纤维堆囊菌的多细胞形态发生过程

粘细菌是具有复杂多细胞行为的革蓝氏阴性细菌,纤维堆囊菌是粘细菌中唯一能够降解纤维素的粘细菌种属。本文通过扫描电子显微镜和相差光学显微镜,分析了纤维堆囊菌在纤维素基质上的生长和子实体形态发生的多细胞行为特征,给出了生长和子实体发育的模式图谱。     

多孔陶瓷吸附固定纤维堆囊菌发酵制备埃博霉素

由纤维堆囊菌产生的埃博霉素具有极大药用价值,但因纤维堆囊菌液体环境中聚团非均匀生长限制了埃博霉素的大规模生产。借助多孔陶瓷的多孔结构,可为粘细菌提供固体附着生长面,提高埃博霉素产量。利用造孔剂法制备硅藻土基多孔陶瓷,在优化制备及改性条件后,当30目木屑造孔剂用量为2.5%(质量分数),7 MPa下制得的硅藻土基多孔陶瓷性能良好,孔径集中在5μm,比表面积为23.55 m2/g,孔隙率为32%,机械强度为10.2 MPa;经1.5 mol/L FeCl3改性的多孔陶瓷对纤维堆囊菌的吸附量达36.8 mg/g。在优化固定化发酵条件后,当在300 ml三角瓶中装液量为45 ml,固液比3:5,接种量10%,温度30℃,转速220 r/min,最初pH 7.5,发酵时间为8 d时,埃博霉素的产量达90.2 mg/L,与游离发酵相比提高了近4倍。     

Scrutiny of electrochemically-driven electrocatalysis of C-19 steroid 1α-hydroxylase (CYP260A1) from Sorangium cellulosum So ce56

Direct electrochemistry and bioelectrocatalysis of a newly discovered C-19 steroid 1α-hydroxylase (CYP260A1) from the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum So ce56 were investigated. CYP260A1 was immobilized on screen-printed graphite electrodes (SPE) modified with gold nanoparticles, stabilized by didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (SPE/DDAB/Au). Cyclic voltammograms in argon-saturated substrate free 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, and in enzyme-substrate complex with androstenedione demonstrated a redox processes with a single redox couple of E^0′ of −299 ± 16 mV and −297.5 ± 21 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl), respectively. CYP260A1 exhibited an electrocatalytic activity detected by an increase of the reduction current in the presence of dissolved oxygen and upon addition of the substrate (androstenedione) in the air-saturated buffer. The catalytic current of the enzyme correlated with substrate concentration in the electrochemical system and this dependence can be described by electrochemical Michaelis-Menten model. The products of CYP260A1-depended electrolysis at controlled working electrode potential of androstenedione were analyzed by mass-spectrometry. MS analysis revealed a mono-hydroxylated product of CYP260A1-dependent electrocatalytic reaction towards androstenedione.     

Mutation and a high-throughput screening method for improving the production of Epothilones of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sorangium</Emphasis>

The epothilones are highly promising prospective anticancer agents that are produced by the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum. We mutated the epothilone producing S. cellulosum strain So0157-2 to improve the production of epothilones. For evaluation in high-throughput of a large number of mutants, we developed a simple microtiter method for primary screening. Using the classical UV-mutation method plus selection pressures, the production capacity was increased about 0.5 approximately 2.5 times the starting strain. The mutants with higher production and different phenotypes were further subjected to recursive protoplast fusions and the fusants products were screened under multi-selection pressure. Furthermore, the production was greatly increased by the genome shuffling. For epothilone B, the production of one fusant was increased about 130 times compared to the starting strain, increasing from 0.8 mg l(-1) to 104 mg l(-1).     

Structural features and hypoglycaemic activity of an exopolysaccharide produced by Sorangium cellulosum

AIMS: To investigate the structural features and hypoglycaemic activity of an exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by Sorangium cellulosum NUST06. METHODS AND RESULTS: The chemical structure of the EPS from S. cellulosum NUST06 was determined by gas-liquid chromatography, gas chromatography (GC), GC-mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance. The EPS was composed of a beta-D-(1-->4)-glucose backbone with alpha-D-(1-->6)-mannose side chains. The molecular weight of the EPS was approx. 2x10(5) Da. Healthy and alloxan-induced diabetic mice were used in the study. Blood glucose levels of the experimental animals during the trial period were analysed by a glucose test kit based on the glucose oxidase method. When 100 and 200 mg kg(-1) day(-1) of purified EPS was orally administered for 7 days, the serum glucose in alloxan-induced diabetic mice was reduced by 35.9 and 41.4% (P<0.01), and the serum glucose in healthy mice was reduced by 27.3 and 30.1% (P<0.05), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The EPS produced by S. cellulosum NUST06 decreased blood glucose levels distinctly in both healthy and alloxan-induced diabetic mice. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: To elucidated the chemical structure of the EPS from S. cellulosum NUST06 and exploited the anti-diabetic potential of the EPS.     

