A Combined Hydroxylation of 3‐Cyanopyridine to 3‐Cyano‐6‐hydroxypyridine and 6‐Hydroxynicotinic Acid by Resting Cells of Comamonas testosteroni JA1 Grown on Nicotinic Acid

A strain of Comamonas testosteroni JA1 known for its capacity to hydroxylate 3‐cyanopyridine to 3‐cyano‐6‐hydroxypyridine was found to be also capable to hydroxylate nicotinic acid at a higher rate. In the course of the induced cultivation the forming 6‐hydroxynicotinic acid was degraded either slightly, in the presence of nicotinic acid in the medium, or faster, in the absence of nicotinic acid. In a combined process of hydroxylation of nicotinic acid by growing culture and hydroxylation of 3‐cyanopyridine by resting cells of Comamonas testosteroni JA1, not only an additional amount of 50.38 g of solid 6‐hydroxynicotinic acid was produced from 1 L of cultivation broth with a 99.97 % molar conversion yield, but also the yield of 3‐cyano‐6‐hydroxypyridine produced was more than doubled. This can be compared to that of the resting cells from the induced cultivation broth where within 8 h an amount of 5.77 g of solid 3‐cyano‐6‐hydroxypyridine was produced by resting cells from 1 L of the cultivation broth. This also was superior to 4.39 g/L of cultivation broth of resting cells reported in the literature.     

Effect of water soluble vitamins and their analogues on growth of candida albicans. III. Para-aminobenzoic acid,nicotinic acid,inositol and their analogues

Summary By using high concentrations of vitamins in biotin basal synthetic mineral medium,Candida albicans was shown to possess a partial dependency forp-aminobenzoic acid, nicotinic acid and inositol. Sodium gantrisin [N¹-3,4-dimethyl-5-isoxazolyl sulfanilamide)] was growth inhibitory in the absence ofp-aminobenzoic acid and its effect was reversed byp-aminobenzoic acid. Similarly, pyridine-3-sulfonic acid was growth inhibitory to the organism in the absence of nicotinic acid and its effect was reversed by nicotinic acid. Additions of biotins, thiamine, vitamin B₁₂, nicotinic acid,p-amino-benzoic acid and inositol to basal synthetic medium showed clear-cut growth stimulation for each vitamin. Parallel omission type experiments on the other hand, demonstrated a masking effect of one vitamin on another. Ascorbic acid, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate choline, folic acid and thioctic acid were without effect. A new procedure for the determination of microbial vitamin requirements was outlined.     

Nicotinic acid inhibits angiogenesis likely through cytoskeleton remodeling

Angiogenesis is a physiological procedure during which the new blood vessels develop from the pre-existing vessels. Uncontrolled angiogenesis is related to various diseases including cancers. Clinical inhibition of undesired angiogenesis is still under investigation. We utilized nicotinic acid, a family member of the B-vitamin niacin (vitamin B3) that has been used in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis or other lipid-metabolic disorders, to treat human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM), and investigated its influence on angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. We found that nicotinic acid could obviously inhibit HUVEC proliferation induced by vascular endothelial growth factor. Both the in vitro and in vivo assays showed that nicotinic acid could significantly inhibit the process of angiogenesis. To further investigate the mechanism underlying the effect of nicotinic acid on angiogenesis, we found that it might function via regulating the cytoskeleton arrangements, especially the rearranging the structures of F-actin and paxillin. In summary, we discovered that nicotinic acid could obviously inhibit the process of angiogenesis by changing the angiogenesis factor expression levels and inducing the cytoskeleton rearrangement of endothelial cells.     

