Microsoft Word - 29-Bio_42403 933 Bioscience Journal Original Article Biosci. J., Uberlândia, v. 35, n. 3, p. 933-940, May/June 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.14393/BJ-v35n3a2019-42403 ENDOGLUCANASE PRODUCTION BY ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI ISOLATED FROM Vitis labrusca L. WITH PEANUT HULL AND SAWDUST AS SUBSTRATES PRODUÇÃO DE ENDOGLUCANASE POR FUNGOS ENDOFÍTICOS ISOLADOS DE Vitis labrusca L. UTILIZANDO CASCA DE AMENDOIM E SERRAGEM COMO SUBSTRATOS Aretusa Cristina FELBER1; Vânia SPECIAN1; Ravely Casarotti ORLANDELLI2; Alessandra Tenório COSTA3; Julio Cesar POLONIO4; Káthia Socorro Mathias MOURÃO5; João Alencar PAMPHILE6 1. Doutora em Biologia das Interações Orgânicas pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Comparada da Universidade Estadual de Maringá, UEM, Maringá, PR, Brasil; 2. Professora Colaboradora, Doutora, Colegiado de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, UNESPAR, Paranavaí, PR, Brasil. 3. Doutora em Ciências Biológicas (Genética) pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Genética), Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. 4. Doutorando em Biotecnologia Ambiental-UEM, Maringá, PR, Brasil; 5. Professora Associada, Doutora, Departamento de Biologia-UEM, Maringá, PR, Brasil; 6. Professor Associado, Doutor, Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular-UEM, Maringá, PR, Brasil. japamphile@gmail.com. ABSTRACT: Endoglucanases are enzymes widely employed in different industrial fields, albeit with high production costs. Studies on new microbial sources and low-cost substrates are highly relevant, including those on agro-industrial. Current analysis evaluates peanut hull (PH) and sawdust (SD) as substrates for submerged cultures of 14 endophytic fungi isolated from grapevine (Vitis labrusca L.) cultivars Bordô and Concord. Endophytes were grown on a carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) medium and the cup plate assay showed that eight strains (belonging to genera Cochliobolus, Diaporthe, Fusarium and Phoma) had positive results: enzymatic halos ranged from 10.8±0.02 to 15.5±0.07 mm in diameter. Diaporthe sp. strains (GenBank accession codes KM362392, KM362368 and KM362378) and Fusarium culmorum KM362384 were highlighted as the most promising sources. Further, PH and SD as substrates for the fermentation of these fungi were evaluated by the cup plate assay and endoglucanase activity assay. Highest halo diameters were obtained for Diaporthe sp. KM362392: 16.1±0.01 mm (CMC), 14.5±0.01 mm (PH) and 14.7±0.03 mm (SD). The fungus also presented the highest levels of endoglucanase activity: analysis of variance revealed that CMC (3.52±0.98 µmol/min), PH (2.93±0.23 µmol/min) and SD (3.26±0.38 µmol/min) were similarly efficient as substrates. Results deepen knowledge on V. labrusca endophytes that may be endoglucanase sources, even though further optimizations in submerged cultures with PH and SD should be undertaken to increase the enzymatic production from these wastes. KEYWORDS: Cellulase. Microbial enzymes. Endophytes. Agro-industrial wastes. Submerged fermentation. INTRODUCTION Endophytic fungi colonize intra- or inter- cellular spaces of healthy plant tissues (FELBER et al., 2016; STONE et al., 2000) without causing any apparent damage; they are ubiquitous organisms found inside all plants (RODRIGUEZ et al., 2009). During their long coexistence process with host plants, these fungi developed important characteristics to maintain a stable symbiosis. Since cellulases hydrolyze the plant cell wall during colonization by microbial endophytes (DUTTA et al., 2014), there is a great interest in endophytic sources of cellulase for industrial application. In fact, the search of microbial enzymes has already detected several endophytic sources of hydrolytic enzymes, as recently reported by Fouda et al. (2015), Orlandelli et al. (2015, 2017a) and Ribeiro et al. (2018). Cellulolytic enzymes form a complex of three groups that catalyze cellulose hydrolysis to glucose: (1) exoglucanases, including 1,4-β-ᴅ- glucan glucanohydrolases (EC 3.2.1.74) and 1,4-β- ᴅ-glucan cellobiohydrolases (EC 3.2.1.91); (2) endoglucanases or 1,4-β-ᴅ-glucan-4- glucanohydrolases (EC 3.2.1.4); (3) β-glucosidases or β-glucoside glucohydrolases (EC 3.2.1.21). Exoglucanases act on the reducing or non-reducing ends of cellulose polysaccharide chains and release glucose or cellobiose as major products. Received: 16/05/18 Accepted: 05/12/18 934 Endoglucanase production… FELBER, A. C. et al Biosci. J., Uberlândia, v. 35, n. 3, p. 933-940, May/June 2019 Endoglucanases cut randomly at internal amorphous sites in the cellulose polysaccharide chain, generating oligosaccharides, whereas β-glucosidases hydrolyze soluble cellodextrin and cellobiose to glucose (LYND et al., 2002). Dollar-wise, cellulases represent the third largest industrial enzyme worldwide. However, if, in the future, ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass through the enzymatic route becomes a major transportation fuel, these enzymes may occupy the largest volume of industrial enzymes (SINGHANIA et al., 2013). In particular, endoglucanases have a great potential application in textile and detergent industries, paper recycling, juice extraction, animal feed additives and renewable energy (LIN et al., 2016). The main disadvantage is that