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FSB1 – 2004<br />

Food Science and Biotechnology in Developing Countries<br />

The aim of this study was to establish the callus and cell suspension culture of B.<br />

<strong>hemisphaerica</strong> in order to investigate the production of protease(s) under in vitro<br />

conditions. And investigate the effects of the auxins and cytokinins in the medium<br />

on the initiation and growth of callus culture.<br />

Abbreviations: 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), naphtalenacetic acid (NAA), Indolacetic acid<br />

(IAA), 4-amino-3,5,6-Trichloropiridin-2-carboxilic acid (Picloram) and Bencilaminopurine (BAP).<br />

MATERIALS AND METHODS<br />

Plant germination<br />

Seeds were obtained from a specimen of B. <strong>hemisphaerica</strong> maintained at Centro<br />

de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos, IPN Experimental Field. Surface-sterilized<br />

seeds were placed on Knop medium with 0.5% (w/v) of agar. Cultures were<br />

maintained at 25 °C in darkness for three weeks and then under photoperiod of 16<br />

h light, 8 h darkness for four weeks.<br />

Callus initiation<br />

The calli were induced with stem explants from B. <strong>hemisphaerica</strong> plants obtained<br />

under aseptic conditions in Murashige and Skoog (MS) ¼ basal medium with 20 g<br />

l -1 sucrose and 6 g l -1 agar. The medium also were supplemented with four auxins<br />

(2, 4-D, NAA, IAA and Picloram) and two cytokinins (Kinetin and BAP) in different<br />

proportions giving twelve combinations (MS1 to MS12). And two auxins<br />

concentrations (1.0 y 0.5 mg/L) were used. The pH was adjusted to 5.7 before<br />

autoclaving at 121 °C for 20 min. The cultures were carried out at 30 + 3 °C and<br />

under photoperiod as described above. After that the calli were induced, they were<br />

transferred to fresh medium each two weeks. The proteolytic activity was<br />

determined in the medium where the callus was growing.<br />

Suspension culture<br />

Cell suspension cultures were established by suspending 3-5 g fresh weight of calli<br />

into 50 ml of MS medium containing 0.5 mg l -1 Picloram, 0.5 mg l -1 BAP and 4 %<br />

(w/v) of sucrose in 125 ml Erlenmeyer flasks. Medium culture was subcultured<br />

every week. The cell suspension cultures were carried out at 27 + 2 °C and under<br />

13 hours of light and 11 hours of darkness conditions and shaken at 150 rpm. The<br />

proteolytic activity was determined every week in the culture medium.<br />

Protease assay<br />

The proteolytic activity was measured both in callus and cell culture medium by<br />

Kunitz method, modified by Ortega and del Castillo (8) according with the protocol<br />

described by Badillo et al., (2), using 1% casein in sodium phosphate buffer 0.05<br />

M pH 7.6 as substrate at 37°C.

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