Trigonelline biosynthesis and the pyridine nucleotide cycle in Coffea arabica fruits: Metabolic fate of [carboxyl-C]nicotinic acid riboside

Trigonelline is a major component in coffee seeds and may contribute to the bitter taste of the resultant beverage. To determine the trigonelline biosynthetic pathway in coffee fruits, we investigated the metabolic fate of [carboxyl-¹⁴C]nicotinic acid riboside and in situ activity of related enzymes. Exogenously supplied [carboxyl-¹⁴C]nicotinic acid riboside was rapidly converted to nicotinic acid mononucleotide and was utilized for NAD synthesis. Nicotinic acid riboside was also used for trigonelline synthesis, but this process took longer than NAD synthesis. These results indicate that an efficient nicotinic acid riboside salvage system functions in coffee fruits, and that trigonelline is synthesized mainly from nicotinic acid produced by the degradation of NAD.     

Absorption,Translocation and Metabolism of Nicotinamide in Some Plants

The seedlings of rice, eggplant and tomato at the 5th leaf stage of growth readily absorbed exogenous ¹⁴C-nicotinamide through the root and the foliage in water culture. Within the 24 hr period after the bigining of cultivation, the radioactivity gradually translocated from the part treated with ¹⁴C-nicotinamide to the whole plant body. This compound was rapidly metabolised in the plants to at least six metabolites, in which three compounds were identified as nicotinic acid, NAD and NADP. ¹⁴C-Nicotinic acid was also taken up quickly through the root of rice and its metabolism showed a similar pattern to that of ¹⁴C-nicotinamide. The incorporation of radioactivity into NAD and NADP from ¹⁴C-nicotinamide added to cultivating solution at a concentration of 0.21 ppm was decreased to 10~20% by the simultaneous addition of unlabeled nicotinic acid at a concentration about 1000 times higher than that of the labeled one. It was concluded that the biosynthesis of these pyridine nucleotides from nicotinamide was chiefly via nicotinic acid. The formation of ¹⁴C-nicotinamide in the ¹⁴C-nicotinic acid metabolism suggested a breakdown of NAD. Three unknown compounds observed in both the metabolisms described above were not intermediates in the pyridine nucleotide biosynthesis.     

Profiles of the biosynthesis and metabolism of pyridine nucleotides in potatoes (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Solanum tuberosum</Emphasis> L.)

As part of a research program on nucleotide metabolism in potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.), profiles of pyridine (nicotinamide) metabolism were examined based on the in situ metabolic fate of radio-labelled precursors and the in vitro activities of enzymes. In potato tubers, [³H]quinolinic acid, which is an intermediate of de novo pyridine nucleotide synthesis, and [¹⁴C]nicotinamide, a catabolite of NAD, were utilised for pyridine nucleotide synthesis. The in situ tracer experiments and in vitro enzyme assays suggest the operation of multiple pyridine nucleotide cycles. In addition to the previously proposed cycle consisting of seven metabolites, we found a new cycle that includes newly discovered nicotinamide riboside deaminase which is also functional in potato tubers. This cycle bypasses nicotinamide and nicotinic acid; it is NAD → nicotinamide mononucleotide → nicotinamide riboside → nicotinic acid riboside → nicotinic acid mononucleotide → nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide → NAD. Degradation of the pyridine ring was extremely low in potato tubers. Nicotinic acid glucoside is formed from nicotinic acid in potato tubers. Comparative studies of [carboxyl-¹⁴C]nicotinic acid metabolism indicate that nicotinic acid is converted to nicotinic acid glucoside in all organs of potato plants. Trigonelline synthesis from [carboxyl-¹⁴C]nicotinic acid was also found. Conversion was greater in green parts of plants, such as leaves and stem, than in underground parts of potato plants. Nicotinic acid utilised for the biosynthesis of these conjugates seems to be derived not only from the pyridine nucleotide cycle, but also from the de novo synthesis of nicotinic acid mononucleotide.     

