New pyrazinoquinazoline alkaloids Isolated from a culture of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia QB-77

Two new pyrazinoquinazoline alkaloids, epi-fiscalin D (1) and epi-fiscalin E (2), as well as three known analogues, norquinadoline A (3), quinadoline A (4), and fiscalin C (5), were isolated from ethyl acetate extract of the fermentation broth of Stentrophomonas maltophilia QB-77. The structures of new compounds were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data analysis including UV, HRESIMS, and 1D and 2D NMR experiments. All the isolated compounds were tested for their in vitro cytotoxicity against five human cancer cell lines (SMMC-7721, MCF-7, HL-60, SW480, and A-549) and antibacterial activities against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus.     

嗜麦芽寡养单胞菌胞外蛋白酶的化学修饰

分别采用苯甲基磺酰氟(PMSF)、对-氯汞苯甲酸(PCMB)、N-乙咪唑(N-AI)、氯胺-T(Ch-T)、N-溴化琥珀亚胺(NBS)、2-巯基乙醇(2-ME) 6种化学修饰剂处理嗜麦芽寡养单胞菌胞外蛋白酶, 研究酶分子中氨基酸侧链基团与酶活性的关系. 结果表明Ch-T, NBS和2-ME能显著抑制酶活性, 而N-AI, PMSF和PCMB对酶活性的影响不大, 说明蛋氨酸残基、色氨酸残基和二硫键是酶活性的必需基团, 而酪氨酸残基、丝氨酸残基和巯基与酶活性无直接关系. 同时检测了EDTA和金属离子对酶活性的影响. 实验结果证实, EDTA, Mg^2＋, Ca^2＋, Hg^2＋和Cu^2＋能显著影响酶活性, 说明该酶为一种金属蛋白酶.     

Characterization and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Dilution-Stable Microemulsions Against Stenotrophomonas maltrophilia

The purpose of this study is to load glycerol monolaurate (GML) in a microemulsion system for the inactivation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. The influence of ethanol, propylene glycol (PG) and sodium benzoate (Na-Bz) on oil solubilization of GML microemulsions is clearly reflected in the phase behavior of these systems. One dilution-stable microemulsion formulation was determined and stable by the examination of the physical stability. Results showed that the microemulsion at 100 ppm, comparable to 3 mg/L ceftazidime, had much higher antimicrobial activities against S. maltophilia, with a major contribution of GML, and Na-Bz enhanced the antimicrobial activities as a hydrotrope.     

A New <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stenotrophomonas maltophilia</Emphasis> Strain Producing Laccase. Use in Decolorization of Synthetics Dyes

Laccase activity was detected in a soil bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia AAP56 identified by biochemical and molecular methods. It was produced in cells at the stationary growth phase in Luria Bertani (LB) medium added by 0.4 mM copper sulfate. The addition of CuSO₄ in culture medium improved production of laccase activity. However, one laccase enzyme was detected by native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme showed syringaldazine (K _m = 53 μM), 2,2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (K _m = 700 μM), and pyrocatechol (K _m = 25 μM) oxidase activity and was activated by addition of 0.1% (v/v) Triton-X-100 in the reaction mixture. Moreover, the laccase activity was increased 2.6-fold by the addition of 10 mM copper sulfate; the enzyme was totally inhibited by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (5 mM), suggesting that this laccase is a metal-dependant one. Decolorization activity of some synthetic dyes (methylene blue, methyl green, toluidine blue, Congo red, methyl orange, and pink) and the industrial effluent (SITEX Black) was achieved by the bacteria S. maltophilia AAP56 in the LB growth medium under shaking conditions.     

