Screening of taxol-producing endophytic fungi from Taxus chinensis var. mairei

A total of 38 endophytic fungus strains were isolated from Taxus chinensis var. mairei by aseptic technique. Genomic DNA was extracted from isolated endophytic fungi and subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for the presence of Taxus taxadiene synthase (TS) gene, a rate-limiting enzyme gene in the taxol biosynthetic pathway. Twelve out of 38 isolated endophytic fungus strains showed PCR positive for the ts gene. Subsequently, taxol and its related compounds were extracted from culture filtrates and mycelia of the PCR positive strains, separated by column chromatography and analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrum. The analysis result showed that 3 strains could produce taxol and its related compounds at the detectible level. This study indicates that molecular detection of the ts gene is an efficient method for primary screening of taxol or its related compounds-producing endophytic fungi which can improve prominently screening efficiency.     

Isolation and characterization of Stemphylium sedicola SBU-16 as a new endophytic taxol-producing fungus from Taxus baccata grown in Iran

In this study, a total of 25 endophytic fungi were successfully isolated from the inner bark of Taxus baccata grown in Iran by the aseptic technique. Genomic DNA was extracted from isolated endophytic fungi and subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for the presence of the Taxus taxadiene synthase (ts) gene, which encodes the enzyme catalyzing the first committed step of taxol biosynthesis. Four of 25 isolated endophytic fungi isolates showed PCR positive for the ts gene. Subsequently, taxol and 10-deacetylbaccatin III (10-DAB III) were extracted from culture filtrates and mycelia of the PCR positive isolates and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. The analysis showed that one isolate (SBU-16) produced taxol (6.9?±?0.2?μg?L(-1) ) and its intermediate compound, 10-DAB III (2.2?±?0.1?μg?L(-1) ). The isolate SBU-16 was identified as Stemphylium sedicola SBU-16, according to its morphological characteristics as well as the internal transcribed spacer nuclear rDNA gene sequence analysis. Interestingly, this is the first report of the genus Stemphylium as a taxol-producing taxon.     

代谢工程酵母菌合成紫杉烯的研究

紫杉烯是紫杉醇生物合成的重要中间体,为在酿酒酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)中建立一个生物合成紫杉烯的代谢途径,克隆了酵母的羟甲基戊二酰CoA(3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarylcoenzyme A,HMG-CoA)还原酶基因和=牛儿基=牛儿基二磷酸(geranylgeranyl diphosphate,GGDP)合酶基因,并构建了其融合表达载体pGBT9/HG;同时构建了包含紫杉烯合酶基因的表达载体pADH/TS;将这两个表达载体共转化酵母细胞,通过GC-MS分析检测工程酵母的代谢产物,结果表明获得的工程酵母能够合成紫杉烯,即在酵母细胞中建立了一个合成紫杉烯的代谢途径。     

Will fungi be the new source of the blockbuster drug taxol?

Taxol (paclitaxel) is widely used for the treatment of various kinds of cancers. Originally, the major source of taxol was bark of the Pacific yew tree (Taxus brevifolia). However, this proved devastating to natural populations of the trees. To protect the Pacific yew, alternatives to the use of trees are sought. One solution is the use of taxol or its precursors derived from fungi. A large number of endophytic fungi that reside within healthy plants have been reported to be taxol producers. However, fungal epiphytes, pathogens and saprophytes have also been found to produce taxol. Several strains of fungi belonging to species Metarhizium anisopliae and Cladosporium cladosporioides MD2 are very promising, producing taxol at levels up to 800 μg/L. This review examines the potential for production of taxol from fungi. The biology of taxol synthesis in fungi and measures which may improve taxol yield are also discussed.     

