of Carthamus tinctorius (safflower)”

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JA-loaded nanoparticles caused substantial variation in amino acid composition.

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Carthamus tinctoriusCarthamus tinctoriuse1
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JA-loaded Fe 3 O 4 NPse0
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composition of all detected amino acidse0

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Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“amino acid profiling revealed substantial variations in the composition of all detected amino acids following treatment with JA-loaded Fe 3 O 4 NPs”

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“cell suspension culture of Carthamus tinctorius (safflower)”

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