Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (10): 235-242.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2021-1618

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Nicotinic Acid Promotes γ-aminobutyric Acid Biosynthesis in Lactobacillus brevis

ZHANG Jian1,2,3(), CAI Heng1, SHEN Zhen-hao1, LIU Zhong-hao1, ZHAO Juan4, ZHANG Qiao-zhen5, GAO Qiang1,2,3()   

  1. 1. College of Biotechnology,Tianjin University of Science and Technology,Tianjin 300457
    2. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology,Tianjin 300457
    3. Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology,Ministry of Education,Tianjin 300457
    4. Research Centre of Modern Analysis Technology,Tianjin University of Science and Technology,Tianjin 300457
    5. College of Sciences,Tianjin University of Science and Technology,Tianjin 300457
  • Received:2021-12-30 Online:2022-10-26 Published:2022-11-11
  • Contact: GAO Qiang E-mail:zj96sk@tust.edu.cn;gaoqiang@tust.edu.cn

Abstract:

Adding 0.15% nicotinic acid to medium significantly increased the γ-aminobutyric acid(GABA)production of Lactobacillus brevis. In order to clarify the role of nicotinic acid,L. brevis was inoculated in the medium with(experimental group)and without nicotinic acid(control group)for fermentation. The differential metabolites were studied by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(LC-MS),and the integrity of cell membrane was analyzed using propidium iodide(PI)single staining method. The results showed that 33 metabolites were significantly different between the experimental group and the control group. The unsaturated fatty acids and some amino acids including glutamate,proline,aspartate,serine,histidine,and ornithine,significantly increased in the experimental group,whereas nicotinic acid nucleotide,2-phosphoglycerate,adenosine monophosphate and tyramine significantly decreased. PI single staining experiments demonstrated that the cells with red fluorescence in the experimental group were significantly more than those in the control group. Therefore,the addition of nicotinic acid has a broad impact on the physiological metabolism of L. brevis,and its promoting effect on GABA biosynthesis may be related to increasing the permeability of the cell membrane of L. brevis,resulting in easier substrates entry into the cells and easier products discharge from the cells.

Key words: γ-aminobutyric acid, nicotinic acid, LC-MS, propidium indide