Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 201-207.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2018-0026

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Responses of Asperigillus niger to Oxidative Stress Under H2O2 Exposure

CHEN Hao-yu, XU Rui-tao, CHENG Zhi-xiang, GAO Qiang, ZHANG Jian   

  1. Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology of Ministry of Education,College of Biotechnology,Tianjin University of Science & Technology,Tianjin 300457
  • Received:2018-01-10 Online:2018-04-20 Published:2018-05-04

Abstract: To investigate the response of Aspergillus niger to oxidative stress by adding H2O2 to the medium will provide the basis for controlling the mycelial growth and ochratoxin A(OTA)biosynthesis of A. niger. The effects of H2O2 on the growth,OTA biosynthesis,intracellular reactive oxygen species(ROS)formation,lipid peroxidation level,and antioxidase activities in A. niger were investigated. H2O2 inhibited the mycelial growth of A. niger,and the inhibition was dose dependent. Also H2O2 promoted OTA biosynthesis in A. niger,especially the most remarkably at the day 4 of growth. H2O2 caused intracellular ROS and malondialdehyde(MDA)content increasing in A. niger. H2O2 enhanced the activities of intracellular catalase(CAT)and glutathione peroxidase(GPX),while significantly at the day 5 of growth for CAT and at the day 6 for GPX in A. niger. However,H2O2 presented no significant effect on the activity of superoxide dismutase(SOD)in A. niger. A. niger remediates oxidative stress by enhancing the activity of antioxidant enzymes and producing OTA,which may maintain the growth and metabolism of A. niger under oxygen stress.

Key words: Aspergillus niger, ochratoxin A, reactive oxygen species, antioxidase, oxidative stress