纤维堆囊菌的代谢产物及其生物学活性分析

纤维堆囊菌不同菌株不但表现细胞和子实体形态的差异 ,而且代谢产物的组成和生物学活性也存在差异。纤维堆囊菌对革兰氏阴性细菌不表现任何抑制活性 ,部分菌株可抑制革兰氏阳性细菌 ;但所有菌株对真菌和肿瘤细胞有广泛和强烈的抑制作用。薄层层析显示 ,纤维堆囊菌的次级代谢产物组分较多 ,且大多数组分具有不同程度的抑制真菌和肿瘤细胞的活性。在筛选中发现四株菌的代谢产物能够促进微管蛋白聚合 ,其中So3 3 1活性组分的薄层层析Rf 值与已知的EpothiloneA相似 ,而So81的则有较大的差异。研究结果表明纤维堆囊菌是很好的筛选抗真核生物活性的天然化合物资源。     

一株新粘细菌生物学性质的研究

对粘细菌纤维堆囊菌So ce cpu-1生物学特性进行了研究.结果表明,该粘细菌能利用如滤纸或玉米秸杆等纤维素.So ce cpu-1次级代谢产物的抑茵实验表明,该粘细菌具有广谱抗菌活性:对人白血病细胞K562有较好的抑制效果.     

一株耐热珊瑚共附生真菌的鉴定及抗氧化活性的研究

珊瑚共附生真菌及其代谢产物研究活跃，产物种类多样，活性丰富，但珊瑚中的耐热真菌未见报道。对耐热珊瑚共附生真菌C21-5B进行鉴定，研究其生理学特性及代谢产物的抗氧化活性，为该菌的深入研究及利用提供依据。通过形态学观察、18S rRNA序列分析鉴定菌株；通过测量不同海精盐浓度、pH、温度条件下的菌落直径研究该菌生理特性；根据DPPH自由基清除率、ABTS自由基清除率测定该菌抗氧化活性；通过薄层层析和高效液相色谱分析代谢产物活性成分。珊瑚真菌C21-5B经鉴定为土曲霉（Aspergillus terreus）。生理特性研究表明，菌株C21-5B能够生长的条件：海精盐浓度0.0%~20.0%、pH值 2.0~12.0、温度15~45 ℃；最适生长条件：海精盐浓度0.5%~3.5%、pH值6.0~8.0、温度35 ℃。该菌代谢产物的乙酸乙酯萃取物具有较高的抗氧化活性，DPPH和ABTS自由基的EC50分别为0.113、0.504 mg/mL。经薄层层析和高效液相色谱分析，发现该菌代谢产物的中性极性成分偏多，含有生物碱、类脂化合物、还原性物质、黄酮类物质、芳香胺类。菌株C21-5B为耐热、兼性海洋真菌，具有极强的耐酸碱能力，代谢产物种类丰富，并具有明显的抗氧化活性，具有开发利用潜力。     

杜比亚蟑螂共生真菌次生代谢产物及其生物活性

为探究杜比亚蟑螂体内共生真菌种类,测定共生真菌次生代谢产物的抑菌活性和抗氧化活性,筛选出具有抗菌和抗氧化活性的菌株,本研究采用组织块分离法分离杜比亚蟑螂体内的共生真菌,通过形态学和分子生物学相结合的方法对分离到的共生真菌进行鉴定;分别采用薄层层析-生物自显影法和DPPH法测定共生真菌次生代谢产物的抗细菌活性和抗氧化活性。结果表明,从杜比亚蟑螂体内共分离鉴定得到5种不同的共生真菌,主要分布于青霉属(1株)、曲霉属(3株)和聚孢霉属(1株)。活性测定的结果表明,菌株Bdf-2、Bdf-4和Bdf-5表现出较好的抗菌活性,且菌液提取物的抗菌活性要强于菌丝。Bdf-1,Bdf-2和Bdf-3菌液次生代谢产物表现出抗氧化活性,IC 50值分别为0.26 mg/mL、2.20 mg/mL和0.75 mg/mL。杜比亚蟑螂共生真菌以青霉属和曲霉属为主,且具有抗菌和抗氧化活性的次生代谢产物主要分布于菌液中。     

