印楝植物内生真菌Phomopsis sp.的代谢产物研究

从印楝植物内生真菌Phomopsis sp．的菌丝体提取物中分离得到4个化合物,通过波谱技术分别鉴定为水苏碱（1）、甲基-β-D-葡萄糖苷（2）、过氧化麦角甾醇（3）、腺嘌呤核苷（4）,这些化合物均为首次从该属真菌中分离得到。     

相似蜂海绵相关真菌杂色曲霉F62活性代谢产物研究

研究了1株相似蜂海绵相关真菌F62的活性代谢产物,经分子系统学分析表明该真菌属于杂色曲霉。将F62菌株用大米固体培养基在室温（约25℃）下静置培养45d,经乙酸乙酯超声萃取得到粗提物。通过硅胶柱层析、Sephadex LH-20凝胶柱层析和HPLC等色谱手段,分离得到了6个化合物。通过核磁共振、质谱等波谱分析手段可鉴定出其结构分别为Alantrypinone（1）、洛伐他汀（2）、甲酯型莫纳克林K（3）、土曲霉酮（4）、土震素B（5）和麦角甾醇（6）。化合物1系首次从该属真菌中分离得到,化合物2－5为首次从该种真菌中分离得到。首次对化合物3的碳谱数据进行报道。初步的药理研究表明,化合物4具有体外抗炎活性。     

9F系列海洋真菌代谢产物分离纯化及稻瘟霉活性研究

自帕劳群岛的3株9F系列海洋真菌中分离得到4个化合物,采用MS,NMR等光谱技术,确定结构分别为trans-dehydrocurvularin（1）,terrein（2）,paxilline（3）和citreopyrone（4）,其对稻瘟霉P-2b菌株的最小抑制浓度分别为：10,100,1．56,3．12μg/mL。其中化合物1是首次从海洋真菌中分离得到。     

多根硬皮马勃中子实体的化学成分

从多根硬皮马勃（Scleroderma polyrhizum Pers．）子实体中分离得到了3个含氮化合物,根据化学和光谱数据,它们的化学结构分别确定为：N,N-dimethylphenylalanine（1）,2-N,N,N-trimethyl-phenylalanine（2）,2-trimethyl-ammonio-3-（3-indolyl）propionate（3）。上述含氮化合物均首次从多根硬皮马勃中分离得到,其中化合物2首次从高等真菌中分离得到。     

植物内生真菌F4a次级代谢产物的分离鉴定以及降血糖、抗氧化活性的研究

研究植物内生真菌布雷青霉菌（Penicillium brefeldianum） F4a次级代谢产物的提取分离方法、结构鉴定及其降血糖和抗氧化活性。采用液体发酵培养,大孔吸附树脂HP20提取后,经硅胶柱色谱、Sephadex LH-20凝胶柱色谱、ODS反相开放柱色谱和高效液相色谱等手段进行分离,应用核磁共振等技术进行结构鉴定;采用紫外分光光度吸收法进行降血糖和抗氧化活性筛选。结果表明,分离得到6个化合物,分别鉴定为环（L-色氨酸-L-脯氨酸）（1）、3,3′-Methylenebis（4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one）（2）、2-（2′S-Hydroxypropyl）-5-methyl-7-hydroxychromone（3）、染料木素（4）、大豆素（5）和苯酚（6）。化合物1和2具有一定的抗氧化活性,化合物4和5具有较强的抗氧化活性和降血糖活性。化合物2和3为首次从青霉属真菌中分离得到。化合物1和2的ABTS自由基清除活性为首次报道。     

红豆杉—内生真菌化学成分的研究

从药用植物红豆杉（Taxus chinensis(Pilg.)Rehd.）的内生真菌-粘帚霉属真菌（Gliocladium sp.简称F菌）菌丝体中分离到3个化合物,根据光谱方法确定了它们的结构。其中,（20s,22s)-4a-同-22-羟基-4-氧杂麦角甾-7,24（28）-二烯3-酮为新化合物,化合物4,8,12,16-四甲基-1,5,9,13-四氧杂环十六烷-2,6 ,10,14-四酮为首次从该属真菌中分离到,6,9-环氧麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3-羟基为首次从F菌中分离到。     

