脂肪酶二步法催化鱼油下脚料富集DHA

采用Pseudomonas sp．脂肪酶水解,Geotrichum sp．脂肪酶选择性酯化的两步法显著提高游离脂肪酸（FFA）中二十二碳六烯酸（DHA）的含量。通过筛选合适的底物醇,优化水解和选择性酯化反应条件达到富集DHA的目的。结果表明月桂醇为选择性酯化的最适底物醇。确定的最佳水解条件：4g反应底物,m（水）／m（粗鱼油）=1,1000 U Pseudomonas sp．脂肪酶,40℃,搅拌速度200r／min,反应24h;最佳酯化条件：3g反应底物,n（FFA）／n（醇）=1／2,1000 U固定化Geotrichum sp．脂肪酶,1g正己烷,30℃,200r／min搅拌,反应20h。经过水解和一次选择性酯化反应后,DHA含量从原料粗鱼油中的18．9％提纯到72．8％;经二次选择性酯化后,DHA含量上升到92％。脂肪酶水解-选择性酯化的两步法是富集DHA的有效方法。     

Geotrichum sp．SYBC WU-3脂肪酶的双水相萃取和酶学性质

初步研究双水相体系对Geotrichum sp．SYBC WU-3脂肪酶的萃取分离效果,选用PEC4000／NaH2 PO4作为戍相系统进行系统研究,考察影响脂肪酶萃取的各种因素（如PEG相对分子质量及质量分数、NaH2PO4质量浓度、pH）,并采用正交实验进一步优化实验条件,确定双水相萃取体系为PEG质量分数为30％、NaH2PO4质量分数为20％、体系pH为6,在此条件下Geotrichum sp．SYBC WU-3脂肪酶经硫酸铵沉淀和双水相萃取两步纯化的纯化倍数达到最大,较Geotrichum sp．SYBC WU-3脂肪酶粗酶纯化了22倍。Geotrichum sp．SYBC WU-3脂肪酶纯酶为低温碱性脂肪酶,最适反应温度为15oC,最适pH为9．5,相对分子质量为3．58×10^4。     

肝素钠精制工艺研究

为提高肝素钠粗品效价，改善产品色泽，采用二次盐解、双氧水氧化和脱色等工艺对肝素钠粗品进行精制，并探讨工艺条件对产品效价、收率的影响。结果得到最佳精制工艺条件：盐解质量浓度为2％，盐解pH为8．0，醇沉体积浓度45％，氧化剂(双氧水)体积分数为3％。该精制工艺能够有效地提高效价(平均比粗产品提高1．5倍)，收率较高，并具有操作简便、省时等特点。     

激光诱变选育高产PUFAs真菌菌株的研究

采用PIV400型Nd：YAG激光器,对少见报道的产PUFAs丝状真菌菌株Monoblepharis polymorpha Comu进行激光诱变育种。在激光照射剂量：波长532nm,功率50mW,时间10min下,孢子致死率为75％-80％。突变株中w-3系列PUFAs正突变率大于80％,w-3系列突变株FPAm59传代10代以上性能稳定,在土豆基质上摇瓶培养6d后,生物量达到8g/L,产油率53．4％,GLA343．1mg／L、从1209．0mg／L、EPA125．1mg／L、DHA119．4mg／L;分别比对照菌株提高了2．5倍、9．7倍、18．0倍、6．6倍、10．3倍、3．8倍。结果表明,激光诱变育种是获得PUFAs高产菌株尤其是生产w-3系列PUFAs菌株的有效方法。     

海藻糖生产过程中产酶发酵条件的研究

研究了产酶的培养基组分和比例以及最佳培养条件对微球菌生产麦芽寡糖基海藻糖合成酶(MTSase)和麦芽寡糖基海藻糖海藻糖水解酶(MTHase)的影响,得到最优培养基组成为：葡萄糖2．0％,酵母膏2．0％,蛋白胨1．0％,磷酸氢二钾0．1％,硫酸镁0．05％;优化后的培养条件为：以15％的接种量接种至250mL的锥形瓶中,装液量为50mL,初始pH值7．5～8．5,培养温度为30℃,摇床培养4d。经优化后菌体干重由原来的1．938g／L增加到18．5g／L,生物量几乎增长了10倍;而酶活也由原来的30．64U／g增加到206．11U／g,酶活提高了接近7倍。     