一株酸枣内生菌的鉴定及其抗菌活性物质的初步分离

为了从酸枣中筛选出内生菌并分析其代谢产物中的活性成分,用于开发和生产药物,该研究通过组织块分离法和划线分离法,从陕北野生酸枣植株体内分离得到内生菌,采用平板对峙法测定其对7株供试指示菌的抗菌活性,以心神宁片提取液为对照,对各拮抗菌株的发酵液进行薄层层析和高效液相色谱分析。结果表明:从野生酸枣中共分离得到121株内生菌,其中内生细菌49株,内生放线菌6株,内生真菌66株;通过抗菌试验,发现54株内生菌(细菌33株,真菌21株)对1～7种指示菌具有抗菌活性,占分离菌株总菌数的44.63%,其中A-04、A-05、B-03、C-03、C-06和D-04共6株菌株的抗菌谱较广,对7种供试指示菌均具有抑菌活性;薄层层析检测结果显示菌株B-03发酵产物在R_f值为0.46处有与酸枣提取液层析带迁移率相同的显色带,液相色谱分析结果显示其属于黄酮类物质;通过16S rRNA基因序列分析结果显示菌株B-03与Bacillus axarquiensis的相似性为99%。菌株B-03能发酵产生黄酮类或产生与黄酮类类似的化合物,表明酸枣内生菌具有合成黄酮类药物的潜力。     

黄山地区红豆杉中产紫杉醇内生真菌的分离和筛选

从黄山地区红豆杉中分离得到107株内生真菌,利用薄层层析(TLC)方法对107株内生真菌的发酵代谢物进行了初筛,首次筛出8株可产紫杉醇或其类似物的菌株。再通过高效液相色谱(HPLC)对其作了进一步分析,发现有1株内生真菌菌株发酵代谢物的吸收峰与紫杉醇标准品吸收峰保留时间一致。同时结合以中国仓鼠卵巢CHO细胞株作为肿瘤细胞模型,用Resazurin法检测生长抑制率,对经筛选出的1株内生真菌次生代谢产物进行体外抗肿瘤活性试验,该菌株的代谢物对CHO细胞的抑制率高达71.28%。通过对该菌株的显微形态观察,从菌丝、孢子的形态和产孢子的特征等初步判定HQ-24是曲霉(Aspergillus sp.)。     

产黄酮甘蔗叶内生真菌的分离与鉴定

采用显色反应、薄层层析色谱和紫外吸收光谱法,对甘蔗叶内16株内生真菌的代谢产物进行黄酮类化合物检测。结果共筛选到3株能够产黄酮类化合物的内生真菌(GZ-1、GZ-4和GZ-5)。依据真菌的形态特征及ITS序列分析,鉴定结果表明菌株GZ-1、GZ-5为棘孢曲霉(Aspergillus aculeatus),菌株GZ-4为黑曲霉(Aspergillus niger)。     

产甾体皂甙华重楼内生真菌、放线菌的分离与筛选

目的:研究重楼内生菌的次生代谢产物的医用价值。方法:从产自四川彭州的华重楼(Paris polyphylla vat．chinensis Franch)地下块茎中分离、筛选内生菌,采用PDA液体培养基26℃发酵培养;发酵液分别经泡沫反应、Salkowski反应、Liberman反应及以薯蓣皂甙元为标准对照的薄层层析分析。结果:表明其中编号为SNUF-1的真菌和编号为SNUA-1、SNUA-2的放线菌菌株均能分泌甾体皂甙或其类似化合物。结论:华重楼内生菌发酵液具有产生宿主药用活性的成份。     