傣药“雅糯妙”（肾茶）正丁醇部位的化学成分研究

目的：对肾茶正丁醇部位进行系统分离和化合物鉴定,为探索肾茶药理活性物质基础研究奠定基础;方法：采用多种分离纯化技术（硅胶柱层析色谱、反相硅胶柱色谱、SephadesLH-20、半制备型高效液相色谱等）对肾茶正丁醇部位化学成分进行系统的分离纯化,得到单体化合物;运用电喷雾质谱（ESI—MS）、核磁共振氢谱（1HNMR）、核磁共振碳谱（13CNMR／DEPT）和二维核磁共振谱（HSQC,HMBC）对所得单体化合物进行结构鉴定。结果：从肾茶正丁醇部位中共分离得到9个化合物,分别鉴定为：原儿茶酸甲酯（1）、原儿茶醛（2）、原儿茶酸（3）、3,4．二羟基苯乙酸甲酯（4）、3,4一二甲氧基乙酸甲酯（5）、2,5-二羟基苯甲醛（6）、苯甲酸（7）、咖啡酸（8）、迷迭香酸（9）。结论：肾茶正丁醇部位主要化学成分为酚醛、芳香酸及其衍生物,除分离得到之前献报告的咖啡酸、迷迭香酸等外,还首次分离鉴定4个化合物（1,4,5,6）,其中化合物6为首次从植物中分离得到,并首次对该化合物核磁数据进行了归属;化合物1、4、5均为首次从肾荼属植物中分离得到。     

一株印楝植物内生真菌Epicoccumsp．次生代谢产物的研究

从印楝植物内生真菌Epicoccum sp.的发酵液中分离得到6个化合物,经波谱数据分析分别鉴定为苔黑酚(1)、4-甲基苔黑酚(2)、苔色酸(3)、对羟基苯乙酸(4)、邻苯二甲酸正丁异丁酯(5)、乙基-β-D-葡萄糖苷(6).以上化合物均为首次从该属真菌中分离得到.     

广东红冬蛇菰及其内生真菌Penicillium coprophilum Mzz9的化学成分研究

本文研究了广东梅州地区产名贵中药材红冬蛇菰及其内生真菌Penicillium coprophilum Mzz9的化学成分。通过多种色谱技术和波谱学分析共分离鉴定了11个化合物。从红冬蛇菰的二氯甲烷萃取物中分离得到5个化合物:羽扇豆醇(1)、β-香树脂醇(2)、鄁桐甾醇(3)、乙酸蛇麻脂醇酯(4)和亚油酸甘油酯(5);从其内生真菌P.coprophilum Mzz9的发酵液中分离得到6个化合物:去氯灰黄霉素(6)、灰黄霉素(7)、脱氢灰黄霉素(8)、oxaline(9)、4-megastigmen-3,9-dione(10)、对羟基苯乙酮(11)。其中化合物1和5为首次从红冬蛇菰中分离得到,化合物6～11为首次从红冬蛇菰的内生真菌中分离得到。     

蒙椴树皮化学成分的研究

为研究蒙椴（Tilia mongolica Maxim.）树皮的化学成分,通过溶剂萃取、硅胶柱色谱、重结晶分离纯化,从蒙椴树皮中分离得到7个化合物,根据其红外光谱、质谱和核磁共振谱数据鉴定为β-香树脂醇乙酸酯（1）,计曼尼醇乙酸酯（2）,羽扇豆醇（3）,二十四碳酸（4）,三棕榈酸甘油酯（5）,β-谷甾醇（6）,胡萝卜苷（7）。其中化合物1-5、7均为首次从椴树属植物中分离得到,化合物6为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

Transformation of Aspergillus aculeatus using the drug resistance gene of Aspergillus oryzae and the pyrG gene of Aspergillus nidulans

Transformation systems for Aspergillus aculeatus has been developed, based on the use of the pyrithiamine resistance gene of Aspergillus oryzae and the orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase gene (pyrG) of Aspergillus nidulans. An A. aculeatus mutant which can be transformed effectively by the A. nidulans pyrG gene was isolated as a transformation host. This is the first report of transformation of A. aculeatus.     

