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.     

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.     

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。     

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"。     

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.     

1株产紫杉醇内生真菌LNUF014的鉴定及产物检测

从红豆杉的韧皮部组织中分离得到的360株内生真菌中,通过对发酵粗提的检测,共筛选到11株产紫杉醇的真菌。其中1株内生真菌LNUF014的发酵液采用有机试剂抽提紫杉醇,经薄层层析和高效液相色谱分析,初步表明该菌株的紫杉醇类物质含量为53.68μg/L。根据形态学研究和真核生物18S rDNA基因序列分析,将其鉴定为镰刀菌属(Fusarium)。产紫杉醇内生真菌的研究将对紫杉醇类抗肿瘤药物的研制具有重要意义。     

产紫杉醇类云南红豆杉内生真菌筛选的研究

采用无菌技术从云南红豆杉中分离得到200余株内生真菌,经过PDA液体培养基发酵后用TLC、HPLC等方法检测,发现其中有一株的胞外分泌物中含有紫杉醇,标号12．3,2。经过形态学鉴别,其属于青霉属（Penicillium）。利用微生物（特别是内生真菌）产紫杉醇是新的途径,该菌株具有进一步研究的价值。     

Diversity and antimitotic activity of taxol-producing endophytic fungi isolated from Himalayan yew

Endophytic fungi represent an under explored resource of novel lead compounds and have the capacity to produce diverse classes of plant secondary metabolites. Here, we investigated the endophytic fungal diversity of taxol-producing endophytes from Taxus baccata L. ssp. wallichiana (Zucc.) Pilger and also tested the antimitogenic effect of fungal taxol using potato disc tumor assay. A total of 60 fungal endophytes were isolated from the inner bark (phloem-cambium) of T. baccata ssp. wallichiana, collected from different locations of the northern Himalayan region. Two key genes, DBAT (10-deacetylbaccatin III-10-O-acetyl transferase) and BAPT (C-13 phenylpropanoid side chain-CoA acyltransferase), involved in taxol biosynthesis were used as molecular markers for the screening of taxol-producing strains. Five representative species gave positive amplification hits by molecular marker screening with the bapt gene. These fungi were characterized and identified based on morphological and molecular identification. The taxol-producing capability of these endophytic fungi was validated by HPLC-MS. Among the five taxol-producing fungi, the highest yield of taxol was found to be 66.25 μg/l by Fusarium redolens compared with those of the other four strains.     

一株产紫杉醇罗汉松内生真菌的分离和鉴定

[目的]紫杉醇是重要的抗癌药物,主要从罗汉松等植物中提取,为了保护罗汉松等种质资源,本文从罗汉松植株中分离产紫杉醇内生真菌,并对内生真菌所产紫杉醇的抗肿瘤活性进行了分析.[方法]采用组织块法自罗汉松的根、茎、叶等组织中分离内生真菌;通过四唑蓝(Methyl ThiazolylTetrazolium,MTT)比色法筛选有抗肿瘤活性的内生真菌菌株,通过薄层层析(Thin Layer Chro-matography,TLC)和高效液相色谱(High Performance Liquid Chromatography,HPLC)对内生真菌所产活性物质进行鉴定;采用抽提法抽提内生真菌所产紫杉醇,应用Vero细胞对抽提的紫杉醇的活性进行了分析.[结果]从罗汉松属(Podocrapus)植物中分离到155株内生真菌,其中28株内生真菌具有较高的抑癌活性.将其中一株菌株A2命名为EPTP-1,经形态学和分子分类学分析鉴定为烟曲霉(Aspergillus fumigatus).菌株EPTP-1中抽提的紫杉醇5.553μg/L～555.3 μg/L作用24h表现出明显的致细胞凋亡作用.菌株EPTP-1发酵5天时紫杉醇的产率为0.5578±0.0294 mg/L.[结论]从罗汉松中分离到了一株产紫杉醇内生真菌EPTP-1,可作为紫杉醇类药物工业化生产的候选菌株.     

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.     

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。     

内生真菌发酵生产紫杉醇的研究现状与展望

抗癌药物紫杉醇已在临床上广泛应用,但受原料红豆杉树木短缺的制约,存在巨大的供需差距,而内生真菌发酵生产紫杉醇是解决紫杉醇药源问题的很有前景的途径之一.结合课题组多年来开展的科学试验研究工作,概述了内生真菌发酵生产紫杉醇的优势、产紫杉醇内生真菌的分离研究现状和生物多样性及提高内生真菌生物合成紫杉醇量的途径.     

An endophytic taxol-producing fungus from Taxus x media, Aspergillus candidus MD3

An endophytic taxol-producing fungus (strain MD3) isolated from the inner bark of Taxus x media was identified as Aspergillus candidus according to its morphological characteristics, physiological and biochemical characteristics, and 18S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Taxol produced by A. candidus MD3 was shown to be identical to authentic taxol analyzed by UV, HPLC, MS and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The gene encoding the 10-deacetylbaccatin III-10- O -acetyl transferase, which catalyzes formation of the last diterpene intermediate in the taxol biosynthetic pathway, has been cloned from A. candidus MD3 for the first time and possesses high homology to the same gene found in Taxus spp.     

