林木内生真菌研究进展

研究林木内生真菌及其次生代谢产物具有重要的生态学和经济学意义。国内外对多种林木内生真菌作了大量的相关报道。作者就近年来有关林木内生真菌的多样性研究、生态学作用以及次生代谢产物的应用前景方面的研究作一综述,以期更好地利用林木内生真菌为农业和医药业服务。     

青蒿内生真菌研究进展

植物内生真菌可以产生与宿主植物相同或相似的次生代谢产物,已成为活性化合物生产和发现新化合物的重要来源。为了解青蒿内生真菌的潜在应用价值,介绍了青蒿内生真菌的生物多样性、生物活性和部分次生代谢产物,并展望了未来的研究方向,以期为进一步开发利用青蒿内生真菌提供参考。     

耐盐菊芋块茎内生真菌次生代谢产物的分离与结构鉴定

盐生植物菊芋(Helianthus tuberosus)是一种新型经济作物,特殊生境可能会使其内生真菌产生特殊的次生代谢产物,如结构新颖或活性显著的化合物.为研究这种耐盐植物内生真菌的次生代谢产物以及植物宿主和内生真菌之间可能存在的关系,本实验室从耐盐菊芋块茎中分离纯化出10株内生真菌,对这10株内生真菌进行抗卤虫活性筛选,初步筛选出1株抗卤虫活性良好的菌株Mucor sp.ht-7,规模发酵后通过提取分离技术得到7个化合物,用波谱手段鉴定了7个化合物的结构,对这株内生真菌和宿主次生代谢产物之间的关系进行分析探讨,并对化合物生物活性加以分析.     

骆驼蓬内生真菌抑菌活性的研究

以金黄色葡萄球菌、大肠杆菌、鼠伤沙门氏菌及大肠杆菌F为测试菌种,对从骆驼蓬(Peganum harmala L.)叶中分离出的14株内生真菌及其次生代谢产物进行了抗菌活性筛选。结果表明:8个菌株及10个菌株的代谢产物均至少对1种试验细菌具有抑菌活性,其中1株内生真菌及其次生代谢产物对测试病原细菌具有较强的抑菌作用。     

草原与荒漠植物内生真菌次生代谢产物研究进展

草原与荒漠植物内生真菌是一类特殊生境真菌类群,由于其独特的生存与生态环境,该类真菌在进化的过程中产生出具有不同生态与生物功能的次生代谢产物。相对于其他植物内生真菌而言,该类真菌化学研究相对薄弱与零散,但是目前仍然从这类特殊生境真菌类群中发现了大量结构新颖、活性独特并具有不同化学生态与生物功能的次生代谢产物。本文主要从化学结构角度综述近年来从草原与荒漠植物内生真菌中分离的次生代谢产物(生物碱、聚酮、酚酸、萜类、环肽等5类结构)、药理活性(抗病毒,免疫调节,促进骨髓增殖,细胞毒及Hsp90抑制剂活性等)与化学生态功能活性(杀虫、拒食与动物神经毒活性等),拟为该类特殊生境真菌类群次生代谢产物进一步开发提供研究基础与理论依据,同时对该领域研究存在的问题进行分析与探讨并提出展望。     

芍药内生真菌的鉴定及产生活性次生代谢产物的评估

【目的】研究药用植物芍药(Paeonia lactiflora Pall.)内生真菌的种群多样性,同时对其可能存在的聚酮合酶(Polyketide synthase,PKS)和非核糖体多肽合成酶(Non-ribosomal peptide synthetase,NRPS)基因多样性进行评估,预测芍药内生真菌产生活性次生代谢产物的潜力。【方法】采用组织分离法获得芍药根部内生真菌菌株,结合形态学特征和ITS序列分析,进行鉴定;利用兼并性引物对内生真菌中存在的聚酮合酶(PKS)基因和非核糖体多肽合成酶(NRPS)基因进行PCR扩增及序列测定分析,构建系统发育树,明确芍药内真菌PKS基因序列和NRPS基因序列的系统进化地位。【结果】从芍药组织块中共分离得到105株内生分离物,去重复后获得52株内生真菌,菌株ITS基因序列信息显示,52株芍药内生真菌隶属于7目、13科、15属,其中小球腔菌属(Leptosphaeria)、土赤壳属(Ilyonectria)和镰孢属(Fusarium)为优势种群;从52株内生真菌中筛选获得13株含PKS基因片段的菌株,8株含NRPS基因片段的菌株,部分菌株功能基因的氨基酸序列与Gen Bank中已知化合物的合成序列具有一定的同源性,预示芍药根部内生真菌具有合成丰富多样的次生代谢产物的潜力。【结论】药用植物芍药根部具有丰富的内生真菌资源,且具有产生活性次生代谢产物的潜力,值得进一步开发研究和应用。     