红豆杉内生真菌产紫杉醇相关基因BAPT的鉴定及初步研究

从几种红豆杉中先后分离了30余种内生真菌,深入研究了三种能够产紫杉醇的内生真菌。形态学观察及18srDNA鉴定它们分属于Fusarium(属)和Pestalotiopsis(属),三个菌株均可以在离体培养的条件下产生紫杉醇,经两周培养产量可分别达到8.5,31.5,31.1μg/L。(其中Pestalotiopsis1分离于南方红豆杉,Fusarium1分离于东北红豆杉,Pestalotiopsis2分离于中国红豆杉)。对这些内生真菌产紫杉醇的初步机理作了研究。BAPT(C-13phenylpropanoidsidechain-CoAacyltransferase)是红豆杉中紫杉醇合成途径里支链合成的关键酶之一,我们根据其保守区序列设计了引物,首次在能产生紫杉醇的上述三种红豆杉内生真菌中克隆得到了BAPT基因片段,而分离的其它真菌并没有得到扩增。序列分析表明,来自内生真菌的BAPT基因片段序列与红豆杉BAPT基因片段序列具有非常高的相似性(98.9%)。推测红豆杉内生真菌之所以能够合成紫杉醇,相关基因可能直接源于其宿主植物,即其遗传学起源是基因转移而不是共进化。这同时也建立了一种快速经济的鉴定产紫杉醇真菌的辅助方法。内生真菌的遗传稳定性及改良在进一步研究中。     

过表达Bapt基因提高中国红豆杉细胞的紫杉醇产量

过表达紫杉醇合成关键酶基因是提高红豆杉细胞紫杉醇产量的有效方法.本文通过构建C-l3苯丙素侧链CoA-乙酰转移酶 (C-13 phenylpropanoid side chain CoA acetyltransferase,BAPT) 基因Bapt的表达载体p1303-SbaptN, 采用根癌农杆菌介导法转化中国红豆杉细胞,经潮霉素抗性筛选获得转基因细胞系.转基因细胞的PCR和Southern印迹分析结果表明,T-DNA及其包含的基因与宿主细胞染色体成功整合;Western印迹结果表明,转基因细胞中报告基因GusA-mgfp5正常表达;QRT PCR结果显示,转基因细胞的Bapt mRNA表达量是未转化细胞的1.26 倍;HPLC检测结果显示,转基因细胞的紫杉醇产量为37.4 μg/g,是未转化细胞的1.87倍. 本研究结果表明,过表达Bapt基因提高了中国红豆杉细胞的紫杉醇产量     

基于定量PCR技术探讨紫杉醇生物合成的限速步骤

次生代谢产物牛物合成受到发育和诱导的调控,本实验研究了组织分化和诱导处理对紫杉醇生物合成的影响,并采用定量PCR技术分析了紫杉醇生物合成不同阶段关键酶基因的动态表达特征。结果表明。紫杉醇主要分布在中国红豆杉（Taxus chinensis）树皮和根皮组织中,针叶内含量很少,催化紫杉醇功能官能团连接的关键酶摹因也主要定位在树皮和根皮组织巾;茉莉酸甲酯（MJ）和真菌诱导子F5分别提高了中国红豆杉悬浮培养细胞HG-1紫杉醇得率8倍和10倍,同时有效诱导紫杉醇生物合成基因的表达。发现催化紫杉醇侧链连接的基因与紫杉醇生物合成早正相关。结果表明。紫杉醇生物合成的限速步骤是催化功能官能团连接的步骤。     

产紫杉醇内生真菌TMS-26的分离和鉴定

为丰富产紫杉醇植物内生真菌资源库,从曼地亚红豆杉Taxus media茎中分离得到一株产紫杉醇的内生真菌TMS-26。通过对TMS-26的发酵提取物进行高效液相色谱分析,发现其具有与紫杉醇标准品(4.545 min)相近的色谱特征峰。进一步通过液质联用仪检测发现,内生真菌TMS-26的发酵提取物中具有与紫杉醇标准品((M+Na)+=876)相近的质谱特征峰,表明内生真菌TMS-26能够产生紫杉醇。同时通过传统形态学分类鉴定方法和18S r DNA序列分析、Internal-transcribed spacer(ITS)序列分析等现代分子生物学分类鉴定方法,最终将内生真菌TMS-26鉴定为曲霉属烟曲霉Aspergillus fumigatus,并命名为"烟曲霉TMS-26"。     

