白腐真菌原生质体制备和再生条件的研究

对影响白腐真菌(5．776)原生质体制备和再生的条件：包括菌龄、水解酶液的种类及浓度、酶解温度、酶解时间、再生培养基的稳渗剂的选择进行了研究。通过单因素比较分析和正交实验得到最适合的白腐真菌原生质体制备和再生条件。结果表明：当菌龄为58h,采用1%纤维素酶和1%蜗牛酶(2：1)混合液,酶解温度30℃,酶解时间180min,用0．7mol/L氯化钠作渗透压稳压剂,白腐真菌(5．776)原生质体的形成数和再生率均比优化前大为提高,原生质体形成量为8．36×10~5个/mL,原生质体再生率为9．12%。     

酶制剂研制的国内外进展和发展策略

简述了酶工程的研究范围,国际上酶制剂工业发展的研究,特点。概述了近年来我国酶制剂工业发展中存在的问题,包括产品结构,技术含量,研发能力。提出我国酶制剂工业今后发展的一些建议：充分发挥资源优势,加强现代生物技术的应用,调整酶制剂产品的结构。     

Analysis of viability and cell types of macroalgal protoplasts using flow cytometry

The ability to rapidly distinguish viable sub-populations of cells within populations of macroalgal protoplast isolations was demonstrated using flow cytometry. Viable protoplasts from Ulva sp. and Porphyra perforata J. Ag. were distinguished from non-viable protoplasts based on differential fluorescein accumulation. The identities of cortical and epidermal protoplasts from Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Ag. were inferred based on light-scattering and chlorophyll a autofluorescence. Three cell types could be distinguished among protoplasts released from thalli of P. perforata based on chlorophyll a and phycoerythrin autofluorescence. Mixed protoplast populations of Ulva sp. and P. perforata were also discernable based on relative chlorophyll a and phycoerythrin autofluorescence. The ability to screen heterogenous protoplast populations rapidly, combined with the cell sorting capabilities of many flow cytometers, should prove valuable for seaweed biotechnology.     

Studies on enzymes in the developing sea urchin egg

The relative activity of a number of different enzymes has been determined in different developmental stages of normal and Li treated sea urchin eggs.Some enzymes show a constant activity throughout development, whereas the activity of other enzymes is constant up to mesenchymeblastula stage and then increases. A short review of enzymatic changes in other embryonic material is presented. This demonstrated a striking agreement with the sea urchin egg in essential points.It has been suggested that the enzymes which rise in activity at mesenchymeblastula stage are localized in mitochondria, whereas enzymes with constant activity are non-mitochondrial.Li treatment during cleavage stages, which causes vegetalization, inhibits the rise in activity of apyrase, cathepsin II, glutaminase, and according to preliminary experiments also of succinodehydrogenase.The authors conclude that Li treatment during cleavage stages interferes with the later development of mitochondria, possibly by inhibiting the development of their precursors.According to these results, the ectodermal development is characterized by a more important mitochondrial activity, i.e. a more elaborate mechanism of synthesis, than the mesentodermal development. This is at least the case during earlier stages of development.     

Degradation of agarophytic red algal cell wall components by new crude enzyme preparations

Several new crude enzyme preparations were isolated from a marine association of the agarolytic bacterium Cytophaga diffluens and the infusorium Uronema marinum, an axenic culture of Cytophaga diffluens, some species of land micro- and macromycetes adapted to assimilate red algal biomass and from the marine mollusc Littorina littorea. Fungal and mollusc enzyme preparations were shown to have cellulase, xylanase, protease and agarase activities. Fungal agarase activity was revealed only after 3–4 passages of the culture on the medium containing algal biomass. Enzyme preparations from the association and the pure bacterial culture growing on the medium with bactoagar as the sole carbon source contained only agarase activity. The maximum specific agarase activity was found in a preparation from the marine association. The preparations obtained can be used for isolating protoplasts and single cells from red seaweed thalli. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

重组逆转录病毒的制备、浓缩及保存研究

选择含有新霉素磷酸转移酶Ⅱ(Neo^R)的重组逆转录病毒载体,用包装细胞进行包装,得到了含有重组逆转录病毒粒子的病毒上清,该病毒上清经差速离心法浓缩后,－80℃无任何添加物的情况下保存3个月,体外感染靶细胞NIH3T3以测定其滴度,冻存前后的浓缩病毒上清的感染滴度无明显降低,经过冻存的浓缩病毒上清的感染滴度仍可达到10^6cfu/ml,具有理想的感染靶细胞的能力。     

“大豆分离蛋白”工艺用复合酶制剂的研究

大豆分离蛋白的碱浸提酸沉淀工艺,目前普遍存在蛋白质回收率低,分离蛋白成品得率低,纯度低的问题,利用复合酶制剂的作用可改变这一状况。针对工艺需要,从十余种工业酶制剂中筛选出两种蛋白酶活低、多糖降解酶活高的酶制剂;Ａｎ－７６半纤维酶和果胶酶ｕｌｔｒａｚｙｒｍ＾ＴＭ。对两种酶制剂的酶活组分、主体酶的部分酶学性质,以及酶的用量与蛋白质浸出率的关系等方面进行了大量基础实验。经优化实验确定了复合酶制剂的复配比     