植物内生真菌生物活性成分研究进展

植物内生真菌是寄居植物组织内,与植物共生的真菌种类。植物内生真菌的次生代谢产物具有结构和生物活性多样性的特点,因而可为医药及农药创制提供先导结构,具有巨大的研究和开发价值。本文综述了近三年来(2017～2019年)从植物内生真菌中分离出来的具有生物活性的生物碱、聚酮、萜类、甾醇、蒽醌以及其他类化合物,并分别简要概述了其生物活性研究进展,以期为植物内生真菌活性代谢产物的研究与利用提供参考。     

药用植物内生真菌的多样性及生物功能研究进展

药用植物内生真菌资源丰富,其代谢产物常具有抗肿瘤、抗氧化、抑菌等作用,能产生药用植物生长调节物质及与宿主相同或类似的次生代谢产物,从而成为近年来的研究热点。本文对药用植物内生真菌的分离鉴定、多样性、生物活性及生物学功能等方面进行综述,以期为今后筛选及利用有效的药用植物内生真菌奠定基础。     

鬼臼类植物内生真菌的分离及其抗癌活性研究

通过对三属四种鬼臼类植物地下茎内生真菌的分离,发现鬼臼类植物地下茎中内生真菌的物种类型极其丰富,主要分布在地下茎的表皮层和维管组织中,来源于外界环境.通过对包括鬼臼类植物在内的7种植物内生真菌的抗癌活性测定,发现内生真菌的抗癌活性与宿主有密切有关系,鬼臼类植物地下茎内生真菌含有较高比例的抗癌活性菌株.宿主种类、地理位置都会影响内生真菌的分布,进而影响活性菌株出现的频率.通过对所有鬼臼类植物地下茎内生真菌次生代谢产物的深入分析,并没有发现产生鬼臼毒素的内生真菌,鬼臼类植物地下茎内生真菌的抗癌活性成分是独立产生的.     

药用植物内生真菌研究现状及其应用前景

随着对药用植物内生真菌研究的深入,从药用植物内生真菌中寻找新的生物活性成分已成为研究热点。内生真菌对药用植物的生长及活性成分的形成都有影响,内生真菌活性成分已成为发现新颖结构化合物及新药物的潜在资源。简要综述了近年来在内生真菌的分离鉴定、发酵、次生代谢产物、与宿主的关系等方面的研究进展。     

Production of ethylene by sweet potato roots infected by black rot fungus

Ethylene production by sweet potato roots infected by the blackrot fungus, Ceratocystis fimbriata, increased strikingly afterinfection. The fungus grown on potato extract containing 1%sucrose or steamed sweet potato produced no ethylene. Thus,ethylene was proven to be produced from the host tissue affectedby fungus invasion. The ethylene production seemed to be stimulatedby carbon dioxide. Oxygen was essential for production, butexcess oxygen, probably over 80%, was found to be inhibitory.Apparent fungus growth on sweet potato was reduced under a hightension of oxygen, but this was not a cause of reduced ethyleneproduction in excess oxygen. When tissue plugs of infected sweet potato which were activelyproducing ethylene were sliced into thin discs, ethylene productionwas abolished with the exception that the first 1 mm discs atthe 1st and 2nd day stages produced a significant amount ofethylene. Similarly, plugs which were removed from fungus-invadedparts did not produce an appreciable amount of ethylene. Theproduction of ethylene was observed only by tissue plugs whichconsisted of both fungus invaded and noninvaded parts. Infected sweet potato tissue produced ethylene at a rate comparableto that in apples and may provide a goodsystem for the studyof ethylene biosynthesis. ¹Part 72 of the Phytopathological Chemistry of Sweet Potatowith Black Rot and Injury.     