A xyloglucan-specific endo-beta-1,4-glucanase from Aspergillus aculeatus: expression cloning in yeast, purification and characterization of the recombinant enzyme

A full-length c-DNA encoding a xyloglucan-specific endo -beta-1, 4- glucanase (XEG) has been isolated from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus aculeatus by expression cloning in yeast. The colonies expressing functional XEG were identified on agar plates containing azurine-dyed cross-linked xyloglucan. The cDNA encoding XEG was isolated, sequenced, cloned into an Aspergillus expression vector, and transformed into Aspergillus oryzae for heterologous expression. The recombinant enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity by anion- exchange and gel permeation chromatography. The recombinant XEG has a molecular mass of 23,600, an isoelectric point of 3.4, and is optimally stable at a pH of 3.4 and temperature below 30 degreesC. The enzyme hydrolyzes structurally diverse xyloglucans from various sources, but hydrolyzes no other cell wall component and can therefore be considered a xyloglucan-specific endo -beta-1, 4-glucanohydrolase. XEG hydrolyzes its substrates with retention of the anomeric configuration. The Kmof the recombinant enzyme is 3.6 mg/ml, and its specific activity is 260 micromol/min per mg protein. The enzyme was tested for its ability to solubilize xyloglucan oligosaccharides from plant cell walls. It was shown that treatment of plant cell walls with XEG yields only xyloglucan oligosaccharides, indicating that this enzyme can be a powerful tool in the structural elucidation of xyloglucans.      

Development of an efficient production method for beta-mannosidase by the creation of an overexpression system in Aspergillus aculeatus

AIM: To develop an overexpression system in Aspergillus aculeatus in order to establish an efficient overproduction method of beta-mannosidase (MANB). METHODS AND RESULTS: An overexpression plasmid for the manB gene, encoding A. aculeatus MANB, was constructed and introduced into A. aculeatus cells. The gene was overexpressed under an improved promoter containing 12 copies of Region III cis-elements of Aspergillus oryzae in the transformant, and it secreted 2.56 mg MANB ml(-1) in liquid culture, which obtained a 9.4-fold higher productivity than that achieved in an overexpression system in A. oryzae. Most of the secreted protein in the cultured medium of the transformed A. aculeatus was the overproduced enzyme. CONCLUSIONS: Aspergillus aculeatus with the introduced overexpression plasmid produced 2.56 mg MANB ml(-1) in cultured medium. The improved promoter with A. oryzae Region III functioned in A. aculeatus; thus the strain is an expectant host for recombinant protein productions. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The overexpression system with the improved promoter in A. aculeatus brought the highest productivity of MANB reported to date. The expression system would be a strong bioindustrial tool for protein production.     

Cloning and characterization of two rhamnogalacturonan hydrolase genes from Aspergillus niger.

A rhamnogalacturonan hydrolase gene of Aspergillus aculeatus was used as a probe for the cloning of two rhamnogalacturonan hydrolase genes of Aspergillus niger. The corresponding proteins, rhamnogalacturonan hydrolases A and B, are 78 and 72% identical, respectively, with the A. aculeatus enzyme. In A. niger cultures which were shifted from growth on sucrose to growth on apple pectin as a carbon source, the expression of the rhamnogalacturonan hydrolase A gene (rhgA) was transiently induced after 3 h of growth on apple pectin. The rhamnogalacturonan hydrolase B gene was not induced by apple pectin, but the rhgB gene was derepressed after 18 h of growth on either apple pectin or sucrose. Gene fusions of the A. niger rhgA and rhgB coding regions with the strong and inducible Aspergillus awamori exlA promoter were used to obtain high-producing A. awamori transformants which were then used for the purification of the two A. niger rhamnogalacturonan hydrolases. High-performance anion-exchange chromatography of oligomeric degradation products showed that optimal degradation of an isolated highly branched pectin fraction by A. niger rhamnogalacturonan hydrolases A and B occurred at pH 3.6 and 4.1, respectively. The specific activities of rhamnogalacturonan hydrolases A and B were then 0.9 and 0.4 U/mg, respectively, which is significantly lower than the specific activity of A. aculeatus rhamnogalacturonan hydrolase (2.5 U/mg at an optimal pH of 4.5). Compared to the A enzymes, the A. niger B enzyme appears to have a different substrate specificity, since additional oligomers are formed.     

