Physiological characterization of secondary metabolite producing Penicillium cell factories
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2017

Background: Penicillium species are important producers of bioactive secondary metabolites. However, the immense diversity of the fungal kingdom is only scarcely represented in industrial bioprocesses and the upscaling of compound production remains a costly and labor intensive challenge. In order to facilitate the development of novel secondary metabolite producing processes, two routes are typically explored: optimization of the native producer or transferring the enzymatic pathway into a heterologous host. Recent genome sequencing of ten Penicillium species showed the vast amount of secondary metabolite gene clusters present in their genomes, and makes them accessible for rational strain improvement. In this study, we aimed to characterize the potential of these ten Penicillium species as native producing cell factories by testing their growth performance and secondary metabolite production in submerged cultivations. Results: Cultivation of the fungal species in controlled submerged bioreactors showed that the ten wild type Penicillium species had promising, highly reproducible growth characteristics in two different media. Analysis of the secondary metabolite production using liquid chromatography coupled with high resolution mass spectrometry proved that the species produced a broad range of secondary metabolites, at different stages of the fermentations. Metabolite profiling for identification of the known compounds resulted in identification of 34 metabolites; which included several with bioactive properties such as antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer activities. Additionally, several novel species metabolite relationships were found. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that the fermentation characteristics and the highly reproducible performance in bioreactors of ten recently genome sequenced Penicillium species should be considered as very encouraging for the application of native hosts for production via submerged fermentation. The results are particularly promising for the potential development of the ten analysed Penicillium species for production of novel bioactive compounds via submerged fermentations

Physiology

Cell factory

Submerged fermentation

Penicillium

Secondary metabolite

Författare

S. Grijseels

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Jens Christian Froslev Nielsen

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Systembiologi

Jens B Nielsen

Novo Nordisk Fonden

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Systembiologi

Tomas Ostenfeld Larsen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

J. C. Frisvad

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

K. F. Nielsen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Rasmus John Normand Frandsen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

M. Workman

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

20543085 (eISSN)

Vol. 4 8-

Ämneskategorier

Industriell bioteknik

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

Drivkrafter

Innovation och entreprenörskap

Styrkeområden

Livsvetenskaper och teknik (2010-2018)

DOI

10.1186/s40694-017-0036-z

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