外源甜菜碱提高恶臭假单胞菌(Pseudomonas putida)DLL1耐盐性的研究

研究了外源甜菜碱对恶臭假单胞菌(Pseudomonas putida)DLL1耐盐性的影响并对其渗透保护机制进行了初步的探讨;结果表明培养基中添加甜菜碱可以改善DLL1细胞在高盐培养基中的生长情况,添加150mg/L的甜菜碱可以使DLL1在1.2mol/L NaCl的基础盐培养基中生长,添加10mg/L的甜菜碱就足以显著缩短渗透胁迫条件下DLL1细胞的延滞期和代时,增加生长量;和不添加对照相比,延滞期由24h缩短到6h,代时由60min缩短到35.7min,最大生长量OD610由1.29增长到1.57。在渗透胁迫条件下,细胞从外界快速吸收外源甜菜碱来代替自身相容性溶质的合成。     

嗜酸乳杆菌的生长与富硒的动态关系研究

目的考察嗜酸乳杆菌在添加Na2SeO3的MRS培养基中的生长与富硒的关系和规律.方法以未添加Na2SeO3的MRS培养基的对照相比.结果加硒培养基中嗜酸乳杆菌生长较为缓慢,生长的延滞期增加,对数期缩短.结论处于延滞期的嗜酸乳杆菌细胞对硒的吸收作用比较强,富硒量迅速增加至最高达62.054 μl/g菌细胞.     

水翁悬浮细胞系的建立及其悬浮培养的生长特性

建立了水翁悬浮细胞系,并对其悬浮培养的生长特性作了初步探讨。以水翁新生芽尖作为外植体,接种于添加有不同浓度和配比的生长调节物质及各种附加物的MS固体培养基中,诱导培养产生初代愈伤组织;挑选Ⅰ和Ⅱ型的愈伤组织进行继代培养改良,考察愈伤组织的生长状况和统计生长量来决定最佳继代培养基的配方和得到适合悬浮培养的愈伤组织;将以上得到的愈伤组织转接于最佳继代液体培养基中,于24±1℃,120r/min条件下振荡培养,筛选分散度好、较均匀、生长快、色浅透明的细胞作为种子传代,数次传代后得到性能良好的悬浮细胞系;以细胞生长量(鲜重)为指标,绘制了水翁悬浮细胞的生长曲线。研究表明:2.0mg/L的2,4-D的诱导率最高(92%,初代愈伤组织为Ⅰ型),Ⅱ型愈伤组织的最高诱导率为75%;最佳的继代培养基配方为MS 0.5mg/L 2,4-D 0.5mg/L 6-BA 1.0mg/L IAA 0.5mg/L IBA 0.5mg/L NAA 0.1mg/L KT 700mg/L LH,形成Ⅱ型愈伤组织的生长量可达3.28g/瓶(鲜重);液体继代培养3代后,可得到性能良好的悬浮细胞系;水翁悬浮细胞的生长曲线表明,最佳接种期为培养后的16~18d。     

渗透压调控对裂殖壶菌发酵产DHA的影响

考察了不同渗透胁迫(0、10、20、30和40 g/L NaCl)对裂殖壶菌HX-308发酵产DHA及脂肪酸构成的影响。结果表明:20 g/L NaCl最有利于裂殖壶菌生长和DHA积累,生物量、总脂肪酸含量、DHA产量及DHA占生物量的比值分别为73 g/L、10.7 g/L、5.0 g/L和68 mg/g,并且DHA在总脂肪酸中所占百分比最高,为45.2%。此外,在低渗透压(10 g/L NaCl)条件下,添加40 mmol/L甘氨酸甜菜碱,DHA产量与未添加相比提高了28.21%;在高渗透压(40 g/L NaCl)条件下添加40 mmol/L海藻糖,DHA产量提高了46.84%;表明添加适量的外源相容性溶质能有效地促进裂殖壶菌积累DHA。     