碱性普鲁兰酶产生菌的原生质体制备与诱变选育

研究报道了Bacillus sp SX—12原生质体制备与再生最佳条件。实验表明,在液体完全培养基中加入2％的甘氨酸培养10h,原生质体制备最佳条件为：溶菌酶浓度0．5mg／mL,酶解温度37℃,酶解时间1．5h时原生质体形成率为93．8％。原生质体形成最佳高渗稳定剂为甘露醇,再生率26．4％。在原生质体制备的最佳条件下,用紫外线诱变技术选育产碱性普鲁兰酶的高产菌株。筛选到1株高产菌株SX—12C87,酶活由出发菌株的2．42μ／mL提高到6．87μ／mL,提高了约1．8倍。     

胃蛋白酶和木瓜蛋白酶水解核桃蛋白工艺研究

以核桃粕为原料,以水解度为考察指标,研究胃蛋白酶和木瓜蛋白酶对核桃蛋白的水解作用.结果表明：木瓜蛋白酶为酶解核桃蛋白最佳酶,其最佳酶解条件为底物浓度4％、酶质量分数5％、酶解 pH 值为7．0、酶解温度50℃、酶解时间4 h;在该条件下,木瓜蛋白酶酶解核桃蛋白水解度可高于25．76％.     

除虫菊内生镰孢菌Y2发酵条件优化及其抑菌活性

从除虫菊叶中筛选到1株内生真菌Fusarium sp．Y2,对其进行了基础培养基的筛选及培养条件优化研究。结果表明,Y2菌株的较佳发酵培养基为：每L培养基中含有麦芽糖10g、蛋白胨6g、KH2PO42g、KCl 1g、FeSO40．02g、MgSO4·7H2O1g;较佳发酵条件为：初始pH8．5,250mL三角瓶装液100mL,摇床转速180r／min,培养温度28．0℃,接种量21％。在此条件下与原始发酵条件相比,Y2菌株发酵液对番茄灰霉病菌菌丝生长抑制率达98．6％,提高了6．8％;对其孢子萌发抑制率达95．4％,提高了16．1％;其茵丝生长量（干质量）达8．975mg／mL,增加了7．8％。     

种子培养基成分对裂殖壶菌发酵产DHA的影响

考察种子培养基中谷氨酸钠质量浓度和NaCl质量浓度（盐度）对Schizochytrium sp. HX-308菌种质量及发酵性能的影响。结果表明：40 g/L谷氨酸钠条件下培养菌种,发酵后DHA质量分数达到（53.25±0.48）%,而其油产量、油脂质量分数和DHA产量分别为（24.9±0.4）g/L、（45.2±0.6）%、（8.6±0.35）g/L; 利用不含谷氨酸钠的种子培养基发酵,其油产量、油脂质量分数和DHA产量分别为（30.1±0.8）g/L、（54.3±0.5）%、（12.1±0.5）g/L,比含40 g/L谷氨酸钠时分别提高了20.88%、20.13%和40.70%,为菌种驯化提供了新的思路和方向。此外,低盐度培养条件有利于菌种生产性能的发挥,6.25 g/L NaCl条件下发酵后油质量分数、DHA产量及DHA质量分数最高,分别为（62.1±0.8）%、（10.0±0.3）g/L、（48.97±0.42）%。     

红曲多糖液态发酵工艺条件的优化

实验研究红曲多糖的液态发酵条件,得出优化后红曲菌ZKOA发酵工艺条件：蔗糖40g/L,酵母粉4．5g／L,KH2PO4·3H2O3．5∥L．MgSO40．4g／L,植物油2mL／L,接种量8％,种龄30h,发酵液起始pH5．0,发酵时间90h,在此条件下,摇瓶和中试发酵罐中的粗多糖质量浓度分别为7．6g／L和7．34g/L。     

Acidolysis of sardine oil by lipase to concentrate eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids in glycerides

Lipoprotein lipase from Pseudomonas sp. was the best enzyme to concentrate eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids (EPA and DHA) in sardine oil by acidolysis reaction, and acetone was more effective than n-hexane as a solvent for dissolving the reactants and concentrating the two fatty acids. The water concentration in the reaction mixture was a decisive factor governing the enrichment of EPA and DHA and the yield of glycerides. EPA and DHA were more concentrated, but the yield of glycerides decreased, when the water concentration was increased gradually. Thus, the concentration rates of both the fatty acids were low with 0.25% water, although a considerable amount of diglyceride was detectable in the reaction products. The effect of reaction temperature was very slight with the use of acetone; however, the ratio DHA/EPA increased when the temperature was lowered in the presence of n-hexane. When acidolysis was performed at 25°C for 1 h, using 10,000 units of lipase per g of the reactants, the total percentage of EPA and DHA reached 65% in the glycerides and the recoveries of the two acids were 87.4 and 81.3%, respectively, based on the contents in the original sardine oil. The relationship of the enzyme substrate specificity to the reaction results was also investigated.     

