Treatment of Candida Rugosa Lipase with Short-Chain Polar Organic Solvents Enhances its Hydrolytic and Synthetic Activities

Following a simple and quick treatment based on dissolving the crude lipase from Candida rugosa in different percentages (v/v) of several polar organic solvents (methanol, ethanol, 1 and 2-propanol, 1 and 2-butanol and acetone) followed by dialysis, different preparations with enhanced activities were obtained. The opening of the lid covering the active site is proposed as the reason for explaining the activity enhancement, both in aqueous and anhydrous organic media.     

Inhibition of the Acid Lipase Activity by Apolipoprotein A-I in the Presence of Lysosomal Proteases

It was found that the inhibition of the lysosomal acid lipase activity by rat apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) was increased with the degradation of apo A-I by the lysosomal proteases. We demonstrated that apo A-I could effectively inhibit the acid lipase activity even in the presence of the lysosomal proteases using the hepatic lysosomal fraction.     

Acid Lipase Inhibitor in Chicken Plasma Identified as Apolipoprotein A-I

We have reported a inhibitor of acid lipases in liver lysosomes and erythrocytes from chickens [M. Fujii et al., Int. J. Biochem., 22, 895–898 (1990)]. In this paper, the properties of the inhibitor were described in comparison with those of apo A-I of chicken.

The purified inhibitor migrated with the same mobility on SDS–PAGE as apo A-I, and had a molecular weight of 27,000. The peptide map from the lipase inhibitor was similar to that of apo A-I. Antibodies to the acid lipase inhibitor also reacted with apo A-I. Apo A-I inhibited the acid lipase activities of liver lysosomes and erythrocytes from chickens as strongly as the lipase inhibitor. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of lipase inhibitor was identical to that of apo A-I as far as residue 20. The amino acid sequence of peptides obtained from the inhibitor by cleavage with CNBr corresponded to internal sequence of apo A-I, and so the CNBr-peptides were derived by cleavage after the methionine residues in apo A-I. The findings showed that the inhibitor of the acid lipases in liver lysosomes and erythrocytes from chickens was identical to apo A-I.     

The Influence of Fatty Acid and Glycerol on the Kinetics of Fat Hydrolysis by Candida Rugosa Lipase in a Membrane Reactor

The kinetics of lipid-hydrolysis by Candida rugosa lipase was investigated in a membrane reactor and in an emulsion system. Two models were chosen to describe the kinetics of the enzyme:

(1) The hydrolysis of triglycerides to fatty acids was considered to be a chain reaction with the intermediary products di- and mono-glyceride; each step was assumed to be a reversible second-order reaction. The reaction rate constants were determined from batch experiments. The experimental results could be described with this model.

(2) For process optimization and control, a model based on the power law was developed. For this model, the rate of hydrolysis was measured as a function of fatty acid and glycerol concentrations. Relations for the initial rate and equilibrium ester fraction as a function of the glycerol concentration were determined. Further, the reaction rate could be described with the power-law model with a power of 1.75 in the hydrolyzable ester fraction for a wide range of glycerol concentrations. The model with power 1.75 gave much better results when compared to a similar first order model. Although simpler, the first order model can not be used. The power law model was applied in the simulation of a reactor composed of three modules. The fatty acid production rate was calculated for this reactor system as a function of the outgoing glycerol concentration at different conditions.     

Purification of Stearidonic Acid (18:4(n-3)) and Hexadecatetraenoic Acid (16:4(n-3)) from Algal Fatty Acid with Lipase and Medium Pressure Liquid Chromatography

Stearidonic acid (18:4(n-3)) and hexadecatetraenoic acid (16:4(n-3)) are included in some edible marine algae such as Undaria pinnatifida and Ulva pertusa with relatively high compositions (up to 40%) of total fatty acids. In order to prepare 16:4(n-3) and 18:4(n-3) enriched fatty acid concentrates, we screened for a suitable lipase which concentrates these acids by the removal of other fatty acids in the selective esterification reaction reported by Shimada et al. (Shimada et al. (1997), J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 74, 1465-1470). In combination with the lipase reaction and reversed-phase medium pressure liquid chromatography, we purified 18:4(n-3) and 16:4(n-3) to more than 95% purity.     

Effect of Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Soil Atmosphere on Tylenchorhynchus spp.

