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Transcription Factor: A Powerful Tool to Regulate Biosynthesis of Active Ingredients in Salvia miltiorrhiza

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FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.622011

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Salvia miltiorrhiza; transcription factor; biosynthetic regulation; tanshinones; phenolic acids

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81872953, 81673528]
  2. Shanghai Pujiang Program [18PJD061]
  3. Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader [19XD1405000]

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Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, a common Chinese herbal medicine, is widely used to treat vascular diseases. Transcription factors have been identified to regulate the biosynthesis of active ingredients in S. miltiorrhiza, offering potential for increasing their pharmaceutical efficacy. Ongoing research in this field provides new insights for future studies.
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is a common Chinese herbal medicine, and its major active ingredients are phenolic acids and tanshinones, which are widely used to treat vascular diseases. However, the wild form of S. miltiorrhiza possess low levels of these important pharmaceutical agents; thus, improving their levels is an active area of research. Transcription factors, which promote or inhibit the expressions of multiple genes involved in one or more biosynthetic pathways, are powerful tools for controlling gene expression in biosynthesis. Several families of transcription factors have been reported to participate in regulating phenolic acid and tanshinone biosynthesis and influence their accumulation. This review summarizes the current status in this field, with focus on the transcription factors which have been identified in recent years and their functions in the biosynthetic regulation of phenolic acids and tanshinones. Otherwise, the new insight for further research is provided. Finally, the application of the biosynthetic regulation of active ingredients by the transcription factors in S. miltiorrhiza are discussed, and new insights for future research are explored.

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