Combined molecular and biochemical approach identifies Aspergillus japonicus and Aspergillus aculeatus as two species

We examined nine Aspergillus japonicus isolates and 10 Aspergillus aculeatus isolates by using molecular and biochemical markers, including DNA sequences of the ITS1-5.8S rRNA gene-ITS2 region, restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP), and secondary-metabolite profiles. The DNA sequence of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) and the 5.8S rRNA gene could not be used to distinguish between A. japonicus and A. aculeatus but did show that these two taxa are more closely related to each other than to other species of black aspergilli. Aspergillus niger pyruvate kinase (pkiA) and pectin lyase A (pelA) and Agaricus bisporus 28S rRNA genes, which were used as probes in the RFLP analysis, revealed clear polymorphism between these two taxa. The A. niger pkiA and pelA probes placed six strains in an A. japonicus group and 12 isolates in an A. aculeatus group, which exhibited intraspecific variation when they were probed with the pelA gene. The secondary-metabolite profiles supported division of the isolates into the two species and differed from those of other black aspergilli. The strains classified as A. japonicus produced indole alkaloids and a polar metabolite, while the A. aculeatus isolates produced neoxaline, okaramins, paraherquamidelike compounds, and secalonic acid. A. aculeatus CBS 114.80 showed specific RFLP patterns for all loci examined. The secondary-metabolite profile of strain CBS 114.80 also differed from those of A. japonicus and A. aculeatus. Therefore, this strain probably represents a third taxon. This study provides unambiguous criteria for establishing the taxonomic positions of isolates of black aspergilli, which are important in relation to industrial use and legal protection of these organisms.     

Pectin methylesterase gene (pmeA) from Aspergillus oryzae KBN616: its sequence analysis and overexpression, and characterization of the gene product

A gene (pmeA) encoding pectin methylesterase was isolated from a shoyu koji mold, Aspergillus oryzae KBN616, and characterized. The structural gene comprised 1,370 bp with six introns. The PMEA protein consisted of 331 amino acids with a putative signal peptide of 17 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence was very similar to those of Aspergillus niger PMEA and Aspergillus aculeatus PME1. The pmeA gene was efficiently expressed under control of the A. oryzae TEF1 gene promoter for purification and characterization of the ezymatic properties. PMEA had a molecular mass of 38.5 kDa, a pH optimum of 5.0, and a temperature optimum of 55 degrees C.     

Functional cloning of an endo-arabinanase from Aspergillus aculeatus and its heterologous expression in A. or oryzae and tobacco

Functional cloning in yeast has been used to isolate full-length cDNAs encoding an endo-alpha-1,5-L-arabinanase from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus aculeatus. Screening of a cDNA library constructed in a yeast expression vector for transformants that hydrolysed AZCL-arabinan identified 44 Saccharomyces cerevisiae clones all harbouring the same arabinanase-encoding cDNA. The cloned cDNA was expressed in A. oryzae and the recombinant enzyme was purified and characterized. The mode of action of the enzyme was studied by analysis of the digestion pattern towards debranched arabinan. The digestion profile obtained strongly suggests that the enzyme is an endo-arabinanase. In addition, the feasibility using Nicotiana tabacum as an alternative host for arabinanase expression was investigated.     

Transformation of Aspergillus aculeatus Using the Drug Resistance Gene of Aspergillus oryzae and the pyrG Gene of Aspergillus nidulans

Transformation systems for Aspergillus aculeatus has been developed, based on the use of the pyrithiamine resistance gene of Aspergillus oryzae and the orotidine-5′-monophosphate decarboxylase gene (pyrG) of Aspergillus nidulans. An A. aculeatus mutant which can be transformed effectively by the A. nidulans pyrG gene was isolated as a transformation host. This is the first report of transformation of A. aculeatus.     

Antitumor Activity of Monasnicotinic Acid Isolated from the Fungus Aspergillus cavernicola

Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry - It has been found that monasnicotinic acid (MNA) isolated from the fungus Aspergillus cavernicola VKM F-906 reduces the proliferation and migration of...     

Cloning and sequencing of beta-mannosidase gene from Aspergillus aculeatus no. F-50

The manB gene, coding for a unique beta-mannosidase (MANB) of Aspergillus aculeatus, was cloned from genomic and cDNA libraries, and sequenced. The gene consists of 2,811 bp encoding a polypeptide of 937 amino acid residues with a molecular mass of 104,214 Da. The A. aculeatus MANB shared amino acid sequence identity with MANB of human (24%), goat (24%), bovine (24%), and Caenorhabditis elegans (22%). When the A. aculeatus MANB was compared with other related enzymes, a Glu residue corresponding to the active site identified by the Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase and the human beta-guclonidase was conserved. This is the first fungal gene that encodes MANB.