Short-chain fatty acids can be produced under anaerobic conditions by fermentative soil microbes and have nematicidal properties. We evaluated the effects of butyric and propionic acids on death and recovery of stunt nematodes (Tylenchorhynchus spp.), a common parasite of turfgrass. Nematodes in a sand-soil mix (80:20) were treated with butyric or propionic acid and incubated under air or N₂ for 7 days at 25 °C. Amendment of soil with 0.1 and 1.0 µmol (8.8 and 88 µg) butyric acid/g soil or 1.0 µmol (74 µg) propionic acid/g soil resulted in the death of all nematodes. The composition of the soil atmosphere had no effect on the nematicidal activity of the acids. Addition of hydrochloric acid to adjust soil pH to 4.4 and 3.5 resulted in nematode mortality relative to controls (41% to 86%) but to a lesser degree than short-chain fatty acids at the same pH. Nematodes did not recover after a 28-day period following addition of 10 µmol butyric acid/g soil under air or N₂. Carbon mineralization decreased during this period, whereas levels of inorganic N and microbial biomass-N remained constant. Short-chain fatty acids appear to be effective in killing Tylenchorhynchus spp. independent of atmospheric composition. Nematode mortality appears to be a function of the type and concentration of fatty acid and soil pH.     

Kinetics of Enantioselective Esterification of Naproxen by Lipase in Organic Solvents

The kinetics of stereoselective esterification of racemic Naproxen with trimethylsilyl methanol by Candida cylindracea lipase in organic solvents has been investigated. A Ping-Pong Bi Bi mechanism with competitive inhibition by this alcohol for each enantiomer -has been identified. The rate equations were further analyzed in the time-course reaction after considering the effect of enzyme deactivation in the organic mixtures, but not in isooctane. Effects of the hydrophobicity of solvent on the solubility of the racemate, the kinetic parameters and their combinations are also discussed.     

脂肪酸脱饱和酶的研究进展

脂肪酸脱饱和酶催化与载体结合的饱和脂肪酸或不饱和脂肪酸在脂酰链上形成双键。脂肪酸脱饱和酶分为脂酰ＣｏＡ脱饱和酶、脂酰ＡＣＰ脱饱和酶和脂酰脂脱饱和酶三类。它在控制生物膜的形成与物理性质,保护光合机构和决定贮脂与膜脂的脂肪酸组成与不饱和度等方面起着关键作用。     

Free Fatty Acid Composition of Human and Rat Peripheral Nerve

Abstract: The free fatty acid (FFA) composition of peripheral nerve resembles that of erythrocytes but the composition of both is different from that of brain and other tissues. Approximately 75% of FFAs of nerve and erythrocytes are saturated and <5% are polyunsaturated whereas in brain and other tissues, 30-45% of FFAs are saturated and 25-50% are polyunsaturated. Approximately 10-15% of the total FFA of nerve have very long chain lengths [C₂₄, C₂₆, C₂₈, and C₃₀]. The presence of these very long-chain FFAs in endoneurium cannot be accounted for by the retention of erythrocytes or by lipid degradation. During Wallerian degeneration a significant increase of 18:1, associated with a decrease of saturated FFAs, was found in rat sciatic endoneurium, but normal values were approached when fiber regeneration was well under way. The FFA composition with chain length ≥C₂₆ were not, however, significantly altered with degeneration or repair of nerves. The metabolic significance of this striking difference between nerve and brain FFA composition is unknown but may reflect different functional properties.     

Arachidonic Acid Liberated by Diacylglycerol Lipase Is Essential for the Release Mechanism in Chromaffin Cells from Bovine Adrenal Medulla

Chromaffin cells from bovine adrenal medulla secrete catecholamines on stimulation with acetylcholine. In addition to the activation of the phosphatidylinositol cycle, arachidonic acid is generated, which was thought to be the result of phospholipase A2 activation. We have demonstrated in isolated plasma membranes of these cells that arachidonic acid is generated by a two-step reaction of diacylglycerol and monoacylglycerol lipase splitting diacylglycerol, which originates from the action of phospholipase C on phosphatidylinositols. No phospholipase A2 activity could be detected in plasma membranes so far. External addition of arachidonic acid increases the release in the absence and in the presence of agonist. Inhibition of the diacylglycerol lipase by RHC 80267 suppresses the catecholamine release, which is restored on addition of arachidonic acid. This effect, however, is reversed by lipoxygenase inhibitors, indicating that it is not arachidonic acid itself, but one of its lipoxygenase products, that is essential for inducing exocytosis.     

