Lignificação comparativa de Eucalyptus urophylla S. T. Blake por ferramentas biotecnológicas e polimerização in vitro

Abstract

In spite of the technological progresses, the understanding of the lignin structural formation is still matter of scientific investigations. This research aimed to utilize Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake callus for lignin production. This callus were obtained from stems segments explants grown in culture medium added with a combination of the cytokine TDZ and the auxins acid indole-3-acetic (IAA), acid α-naphthaleneacetic (NAA) and acid 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic (2,4-D). This growth regulators were utilized either alone or mixtured. For cell suspension production it was utilized callus obtained in medium culture added with 20µM IAA + 3µM TDZ, after 30 days of growth in vitro. Once the cells suspension was obtained, the lignin production was induced by four elicitors: jasmonic acid (JA), NAA, sucrose and control (without elicitor). It was used a completely randomized design with four replications. Each plot consisted of an Erlenmeyer with 125 ml of cells suspension culture. The Wiesner test confirmed the lignin presence in all treatments. In 3 of the 4 replicatons it was performed another evaluation to the production of DHPs (polymers by oxidative dehydrogenation) utilizing suspension filtrate added with H2O2, H2O2 + peroxidase and peroxidase. These new treatments were analyzed through polilignols production utilizing infrared (IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance of the hydrogen (NMR H). The suspension filtrate analysis of the 4th replication through ultraviolet (UV), IR, NMR 13C and NMR H evidenced the production of extra cellular lignin. Of this, the largest content was obtained in presence of sucrose as elicitor, followed by ANA and AJ. The cells in suspension increased the cellular wall lignin content in all treatments in relation to the control and the largest values were with the medium containing sucrose. DHPs were also analyzed utilizing as mattress the MS medium added of the same elicitors tested in the cellular suspension phase. For this, it was utilized as precursors the following alcohols: coniferyl or sinapyl, H2O2 and peroxidase; amd the analyses were done in RMN H and RMN 13C. The results showed DHPs synthesis of both coniferyl alcohol (DHP1c, DHP2c and DHP4c) and sinapyl alcohol (DHP2s). Nevertheless, It was not synthesized DHP in the treatment containing sucrose when the precursor was the coniferyl alcohol. On the other hand, when the sinapyl alcohol was the precursor, DHPs were only synthesized in the presence of ANA as elicitor. It was concluded that sucrose is an appropriate elicitor for the lignin production in cells suspension both at cellular and extra cellular level. However, this result was not observed in relation to DHP production. NAA auxin had a better functionality in the DHP2c and DHP2s formation. These results may be considered a progress in the lignification studies with the use of E. urophylla cell suspension. Once all these questions were answered and solved, it will be possible to develop E.urophylla suitable plants with better quality forest products and able to cause smaller environmental impact in the industrial processes.