中国红豆杉TcNPR1基因的克隆与功能研究

水杨酸（SA）可诱导红豆杉细胞中紫杉醇的合成,病程相关基因非表达子基因（NPR1）是SA介导的植物系统获得性抗性（SAR）信号途径中的关键信号分子。本研究从中国红豆杉（Taxus chinesis）细胞中克隆了TcNPR1基因,该基因完整的开放阅读框大小为1857 bp,编码蛋白序列由619个氨基酸组成,含有典型的NPR1保守结构域、锌指结构域和锚蛋白结构域。进化树分析发现,TcNPR1蛋白与拟南芥AtNPR3和AtNPR4类蛋白的亲源关系较近。TcNPR1基因表达响应SA、干旱和NaCl胁迫处理,且随着处理时间增加,TcNPR1基因表达量逐渐增大。超表达TcNPR1的转基因烟草植株对干旱的耐受力增强,叶片内可溶性糖含量达43.8 mg/g（FW）,比对照高出2倍左右,说明TcNPR1基因具有表达功能,此结果为探究中国红豆杉细胞响应SA诱导大量合成紫杉醇的信号途径提供了依据。     

一株产紫杉醇内生真菌YN6的分离及鉴定

从云南红豆杉（Taxus yunnanensis）树皮内表皮中分离得到75株内生真菌,采用基于紫杉醇合成关键酶10-去乙酰巴卡亭Ⅲ-10-O-乙酰基转移酶（10-deacetylbaccatin Ⅲ-10-O-acetyl transferase,DBAT）和C-13苯丙氨基侧链CoA乙酰基转移酶（C-13-phenylpropanoid side chain-CoA acyltransferase,BAPT）基因为标志分子的快速筛选方法获得一株可产紫杉醇的内生真菌YN6,并通过高效液相色谱法和质谱法对其紫杉醇进行分析.同时,通过对内生真菌YN6的形态特征分析以及18S rDNA序列分析将其初步鉴定为拟盘多毛孢属（Pestalotiopsis sp.）真菌. 拟盘多毛孢YN6的紫杉醇产量约为120~140 μg/L,是目前已报道的紫杉醇产量较高的野生菌株之一. 拟盘多毛孢YN6的发现为微生物发酵生产紫杉醇提供了潜在的优良种质资源.     

Taxane diterpenoids from the seeds of Chinese yew Taxus chinensis

The taxoid chinentaxunine has been isolated from the seeds of Chinese yew Taxus chinensis, and its structure determined on the basis of spectral and chemical methods. In addition, the known taxol C, paclitaxel, 10-deacetyl taxol A, 10-deacetyl-7-epitaxol, 10-deacetyl-10-oxo-7-epi-taxol, taxinine M, taxchinin A, 10-deacetyl taxinine B and taxuspine X were also isolated and identified from this source.     

过表达Dbtnbt基因提高中国红豆杉细胞的紫杉醇含量

本文通过克隆3′-N-去苯甲酰紫杉醇N-苯甲酰转移酶（3′-N-debenzoyltaxol-N-benzoyltransferase,DBTNBT）基因Dbtnbt,构建其表达载体p1303-SDbtnbtN,转化中国红豆杉细胞,经潮霉素抗性筛选获得转基因细胞系. 转基因细胞分析结果表明,T-DNA及其包含的基因与宿主细胞染色体成功整合;转基因细胞中报告基因GusA-mgfp5正常表达;转基因细胞的Dbtnbt mRNA表达量是未转化细胞的1.33 倍;转基因细胞的紫杉醇产量约为27.3 μg/g,是未转化细胞的1.37倍. 本研究结果表明,过表达Dbtnbt基因将中国红豆杉细胞的紫杉醇产量提高约37%.     