利用高通量生物反应器优化一种CHO细胞无血清培养基

研究以DMEM/F12(1:1 V/V)培养基为基础,添加不同添加剂优化一种适宜CHO DG44细胞生长的廉价培养基。以细胞密度和细胞活率为主要指标,对DMEM/F12(1:1 V/V)培养基进行了优化。通过正交试验和单因素试验筛选出了CHO DG44细胞生长的最佳培养基。正交试验结果表明添加8mg/L Insulin、10mg/L Transferrin、12mM Glutamine、9mg/L Ethanolamine、9mg/L Sodium selenite、0.5×Lipids、0.5×Vitamin,对细胞生长有较好促进作用,细胞密度从0.6×106 cells/mL上升到1.8×106 cells/mL。在此基础上添加2.5g/L Malt Peptone和2.5g/L YeastExtract可使细胞密度达到2.65×106 cells/mL,基本上达到商业培养基的培养效果,而成本降低了约60%。     

甜菜碱提高植物抗寒性的机理及其应用

甜菜碱是植物重要的渗透调节物质,在低温等逆境条件下,许多植物细胞中迅速积累甜菜碱以维持细胞的渗透平衡.对近几年来甜菜碱提高植物抗寒性的机理研究及其应用,包括甜菜碱的生物合成途径、低温胁迫下甜菜碱对植物的保护机理、甜菜碱合成酶基因的转化及外源甜菜碱在植物抗寒中的应用进行了综述.     

粘质沙雷氏菌产2,3-丁二醇培养基的优化

研究了各种碳源、氮源、柠檬酸及无机盐对细胞生长与产物形成的影响,通过单因子、正交及中心组合设计响应面分析优化发酵培养基。结果表明在培养基中添加柠檬酸不但可以促进细胞生长与糖耗速度,还可以缩短发酵周期,提高2,3-丁二醇的产量。采用优化后的培养基,2,3-丁二醇的产量由14.03g/L增加到39.27g/L,提高了近3倍。     

北柴胡不定根系生物转化合成皂苷研究

通过在北柴胡不定根系培养体系中添加目的产物柴胡皂苷的前体物质和生物合成促进物质以及进行高糖渗透胁迫试验,探讨了利用不定根系生产柴胡皂苷的条件和方法。结果表明,在1/2 MS培养基中添加硫酸镁、硝酸钾、丙酮酸钠以及高糖渗透胁迫均有利于柴胡皂苷的合成。1/2 MS培养基+硫酸镁0.37 g/L+硝酸钾5.7 g/L+丙酮酸钠2.0 mmol/L+蔗糖50 g/L是最适合柴胡皂苷转化合成的培养基,此条件下使柴胡皂苷的含量提高了9.74倍。     

外源甜菜碱对低温胁迫下香蕉内源甜菜碱合成的影响

以巴西香蕉(MusaAAA Giant Cavendish cv.Brazil)幼苗为试验材料,用不同浓度外源甜菜碱(BT)预处理香蕉幼苗后,置于人工气候箱中模拟低温(7℃)胁迫,分别测定香蕉叶片和根系内源甜菜碱的含量和甜菜碱合成关键酶甜菜碱醛脱氢酶(BADH)活性,以探讨外源甜菜碱对香蕉叶片和根系内源甜菜碱合成的影响.结果显示:7℃低温胁迫16 h后,10 mg/L外源甜菜碱即可极显著提高香蕉幼苗叶片BADH活性,叶片内源BT含量也同步极显著增加,低温胁迫24h后根系内源甜菜碱的含量虽显著高于常温对照,其BADH活性却无显著提升.同时,香蕉幼苗叶片内源BT含量的积累与叶片BADH活性的提高具有显著正相关关系,与根系内源BT含量的增加呈极显著正相关关系,与外源BT浓度无显著相关性.研究表明,外源甜菜碱可促进低温胁迫下香蕉内源甜菜碱的合成和积累,叶片和根系均具有合成内源BT的能力.     