Proteases and Their Involvement in the Infection and Immobilization of Nematodes by the Nematophagous Fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora

The nematophagous fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora produced extracellular proteases when grown in a liquid culture, as revealed by measuring the hydrolysis of the chromogenic substrate Azocoll. The extracellular protease activity was inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and other serine protease inhibitors and partly inhibited by the aspartate protease inhibitor pepstatin and by a cysteine protease inhibitor [l-trans-epoxysuccinyl-leucylamide-(4-guanidino)-butane, or E-64]. Substrate gel electrophoresis showed that the fungus produced several different proteases, including multiple serine proteases. The function of proteases in the infection of nematodes was examined by treating the fungus with various protease inhibitors. None of the inhibitors tested affected the adhesion of nematodes to the traps, but incubating trap-bearing mycelium with a serine protease inhibitor, PMSF, antipain, or chymostatin, or the metalloprotease inhibitor phenanthroline significantly decreased the immobilization of nematodes captured by the fungus. Inhibitors of cysteine or aspartic proteases did not affect the immobilization of captured nematodes. The effects of PMSF on the immobilization of nematodes were probably due to serine proteases produced by the fungus, since the effects were observed when unbound inhibitor was washed away from the fungus before the nematodes were added to the system. No effects were observed when the nematodes only were pretreated with PMSF.     

Taxol Determination from Pestalotiopsis pauciseta, a Fungal Endophyte of a Medicinal Plant

Taxol is the most effective antitumor agent developed in the past three decades. It has been used for effective treatment of a variety of cancers. A taxol-producing endophytic fungus Pestalotiopsis pauciseta (strain CHP-11) was isolated from the leaves of Cardiospermum helicacabum and screened for taxol production. The fungus was identified based on the morphology of the fungal culture and the characteristics of the spores and screened for taxol production. The amount of taxol produced by this endophytic fungus was quantified by HPLC and it produced 113.3 mg/L, thus the fungus can serve as a potential material for fungus engineering to improve taxol production. This fungal taxol also had strong anticancer activity against some cancer cells viz., BT 220, H116, Int 407, HL 251 and HLK 210 tested by Apoptotic assay and it is indicated that with the increase of taxol concentration from 0.005–0.05 mmol/L, taxol induced increased cell death through apoptosis.     

Visible light during mycelial growth and conidiation of Metarhizium robertsii produces conidia with increased stress tolerance

Light conditions during mycelial growth are known to influence fungi in many ways. The effect of visible-light exposure during mycelial growth was investigated on conidial tolerance to UVB irradiation and wet heat of Metarhizium robertsii, an insect-pathogenic fungus. Two nutrient media and two light regimens were compared. Conidia were produced on (A) potato dextrose agar plus yeast extract medium (PDAY) (A1) under dark conditions or (A2) under continuous visible light (provided by two fluorescent lamps with intensity 5.4 W m(-2)). For comparison, the fungus was also produced on (B) minimal medium (MM) under continuous-dark incubation, which is known to produce conidia with increased tolerance to heat and UVB radiation. The UVB tolerances of conidia produced on PDAY under continuous visible light were twofold higher than conidia produced on PDAY medium under dark conditions, and this elevated UVB tolerance was similar to that of conidia produced on MM in the dark. The heat tolerance of conidia produced under continuous light was, however, similar to that of conidia produced on MM or PDAY in the dark. Conidial yield on PDAY medium was equivalent when the fungus was grown either under continuous-dark or under continuous-light conditions.     

Haradamyces foliicola anam. gen. et sp. nov., a cause of zonate leaf blight disease in Cornus florida in Japan

A fungus causing zonate leaf blight diseases in various evergreen and deciduous woody plant species in Japan was characterized by a discoid multicellular propagule arising from a hyaline sclerotium-like structure in the leaf tissue and dark-coloured microconidia produced enteroblastically from the terminal cells on the surface of the discoid propagules. Myrioconium-like microconidiophores also producing microconidia were occasionally produced in culture. No teleomorphic characteristics were observed on the fungus. Molecular analysis based on the partial nu-rDNA sequence data revealed that the fungus was phylogenetically related to the Sclerotiniaceae, Leotiomycetes, and Ascomycota. Because the morphology and sequence data of this fungus does not coincide with those of any known anamorphic fungi, Haradamyces foliicola is proposed here as a new anamorphic genus and species for this fungus.     