Pyridine metabolism in tea plants: salvage, conjugate formation and catabolism

Pyridine compounds, including nicotinic acid and nicotinamide, are key metabolites of both the salvage pathway for NAD and the biosynthesis of related secondary compounds. We examined the in situ metabolic fate of [carbonyl-¹⁴C]nicotinamide, [2-¹⁴C]nicotinic acid and [carboxyl-¹⁴C]nicotinic acid riboside in tissue segments of tea (Camellia sinensis) plants, and determined the activity of enzymes involved in pyridine metabolism in protein extracts from young tea leaves. Exogenously supplied ¹⁴C-labelled nicotinamide was readily converted to nicotinic acid, and some nicotinic acid was salvaged to nicotinic acid mononucleotide and then utilized for the synthesis of NAD and NADP. The nicotinic acid riboside salvage pathway discovered recently in mungbean cotyledons is also operative in tea leaves. Nicotinic acid was converted to nicotinic acid N-glucoside, but not to trigonelline (N-methylnicotinic acid), in any part of tea seedlings. Active catabolism of nicotinic acid was observed in tea leaves. The fate of [2-¹⁴C]nicotinic acid indicates that glutaric acid is a major catabolite of nicotinic acid; it was further metabolised, and carbon atoms were finally released as CO₂. The catabolic pathway observed in tea leaves appears to start with the nicotinic acid N-glucoside formation; this pathway differs from catabolic pathways observed in microorganisms. Profiles of pyridine metabolism in tea plants are discussed.     

Dimethylformamide is a novel nitrilase inducer in Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Nitrilases are of commercial interest in the selective synthesis of carboxylic acids from nitriles. Nitrilase induction was achieved here in three bacterial strains through the incorporation of a previously unrecognised and inexpensive nitrilase inducer, dimethylformamide (DMF), during cultivation of two Rhodococcus rhodochrous strains (ATCC BAA-870 and PPPPB BD-1780), as well as a closely related organism (Pimelobacter simplex PPPPB BD-1781). Benzonitrile, a known nitrilase inducer, was ineffective in these strains. Biocatalytic product profiling, enzyme inhibition studies and protein sequencing were performed to distinguish the nitrilase activity from that of sequential nitrile hydratase-amidase activity. The expressed enzyme, a 40-kDa protein with high sequence similarity to nitrilase protein Uniprot Q-03217, hydrolyzed 3-cyanopyridine to produce nicotinic acid exclusively in strains BD-1780 and BD-1781. These strains were capable of synthesising both the vitamin nicotinic acid as well as β-amino acids, a compound class of pharmaceutical interest. The induced nitrilase demonstrated high enantioselectivity (> 99%) in the hydrolysis of 3-amino-3-phenylpropanenitrile to the corresponding carboxylic acid.

     

恶臭假单胞菌NA-1菌体培养转化和静息细胞转化联合工艺生产6-羟基烟酸研究

现有微生物羟基化烟酸采用的是静息细胞转化工艺。但研究揭示,恶臭假单胞菌NA-1(Pseudomonas putidaNA-1)在培养过程中不降解发酵液中由诱导剂烟酸转化形成的6-羟基烟酸,这是由于烟酸的存在抑制了羟基烟酸降解酶的作用,而不是因为细胞停止生长不利用羟基烟酸的缘故。因而尝试利用菌体诱导培养过程进行烟酸转化生产,建立了一种新的生产工艺,即菌体培养转化和静息细胞转化联合工艺。该工艺在恶臭假单胞菌NA-1培养过程中持续补充烟酸以维持1%(W/V)浓度,使烟酸被生长细胞转化为羟基化烟酸并在发酵液中线性积累,而不被进一步降解;培养转化结束后,发酵液中的静息细胞依然拥有很高的羟基化酶活力,能够再次用于转化反应。该联合转化工艺与传统的静息细胞转化工艺相比,不仅节约了诱导剂烟酸,而且6-羟基烟酸的产量提高了65%。     

Growth and metabolism of Penicillium lilacinum Thom. with reference to the effects of riboflavin and nicotinic acid