藏红花细胞悬浮培养体系的建立及优化

基于诱导的藏红花细胞系,通过摇瓶法,优化了其液体培养基、接种量和种龄等培养条件,以建立藏红花细胞悬浮培养体系。结果表明,将生长在固体培养基上的藏红花愈伤组织接种在MS液体培养基(添加了2mg/L2,4-D,1mg/L6-BA和300mg/LCH)中,于(22±0.3)℃,120r/min的摇床上,暗培养30d,便可获得藏红花的悬浮细胞系。经优化其培养基、接种量和种龄,将种龄为20d的细胞系,按照5%接种量接种在液体B5培养基(添加了2mg/LNAA,1mg/L6-BA和300mg/LCH)中,于(22±0.3)℃,120r/min的摇床上,培养36d,细胞生物量(13.4g/L)和藏红花素产量(0.91g/L)均达到最高。本研究建立的藏红花细胞悬浮培养体系为其生物反应器放大培养奠定了基础。     

Glycine betaine, carnitine, and choline enhance salinity tolerance and prevent the accumulation of sodium to a level inhibiting growth of Tetragenococcus halophila

Natural-abundance (13)C-nuclear magnetic resonance was used to probe the intracellular organic solute content of the moderately halophilic bacterium Tetragenococcus halophila. When grown in complex growth media supplemented or not with NaCl, T. halophila accumulates glycine betaine and carnitine. Unlike other moderate halophiles, T. halophila was not able to produce potent osmoprotectants (such as ectoines and glycine betaine) through de novo synthesis when cultured in defined medium under hyperosmotic constraint. Addition of 2 mM carnitine, glycine betaine, or choline to defined medium improved growth parameters, not only at high salinity (up to 2.5 M NaCl) but also in media lacking NaCl. These compounds were taken up when available in the surrounding medium. The transport activity occurred at low and high salinities and seems to be constitutive. Glycine betaine and carnitine were accumulated by T. halophila in an unmodified form, while exogenously provided choline led to an intracellular accumulation of glycine betaine. This is the first evidence of the existence of a choline-glycine betaine pathway in a lactic acid bacterium. An assay showed that the compatible solutes strikingly repressed the accumulation of glutamate and slightly increased the intracellular potassium level only at high salinity. Interestingly, osmoprotectant-treated cells were able to maintain the intracellular sodium concentration at a relatively constant level (200 to 300 nmol/mg [dry weight]), independent of the NaCl concentration of the medium. In contrast, in the absence of osmoprotectant, the intracellular sodium content increased sharply from 200 to 2,060 nmol/mg (dry weight) when the salinity of the medium was raised from 1 to 2 M. Indeed, the imported compatible solutes play an actual role in regulating the intracellular Na(+) content and confer a much higher salt tolerance to T. halophila.     

Glycine Betaine, Carnitine, and Choline Enhance Salinity Tolerance and Prevent the Accumulation of Sodium to a Level Inhibiting Growth of Tetragenococcus halophila

Natural-abundance ¹³C-nuclear magnetic resonance was used to probe the intracellular organic solute content of the moderately halophilic bacterium Tetragenococcus halophila. When grown in complex growth media supplemented or not with NaCl, T. halophila accumulates glycine betaine and carnitine. Unlike other moderate halophiles, T. halophila was not able to produce potent osmoprotectants (such as ectoines and glycine betaine) through de novo synthesis when cultured in defined medium under hyperosmotic constraint. Addition of 2 mM carnitine, glycine betaine, or choline to defined medium improved growth parameters, not only at high salinity (up to 2.5 M NaCl) but also in media lacking NaCl. These compounds were taken up when available in the surrounding medium. The transport activity occurred at low and high salinities and seems to be constitutive. Glycine betaine and carnitine were accumulated by T. halophila in an unmodified form, while exogenously provided choline led to an intracellular accumulation of glycine betaine. This is the first evidence of the existence of a choline-glycine betaine pathway in a lactic acid bacterium. An assay showed that the compatible solutes strikingly repressed the accumulation of glutamate and slightly increased the intracellular potassium level only at high salinity. Interestingly, osmoprotectant-treated cells were able to maintain the intracellular sodium concentration at a relatively constant level (200 to 300 nmol/mg [dry weight]), independent of the NaCl concentration of the medium. In contrast, in the absence of osmoprotectant, the intracellular sodium content increased sharply from 200 to 2,060 nmol/mg (dry weight) when the salinity of the medium was raised from 1 to 2 M. Indeed, the imported compatible solutes play an actual role in regulating the intracellular Na⁺ content and confer a much higher salt tolerance to T. halophila.     