Enrichment of polyunsaturated fatty acids from tuna oil using immobilized Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase

Immobilized Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase enzyme was used to enrich the important polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from tuna oil. Hydrolysis, esterification, and transesterification reactions were studied in detail to find out the fractionation pattern of DHA and EPA during these processes due to preferential selectivity for or against these PUFA. Hydrolysis with P. fluorescens biotype I lipase with stoichiometric amount of water content gave more than 80% of DHA and EPA in the free fatty acid (FFA) form after around 60% of hydrolysis. After some preferential specificity during the early stages of hydrolysis, P. fluorescens lipase exhibits nonselective characteristics on extended hydrolysis. Esterification of FFA extracted from the completely hydrolyzed mixture of tuna oil was found to be better with long chain fatty alcohol like octanol which lead to good enrichment (44.5% for DHA and 11.3% for EPA) and yields of the PUFA in the FFA form. Transesterification (ethanolysis) with immobilized P. fluorescens lipase enzyme resulted in good enrichment and recovery of DHA and EPA in the glyceride mixture. After around 60% of ester synthesis, 74% of (DHA + EPA) enrichment was achieved with yields of more than 90% in the glyceride mixture.     

Lipase specificity towards eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid depends on substrate structure

The fatty acid specificity of five lipases towards eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) was evaluated in the hydrolysis of fish oil, squid oil and a model system. The model system contained methyl esters of EPA, DHA and palmitic acid. All the investigated lipases discriminated against both EPA and DHA more in the model system than in the natural oils. Thus both EPA and DHA were more easily hydrolysed from a glyceride than from a methyl ester. In the model system, the lipase from Candida rugosa showed the highest discrimination against DHA, while the lipases from Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas cepacia discriminated against EPA the most. In a glyceride, the fatty acid specificity of lipases towards EPA and DHA was affected by the positional distribution of the fatty acids and the glyceride structure due to the regiospecificity and triglyceride specificity of the lipase. In the oils, the Pseudomonas lipases also discriminated against EPA the most, while DHA was initially discriminated the most by the lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus. However, after longer reaction times the enrichment of DHA in the glyceride fraction of the oils was greatest for the lipase from C. rugosa.     

Incorporation of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids by a yeast (FO726A)

An eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)- and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-incorporating yeast, FO726A, was putatively identified as Candida guilliermondii on the basis of morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics. Culture conditions for FO726A were investigated with respect to cell mass productivity, cellular accumulation of total lipid, triglyceride (TG), EPA and DHA. When grown at 20 degrees C for 24 h in an optimal medium containing 1 g scrap fish oil, the yeast yielded 820 mg dry cells which consisted of 40.7% lipid, 40.2% protein and 14.1% carbohydrate. The lipid (334mg) consisted of 300 mg TG (36.6% of dry cells), 23.2 mg EPA (2.8%) and 54.8 mg DHA (6.7%), and the recovery rates of EPA and DHA from the fish oil were 27.1 and 43.6%, respectively. The positional distributions of fatty acids in the TG from the yeast were then investigated and compared with those in the TG from the fish oil. The EPA and DHA in the fish oil were concentrated more in the sn-1,3 positions (8.8 and 13.7%, respectively) than in the sn-2 position (3.7 and 10.8%, respectively). In the case of the TG from the yeast, EPA was present to a greater extent in the sn-1,3 positions than in the sn-2 position. In contrast, DHA was preferentially present in the sn-2 position, approximately twice that in the sn-1,3 positions.     