Summary Growth and metabolism of Penicillium lilacinum were followed over a period of incubation of 18 days on a high sugar-salts medium favourable for fat formation with or without the addition of riboflavin or nicotinic acid to the growth medium. The high sugar content in the culture media helped rapid uptake and vigorous growth. Nicotinic acid and to a less extent riboflavin, enhanced sugar and nitrogen absorption and the rate of building up of cellular material in consequence. Nitrogenous compounds have been released from the mycelial cells into the external media before growth started to decline; the release being earlier and more rapid in the presence of nicotinic acid. It is suggested that the release of nitrogenous compounds in this case is not purely due to autolysis, and that nicotinic acid affected this process by increasing cell permeability. Both riboflavin and nicotinic acid accelerated the accumulation of carbohydrates and fat in the mycelium. Fat formation became active only when the nitrogen content of the culture media dropped to a very low value and the building of nitrogenous compounds almost stopped. The inverse relationship between synthesis of fat and of complicated nitrogenous compounds was quite clear under the present experimental conditions and was not affected by either riboflavin or nicotinic acid.     

Mixed cultures: Commensalism and competition with Proteus vulgaris and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Several modes of interaction are demonstrated and modeled in the Proteus vulgaris–Saccharomyces cerevisiae system, in particular, commensalism (citrate present. glucose limiting, the nicotinic acid required by the bacterium supplied by the yeast), and commensalism and competition [citrate absent, both organisms compete for the same limiting carbon source (glucose) and the yeast supplies the nicotinic acid for the bacterium]. By varying the medium component concentrations, competition (citrate absent, glucose limiting, nicotinic acid not limiting), mutualism (citrate excess, glucose limiting, nicotinic acid absent), and neutralism (citrate limiting, glucose limiting, and nicotinic acid excess) could also be created. Kinetic models for commensalism and commensalism plus competition were developed to describe cell growth, substrate utilization, and nicotinic acid production. Good agreement with experiment was obtained for the commensalism case.     

Pyridine nucleotide metabolism in imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster

The pyridine nucleotide metabolism of imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster has been studied in vitro by incubating discs with labeled nicotinic acid in the presence and absence of ecdysterone. The major labeled compounds found within the discs are NAD, NADP, and nicotinic acid. There is preferential uptake of nicotinamide over nicotinic acid, although the Priess-Handler pathway is used exclusively. The presence of ecdysterone produces a small increase in the NADP/NAD ratio, and an increase in NAD synthesis, probably to compensate for increased NAD turnover.Supported by Grant GB 43569 from the National Science Foundation.     

Isolation of new 6-methylnicotinic-acid-degrading bacteria, one of which catalyses the regioselective hydroxylation of nicotinic acid at position C2

2-Hydroxynicotinic acid is an important building block for herbicides and pharmaceuticals. Enrichment strategies to increase the chances of finding microorganisms capable of hydroxylating at the C2 position and to avoid the degradation of nicotinic acid via the usual intermediate, 6-hydroxynicotinic acid, were used. Three bacterial strains (Mena 23/3–3c, Mena 25/4–1, and Mena 25/ 4–3) were isolated from enrichment cultures with 6-methylnicotinic acid as the sole source of carbon and energy. Partial characterization of these strains indicated that they represent new bacterial species. All three strains completely degraded 6-methylnicotinic acid, and evidence is presented that the first step in the degradation pathway of strain Mena 23/3–3c is hydroxylation at the C2 position. Resting cells of this strain grown on 6-methylnicotinic acid also hydroxylated nicotinic acid at the C2 position, but did not further degrade the product. Strain Mena 23/ 3–3c showed the highest degree of 16S rRNA sequence similarity to members of the genera Ralstonia and Burkholderia. Received: 4 April 1997 / Accepted: 10 June 1997     

Microbial production of 6-hydroxynicotinic acid,an important building block for the synthesis of modern insecticides