Adaptation of anaerobic biomass to saline conditions: Role of compatible solutes and extracellular polysaccharides

This study investigated the role of compatible solutes, extracellular polysaccharides (EPS), and nutrients on anaerobic biomass when stressed with salinity. When 1 mM of osmoregulants glycine betaine, α-glutamate and β-glutamate were added separately to serum bottles containing biomass not adapted to sodium, and fed with glucose and 35 g NaCl/L, all the compatible solutes were found to alleviate sodium inhibition, although glycine betaine was found to be the most effective. The effect of glycine betaine on different anaerobic bacterial groups under salinity stress was monitored using VFAs, and showed that methanogens were more protected than propionate utilisers. Moreover, the addition of 1 mM of glycine betaine to anaerobic biomass not adapted to salinity resulted in significantly higher methane production rates compared with anaerobic biomass that was exposed for 4 weeks to 35 g NaCl/L. Interestingly, under saline batch conditions when the medium was replaced totally the culture produced less methane than when only new substrate was added due to compatible solutes cycling between the media and the cell. The elimination of macronutrients from the medium was found to have a more pronounced negative effect on biomass under saline compared with nonsaline conditions, and because of the synthesis of N-compatible solutes sufficient nutrients should always be present. On the other hand, the absence from the medium of micronutrients did not further reduce biomass activity under salinity. Finally, a higher production of EPS was obtained from biomass exposed to higher salt concentrations, and its composition was found to change under different saline conditions and time. As a result, biomass under saline conditions had a slightly higher mean flock size compared with the biomass that was not subjected to salt.     

Induction of macrophage apoptosis by Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase-hemolysin

Abstract The addition of 1 mM glycine betaine to the growth medium of Chromatium sp. NCIMB 8379 relieved growth inhibition caused by exposure to supra-optimal Nad concentrations. Intracellular glycine betaine concentrations were dependent upon the NaCl concentration of the growth medium up to 3 M exogenous Nad. Kinetic data for the accumulation of [methyl-¹⁴C]-glycine betaine demonstrated that Chromatium sp. NCIMB 8379 possesses a constitutively expressed active transport system for glycine betaine. The transport system was saturable with respect to glycine betaine concentration and exhibited typical Michaelis-Menten type kinetics: K _m= 24 μ M, V _max= 306 nmol min⁻¹ mg protein⁻¹ at an external NaCl concentration of 1 M. The rate of glycine betaine transport decreased progressively with increasing growth medium NaCl concentration. This transport system may represent an adaptive response to growth in high osmolarity environments in this halotolerant isolate, allowing accumulation of glycine betaine from the external cell environment or recycling synthesised glycine betaine which has passively diffused from the cell.     

Trehalose/2-sulfotrehalose biosynthesis and glycine-betaine uptake are widely spread mechanisms for osmoadaptation in the Halobacteriales