柑桔种间体配融合及培养研究

“平户”文旦（柚）（Ｃｉｔｒｕｓｇｒａｎｄｉｓ）Ｏｓｂｅｃｋ的四分体经酶解,分离出原生质体。ＰＥＧ（聚乙二醇）诱导这类原生质体与二倍体“伏令夏”甜橙（Ｃ．ｓｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ）胚性悬浮细胞系的原生质体融合。融合后的原生质体培养于ＢＨ３／ＥＭＥ培养基中。２天后,观察到花粉管生长现象。不同处理的结果显示,这一现象来源于异核体细胞。这种具花粉管生长的细胞可进一步分裂,形成多细胞团及球形和心形胚状体。对再生的胚状体进行染色体数检查,证明１３．１％的胚状体为三倍体,２ｎ＝３ｘ＝２７。而起始悬浮细胞系为二倍体,检查的３９２个细胞,未发现有染色体倍性变异。     

Studies on the effect of protoplast density and genotype mixing on cell regeneration

Genotypes of Solanum tuberosum, assessed for their differential response to a protoplast regeneration protocol, were identified. This enabled comparisons to be made in relation to their abilities to regenerate into dividing cells and colonies. Protoplasts from genotypes with contrasting regeneration responses were plated as single or mixed genotype cultures at various plating densities in replicated, randomised experiments, and the effect on the regeneration of particular cell types observed. Protoplasts from single genotype cultures showed intergenotypic variation in the extent of cell regeneration and there were significant effects of genotype mixing and density × genotype mixing interactions. Overall, the effect of mixing was beneficial to a regenerating culture but significant density genotype mixing interactions showed only a positive benefit at the lowest plating density. The protoplast mixing phenomenon was not correlated with the behaviour of the same genotypes at the plantlet level in experiments with in vitro meristem cultures.     

Studies on the preparation and properties of ribonucleoprotein particles from rat liver nuclei

Ribonucleoprotein particles of 38 S were extracted from rat liver nuclei with isotonic salt buffer under concomitant sonication. The fate of the endogeneous nuclear RNAases assayed with poly(A), high molecular weight yeast RNA and rapidly labeled hnRNA was followed during the preparation of 38-S nuclear ribonucleoprotein (nRNP) particles. Essentially all the RNAase activity could be removed from the particle preparation. The effect of synthetic RNAase inhibitors on the nRNP particles was studied. Upon extraction of nuclei with 0.14 M NaCl, approximately 38% of the total nuclear radioactivity was found in the 38-S nRNP particles. By two successive extractions of the remaining chromatin with either isotonic or 0.22 and 0.3 M NaCl, an additional 25 and 9% of rapidly labeled hnRNA of 38 S particle were dissociated from chromatin, respectively. The chromatin components, DNA, nonhistone proteins, histones and RNA were determined after successive salt extractions. Particularly alterations in the nonhistone proteins and RNA were found. The protein patterns upon SDS-acrylamide gel electrophoresis of the salt-extracted chromatin preparations were compared with those of the 38-S nRNP particles. Particularly proteins in the molecular weight range of 32 000-43 000 were dissociated from chromatin after treatment with 0.22 or 0.3 M NaCl.     

pH对克雷伯氏菌1,3-丙二醇合成关键酶酶活及发酵特性的影响

在5 L发酵罐进行甘油脉冲流加发酵,分析了不同pH值对克雷伯氏肺炎杆菌发酵特性的影响,pH 6.5为菌体最佳生长条件,克雷伯氏肺炎杆菌合成1,3-丙二醇的产量最高。在1,3-丙二醇合成速率较大的对数中前期,进行甘油脉冲流加发酵,提高甘油浓度促进甘油脱水酶、1,3-丙二醇氧化还原酶和甘油脱氢酶活性。不同pH值的脉冲试验表明,甘油脱水酶,2,3-丁二醇脱氢酶比酶活随着pH值的升高而升高,1,3-丙二醇氧化还原酶,乳酸脱氢酶比酶活在pH6.5最高,因此偏酸性的发酵条件和对数期维持一定的甘油浓度能够促进1,3-丙二醇的合成。     

Enhancing the functional properties of thermophilic enzymes by chemical modification and immobilization

The immobilization of proteins (mostly typically enzymes) onto solid supports is mature technology and has been used successfully to enhance biocatalytic processes in a wide range of industrial applications. However, continued developments in immobilization technology have led to more sophisticated and specialized applications of the process. A combination of targeted chemistries, for both the support and the protein, sometimes in combination with additional chemical and/or genetic engineering, has led to the development of methods for the modification of protein functional properties, for enhancing protein stability and for the recovery of specific proteins from complex mixtures. In particular, the development of effective methods for immobilizing large multi-subunit proteins with multiple covalent linkages (multi-point immobilization) has been effective in stabilizing proteins where subunit dissociation is the initial step in enzyme inactivation. In some instances, multiple benefits are achievable in a single process.Here we comprehensively review the literature pertaining to immobilization and chemical modification of different enzyme classes from thermophiles, with emphasis on the chemistries involved and their implications for modification of the enzyme functional properties. We also highlight the potential for synergies in the combined use of immobilization and other chemical modifications.     

