不产桔霉素的红曲霉菌种深层发酵生产莫纳可林K

对三株在YES培养基中不产桔霉素的红曲霉菌种,在摇瓶中研究了它们液体发酵生产莫纳可林K的情况。在大米粉培养基中,红色红曲霉不产莫纳可林K,但是紫色红曲霉和烟灰色红曲霉均能产莫纳可林K,前者产量高于后者。在葡萄糖．甘油培养基中,后两者的产量均很低,但是如果在该培养基中添加酵母膏,紫色红曲霉能产生较为可观的莫纳可林K。在2L的发酵罐中,利用添加了酵母膏的葡萄糖-甘油培养基,紫色红曲霉在第13d的莫纳可林K产量可达104mg/L,培养过程中无桔霉素产生。     

高产莫纳可林K低产桔霉素红曲霉菌株的筛选和发酵条件初步优化

采集全国各地红曲霉制品中的红曲霉资源,经分离获278株红曲霉菌株。高效液相色谱(HPLC)法测定各菌株发酵液中莫纳可林K(Monacolin K)和桔霉素含量,筛选获1株Monacolin K产量较高、桔霉素含量较低的红曲霉菌株编号为M-22。依据形态特征和ITS基因序列,参照红曲霉属分类检索表,鉴定M-22菌株为紫色红曲霉(Monascus purpureus)。通过摇瓶发酵对温度、初始pH、碳源、氮源、碳氮比(C/N)等因素进行优化,确定M-22菌株摇瓶发酵产Monacolin K适宜条件为发酵温度26℃、初始pH 5.0、转速160 r/min,甘油为碳源、蛋白胨为氮源、碳氮比(C/N)为5:1,Monacolin K产量显著提高,最高为107.16 mg/L。以优化的发酵条件对M-22菌株进行5 L发酵罐发酵,发酵液中Monacolin K产量最高为189.83 mg/L,桔霉素含量32.53μg/L,红曲色素色价为16.38 U/m L。     

红曲霉T-DNA插入转化库中桔霉素突变子的筛选

以农杆菌介导法建立的红曲霉T—DNA转化库为实验材料,采用抑菌圈法从5,000多个转化子中筛选出200株桔霉素突变子的候选菌株,用高效液相色谱法进一步筛选得到53株与出发菌株相比产桔霉素能力发生显著变化的突变子,其红曲中桔霉素含量介于0．04～154．57μg／g之间。进一步分析了突变子的红曲色价,发现突变子产桔霉素能力与产色素能力之间有一定的相关性。这些研究结果为进一步从分子水平上探讨红曲霉产桔霉素和色素等次生代谢产物之间的关系提供了材料和基础。     

无桔霉素红曲色素突变株FM5183对单谷氨酸钠(MSG)、组氨酸的代谢特性

经过复合诱变处理得到的产无桔霉素的红曲色素变异株,编号为FM5183,在摇瓶条件下分批深层培养,研究了菌株在碳源为葡萄糖条件下对单谷氨酸钠（MSG）,组氨酸的代谢特性,该菌株分别在含MSG和组氨酸情况下,对产生的中间产物苹果酸和乙醇的代谢特性进行了比较。结果表明：突变菌株FM5183产生的酒精量为2.5-2.7g/L,苹果酸浓度最大值为5.8g/L;另外,在含MSG和组氨酸的培养基上对产生的色素量进行测定,其色价分别为25.5和11.8,对试验所用的氮源等条件下,整个发酵过程未有桔霉素检出,突变菌株FM5183是一株较理想的无桔霉素红曲色素工业化生产菌株。     

红曲霉T-DNA插入转化库中桔霉素突变子的筛选*

以农杆菌介导法建立的红曲霉T-DNA转化库为实验材料,采用抑菌圈法从5,000多个转化子中筛选出200株桔霉素突变子的候选菌株,用高效液相色谱法进一步筛选得到53株与出发菌株相比产桔霉素能力发生显著变化的突变子,其红曲中桔霉素含量介于0·04~154·57μg/g之间。进一步分析了突变子的红曲色价,发现突变子产桔霉素能力与产色素能力之间有一定的相关性。这些研究结果为进一步从分子水平上探讨红曲霉产桔霉素和色素等次生代谢产物之间的关系提供了材料和基础。     