Production of 6-hydroxynicotinic acid, an important starting material for the synthesis of modern pesticides through bacterial position-specific hydroxylation of nicotinic acid, was investigated. Resting cells of Serratia marcescens IFO 12648 were found to catalyze the potential hydroxylation activity of nicotinic acid to produce 6-hydroxynicotinic acid. The optimum culture conditions of S. marcescens IFO 12648 for the accumulation of 6-hydroxynicotinic acid were investigated. The addition to the culture medium of molybdenum and iron ions and of nicotinic acid as an inducer greatly enhanced the hydroxylation activity. Under the optimum conditions, 98.5% of the added 2.2 M nicotinic acid was converted to 6-hydroxynicotinic acid, and the highest yield achieved was 301 g of 6-hydroxynicotinic acid per liter of reaction mixture containing 3.98 g dry weight of resting cells during a 72-h reaction at 35°C.     

A PIP-family protein is required for biosynthesis of tobacco alkaloids

Plants in the Nicotiana genus produce nicotine and related pyridine alkaloids as a part of their chemical defense against insect herbivores. These alkaloids are formed by condensation of a derivative of nicotinic acid, but the enzyme(s) involved in the final condensation step remains elusive. In Nicotiana tabacum, an orphan reductase A622 and its close homolog A622L are coordinately expressed in the root, upregulated by methyl jasmonate treatment, and controlled by the NIC regulatory loci specific to the biosynthesis of tobacco alkaloids. Conditional suppression of A622 and A622L by RNA interference inhibited cell growth, severely decreased the formation of all tobacco alkaloids, and concomitantly induced an accumulation of nicotinic acid β-N-glucoside, a probable detoxification metabolite of nicotinic acid, in both hairy roots and methyl jasmonate-elicited cultured cells of tobacco. N-methylpyrrolinium cation, a precursor of the pyrrolidine moiety of nicotine, also accumulated in the A622(L)-knockdown hairy roots. We propose that the tobacco A622-like reductases of the PIP family are involved in either the formation of a nicotinic acid-derived precursor or the final condensation reaction of tobacco alkaloids. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Isolation and characterization of a bacterium possessing a novel aldoxime-dehydration activity and nitrile-degrading enzymes

A bacterial strain capable of utilizing E-pyridine-3-aldoxime as a nitrogen source was isolated from soil after a 4-month acclimation period and was identified as Rhodococcus sp. The strain contained a novel aldoxime dehydration activity that catalyzed a stoichiometric dehydration of E-pyridine-3-aldoxime to form 3-cyanopyridine. The enzyme activity was induced by various aldoximes and nitriles. The strain metabolized the aldoxime as follows: E-pyridine-3-aldoxime was dehydrated to form 3-cyanopyridine, which was converted to nicotinamide by a nitrile hydratase, and the nicotinamide was successively hydrolyzed to nicotinic acid by an amidase. Received: 21 January 1998 / Accepted: 12 May 1998     

Inhibition of Hog Liver Crystalline Quinolinate Phosphoribosyltransferase by Nucleotides,Quinolinate Analogues and Sulfhydryl Reagents

Effects of the precursors and intermediates of the NAD biosynthetic pathway, and of quinolinate analogues etc. on hog liver crystalline quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase (an intermediary enzyme in the de novo NAD biosynthetic pathway) activity were investigated. The enzyme activity was inhibited by many kinds of nucleotides, phthalic acid and SH reagents. But amino acids, nicotinic acid and nicotinamide had practically no effect. The apparent inhibition by ATP removed by raising Mg²⁺ concentration. Phthalic acid was proved to be a competitive inhibitor to quinolinic acid. The Ki value for phthalic acid was calculated at 1.7 × 10^?4 m by a Dixon plot.     

