This paper is concerned with optimization of fermentation conditions for lipstatin production with. Under these conditions, a maximum lipstatin of 4.208 g/ml was achieved in verification experiments in 500 ml shake flasks.
Key words: divalent cations; L-leucine; lipstatin; Streptomyces toxytricini
IntroductionLipstatin is an irreversible inhibitor of pancreatic lipases produced by Streptomyces toxytricini Weibel et al., 1987). Lipstatin is of considerable importance as the key intermediate for the preparation of tetrahydrolipstatin (THL, Orlistat), which is a drug designed for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases associated with obesity. Lipstatin contains a β-lactone structure that probably accounts for the irreversible lipase inhibition by covalent modification of the serine residue of its catalytic triad (Luthra et al., 2013b).The wide clinical application of orlistat has promoted the commercial production of lipstatin (Zohrabian, 2100). Hence, investigations into the improvement of the productions of lipstatin are of commercial importance. In an attempt to improve lipstatin production, improvement of lipstatinproducing strains and fermentation processes has been carried out during the past decade.S. toxytricini strains with an increased lipstatin fermentation unit have been achieved through modification and improvement by utilizing physical and chemical mutagenesis. A high lipstatin-producing strain SIPI-HJ-80 was obtained by ultraviolet ray and microwave treatment, which showed an increased productivity by 2.5 times over the original strain SIPI-UM-5 (Huang et al., 2006). More recently, a N-methyl-N -nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (NTG) mutated strain of S. toxytricini (derived from strain ATCC 19813) was reported to have a lipstatin production of 2.88 mg/g at 264 h of fermentation time in a shake flask (Luthra et al., 2013a).With the strain S. toxytricini ATCC 19813, 8-fold enhancement (from 0.097 g/L to 0.885 g/L) in lipstatin production in a shake flask was obtained through medium optimization. It is also indicated that soya oil, soya lecithin and soya bean flour had significant effects on lipstatin production (Luthra et al., 2012). An increased lipstatin titer of 1.980 g/L was observed with selected S. toxytricini strain NRRL 15443 (Kumar et al., 2012). Further, a maximum lipstatin production of 3.290 g/L was achieved via a full factorial medium
Full PaperEnhanced production of lipstatin from Streptomyces toxytricini by optimizing fermentation conditions and medium (Received February 28, 2014; Accepted April 3, 2014) None of the authors of this manuscript has any financial or personal relationship with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence their work.