Selection of method for obtaining an active mutanase preparation from Trichoderma harzianum

Crude mutanase preparations of Trichoderma harzianum were obtained from the culture supernatant by means of ammonium sulfate salting out, ultrafiltration, freeze-drying, concentration under reduced pressure, and fractional precipitation with organic solvents (methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, acetone). Ammonium sulfate was the worst precipitant, causing a fall in total mutanase activity by 47%. Other methods of enzyme recovery from the post-culture fluid yielded in most cases very good results in regard to specific and overall activities of the enzymatic preparations.     

Spatial and seasonal variations in the biofunctional lipid substances (fucoxanthin and fucosterol) of the laboratory-grown edible Japanese seaweed (Sargassum horneri Turner) cultured in the open sea

This work studied the effect of spatial and seasonal differences on the accumulation of functional lipid components in Sargassum horneri (Turner), an edible Japanese seaweed popularly called Akamoku. S. horneri obtained from Samenoura bay area of Japan was laboratory cultured to evaluate the effect of temperature on the accumulation of total lipids (TL), fucoxanthin (Fx) and fucosterol (Fs) by the alga. The laboratory cultured 3 month old S. horneri were cultured in the open sea in two different geographical locations off Usujiri and Matsushima to evaluate the monthly variations, over a year, in their TL, Fx and Fs contents. S. horneri grown off the Usujiri area accumulated the maximum TL close to 193 mg g⁻¹ dry weight during the coldest part of the year. Fx and Fs contributed 5.6% and 16.2% of the TL in S. horneri harvested off Usujiri in February. Further, in spite of being the same species and parent stock, S. horneri grown off the Matsushima area accumulated less TL, Fx and Fs as compared to their Usujiri counterparts. Our study clearly indicates the role of temperature and light apart from nutritional profile and depth of waters where the seaweed was grown on the accumulation of functional lipid components in S. horneri.     

Surface immobilization and entrapping of enzymes on glutaraldehyde crosslinked gelatin particles

A mild and reproducible method has been developed for the surface-immobilization of enzymes on glutaraldehyde crosslinked gelatin beads. In this method glutaraldehyde is used in a dual capacity, as crosslinking agent and as the enzyme coupling agent. Glucoamylase (exo-α-1,4-d-glucosidase, EC 3.2.1.3), β-d-fructofuranosidase (invertase, EC 3.2.1.26) and β-d-glucoside (cellobiase, β-d-glucoside glucohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.21) have been successfully immobilized by this method, on the surface of the crosslinked gelatin particles. The method can be combined with the existing technology for the production of gelatin-entrapped enzymes. Thus, dual immobilized enzyme conjugates of glucoamylase and invertase have been prepared using this method, by entrapment of one enzyme in, and surface-binding of the other to, the gelatin matrix. The coupling of glucoamylase onto cross-linked gelatin particles by precipitation with poly(hexamethylenebiguanide hydrochloride) was also tested.     

Cytoprotective and immunomodulatory properties of Geriforte, a herbomineral preparation, in lymphocytes

The study was designed to determine the cytoprotective and immunomodulatory properties of Geriforte, an indigenous herbomineral compound, using lymphocytes as a model system. The possible involvement of free radicals and the ability of Geriforte to inhibit the oxidative process induced by tert-butylhydroperoxide (tert-BHP) was also investigated. The production of free radicals (evaluated by fluorescent probe fluorescein-diacetate), level of malondialdehyde (MDA, as index of lipid peroxidation), and levels of anti-oxidants – reduced glutathione (GSH) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were determined. There was an increase in cytotoxicity and apoptosis significantly in the presence of tert-BHP (100 μM) over control. Addition of tert-BHP resulted in a marked increase in free radical production and MDA level with a concomitant decrease in GSH level in lymphocytes. Geriforte supplementation reduced cytotoxicity and apoptosis induced by tert-BHP. Further, Geriforte inhibited tert-BHP induced lipid peroxidation and maintained higher anti-oxidant levels. tert-BHP significantly inhibited the lymphocyte proliferation stimulated by mitogens (Lipopolysaccharide/Concanavalin A) and enhanced DNA fragmentation. Geriforte relieved the inhibitory effect of tert-BHP on lymphocyte proliferation and decreased DNA fragmentation appreciably. The results indicate that Geriforte possesses cytoprotective and immunomodulatory properties which could be due to its anti-oxidant activity.