生物催化生成对苯二甲酸微生物协同作用的代谢途径分析

建立了对苯二甲酸、对甲基苯甲醛、对甲基苯甲醇、对甲基苯甲酸的高效液相色谱分析方法。采用HypersilSAX阴离子交换柱,流动相为2.5mol/LNH4H2PO4(含10%乙腈),pH4.32,流速0.8mL/min,柱温30℃,紫外检测波长为254nm。在此色谱条件下,各组分在7min内得到很好地分离,回收率符合测定要求。运用本方法测定了睾丸酮丛毛单胞菌和嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌生物催化生成对苯二甲酸不同发酵时间发酵液中主要代谢物含量。同时,采用GC-MS方法检测了有机酸、氨基酸、糖及长链脂肪酸等胞内代谢物,结合HPLC和GC-MS检测结果,分析了嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌和睾丸酮丛毛单胞菌协同作用催化对二甲苯生成对苯二甲酸的代谢途径。     

一种具高活性的酪氨酸酶基因启动子片段的分离

利用大肠杆菌启动子探测质粒ｐＫＫ２３２－８为载体,经ＨｉｎｄⅢ－ＢａｍＨⅠ完全消化后与ＨｉｎｄⅢ－ＢａｍＨⅠ部分消化的嗜麦芽假单胞菌染色休ＤＮＡ进行体外连接,转化Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＨＢ１０１感受态细胞,在含氨苄青霉素（Ａｐ）和氯霉素（Ｃｍ）的选择平板上筛选转化子．从随机挑选的５４株转化子中,获得一株抗氯霉素水平达１０００ｍｇ／Ｌ的转化子Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＰＡＳＩ,所含重组质粒被命名为ｐＡＳＩ．经限制性酶切分析和杂交分析表明,ｐＡＳＩ质粒上插入了一段来源于嗜麦芽假单胞菌染色体的ＤＮＡ片段,其大小为１．４ｋｂ．ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ分析表明转化子Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＰＡＳＩ在含Ｃｍ的培养基上,额外表达了一条２２×１０３的ＣＡＴ蛋白质带．将重组质粒ｐＷＳＹ上的嗜麦芽假单胞菌ｍｅｌ基因亚克隆到ｐＡＳＩ上１．４ｋｂ启动子功能片段下游,构建成Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＡＷＳ工程菌株,使黑色素产率提高了７０．６％．     

一步法制备银溶胶用于临床嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌的表面增强拉曼光谱快速检测

该文利用一步法快速制备银溶胶,实现了基底的现用现制。对嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌进行表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)检测,得到18组拉曼特征峰的生物指纹谱图。方法能够检测到的最低菌悬液浓度为5×106菌落形成单位(CFU)/mL,重现性的相对标准偏差为6.8%~16%,满足生物医学领域定性分析的基本要求。采用该方法获得的阳性病人血液中的病原细菌细胞的拉曼信号与纯培养菌株接近,进一步证明这种快速(10 min)、简单、便携式和低成本的方法在临床诊断中具有广阔的应用前景。     

Microbial degradation of poly(butylene succinate) by Fusarium solani in soil environments

The use of mulch made of biodegradable plastic in agriculture is expected to help solve the problem of the enormous amount of plastic waste emission, and to save the labor of removing the mulch after harvesting crops. In this study, we isolated a microorganism possessing the ability to degrade one of the promising biodegradable plastics, poly(butylene succinate) (PBS), and investigated the degradation characteristics of the microorganism in soil environments. Fungal strain WF-6, belonging to Fusarium solani, that had not been reported could be isolated from farmland as the PBS-degrading microorganism. Strain WF-6 degraded 2.8 percent of the PBS in a 14-day experimental run in a sterile soil environment, as determined by measuring CO₂ evolution. Furthermore, we ascertained that the degradability of strain WF-6 was enhanced by co-culturing with the newly isolated bacterial strain Stenotrophomonas maltophilia YB-6, which itself does not show PBS-degrading activity. We then investigated the effects of cell density of the indigenous microorganisms in the soil environments on the degradability of the co-culture of strains WF-6 and YB-6 by inoculating these strains into non-sterilized and partially sterilized soils, which contained 10⁸, 10⁶, and 10³ CFU/g-dry solid of soil of indigenous microorganisms. The degradability strongly depended on the cell density level of the indigenous microorganisms and was remarkably diminished when the cell concentration level was the highest, 10⁸ CFU/g-dry solid. Quantitative PCR analysis revealed that the growth of strains WF-6 and YB-6 was inhibited in the non-sterile soil environment with the highest cell density level of the indigenous microorganisms.