中国红豆杉羟化酶基因TcCYP725A22的亚细胞定位及过表达作用分析

抗癌药物紫杉醇生物合成途径中羟化酶的发现是当今研究的热点和难点。文中利用前期分析得到的1个新的中国红豆杉羟化酶基因TcCYP725A22(GenBank登录号:MF448646.1),构建了亚细胞定位载体pCAMIBA1303-TcCYP725A22-EGFP,瞬时侵染洋葱表皮细胞,激光共聚焦显微镜观察结果发现该基因编码蛋白定位在细胞膜。进一步构建了植物表达载体pBI121-TcCYP725A22,经根癌农杆菌AgrobacteriumtumefaciensLBA4404介导转化到中国红豆杉细胞中过表达后,利用荧光定量PCR (qRT-PCR)和液质联用(LC-MS)分析TcCYP725A22过表达对紫杉醇生物合成的影响。结果显示,瞬时转化pBI121-TcCYP725A22的红豆杉细胞中TcCYP725A22基因的转录水平明显高于pBI121空载体对照组。随着TcCYP725A22基因过表达,几个已知的紫杉醇合成关键酶基因的表达量也都有不同程度的上调,且细胞中各紫杉烷的含量普遍提高。这些结果说明羟化酶基因TcCYP725A22极有可能参与紫杉醇的生物合成路径。     

Baseline Survey of Root-Associated Microbes of Taxus chinensis (Pilger) Rehd

Taxol (paclitaxel) a diterpenoid is one of the most effective anticancer drugs identified. Biosynthesis of taxol was considered restricted to the Taxus genera until Stierle et al. discovered that an endophytic fungus isolated from Taxus brevifolia could independently synthesize taxol. Little is known about the mechanism of taxol biosynthesis in microbes, but it has been speculated that its biosynthesis may differ from plants. The microbiome from the roots of Taxus chinensis have been extensively investigated with culture-dependent methods to identify taxol synthesizing microbes, but not using culture independent methods.,Using bar-coded high-throughput sequencing in combination with a metagenomics approach, we surveyed the microbial diversity and gene composition of the root-associated microbiomefrom Taxus chinensis (Pilger) Rehd. High-throughput amplicon sequencing revealed 187 fungal OTUs which is higher than any previously reported fungal number identified with the culture-dependent method, suggesting that T. chinensis roots harbor novel and diverse fungi. Some operational taxonomic units (OTU) identified were identical to reported microbe strains possessing the ability to synthesis taxol and several genes previously associated with taxol biosynthesis were identified through metagenomics analysis.     

一株产紫杉醇内生真菌液体发酵工艺的优化

紫杉醇是一种高效、低毒、广谱的天然抗癌药物,可以有效地治疗乳腺癌、子宫癌等。近年来的研究发现,从植物内生真菌中发酵生产紫杉醇被证明是解决药源问题的有效途径。从分离到的420株内生真菌中筛选到一株产紫杉醇的内生真菌XC1-07为实验材料进行发酵条件的初步优化。结果表明：最适碳源、氮源分别是麦芽糖和NH4NO3;在含10g/L NH4NO3、90g/L麦芽糖、1.0g/L MgSO4、pH6的优化培养基中培养13d,紫杉醇的产量为1,124.34μg/L。为目前报道的植物内生真菌发酵生产紫杉醇最高的产量。     

红豆杉细胞非甲羟戊酸途径关键酶基因dxr的克隆与分析

近几年的研究表明,非甲羟戊酸途径可能是紫杉醇合成的主要途径,通过对各种不同来源的非甲羟戊酸途径关键酶5-磷酸脱氧木酮糖还原异构酶(DXR)基因同源区域进行比较,设计出简并引物,利用RT-PCR技术从中国红豆杉(Taxus chinensis)悬浮细胞中扩增出535bp的基因片段。同源序列比对发现,推断的蛋白质序列与Arabidopsis thaliana(Q9XFS9)、Mentha x piperita(Q9XES0)、Synechococcus elongatus(Q8DK30)、synechocystis sp．PCC 6803(Q55663)、Nostoc sp．PCC7120(QSYP49)、Synechococcus leopoliensis(Q9RKT1)的一致性分别达到95％、94％、80％、78％、78％和73％。结合蛋白质保守区、特征区以及进化树分析,证实该基因确为dxr基因,首次报道从裸子植物中克隆到非甲羟戊酸途径关键酶的基因片段。     