红曲中桔霉素的检测及控制

红曲是指以大米为原料,用红曲菌属（Monascusspp．）红曲霉发酵培养制得,具有红色的颗粒或用其制成的粉末。目前红曲可分为色曲、酒曲和功能性红曲。在红曲霉的发酵过程中,同时与红曲色素相伴产生一种有害的次级代谢产物一桔霉素。研究表明桔霉素具有肾毒性,可致畸、致癌和诱发基因突变。桔霉素的存在,制约了红曲在食品及药品方面的广泛应用,在一定程度上阻碍了红曲产业的发展。为此,在红曲生产中如何快速准确检测桔霉素以及有效地防控桔霉素,是我们当前迫切需要解决的问题。本文对近年来国内外红曲中桔霉素的检测方法及控制策略进展进行了综述。目前,桔霉素的检测方法主要有抑菌圈法、TLC法、酶联免疫法和HPLC法等,其中HPLC法是检测红曲中桔霉素高效且应用最广泛的方法。桔霉素的控制主要从菌种选育,发酵工艺及产品后续处理等方面进行调控。目前尚没有成熟的控制策略全部去除桔霉素,只有采用低产桔霉素的菌种,适合的生产工艺及结合后续的物理或化学处理等综合措施,生产出符合桔霉素控制标准的高品质红曲产品。     

红曲霉发酵液中桔霉素快速检测方法的优化

研究确立了一种高效液相色谱法,能有效地对红曲霉代谢产物中的桔霉素分离和定量分析。色谱柱:Shimadzu VP-ODS C18(5μm,250 mm×4.6 mm),流动相组成为V(乙腈):V(甲醇):V(水)=70:10:20,pH≤2.8。荧光检测器:λex=331 nm,λem=500 nm。在优化的色谱条件下绘制标准曲线,当桔霉素质量浓度为0.1 mg.L-1~1 mg.L-1时线性关系良好,R2=0.9992。对桔霉素标品的最低检测质量浓度为0.01 mg.L-1,在红曲霉发酵样品中的定量回收率达到了0.9187722~1.029138。     

食品中桔霉素控制方法的研究进展

桔霉素(Citrinin,CIT)是由青霉、曲霉和红曲霉属产生的一种具有肾毒性的真菌毒素。许多食品和饲料中均含有桔霉素,污染范围十分庞大。桔霉素可与其他真菌毒素发生协同作用,如展青霉素(Patulin,PAT)、赭曲霉毒素(Ochratoxin,OTA)等,从而增强其毒性作用,对人及动物健康造成更大的危害。现阶段常用的控制手段主要有物理、化学和生物方法,均取得了一定的成就。本文简单介绍了桔霉素的毒性及污染状况,对桔霉素控制方法的研究进展进行了综述。     

红曲霉菌液相培养高产色素低产桔霉素的代谢调控研究

从8株固态发酵高产红曲色素菌株中筛选出一株适合于液相培养工艺的高产红曲色素菌株FL1,并对其液相培养过程特性及高产色素低产桔霉素的代谢调控策略进行了研究.发酵过程动力学研究结果表明,红曲色素与桔霉素作为次级代谢产物,其合成与红曲霉菌生长的关系属于非生长偶联型.本文首次采用连续补料的Fed-Batch培养技术,用于红曲霉...     

高产γ-氨基丁酸低产桔霉素红曲霉(Monascus ruber)突变子1047筛选与发酵特性研究

以红曲米中筛选到的红色红曲霉菌株G为原始菌株,通过农杆菌介导T-DNA插入突变技术,成功构建了含有1 483株红曲霉突变子的T-DNA插入突变库。用HPLC等方法从突变库中筛选出10株γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)产量稳定高于原始菌株G的突变子,薄层层析结合HPLC技术分析了10株突变子发酵液中桔霉素的含量;其中突变子1047的GABA产量较高,为1.169g/L,是原始菌株G(GABA产量0.472g/L)的247.67%,桔霉素含量稳定低于原始菌株G。以红曲霉菌株G和突变子1047为实验材料,通过5 L发酵罐发酵并定时取样,HPLC等方法精确分析发酵液各种活性物质的含量;结果显示,突变子1047生长速度稍快于原始菌株G;GABA、莫纳可林K(Monacolin K)、红曲色素色价分别为2.201 g/L、83.892 mg/L、21.984 U/mL,是原始菌株G的279.67%、108.01%和182.35%;而桔霉素产量为1.976 mg/L,是原始菌株G的41.71%。因此,利用TDNA插入的方法对红曲霉进行育种,能产生稳定的遗传变化,在红曲霉资源的保护和利用上有一定潜力。     

红曲桔霉素的控制对策

红曲的药用价值和保健功能日益引人关注,然而红曲中桔霉素的存在严重制约着红曲产品的开发,如何降低红曲桔霉素的含量是一个迫切需要解决的问题。本文概述了红曲桔霉素的毒性、生物合成途径及相关标准。并结合国内外研究进展,从发酵工艺,诱变育种,基因工程三个层面阐述了控制红曲桔霉素产生的对策,并对桔霉素今后的研究方向进行了展望。     