逆境对真菌膜脂肪酸成分的影响

利用气相色谱对真菌膜脂肪酸在逆境下的变化进行研究,发现低温胁迫时膜上的不饱和脂肪酸较多,低碳源浓度、低氧浓度和高盐浓度胁迫时,膜上不饱和脂肪酸的含量反而出现降低。表明不同逆境胁迫时,真菌中膜的脂肪酸含量不一样。     

Fatty acid esterification using nylon-immobilized lipase

The esterification of a long-chain fatty acid was conducted using a nylon-immobilized lipase from Candida cylindracea in a nearly anhydrous, nonpolar organic medium, hexane. Butyl laurate was produced from lauric acid and n-butanol at a maximum initial reaction rate of 37 mmol/h. g immobilized enzyme when the substrates were present in equimolar amounts at an initial concentration of 0.5 mol/L. Lower rates were obtained using nonstoichiometric amounts of the substrates. The rate of reaction increased with temperature, reaching a maximum between 35 and 45 degrees C and decreasing sharply at higher temperatures. (c) 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

An Insight into the Active Site of Pseudomonas Fluorecens (P. cepacia) Lipase to Define the Stereochemical Demand for the Transesterification in Organic Solvents

The Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase-catalyzed transesterification of 2-methyl alkanols 1 and the 2-substituted oxiranemethanols 2 with vinyl acetate in organic solvents has been studied and the results discussed in terms of steric and electronic demand within the recently postulated models of the lipase active site.     

Bradykinin Stimulates Arachidonic Acid Release Through the Sequential Actions of an sn-1 Diacylglycerol Lipase and a Monoacylglycerol Lipase

In cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons prelabeled with [3H]arachidonic acid [( 3H]AA), bradykinin (BK) stimulation resulted in increased levels of radioactive diacylglycerol, monoacylglycerol, and free AA. The transient increases in content of radioactive diacylglycerol and monoacylglycerol preceded the increase in level of free AA, suggesting the contribution of a diacylglycerol lipase pathway to AA release. An analysis of the molecular species of diacylglycerols in unstimulated cultures revealed the presence of two primary [3H]AA-containing species, 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl and 1-stearoyl-2-arachidonoyl diacylglycerol. BK stimulation resulted in a preferential increase in content of 1-stearoyl-2-arachidonoyl diacylglycerol. When DRG cultures were labeled with [3H]stearic acid, treatment with BK increased the amount of label in diacylglycerol and free stearic acid, but not in monoacylglycerol. This result suggested that AA release occurred through the successive actions of an sn-1 diacylglycerol lipase and monoacylglycerol lipase. Other data supporting a diacylglycerol lipase pathway was the significant inhibition of [3H]AA release and consequent accumulation of diacylglycerol by RG 80267, which preferentially inhibits diacylglycerol lipase. Analysis of the molecular species profiles of individual phospholipids in DRG neurons indicated that phosphoinositide hydrolysis may account for a significant portion of the rapid increase in content of 1-stearoyl-2-arachidonoyl diacylglycerol. We were unable to obtain evidence that the phospholipase A2 pathway makes a significant contribution to BK-stimulated AA release in DRG cultures. Under our assay conditions there were no BK-stimulated increases in levels of radioactive lysophosphatidylinositol, lysophosphatidylcholine, or lysophosphatidylethanolamine in cultures prelabeled with [3H]inositol, [3H]choline, or [3H]-ethanolamine, respectively.     

GC-MS法分析甘肃和青海蕨麻中的脂肪酸成分

为了研究蕨麻的化学成分以更好地利用蕨蔴资源,采用索氏提取法提取了青海和甘肃两个地区产的蕨麻中的脂溶性成分,利用气相色谱-质谱联用(GC-MS)对蕨麻中的脂肪酸成分进行分析。结果表明,来自甘肃产地的蕨麻含有11种脂肪酸,青海地区产的蕨麻含有7种脂肪酸,二者的共同成分有7种;甘肃产蕨麻中硬脂酸含量最高,辛烷含量最低;青海产蕨麻中邻苯二酚含量最高,棕榈酸含量最低。表明不同产地的蕨麻所含脂肪酸种类和脂肪酸含量均存在差异。     

植物脂肪酸脱饱和酶特性及转基因研究进展

脂肪酸代谢是有机体的基本代谢之一。植物体内首先合成的是饱和脂肪酸,然后在脂肪酸脱饱和酶作用下形成不饱和脂肪酸。目前已经从很多植物中克隆到了脂肪酸合成相关的酶,并对其功能进行了鉴定。详细介绍了近年来应用基因工程技术对植物油中不饱和脂肪酸含量和组分进行改造所取得的进展,并对其在植物抗性育种中的应用进行了展望。     