Enzymatic preparation of [1-13C]d-fructose-6-phosphate from [13C]formaldehyde and d-ribose-5-phosphate using the formaldehyde-fixing system of Methylomonas aminofaciens 77a

The intracellular concentration of 5,8,11,14,17-cis-eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and 4,7,10,13,16,19-cis-docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) was carried out by Mortierella alpina 1S-4 in a medium containing fish oil as the main carbon source. The EPA and DHA contents reached 29.2% and 20.0% of total fatty acids, respectively, when the fungus was grown in a medium containing salmon oil (EPA and DHA contents, 14.0% and 17.3%, respectively) as the main carbon source in a 5-1 bench-scale fermentor. EPA and DHA in the added fish oil were incorporated into both the mycelial polar lipids and triglycerides.On leave from Suntory Ltd. Correspondence to: S. Shimizu     

Absorption of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid from fish oil triacylglycerols or fish oil ethyl esters co-ingested with a high-fat meal

The absorption of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) from fish oil triacylglycerols and fish oil ethyl esters consumed in a high-fat meal (44 g total fat) by male volunteers was measured and compared to values previously reported for consumption in a low-fat meal (8 g total fat). Absorption of EPA, but not of DHA, from fish oil triacylglycerols was significantly improved from 69% to 90% by co-ingestion with the high-fat meal. Absorption of both EPA and DHA from fish oil ethyl esters was increased three-fold, to about 60%, by co-ingestion with the high-fat meal, indicating that absorption of fatty acid ethyl esters is highly dependent on the amount of co-ingested fat.     

Effects of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid on anxiety-like behavior in socially isolated rats

Abstract

The effects of fish oil for improving mental health have been reported. The present study was undertaken to compare the effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on anxiety-like behavior using a rat model. Experimental diets enriched in EPA or DHA as glycerides were prepared. Rats were exposed to social isolation stress and fed the experimental diet for 14 days. The results of behavioral tests revealed that rats fed the EPA-enriched diet exhibited less anxiety-like behavior than rats fed the control or DHA-enriched diets. Furthermore, EPA suppressed anxiety-like behavior only in socially isolated rats. The increase in EPA contents in the brain phospholipid fraction by feeding EPA-enriched diet was more significant than that of DHA by feeding DHA-enriched diet. These results suggest that dietary EPA is more anxiolytic than DHA in rats exposed to social isolation stress and is effective in increasing EPA content in brain membranes.     

Divergent effects of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid ethyl esters, and fish oil on hepatic fatty acid oxidation in the rat

The physiological activity of fish oil, and ethyl esters of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) affecting hepatic fatty acid oxidation was compared in rats. Five groups of rats were fed various experimental diets for 15 days. A group fed a diet containing 9.4% palm oil almost devoid of n-3 fatty acids served as a control. The test diets contained 4% n-3 fatty acids mainly as EPA and DHA in the form of triacylglycerol (9.4% fish oil) or ethyl esters (diets containing 4% EPA ethyl ester, 4% DHA ethyl ester, and 1% EPA plus 3% DHA ethyl esters). The lipid content of diets containing EPA and DHA ethyl esters was adjusted to 9.4% by adding palm oil. The fish oil diet and ethyl ester diets, compared to the control diet containing 9.4% palm oil, increased activity and mRNA levels of hepatic mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation enzymes, though not 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase activity. The extent of the increase was, however, much greater with the fish oil than with EPA and DHA ethyl esters. EPA and DHA ethyl esters, compared to the control diet, increased 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase activity, but fish oil strongly reduced it. It is apparent that EPA and DHA in the form of ethyl esters cannot mimic the physiological activity of fish oil at least in affecting hepatic fatty acid oxidation in rat.     

Concentration of docosahexaenoic and eicosapentaenoic acids by enzymatic alcoholysis with different acyl-acceptors

The aim of this work was to produce docosahexaenoic (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) enriched acylglycerols by alcoholysis of tuna and sardine oils, respectively, using isobutanol and 1-butanol as acyl-acceptors. The alcoholysis reactions were catalyzed by lipases Lipozyme® TL IM from Thermomyces lanuginosus and lipase QLG® from Alcaligenes sp., because these lipases have shown selectivity towards DHA and EPA, respectively. Studies were made to determine the influence of reaction time, alcohol/oil molar ratio, lipase amount and temperature. In the optimized conditions for the alcoholysis of tuna and sardine oils catalyzed by Lipozyme TL IM and lipase QLG, respectively, the DHA and EPA contents were trebled (from 22 to 69% for DHA, and from 19 to 61% for EPA). The stability of both lipases was also determined. Although Lipozyme TL IM is much more stable in isobutanol than in ethanol, with the former the conversion attained after four reaction cycles was about 40% of the initial conversion. In similar conditions, the conversion obtained with lipase QLG was about 88% of the initial conversion. In addition, the separation of DHA enriched acylglycerols and isobutyl esters from an alcoholysis reaction was studied by liquid–liquid fractionation using the ethanol–water–hexane biphasic system. The DHA enriched acylglycerols obtained were 97.6% pure (64.4% DHA).