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HOW TO ENHANCE NUTRIENT ASSIMILATION IMPROVING<br />

BIOAVAILABILITY<br />

Juan Navarro-Aviñó 1,2 , C. Cioranu 2 , Felix Macías 2 , Pilar Hernandez 2 , Luis Sanz 2 , Amparo<br />

García 2 , Leonor Lapeña 1 , Pilar García-Agustín 1 .<br />

1 Department of Experimental Sciences, Area of Vegetable Physiology, ESTCE, University<br />

Jaume I Post Code 12071, Castellón, Spa<strong>in</strong><br />

2 ABBA Gaia, UPV, Cam<strong>in</strong>o de Vera s.n., Post Code 46022 Valencia, Spa<strong>in</strong><br />

Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author. Tel.: +34 96 1109969; E-mail address: jpav<strong>in</strong>yo@upvnet.upv.es (J.<br />

Navarro-Aviñó) or av<strong>in</strong>o@camn.uji.es.<br />

Keywords: bioavailability, Cupper, diet, micronutrients, Z<strong>in</strong>c.<br />

Abstract<br />

This work shows that, <strong>in</strong>crease of availability of micronutrients, such as Cu and Zn, displays<br />

direct correlation between <strong>the</strong> accumulation capacity of a species (<strong>in</strong>sertion of a gene <strong>in</strong>creases<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternal concentration of nutrients), and <strong>in</strong>creased bioavailability. Therefore bioavailability<br />

can be <strong>in</strong>creased by <strong>in</strong>sert<strong>in</strong>g this s<strong>in</strong>gle gene.<br />

Objectives<br />

The ultimate goal is to f<strong>in</strong>d a method, transportable to food crops (human diet), to <strong>in</strong>crease<br />

biovailability<br />

Methods<br />

Wild type, and plants overexpress<strong>in</strong>g a phytochelat<strong>in</strong> synthase, were grown <strong>in</strong> pots conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

two types of <strong>in</strong>dustrial sludge. After several months of growth, <strong>the</strong> accumulation of<br />

micronutrients <strong>in</strong>side <strong>the</strong> plants, growth medium and <strong>in</strong> leachate were measured.<br />

Results and conclusions<br />

There is a greater presence of micronutrients <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> leachate <strong>from</strong> pots conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

overexpressed-gene <strong>in</strong>sertion plants and a greater decrease <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> concentration <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> growth<br />

medium. S<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> amount of micronutrient accumulated is greater <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> plants which conta<strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> gene <strong>in</strong>sert, can be concluded that gene overexpression, results <strong>in</strong> higher bioavailability.<br />

The percentage reduction of micronutrient <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> middle of <strong>the</strong> pot, ranged <strong>from</strong> 78 to 87%.<br />

Consequently, this gene <strong>in</strong>sertion may be a way to <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>the</strong> efficiency of accumulation of<br />

trace elements <strong>in</strong> a plant, reduc<strong>in</strong>g costs and <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> nutritional value of a crop.

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