马蜂肠道菌抑制反枝苋的活性筛选及菌株MF06的活性代谢产物

摘要:【目的】研究马蜂肠道真菌对反枝苋的抑制活性,为开发微生物源除草剂奠定基础。【方法】通过测试11种肠道真菌发酵液对反枝苋根生长的抑制效果筛选出活性菌株MF06。通过形态学观察和分子生物学鉴定确定MF06的分类地位。通过硅胶柱层析法、薄层层析法、葡聚糖凝胶柱层析法对乙酸乙酯粗提物进行分离、纯化,得到代谢产物1,研究代谢产物1对反枝苋根生长的抑制作用。利用核磁共振谱和质谱确定代谢产物1的化学结构。【结果】经形态学观察和ITS序列分析确定MF06菌株为尖孢镰刀菌(Fusarium oxysporum)。当供试质量浓度为100 μg/mL时,该菌株发酵液的乙酸乙酯提取物对反枝苋根生长的抑制率大于68%。从乙酸乙酯粗提物中分离得到代谢产物1,经过结构鉴定为镰刀菌酸与9,10-脱氢镰刀菌酸以1:1比例形成的混合物。活性测试表明代谢产物1对反枝苋根生长具有很强的抑制作用,抑制活性的IC50值为(0.51±0.18)μg/mL,与阳性对照药2,4-二氯苯氧乙酸的活性［IC50值为(0.30±0.14)μg/mL］相当。【结论】MF06菌株具有开发为微生物源除草剂的潜力。     

膜荚黄芪内生真菌次生代谢产物鉴定及抑菌活性

从膜荚黄芪(Astragalus membranaceus)叶中分离出一株内生真菌———瓶霉菌属(Phialophorasp.)。鉴定次生代谢产物中含有皂甙类、多糖类和黄酮类物质,并通过薄层层析证明内生真菌次生代谢产物的粗提物与黄芪植物水煎液的粗提物含有相同的成分。证明发酵液及菌丝体提取物对4种常见细菌具有不同程度的抑菌活性。     

Critical variations of conjugational DNA transfer into secondary metabolite multiproducing Sorangium cellulosum strains So ce12 and So ce56: development of a mariner-based transposon mutagenesis system

Myxobacteria increasingly gain attention as a source of bioactive natural products. The genus Sorangium produces almost half of the secondary metabolites isolated from these microorganisms. Nevertheless, genetic systems for Sorangium strains are poorly developed, which makes the identification of the genes directing natural product biosynthesis difficult. Using biparental and triparental mating, we have developed methodologies for DNA transfer from Escherichia coli via conjugation for the genome sequencing model strain So ce56 and the secondary metabolite multiproducing strain So ce12. The conjugation protocol developed for strain So ce56 is not applicable to other Sorangium strains. Crucial points for the conjugation are the ratio of E. coli and Sorangium cellulosum cells, the choice of liquid or solid medium, the time used for the conjugation process and antibiotic selection in liquid medium prior to the plating of cells. A mariner-based transposon containing a hygromycin resistance gene was generated and used as the selectable marker for S. cellulosum. The transposon randomly integrates into the chromosome of both strains. As a proof of principle, S. cellulosum So ce12 transposon mutants were screened using an overlay assay to target the chivosazole biosynthetic gene cluster.     

Identification and analysis of the chivosazol biosynthetic gene cluster from the myxobacterial model strain Sorangium cellulosum So ce56

Myxobacteria belonging to the genus Sorangium are known to produce a variety of biologically active secondary metabolites. Chivosazol is a macrocyclic antibiotic active against yeast, filamentous fungi and especially against mammalian cells. The compound specifically destroys the actin skeleton of eucaryotic cells and does not show activity against bacteria. Chivosazol contains an oxazole ring and a glycosidically bound 6-deoxyglucose (except for chivosazol F). In this paper we describe the biosynthetic gene cluster that directs chivosazol biosynthesis in the model strain Sorangium cellulosum So ce56. This biosynthetic gene cluster spans 92 kbp on the chromosome and contains four polyketide synthase genes and one hybrid polyketide synthase/nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene. An additional gene encoding a protein with similarity to different methyltransferases and presumably involved in post-polyketide modification was identified downstream of the core biosynthetic gene cluster. The chivosazol biosynthetic gene locus belongs to the recently identified and rapidly growing class of trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases, which do not contain acyltransferase domains integrated into the multimodular megasynthetases.     

