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Fusarium solani PQF9 Isolated from Podocarpus pilgeri Growing in Vietnam as a New Producer of Paclitaxel

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Endophytic fungi are known as an alternative promising source of anticancer drug, paclitaxel, however fungi inhabiting in medicinal plant Podocarpus pilgeri and their paclitaxel production have not been reported to date. In the present study, a total of 15 culturable fungi classified into 5 genera, were successfully recovered from P. pilgeri collected in Vietnam. Screening fungal dichloromethane extracts for anticancer activity revealed that only PQF9 extract displayed potent inhibitory effects on A549 and MCF7 cancer cell lines with IC50 values of 33.9 ± 2.3 µg/mL and 43.5 ± 1.7 µg/mL, respectively. Through PCR-based molecular screening, the isolate PQF9 was found to possess 3 key genes involved in paclitaxel biosynthesis. Importantly, high-performance liquid chromatography quantification showed that fungal isolate PQF9 was able to produce 18.2 µg/L paclitaxel. The paclitaxel-producing fungus was identified as Fusarium solani PQF9 based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analysis. Intensive investigations by chromatographic methods and spectroscopic analyses confirmed the presence of paclitaxel along with tyrosol and uracil. The pure paclitaxel had an IC50 value of 80.8 ± 9.4 and 67.9 ± 7.0 nM by using cell viability assay on A549 lung and MCF7 breast cancer cells. In addition, tyrosol exhibited strong antioxidant activity by scavenging 2, 2-diphenyl-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) (IC50 5.1 ± 0.2 mM) and hydroxyl radical (IC50 3.6 ± 0.1 mM). In contrast, no biological activity was observed for uracil. Thus, the paclitaxel-producing fungus F. solani PQF9 could serve as a new material for large-scale production and deciphering paclitaxel biosynthesis.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the VAST-Culture Collection of Microorganisms, Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (www.vccm.vast.vn). Thi Hanh Nguyen Vu was funded by the Postdoctoral Scholarship Programme of Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VINIF), code VINIF.2022.STS.31.

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Thi Hanh Nguyen Vu was funded by the Postdoctoral Scholarship Programme of Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VINIF), code VINIF.2022.STS.31.

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  3. Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, 10072, Vietnam

    Thi Hanh Nguyen Vu, Ngoc Tung Quach, Thi Thao Do, Hoang Ha Chu & Quyet Tien Phi

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Vu, T.H.N., Quach, N.T., Pham, Q.A. et al. Fusarium solani PQF9 Isolated from Podocarpus pilgeri Growing in Vietnam as a New Producer of Paclitaxel. Indian J Microbiol 63, 596–603 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-023-01119-z

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