Fungal nutrition allocation enhances mutualism with fungus-growing termite

Fungal nodules and aged fungus gardens are products of termite fungiculture systems, and are the diets of termites. To understand the nutrition flow in fungiculture, we quantified the number and mass of fungal nodules produced along with fungus garden maturation and analysed the α-amino acid and fatty acid compositions of fungal nodules, fungus gardens, and termite tissues of a fungus-growing termite, Odontotermes formosanus. 1 g of fungus garden produced 5,148 fungal nodules (∼68.0 mg). Approximately 7.0% of α-amino acids were allocated to the fungal nodules and the rest (∼93.0%) remained in the fungus gardens. The compositions of α-amino acids or fatty acids in aged fungus gardens and fungal nodules were more similar to that of termite tissues than fresh fungus gardens, which supports the idea that termites nutritionally depend on the fungal products. Among the 18 α-amino acids, tryptophan was an essential amino acid and was the only one missing from fresh and aged fungus gardens, but found in fungal nodules at significantly higher concentrations. Hence, termites must consume fungal nodules to obtain tryptophan for survival. Furthermore, the fungus spores incorporated in nodules, were transferred when nodules were ingested by termites. We propose that allocating tryptophan in fungal nodules is crucial to enhance the mutualism between the fungus and termite.     

Feeding experiment using uniformly 13C-labeled α-linolenic acid supports the involvement of the decarboxylation mechanism to produce cis-jasmone in Lasiodiplodia theobromae

ABSTRACT

In our previous report, it was found that Lasiodiplodia theobromae produced cis-jasmone via partially utilizing the biosynthetic pathway of JA. A feeding experiment using uniformly ¹³C-labeled α-linolenic acid, which was added to the culture media of the fungus, strongly supported that the fungus produced CJ via the decarboxylation step of the biosynthetic pathway.     

The interrelationships of the causal fungus of brown root rot of tomatoes and potato root eelworm, Heterodera rostochiensis Woll.

In a study of the association between the causal fungus of brown root rot of tomatoes and Heterodera rostochiensis Woll., it was demonstrated that the nematode did not increase the susceptibility of the roots to invasion by the fungus; however, the fungus decreased the hatch of the potato root eleworm, the invasion of the host plant by the nematode, and number of new cysts subsequently produced.     

Taxol,an anticancer drug produced by an endophytic fungus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bartalinia robillardoides</Emphasis> Tassi,isolated from a medicinal plant, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Aegle marmelos</Emphasis> Correa ex Roxb.

Taxol is an important anticancer drug widely used in the clinic. An endophytic fungus Bartalinia robillardoides (strain AMB-9) was isolated from Aegle marmelos, a medicinal plant and screened for taxol production. The fungus was identified based on the morphology of the fungal culture and the characteristics of the spores. This fungus was grown in MID liquid medium and analyzed chromatographically and spectrometrically, for the presence of Taxol. The amount of taxol produced by this endophytic fungus was quantified by HPLC. It produced 187.6 μg/L of taxol which suggests that the fungus can serve as a potential material for genetic engineering to improve the production of Taxol. This fungal taxol isolated from the organic extract of this fungal culture, has strong cytotoxic activity towards BT 220, H116, Int 407, HL 251 and HLK 210 human cancer cells in vitro, tested by Apoptotic assay.     

Phytotoxicity of indole-3-acetic acid produced by the fungus, Pythium aphanidermatum

Pythium aphanidermatum causes the serious disease of Pythium red blight on bentgrass. IAA, one of the metabolites that has been isolated from this fungus, showed the same symptom of Pythium red blight on bentgrass at a concentration of 1,000 mg/1. The IAA content in the foliage of bentgrass infected by this fungus was about 200 times that of an untreated control. These results suggest that IAA produced by this fungus was the causal substance of Pythium red blight on bentgrass.