Department of Botany, GC University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Food and Biotechnology Research Center, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Toxins (Basel). 2020 Jun 29;12(7):427. doi: 10.3390/toxins12070427.
Ergot alkaloids are novel pharmaceutical and therapeutic agents synthesized in this study using fungal species To get the maximum yield of ergot alkaloids a statistical process of response surface methodology was employed using surface culture fermentation technique. Initially, the strain of was improved using physical (ultraviolet (UV) and chemical (ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) treatments to get the maximum yield of ergot alkaloids through surface culture fermentation technique. After improving the strain, survival rate of colonies of treated with UV and EMS was observed. Only 2.04% living colonies were observed after 150 min of exposure of in UV light and 3.2% living colonies were observed after 20 min of the exposure in EMS. The mutated strains of were screened for their production of ergot alkaloids and after fermentation experiments, maximum yield was obtained from PCUV-4 and PCEMS-1 strains. After strain improvement, Plackett-Burman design (PBD) and Box-Behnken design (BBD) of RSM were employed and 10-fold yield enhancement (35.60 mg/100 mL) of ergot alkaloids was achieved. This enhancement in yield of ergot alkaloids proved the positive impacts of RSM and UV on the yield of ergot alkaloids. The study provides a cost effective, economical and sustainable process to produce medically important ergot alkaloids which can be used in various pharmaceutical formulations to treat human diseases.
麦角生物碱是本研究中合成的新型药物和治疗剂,使用真菌物种得到。为了获得最大的麦角生物碱产量,采用表面培养发酵技术,利用响应面法进行了统计过程。最初,通过物理(紫外线(UV)和化学(乙基甲烷磺酸酯(EMS)处理来改善 的菌株,以通过表面培养发酵技术获得最大的麦角生物碱产量。在改良菌株后,观察到用 UV 和 EMS 处理的 菌落的存活率。在 UV 光下暴露 150 分钟后,仅观察到 2.04%的存活菌落,在 EMS 中暴露 20 分钟后,观察到 3.2%的存活菌落。筛选出产生麦角生物碱的突变菌株,并经过发酵实验,从 PCUV-4 和 PCEMS-1 菌株中获得最大产量。在菌株改良后,采用 Plackett-Burman 设计(PBD)和响应面法的 Box-Behnken 设计(BBD)进行了实验,麦角生物碱的产量提高了 10 倍(35.60 mg/100 mL)。麦角生物碱产量的提高证明了 RSM 和 UV 对麦角生物碱产量的积极影响。该研究提供了一种具有成本效益、经济和可持续的生产方法,可以生产具有重要医学价值的麦角生物碱,可用于各种药物制剂以治疗人类疾病。