Pigments and citrinin biosynthesis by fungi belonging to genus Monascus

Citrinin is a mycotoxin, which is produced by fungi belonging to the genus Monascus, known in biotechnology as producers of azaphilone pigments. The relation between biosynthesis of these secondary metabolites was investigated in different species of the genus Monascus in batch-culture at the following cultivation conditions: T = 28 degrees C, agitation 220 rpm, and a medium, which induce citrinin production, containing ethanol as a carbon source. The screening was carried out with 16 fungal strains and the biosynthesis of citrinin and pigments was monitored quantitatively at the standard conditions mentioned above. Some kinetic parameters of the process have been determined. The values of the growth yield coefficient Y(X/C) were between 0.32 and 0.57. The amount of the extracellular red and orange pigments at the end of cultivation varied for the different strains between 0.09 and 1.33 OU/ mg dry weight, and 0.15 and 0.96 OU/mg dry weight, respectively. The amount of the total pigments measured was between 0.16 and 3.6 OU/mg dry weight, and between 0.21 and 3.39 OU/mg dry weight. The determined ratio 500 nm/400 nm, characterizing the pigment production, ranged between 0.60 and 1.06. Twelve of the investigated strains produced citrinin and pigments, two of them produced only pigments. Two strains were not able to produce neither pigments nor citrinin. Thus, the biosynthesis of citrinin appeared to be strain-specific and does not correlate with the pigments' biosynthesis by the fungal strains belonging to the genus Monascus.     

Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Affect Citrinin Production in the Filamentous Fungus Monascus ruber

During submerged culture in the presence of glucose and glutamate, the filamentous fungus Monascus ruber produces water-soluble red pigments together with citrinin, a mycotoxin with nephrotoxic and hepatoxic effects on animals. Analysis of the ¹³C-pigment molecules from mycelia cultivated with [1-¹³C]-, [2-¹³C]-, or [1,2-¹³C]acetate by ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance indicated that the biosynthesis of the red pigments used both the polyketide pathway, to generate the chromophore structure, and the fatty acid synthesis pathway, to produce a medium-chain fatty acid (octanoic acid) which was then bound to the chromophore by a trans-esterification reaction. Hence, to enhance pigment production, we tried to short-circuit the de novo synthesis of medium-chain fatty acids by adding them to the culture broth. Of fatty acids with carbon chains ranging from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, only octanoic acid showed a 30 to 50% stimulation of red pigment production, by a mechanism which, in contrast to expectation, did not involve its direct trans-esterification on the chromophore backbone. However, the medium- and long-chain fatty acids tested were readily assimilated by the fungus, and in the case of fatty acids ranging from 8 to 12 carbon atoms, 30 to 40% of their initial amount transiently accumulated in the growth medium in the form of the corresponding methylketone 1 carbon unit shorter. Very interestingly, these fatty acids or their corresponding methylketones caused a strong reduction in, or even a complete inhibition of, citrinin production by M. ruber when they were added to the medium. Several data indicated that this effect could be due to the degradation of the newly synthesized citrinin (or an intermediate in the citrinin pathway) by hydrogen peroxide resulting from peroxisome proliferation induced by medium-chain fatty acids or methylketones.     

红曲菌次生代谢产物生物合成途径及相关基因的研究进展

红曲菌(Monascus spp.)是我国重要的药食两用微生物资源之一,能够产生天然食品添加剂红曲色素、降血酯活性物质Monacolin K等有益次生代谢产物,但也能分泌真菌毒素桔霉素(Citrinin),红曲菌及其相关产品的安全性由此受到质疑.因此,如何促进红曲菌有益代谢产物的产生,减少或抑制桔霉素的产生成为广大科研工作者研究的重点方向.近年来,红曲菌的分子生物学研究有了较快的发展,红曲菌次生代谢产物生物合成及其调控的研究是热点.本文重点介绍红曲色素、Monacolin K和桔霉素生物合成途径及相关基因的研究进展,以期为有效调控红曲菌次生代谢产物的产生、提高红曲产品的安全性提供参考和借鉴.     

Biosynthetic Pathway of Citrinin in the Filamentous Fungus Monascus ruber as Revealed by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Carbon isotope distribution of [¹³C]citrinin from Monascus ruber incubated with [¹³C]acetate revealed that the biosynthesis of the toxin originated from a tetraketide, instead of a pentaketide as has been shown for Penicillium and Aspergillus species. The production of polyketide red pigments and citrinin by M. ruber may therefore be regulated at the level of the tetraketide branch point.