Veerana Mayura, Yu Nan-Nan, Bae Si-Jin, Kim Ikhwan, Kim Eun-Seong, Ketya Wirinthip, Lee Hak-Yong, Kim Nam-Young, Park Gyungsoon
Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) Center, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea.
Plasma Bioscience Research Center, Department of Plasma-Bio Display, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea.
J Fungi (Basel). 2022 Nov 10;8(11):1187. doi: 10.3390/jof8111187.
Enzyme production by microorganisms on an industrial scale has demonstrated technical bottlenecks, such as low efficiency in enzyme expression and extracellular secretion. In this study, as a potential tool for overcoming these technical limits, radio-frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure was examined for its possibility to enhance production of an enzyme, α-amylase, in a filamentous fungus, The RF-EMF perfectly resonated at 2 GHz with directivity radiation pattern and peak gain of 0.5 dB (0.01 Watt). Total protein concentration and activity of α-amylase measured in media were about 1.5-3-fold higher in the RF-EMF exposed (10 min) sample than control (no RF-EMF) during incubation (the highest increase after 16 h). The level of α-amylase mRNA in cells was approximately 2-8-fold increased 16 and 24 h after RF-EMF exposure for 10 min. An increase in vesicle accumulation within fungal hyphae and the transcription of some genes involved in protein cellular trafficking was observed in RF-EMF-exposed samples. Membrane potential was not changed, but the intracellular Ca level was elevated after RF-EMF exposure. Our results suggest that RF-EMF can increase the extracellular level of fungal total proteins and α-amylase activity and the intracellular level of Ca.
微生物在工业规模上生产酶已显示出技术瓶颈,例如酶表达和细胞外分泌效率低。在本研究中,作为克服这些技术限制的一种潜在工具,研究了射频电磁场(RF-EMF)暴露增强丝状真菌中一种酶——α-淀粉酶产量的可能性。该射频电磁场在2 GHz频率下实现完美共振,其方向辐射图和峰值增益为0.5 dB(0.01瓦特)。在培养期间(16小时后增加最多),在暴露于射频电磁场(10分钟)的样品中,培养基中测得的α-淀粉酶总蛋白浓度和活性比对照(无射频电磁场)高出约1.5至3倍。在暴露于射频电磁场10分钟后的16小时和24小时,细胞中α-淀粉酶mRNA水平大约增加了2至8倍。在暴露于射频电磁场的样品中,观察到真菌菌丝内囊泡积累增加以及一些参与蛋白质细胞运输的基因转录增加。膜电位没有变化,但暴露于射频电磁场后细胞内钙水平升高。我们的结果表明,射频电磁场可以增加真菌总蛋白的细胞外水平和α-淀粉酶活性以及细胞内钙水平。
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