一株产紫杉醇菌的分离及其代谢产物对HeLa细胞抑制作用的研究

从东北红豆杉Taxus cuspidata的主干和侧枝树皮及皮下分离筛选得到181株纯化的内生菌株。经过摇瓶发酵培养,再用甲醇、乙酸乙酯萃取抽提,抽提产物经以标准紫杉醇为对照的薄层层析(TLC)、高效液相色谱(HPLC)、质谱(MS)分析,发现有1株菌株HD181-23能够产生紫杉醇,其紫杉醇产量为206.34μg/L。对菌株HD181-23菌落、菌丝体和孢子形态和产孢特征进行了研究,表明菌株HD181-23为葡萄孢属的种,暂定为Botrytissp.。该菌株的发酵提取纯化产物经HeLa细胞毒实验,结果显示对HeLa细胞具有较强的抑制作用。     

河南太行红豆杉产紫杉醇内生真菌的筛选

目的：筛选出高产紫杉醇的内生菌株,为发酵生产紫杉醇提供菌种。方法：从不同来源的红豆杉根、茎、叶中分别分离内生真菌,并对其进行发酵,用HPLC法对菌丝体和发酵液中的紫杉醇含量进行检测,获得高产菌株。结果：获得54株产紫杉醇的内生真菌,其中根、茎、叶分别为29株、16株、9株。根、茎、叶三部位产紫杉醇菌株的平均产量分别为248.57μg/L、149.09μg/L、104.94μg/L;其中一株产量高达622.75μg/L。结论：从野生红豆杉的根部分离内生真菌效果较好,并获得了一株高产菌株。     

Screening of Taxol-producing fungi based on PCR amplification from Taxus

Genes coding for 10-deacetylbaccatin III-10-O-acetyl transferase and C-13 phenylpropanoid side chain-CoA acyltransferase were used as molecular markers for screening of Taxol-producing endophytic fungi. Using PCR, three out of 90 endophytic fungi, isolated from Taxus x media and Taxus yunnanensis, gave positive results. These 3 strains, when grown in 300 ml potato/dextrose liquid medium at 25°C for 10 days, contained 100–160 μg Taxol/g dry wt of mycelium. Peng Zhang and Peng-peng Zhou contributed equally to this work.     

A new endophytic taxane production fungus from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Taxus chinensis</Emphasis>

More than 50 kinds of endophytic fungi associated with Taxus chinensis were isolated and examined as a potential source of the imposing anticancer drug taxol. Of these, four isolates show ability to produce taxane when measured with the competitive inhibition enzyme immunoassay method. The most promising clone, DA10, identified as Mucor rouxianus sp., is the first rouxianus reported as taxol production fungus. The presence of taxol and its important precursors, such as 10-diacetyl baccatinIII (10-DAB) and baccatinIII, in theculture of this fungus was confirmed by reactivity with a taxane-specific monoclonal antibody, comparative chromatographic and mass spectrometric behavior, cytotoxity to liver carcinoma 7402, and molecular cloning of kernel fragment of taxadiene synthase gene. Published in Russian in Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i Mikrobiologiya, 2009, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 92–96. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Isolation of an endophytic fungus producing baccatin III from Taxus wallichiana var. mairei

The objective of this study was to isolate endophytic fungi producing baccatin III from yew for the purpose of baccatin III and paclitaxel manufacture. Surface sterilized bark of Taxus wallichiana var. mairei was used as source material with potato dextrose agar culture medium for isolation of endophytic fungi. Fungal cultures were extracted with a mixture of chloroform/methanol (1:1, v/v) and the baccatin III in the extracts was determined and authenticated with LC–MS. An endophytic fungus that produced baccatin III was identified by ITS rDNA and 26S D1/D2 rDNA sequencing. A total of 192 endophytic fungal strains were isolated from T. wallichiana var. mairei. Only one of the 192 strains produced baccatin III and it was identified as Diaporthe phaseolorum. The productivity of this strain cultured in PDA culture medium was 0.219 mg/l. The isolated endophytic fungus produced baccatin III at a relatively high level and shows promise as a producing strain for baccatin III and paclitaxel manufacture after strain improvement.     

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。     

南方红豆杉产紫杉醇内生真菌的分离

对从广东乳源县的南方红豆杉(Taxus chinensis var. mairei)内生真菌中分离和筛选产紫杉醇的内生真菌进行了研究。从南方红豆杉的树皮、茎部、叶片及叶片研磨物中分离纯化了145株内生真菌,对其中的53株内生真菌采用摇瓶发酵培养的方法筛选产紫杉醇的内生真菌。发酵物和菌丝体经研磨、离心、乙酸乙酯萃取和浓缩,经硅胶薄层层析(TLC),高效液相色谱(HPLC)以及液相色谱-质谱(HPLC-MS)分析和检测,结果表明,从茎部分离的1株内生真菌能够产紫杉醇或其异构体, 产量达180 μg L^-1。通过对产紫杉醇内生真菌进行诱变、筛选以及优化培养条件等措施,大规模培养生产紫杉醇是具有可行性的。