非靶标代谢组研究温度对黄曲霉菌代谢的影响

采用基于超高效液相色谱-高分辨质谱联用的非靶标代谢组学方法来研究温度对黄曲霉菌生理代谢的影响,使用交互偏最小二乘判别分析(Ortho PLS-DA)等化学计量学方法对代谢组数据进行多元统计分析,使用二级质谱信息和谱库检索定性黄曲霉菌代谢特征信息。使用内标结合混合质控样品的方法对非靶标代谢组方法进行质量控制。将该方法应用于研究温度对黄曲霉菌代谢组的影响,发现不同温度下有3 593个(T检验p0.01)差异表达代谢特征,筛选出20个候选差异代谢物。研究结果表明,温度显著影响三羧酸循环、脂肪酸、苯丙氨酸、色氨酸、络氨酸等生物合成路径,并调控黄曲霉毒素、黄匹阿尼酸、曲酸等次生代谢物生物合成路径酶活性。研究发现曲酸和黄曲霉毒素前体化合物与黄曲霉毒素的累积变化规律相似,可作为候选靶标进行验证。该研究为开展我国黄曲霉毒素风险评估和分子预警研究提供了新的路径和方法。

Study on Effects of Temperature on Metabolism of Aspergillus Flavus Based on Untargeted Metabolomics

A method of non-targeted metabolomics coupled to ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry was used to investigate effect of temperature on the metabolism of aspergillus flavus. Multivariate statistical analysis on the metabolomics data was carried out by using chemometric methods of OrthoPLS-DA(alternative partial least squares discriminant analysis) etc. The metabolism characteristics of aspergillus flavus were identified by MS/MS and library searching. In the study,the non-targeted metabolomics analytical method was validated by using internal standard and pooled quality control samples. The method was applied to investigate the effect of temperature on the metabolome of aspergillus flavus,and 3593(T-test,p<0.01) differential metabolites were found under different temperature conditions. Twenty candidate biomarkers were screened out. The results showed that temperature significantly affected the biosynthetic pathways of tricarboxylic acid cycle,fatty acid,phenylalanine,tryptophan and tyrosine, and regulated the secondary metabolites biosynthetic pathway enzymesactivity of aflatoxin,cyclopiazonic acid and kojic acid. This study provided a new insight for risk assessment and early warning research of aflatoxin in China.