Exploration of the Response and Mechanism of Effective Component Accumulation in A tractylodes chinensis to Drought Stress
In this study,artificial rainfall simulation was used to study the long-term and short-term drought stress of annual potted A tractylodes chinensis;the content of atractylodin in rhizomes of A tractylodes chinensis under different drought stress was determined by high performance liquid chromatography;the effects of different drought stress on the activity of ACC,the key enzyme of atractylodin synthesis,were measured by double antibody sand-wich method;the gene expression of key enzyme ACC under different drought stress was determined by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR(RT-qPCR).The results showed that during the reproductive growth period,atracty-lodin accumulated significantly under light and moderate drought stress,and the content of atractylodes was higher than CK increased by 9.67%and 10.63%(long-term),in the short-term drought stress treatment 12 d atractylodin content of peak,6.36%higher than that of CK.Severe drought stress significantly inhibited the synthesis of atracty-lodin.Long-term mild,moderate and short-term drought stress was beneficial to significantly increase the enzyme activity and gene expression of ACC(P<0.05).Long term severe drought stress inhibited the enzyme activity and expression of ACC in atractylodin biosynthesis pathway,which decreased by 12.08%and 48.66%respectively compared with CK,and then significantly inhibited atractylodin synthesis.This study has important theoretical value for the quality control of A tractylodes chinensis.