微生物盟友:探索真菌内生菌生物合成萜类吲哚生物碱。
Microbial allies: exploring fungal endophytes for biosynthesis of terpenoid indole alkaloids.
机构信息
Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 835215, India.
出版信息
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jul 3;206(8):340. doi: 10.1007/s00203-024-04067-4.
Terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs) are natural compounds found in medicinal plants that exhibit various therapeutic activities, such as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-diabetic, anti-helminthic, and anti-tumor properties. However, the production of these alkaloids in plants is limited, and there is a high demand for them due to the increasing incidence of cancer cases. To address this research gap, researchers have focused on optimizing culture media, eliciting metabolic pathways, overexpressing genes, and searching for potential sources of TIAs in organisms other than plants. The insufficient number of essential genes and enzymes in the biosynthesis pathway is the reason behind the limited production of TIAs. As the field of natural product discovery from biological species continues to grow, endophytes are being investigated more and more as potential sources of bioactive metabolites with a variety of chemical structures. Endophytes are microorganisms (fungi, bacteria, archaea, and actinomycetes), that exert a significant influence on the metabolic pathways of both the host plants and the endophytic cells. Bio-prospection of fungal endophytes has shown the discovery of novel, high-value bioactive compounds of commercial significance. The discovery of therapeutically significant secondary metabolites has been made easier by endophytic entities' abundant but understudied diversity. It has been observed that fungal endophytes have better intermediate processing ability due to cellular compartmentation. This paper focuses on fungal endophytes and their metabolic ability to produce complex TIAs, recent advancements in this area, and addressing the limitations and future perspectives related to TIA production.
萜类吲哚生物碱(TIAs)是存在于药用植物中的天然化合物,具有多种治疗活性,如抗菌、抗炎、抗氧化、抗糖尿病、抗寄生虫和抗肿瘤特性。然而,由于癌症病例的增加,这些生物碱在植物中的产量有限,需求量很大。为了解决这一研究差距,研究人员专注于优化培养基、诱导代谢途径、过表达基因以及在植物以外的生物体中寻找 TIAs 的潜在来源。TIAs 生物合成途径中必需基因和酶的数量不足是其产量有限的原因。随着从生物物种中发现天然产物领域的不断发展,内生菌作为具有多种化学结构的生物活性代谢物的潜在来源,越来越受到关注。内生菌是对宿主植物和内生细胞的代谢途径产生重大影响的微生物(真菌、细菌、古菌和放线菌)。真菌内生菌的生物勘探表明,具有商业意义的新型高价值生物活性化合物的发现。内生实体丰富但研究不足的多样性使治疗意义重大的次生代谢物的发现变得更加容易。已经观察到真菌内生菌由于细胞区室化而具有更好的中间处理能力。本文重点介绍了真菌内生菌及其产生复杂 TIAs 的代谢能力、该领域的最新进展,以及解决与 TIA 生产相关的局限性和未来展望。