Comparison of secondary product accumulation in photoautotrophic,photomixotrophic and heterotrophic Nicotiana tabacum cell suspension cultures

Summary Photoautotrophic, photomixotrophic and heterotrophic Nicotiana tabacum cell suspension cultures were compared for the constitutive accumulation of secondary metabolites and the elicitor-induced formation of the phytoalexin capsidiol. Nicotine and chlorogenic acid were found in high amounts in the heterotrophic cultures and in moderate concentrations in photomixotrophic but not in photoautotrophic cells. Nicotinic acid-N-glucoside occured in all culture types; in photoautotrophic and photomixotrophic cells the formation of N-methylnicotinic acid (trigonelline) was also observed. Treatment with a fungal elicitor led to substantial accumulation of capsidiol in heterotrophic and photomixotrophic cells and in only low levels in photoautotrophic cultures. Elicitor-treated photomixotrophic cells showed a pronounced increase in cell wall-bound phenolics. The levels of nicotine, nicotinic acid-N-glucoside and trigonelline were not affected by elicitation.Abbreviations hcc heterotrophic cell culture - mcc photomixotrophic cell culture - pcc photoautotrophic cell culture - fr.wt. freshweight - nic-N-glc nicotinic acid-N-glucoside - PMG Phytophthora megasperma f. sp. glycínea - HPLC high performance liquid chromatography - GC gas chromatography - TLC thin layer chromatography - 2,4D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - Kin kinetin - BAP 6-benzylaminopurine - NAA -naphthylacetic acid     

Functional Studies with Substance P Analogues: Effects of N-Terminal, C-Terminal, and C-Terminus-Extended Analogues of Substance P on Nicotine-Induced Secretion and Desensitization in Cultured Bovine Adrenal Chromaffin Cells

Abstract: Substance P (SP) and SP analogues, including C-terminal, N-terminal, and C-terminus-extended analogues, have been investigated for their ability to modulate nicotine-induced secretion from bovine adrenal chromaffin cells in culture. Secretion was monitored by measuring the release of endogenous catecholamines by electrochemical detection following separation on HPLC and the release of endogenous ATP with an on-line luciferin-luciferase bioluminescence technique. SP is known to have the following two effects on nicotine-induced secretion of catecholamines (see Livett and Zhou, 1991): inhibition of the nicotinic response and protection against nicotinic desensitization. Secretion induced by 10^-5M nicotine was inhibited 70-80% by SP, SP-methyl ester, and the C-terminus-extended analogue SP-Tyr¹²-NH₂, 65% by (Ala³)SP-NH₂, 45% by the C-terminal analogue SP(4-11), and 20 and 5% by the N-terminal analogues SP(1-7) and SP(1-5), respectively, when these peptides were present at 3 ×; 10^-5M concentrations. The order of potency was SP = SP-methyl ester = SP-Tyr¹²-NH₂ > (Ala³)SP-NH₂ > SP(4-11) > SP(1-7) > SP(1-5). SP, SP-methyl ester, and (Ala³)SP-NH₂ protected against nicotinic desensitization by 40-55%, and SP(4-11) protected by 20% (all at 3 ×; 10^-5M). In contrast, the N-terminal analogues SP(1-7) and SP(1-5) and the C-terminus-extended analogue SP-Tyr¹²-NH₂ at 3 × 10^-5M did not protect against nicotinic desensitization. Cyclo-SP(3-9), Ac-SP(3-9)-NH₂, SP(3-9), and SP(3-6) had neither inhibitory nor facilitatory effects on secretion. Of the 20 SP analogues extended at the C terminus by one amino acid, there were only three that protected against nicotinic desensitization, whereas the majority inhibited nicotine-evoked catecholamine secretion. The present work indicates that for inhibition of nicotine-evoked secretion, both the C terminus and N terminus of SP are necessary. For the protection against nicotine-induced desensitization, the C terminus of SP is important. This suggests that the two mechanisms, inhibition of nicotine-evoked secretion and protection against nicotinic desensitization, are regulated independently.