Lipase assay in soils by copper soap colorimetry

A simple and sensitive method for the estimation of lipase activity in soils is reported. In this method, 50 mg of soil is incubated with emulsified substrate, the fatty acids liberated are treated with cupric acetate-pyridine reagent, and the color developed is measured at 715 nm. Use of olive oil in this protocol leads to an estimation of true lipase activity in soils. The problem of released fatty acids getting adsorbed onto the soil colloids is obviated by the use of isooctane, and separate standards for different soils need not be developed. Among the various surfactants used for emulsification, polyvinyl alcohol is found to be the most effective. Incubation time of 20 min, soil concentration of 50 mg, pH 6.5, and incubation temperature of 37 °C were found to be the most suitable conditions for this assay. During the process of enrichment of the soils with oil, interference by the added oil is avoided by the maintenance of a suitable control, wherein 50 mg of soil is added after stopping the reaction. This assay is sensitive and it could be adopted to screen for lipase producers from enriched soils and oil-contaminated soils before resorting to isolation of the microbes by classical screening methods.     

Short-Chain Fatty Acid (SCFA) Volume Regulation in Proximal and Distal Rabbit Colon is Different

SCFAs increase the volume of many different cell types rarely exposed to significant concentrations of these weak electrolytes. SCFAs swell isolated cells from colonic carcinoma cell lines, but the mechanism(s) of volume regulation in normal colonocytes, which are generally exposed to >100 mm SCFAs, has not been well characterized. Aims: To determine the effect of SCFAs on volume regulation in proximal and distal rabbit colonocytes. Methods: Isolated colonocytes were plated on coverslips and placed in a perfusion apparatus that permitted fluid changes. Cells were continuously monitored by video-microscopy; volume was estimated by measured changes in the radius of individual cells. Results: Distal colonocytes (DC) consistently had a slightly greater basal volume than proximal colonocytes (PC): [14.2 pl/fl:9.8 pl/fl] In HEPES-buffered solutions, an isotonic change to a 90 mm NaCl/50 mm Na propionate solution elicited a significant increase in cell volume within 10 min, but no noticeable regulatory volume decrease over 30 min: V/Vo in DC: 1.29 ± .09; in PC: 1.25 ± .05. In HCO₃-buffered solutions, 50 mm PROP caused significantly greater cell swelling; in DC: 1.74 ± .21; in PC: 1.52 ± .08. In DC both amiloride and EIPA blocked the SCFA-induced increase in cell volume. A hypotonic challenge confirmed that these cells were capable of swelling. In contrast, amiloride did not significantly inhibit SCFA-induced swelling in PC: control, 1.25 ± .05; amiloride, 1.36 ± .10. Cell volume increased in PC perfused with an isosmotic 50 mm propionate, Na-free solution: 1.22 ± .04. Conclusions: (i) SCFAs induce significant cell swelling, but no regulatory volume decrease, in isolated colonocytes; (ii) HCO₃ augments SCFA-induced cell swelling; (iii) volume increase in DC is dependent on Na-H exchange, but in PC appears to be Na-independent. Significance: There are fundamental differences in how proximal and distal colon respond to isosmotic volume challenge of SCFAs. Received: 1 September 1995/Revised: 9 November 1995     

Modification of the Microenvironment of Enzymes in Organic Solvents. Substitution of Water by Polar Solvents

Enzyme catalysis in water-immiscible organic solvents is strongly influenced by the amount of water present in the reaction mixture. Effects of substitution of part of the water by other polar solvents were studied. In an alcoholysis reaction catalyzed by chymotrypsin deposited on celite, it was possible to exchange half of the water by formamide, ethylene glycol or dimethyl sulfoxide with often increased initial reaction rate. Furthermore, these substitutions caused the suppression of the competing hydrolysis reaction. However, formamide caused enzyme inactivation, and ethylene glycol participated as a reactant in the alcoholysis to some extent, hence dimethyl sulfoxide was considered the best water substitute among the solvents tested. These effects were noted for chymotrypsin catalyzed alcoholysis in several water immiscible solvents and also for interesterification reactions catalyzed by Candida cylindracea lipase on celite. In the latter case a change in the stereoselectivity was observed. At a low water content a high stereoselectivity was observed; when the amount of polar solvent was increased, either by doubling the water content or adding an equal amount of DMSO, the stereoselectivity decreased.     

糖脂修饰的脂肪酶在有机溶剂中催化酯化反应

本文研究了不同糖脂化合物修饰的脂肪酶在有机溶剂中催化长碳链脂肪酸和脂肪醇的酯化反应,不同的脂肪酶经糖脂修饰后,催化活性均有不同程度的提高。在４种糖脂和６种脂肪酶中,以蔗糖酯ＳＥ－７修饰脂肪酶ＣＥＳ活性最高,本文还对ｐＨ、溶剂和温度等对修饰脂肪酶生的影响进行了研究。