纤维堆囊菌生长及限制因素的研究

纤维堆囊菌对可溶性淀粉、木聚糖、纤维素等复杂碳源的利用能力较强,简单碳源中只利用葡萄糖;KNO3、蛋白栋是较好的氮源,大多数氮源都能支持生长,表明该菌营养要求简单,能高效的得用处是里丰富的纤维素资源。堆囊菌的盐耐受能力较低,盐浓度高于1％的培养基中菌体几乎不能生长,Mg^2是生长必须的元素,Ca^2 对生长没有明显的作用,但是子实体的形态发生所必需的。培养基的起始pH为7.0时细胞生长较好,大于8.0或小于5.0不生长。纤维堆囊菌生长具有细胞密度依赖性,低密度的细胞不能生长。固定在滤纸上的细胞淋洗液（纤维素酶降解产物）对细胞生长具有明显促进作用,并能降低细胞生长的密度依赖性。     

Characterisation,genome size and genetic manipulation of the myxobacterium <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sorangium cellulosum</Emphasis> So ce56

In this study, Sorangium cellulosum So ce56 was phenotypically and genotypically analysed in order to evaluate whether this strain can be used in a comprehensive genome project as a representative of the secondary metabolite-producing myxobacteria. In contrast to many other strains of S. cellulosum, strain So ce56 was found to have various advantageous features, including fast and homogeneous growth in submerged cultures and the ability to complete its morphological differentiation cycle on agar, even when the inoculant originates from a liquid culture. Two groups of secondary metabolites isolated from the culture broth were identified, the polyketides etnangien and chivosazole. The presence of polyketide synthase-encoding genes in the genome of strain So ce56 was demonstrated via PCR. The phenotypic classification was confirmed by comparison of 16S rDNA sequences which showed that S. cellulosum So ce56 clusters within a separate lineage together with S. cellulosum ATCC 25531 and the epothilone producer S. cellulosum So ce90. The genome of S. cellulosum So ce56 belongs to the largest bacterial genomes described so far. It is estimated to be 12.2 Mb in size, by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. In order to demonstrate that S. cellulosum So ce56 is a convenient strain for molecular biological studies, a genetic manipulation system was developed. Using triparental mating, polyketide synthase-encoding genes were inactivated, leading to chivosazole-negative mutants.     

Isolation of Sorangium cellulosum carrying epothilone gene clusters

Epothilone and its analogs are a potent new class of anticancer compounds produced by myxobacteria. Thus, in an effort to identify new myxobacterial strains producing epothilone and its analogs, cellulose-degrading myxobacteria were isolated from Korean soils, and 13 strains carrying epothilone biosynthetic gene homologs were screened using a polymerase chain reaction. A migration assay revealed that Sorangium cellulosum KYC3013, 3016, 3017, and 3018 all produced microtubule-stabilizing compounds, and an LCMS/ MS analysis showed that S. cellulosum KYC3013 synthesized epothilone A.     

Metabolic diversity in myxobacteria: identification of the myxalamid and the stigmatellin biosynthetic gene cluster of Stigmatella aurantiaca Sg a15 and a combined polyketide-(poly)peptide gene cluster from the epothilone producing strain Sorangium cellulosum So ce90.