响应面法优化福鸽霉素发酵培养基

采用Plackett-Burman设计法,对影响纤维堆囊菌So ceMWXAB-125产生福鸽霉素的9个因素进行了筛选。结果表明,影响该菌产生福鸽霉素的主要营养因素为马铃薯淀粉、CaCl2和脱脂奶粉。在此基础上,采用响应面法对其中3个显著因子的最佳水平范围进行研究,利用Design-Expert软件进行二次回归分析得知,马铃薯淀粉、CaCl2和脱脂奶粉的质量浓度分别为8.05、2.72和10.00 g/L时,福鸽霉素的产量从67 mg/L提高到119.98 mg/L。     

Improving conjugation efficacy of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sorangium cellulosum</Emphasis> by the addition of dual selection antibiotics

The conjugation protocols in myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum are often inapplicable due to the strain-specific sensitivity to the presence of Escherichia coli cells or the resistances to many antibiotics. Here we report that the conjugative transfer of the mobilizable plasmid pCVD442 from E. coli DH5alpha (lambda pir) to Sorangium strains could be greatly increased by the presence of low doses of dual selection antibiotics in the mating medium. The improvement was efficient in either E. coli-tolerant or sensitive Sorangium strains. For those phleomycin and hygromycin tolerant Sorangium strains, chloramphenicol-resistance gene was developed as a new selectable marker by driving the resistance gene with the aphII promoter. Using the improved protocol, the epothilone biosynthetic pathway was inactivated by an insertion mutation in the biosynthetic genes of the producing Sorangium strains.     

Phoxalone,a novel macrolide from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sorangium cellulosum</Emphasis>: structure identification and its anti-tumor bioactivity in vitro

A novel macrolide, isolated from the myxobacteria Sorangium cellulosum WXNXJ-C, was identified as 1,7,12,13-tetrahydroxy-14-methoxy-8,10-dimethyl-6-phenyl-5,15-dioxa-bicyclo[9.3.1]pentadecan-4-one, “Phoxalone”. It had minimum IC₅₀ values of 0.24, 6.9, 10.3, 0.98 and 4 μg/ml, respectively, against tumour cell lines: B16, Bel7402, H446, MCF-7, and SGC7901. In addition, it had less cytotoxicity to normal human liver L02 cell lines (286 μg/ml, 24 h). A cytotoxic bioactivity study on H446 cell line in vitro suggested that Phoxalone arrested the mitosis in the G2/M phase.     

纤维堆囊菌的供谢产物及其生物学活性分析

纤维堆囊菌不同菌株不但表现细胞和子实体形态的差异,而且供谢产物的组成和生物学活性也存在差异。纤维堆囊菌对革兰氏阴性细菌不表现任何抑制活性,部分菌株可抑制革兰氏阳性细菌;但所有菌株对真菌和肿瘤细胞有广泛和强烈的抑制作用。薄层层析显示,纤维堆囊菌的次级代谢产物组分较多,且大多数组分具有不同程度的抑制真菌和肿细胞的活性。在筛选中发现四株菌的代谢产物能够促进微管蛋白聚合,其中So33-1活性组分的薄层层析Rf值与已知的Epothilone A相似,而So81的则有较大的差异。研究结果表明纤维堆囊菌是很好的筛选抗真核生物活性的天然化合物资源。     

纤维堆囊菌生长及限制因素的研究

纤维堆囊菌对可溶性淀粉、木聚糖、纤维素等复杂碳源的利用能力较强,简单碳源中只利用葡萄糖;KNO3、蛋白栋是较好的氮源,大多数氮源都能支持生长,表明该菌营养要求简单,能高效的得用处是里丰富的纤维素资源。堆囊菌的盐耐受能力较低,盐浓度高于1％的培养基中菌体几乎不能生长,Mg^2是生长必须的元素,Ca^2 对生长没有明显的作用,但是子实体的形态发生所必需的。培养基的起始pH为7.0时细胞生长较好,大于8.0或小于5.0不生长。纤维堆囊菌生长具有细胞密度依赖性,低密度的细胞不能生长。固定在滤纸上的细胞淋洗液（纤维素酶降解产物）对细胞生长具有明显促进作用,并能降低细胞生长的密度依赖性。