We investigated the mechanisms of osmoadaptation in the order Halobacteriales, with special emphasis on Haladaptatus paucihalophilus, known for its ability to survive in low salinities. H. paucihalophilus genome contained genes for trehalose synthesis (trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/trehalose-6-phosphatase (OtsAB pathway) and trehalose glycosyl-transferring synthase pathway), as well as for glycine betaine uptake (BCCT family of secondary transporters and QAT family of ABC transporters). H. paucihalophilus cells synthesized and accumulated ∼1.97–3.72 μmol per mg protein of trehalose in a defined medium, with its levels decreasing with increasing salinities. When exogenously supplied, glycine betaine accumulated intracellularly with its levels increasing at higher salinities. RT-PCR analysis strongly suggested that H. paucihalophilus utilizes the OtsAB pathway for trehalose synthesis. Out of 83 Halobacteriales genomes publicly available, genes encoding the OtsAB pathway and glycine betaine BCCT family transporters were identified in 38 and 60 genomes, respectively. Trehalose (or its sulfonated derivative) production and glycine betaine uptake, or lack thereof, were experimentally verified in 17 different Halobacteriales species. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that trehalose synthesis is an ancestral trait within the Halobacteriales, with its absence in specific lineages reflecting the occurrence of gene loss events during Halobacteriales evolution. Analysis of multiple culture-independent survey data sets demonstrated the preference of trehalose-producing genera to saline and low salinity habitats, and the dominance of genera lacking trehalose production capabilities in permanently hypersaline habitats. This study demonstrates that, contrary to current assumptions, compatible solutes production and uptake represent a common mechanism of osmoadaptation within the Halobacteriales.     

Improved osmotolerance of recombinant Escherichia coli by de novo glycine betaine biosynthesis

The genes from the extreme halophile Ecto-thiorhodospira halochloris encoding the biosynthesis of glycine betaine from glycine were cloned into Escherichia coli. The accumulation of glycine betaine and its effect on osmotolerance of the cells were studied. In mineral medium with NaCl concentrations from 0.15 to 0.5 M, the accumulation of both endogenously synthesized and exogenously provided glycine betaine stimulated the growth of E. coli. The intracellular levels of glycine betaine and the cellular yields were clearly higher for cells receiving glycine betaine exogenously than for cells synthesizing it. The lower level of glycine betaine accumulation in cells synthesizing it is most likely a consequence of the limited availability of precursors (e.g. S-adenosylmethionine) rather than the result of a low expression level of the genes. Glycine betaine also stimulated the growth of E. coli and decreased acetate formation in mineral medium with high sucrose concentrations (up to 200 g.l(-1)).     

Effect of sodium chloride on the intracellular solute pools of Listeria monocytogenes.

The concentrations of intracellular solutes in Listeria monocytogenes were examined in cells grown at various concentrations of NaCl. At 5% NaCl, cells contained elevated concentrations of potassium and glycine betaine compared with concentrations in cells grown without NaCl. At 7.5% NaCl, cells contained increased concentrations of K+, glycine betaine, glycine, alanine, and proline. Only glycine betaine, choline, or glycine promoted growth on a solidified defined medium containing 4% NaCl; there was no growth at higher concentrations of NaCl in the defined medium.     

Growth, pectate lyase production and solute accumulation by Erwinia chrysanthemi under osmotic stress: effect of osmoprotectants

Glycine betaine strongly stimulated the growth rate of five strains of Erwinia chrysanthemi when grown in a synthetic medium at 0·986, 0·983 and 0·980 a _w (NaCl) whereas in four strains, little effect was observed compared with the control. Proline, dimethyl glycine, carnitine and pipecolic acid also actedas osmoprotectants. Glutamate and trehalose, commonly accumulated by enteric bacteria in response to osmotic stress, failed to act as osmoprotectants when supplied exogenously. Glycine betaine and pipecolic acid partially overcame the inhibition of pectate lyase release by NaCl in strain ECC. ¹³C NMR spectroscopy of two osmotically-stressed strains showed that glycine betaine was accumulated intracellularly from synthetic media containing the exogenous osmoprotectant. However, both strains also synthesized and accumulated trehalose in addition to glycine betaine in response to osmotic stress in complex media containing glycine betaine.     

Effect of sodium chloride on the intracellular solute pools of Listeria monocytogenes.

The concentrations of intracellular solutes in Listeria monocytogenes were examined in cells grown at various concentrations of NaCl. At 5% NaCl, cells contained elevated concentrations of potassium and glycine betaine compared with concentrations in cells grown without NaCl. At 7.5% NaCl, cells contained increased concentrations of K+, glycine betaine, glycine, alanine, and proline. Only glycine betaine, choline, or glycine promoted growth on a solidified defined medium containing 4% NaCl; there was no growth at higher concentrations of NaCl in the defined medium.