Myxobacterial strains producing polyketides (PKs) assumed to be biosynthesized by a type I polyketide synthase (PKS) were analysed. Myxobacteria also produce a variety of polypeptides (PP) and PKs with incorporated amino acids ('mixed PK-PP'). In order to be able to identify the biosynthetic gene clusters for these metabolites a PCR based approach has been developed to clone ketosynthase (KS) domains of PKS genes from these organisms. Conserved regions of peptide synthetases of the non-ribosomal type (NRPS) were also amplified via PCR. KS fragments from Stigmatella aurantiaca Sg a15 were used for chromosomal gene inactivation experiments resulting in a series of mutants including such that were unable to produce stigmatellins and myxalamids. A NRPS fragment and PKS fragments from Sorangium cellulosum So ce90 were used to identify cosmids hybridizing with both types of probes from a genomic library. Both a NRPS and a PKS fragment were cloned and sequenced from a relatively short restriction fragment of one of these cosmids. The method described here should be very useful to clone and identify PKS, NRPS and mixed PKS-NRPS from myxobacteria in general and thereby open opportunities to use the biochemical diversity of these bacteria for genetic engineering and combinatorial biosynthesis.     

Improving conjugation efficacy of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sorangium cellulosum</Emphasis> by the addition of dual selection antibiotics

The conjugation protocols in myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum are often inapplicable due to the strain-specific sensitivity to the presence of Escherichia coli cells or the resistances to many antibiotics. Here we report that the conjugative transfer of the mobilizable plasmid pCVD442 from E. coli DH5alpha (lambda pir) to Sorangium strains could be greatly increased by the presence of low doses of dual selection antibiotics in the mating medium. The improvement was efficient in either E. coli-tolerant or sensitive Sorangium strains. For those phleomycin and hygromycin tolerant Sorangium strains, chloramphenicol-resistance gene was developed as a new selectable marker by driving the resistance gene with the aphII promoter. Using the improved protocol, the epothilone biosynthetic pathway was inactivated by an insertion mutation in the biosynthetic genes of the producing Sorangium strains.     

Insights into the complex biosynthesis of the leupyrrins in Sorangium cellulosum So ce690

The anti-fungal leupyrrins are secondary metabolites produced by several strains of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum. These intriguing compounds incorporate an atypically substituted γ-butyrolactone ring, as well as pyrrole and oxazolinone functionalities, which are located within an unusual asymmetrical macrodiolide. Previous feeding studies revealed that this novel structure arises from the homologation of four distinct structural units, nonribosomally-derived peptide, polyketide, isoprenoid and a dicarboxylic acid, coupled with modification of the various building blocks. Here we have attempted to reconcile the biosynthetic pathway proposed on the basis of the feeding studies with the underlying enzymatic machinery in the S. cellulosum strain So ce690. Gene products can be assigned to many of the suggested steps, but inspection of the gene set provokes the reconsideration of several key transformations. We support our analysis by the reconstitution in vitro of the biosynthesis of the pyrrole carboxylic starter unit along with gene inactivation. In addition, this study reveals that a significant proportion of the genes for leupyrrin biosynthesis are located outside the core cluster, a 'split' organization which is increasingly characteristic of the myxobacteria. Finally, we report the generation of four novel deshydroxy leupyrrin analogues by genetic engineering of the pathway.     

Identification of an l-dopa decarboxylase gene from Sorangium cellulosum So ce90

During a screening program intended to identify genes encoding enzymes typical for secondary metabolism in Sorangium cellulosum So ce90, an aromatic amino acid decarboxylase gene (ddc) was detected. Expression of ddc in Escherichia coli and subsequent enzyme assays with cell-free extracts confirmed the proposed function derived from amino acid sequence comparisons. In contrast to other aromatic amino acid decarboxylases of eukaryotic origin, the S. cellulosum Ddc converted only L-dihydroxy phenylalanine. This is the first report of a gene encoding an L-dihydroxy phenylalanine decarboxylase in bacteria.