Improved HPLC method for taxol determination with A12O3 solid-phase extraction

The closely eluting compounds of taxol, cephalomannine and N-debenzoyl-N-phenylacetyl taxol, were successfully removed from a sample of Taxus yunnanis by -Al2 O3 solid-phase extraction. A sensitive, selective, rapid and accurate C18 HPLC method for taxol determination was established. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998     

胸径、构件和季节对南方红豆杉中紫杉醇和10-DAB含量的影响

系统采集了12个不同胸径的南方红豆杉当年生针叶和树皮样品,用超高效液相色谱(UPLC)测定其紫杉醇(taxol)和10-去乙酰基巴卡亭Ⅲ(10-deacetylbaccatin Ⅲ,10-DAB)含量,结果显示针叶的两种被测试物质含量的平均值分别为0.0127mg·g-1和0.0805mg·g-1,树皮的这两种物质含量平均值分别为0.1164mg·g-1和0.4842mg·g-1。当年生针叶、树皮中紫杉醇含量与胸径相关性不显著。对植株不同构件(枝条、针叶、树皮和根)中紫杉醇和10-DAB含量的测定表明,根中紫杉醇和10-DAB含量最高,当年生针叶紫杉醇含量最低。天然和人工栽培南方红豆杉当年生针叶中紫杉醇和10-DAB含量呈明显的季节变化,各月份间含量差异显著,人工栽培和天然植株针叶在生长速度明显减缓的10月份,紫杉醇和10-DAB含量均出现一个明显的峰值。     

Screening of taxol-producing endophytic fungi from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Taxus chinensis</Emphasis> var. <Emphasis Type="Italic">mairei</Emphasis>

A total of 38 endophytic fungus strains were isolated from Taxus chinensis var. mairei by the aseptic technique. Genomic DNA was extracted from isolated endophytic fungi and subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for the presence of the Taxus taxadiene synthase (TS) gene, a rate-limiting enzyme gene in the taxol biosynthetic pathway. Twelve out of 38 isolated endophytic fungus strains showed PCR positive for the ts gene. Subsequently, taxol and its related compounds were extracted from culture filtrates and mycelia of the PCR positive strains, separated by column chromatography, and analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrum. The analysis result showed that 3 strains could produce taxol and its related compounds at the detectible level. This study indicates that molecular detection of the ts gene is an efficient method for primary screening of taxol or its related compound-producing endophytic fungi, which can improve prominently screening efficiency. Published in Russian in Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i Mikrobiologiya, 2007, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 490–494. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

内生真菌紫杉醇生物合成的研究现状与展望

紫杉醇是重要的抗癌药物之一,已经证明其对多种癌症具有显著疗效。目前,人们主要是从红豆杉的树皮中提取、分离和纯化紫杉醇,但由于红豆杉为生长缓慢、散生、濒危的珍稀植物,且随着紫杉醇临床用途的不断拓宽,市场需求的稳定增长,单纯依靠从红豆杉树皮中提取紫杉醇已经无法满足日益增长的市场需求。为了解决紫杉醇的药源不足,科学家已把目光从红豆杉树分离提取紫杉醇转向了其他替代方法,如化学全合成、半合成、组织培养与细胞培养、微生物发酵法生产紫杉醇等。因此,了解内生真菌紫杉醇生物合成的分子基础和遗传调控机制,对解析内生真菌紫杉醇生物合成机制、构建高产紫杉醇基因工程菌株和早日实现内生真菌紫杉醇工业化生产具有重要的科学意义和现实意义。结合本课题组多年来的科研工作,概述了红豆杉细胞紫杉醇生物合成途径、内生真菌发酵生产紫杉醇的优势、产紫杉醇内生菌的分离研究现状和生物多样性及紫杉醇生物合成相关基因的研究现状。内生真菌生物发酵合成紫杉醇是可以无限生产、大量获取紫杉醇、解决紫杉醇药源短缺问题的很有前景的方法之一。