cellulases have high production costs. However, industrial wastes may replace the cellulose as substrate, obtaining low-cost enzymes. Large amount of wastes is annually generated by food, agricultural and forestry industries, causing a serious disposal issue. For instance, about 222 millions/m3 of waste from the lumber industry are generated worldwide and the peanut production exceeds 13 million tons/year (FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS, 2014), mostly discarded as waste. Fungal cellulase researches mainly focus on Fusarium solani, Penicillium pinophilium, Sporotrichum pulverulentum, Trichoderma reesei and Trichoderma viride strains (McKELVEY; MURPHY, 2011). Only scanty data in the literature report endophytes Alternaria, Bipolaris, Cochliobolus, Diaporthe, Fusarium and Phoma as cellulase sources (BEZERRA et al., 2015; CHRISTAKOPOULOS et al., 1995; LUMYONG et al., 2002; PENG; CHENG, 2007). The biosynthesis of microbial products is affected by culture medium composition and cultivation conditions (ELISASHVILI, 2012). Further studies under different culture conditions are necessary to provide an in-depth knowledge on endophytic strains that may be enzymatic sources. This study aimed to compare the use of carboxymethylcellulose, peanut hull and sawdust as substrates for the endoglucanase production by Vitis labrusca L. endophytes. MATERIAL AND METHODS Endophytic fungi Fourteen fungal strains of genera Alternaria, Bipolaris, Cochliobolus, Diaporthe, Fusarium and Phoma (Table 1) were used. Fungi were isolated from healthy leaves of Bordô and Concord cultivars of V. labrusca (FELBER et al., 2016) and belong to the fungal culture collection of the Laboratório de Biotecnologia Microbiana, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá PR Brazil. Molecular identification was based on the sequencing of ITS1- 5.8S-ITS2 region of rDNA. Sequences were deposited in the GenBank database (FELBER et al., 2016). Agro-industrial wastes Peanut hull (PH), obtained from local vendors in Maringá PR Brazil, in the form of food and beverage production wastes, was blended and sieved to obtain 1-mm particles. Sawdust (SD) was obtained from the local lumber industry and preserved in its original size. Submerged fermentation All endophytes were previously grown in Petri dishes with potato dextrose agar medium (SMITH; ONIONS, 1983), at 28±2ºC, for seven days. Three 5-mm mycelial plugs of each fungus were transferred to 125-mL Erlenmeyer flasks containing 50 mL of Manachini’s solution (MANACHINI et al., 1987), comprising 2 g/L KH2PO4, 1 g/L (NH4)2SO4, 0.1 g/L MgSO4.7H2O, 0.9 g/L Na2HPO4.2H2O, 1 g/L yeast extract, and volume completed to 1 L with distilled water. The following substrates (0.5% w/v) were added to the medium: carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) (Sigma- Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) was used for the initial screening of cellulase-positive endophytes; PH or SD was used for comparison to CMC. Negative control consisted of liquid medium incubated without fungal inoculation. Flasks were incubated in triplicate, at 28±2ºC, for 168 h under stationary condition and filtered with sterile gauze to separate the fungal mycelia. Cell-free supernatants were used as crude enzymatic extracts. Cup plate assay Crude enzymatic extracts were inoculated (50 µL) on Petri dishes containing CMC-agar medium (18 g/L agar, 10 g/L CMC, 0.1 M Na+ acetate buffer, pH 5.0) with the surface perforated for cup plates (6-mm diameter). Positive control consisted of commercial cellulase from Aspergillus niger (powder, off-white, ~0.8 U/mg) purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). The experiment was performed in triplicate and dishes were incubated at 28±2ºC for 24h. The dishes were flooded with 0.1% Congo red solution (in 0.1 M Tris buffer pH 8.0) for 30 min and de-stained with 0.5 NaCl solution (in 0.1 M Tris buffer pH 8.0) for 15 min. Cellulase activity was evaluated by the 935 Endoglucanase production… FELBER, A. C. et al Biosci. J., Uberlândia, v. 35, n. 3, p. 933-940, May/June 2019 development of colorless halos on a red background and measured in millimeters. Endoglucanase activity assay A modified version of the carboxymethylcellulase assay for endo-β-1,4- glucanase described by Ghose (1987) was used. The 0.5 mL-aliquots of crude enzymatic extracts were pipetted into test tubes triplicates containing 0.5 mL of CMC solution (1% w/v) in sodium citrate buffer (50 mM; pH 4.8). After 15 and 30 min of incubation at 40ºC, 1 mL of 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid (DNS) (MILLER et al., 1959) was added. Tubes remained at 100ºC for 5 min and immediately transferred to a cold-water bath. The volume of each tube was completed to 3 mL with distilled water. Blank tubes in each assay contained crude enzymatic extracts and CMC solution (1% w/v), which were immediately mixed to DNS (corresponding to time zero). Absorbance was measured in a Libra S60PC spectrophotometer (Biochrom, Cambourne, CBE, UK) at 540 nm. One unit of endoglucanase was the amount of enzyme required to liberate 1 µ mol/min/mL glucose. Statistical analyses To compare the best culture medium for the enzymatic production by each fungus and the best fungal producer by submerged fermentation in each culture medium, results of cup plate and endoglucanase activity assays were analyzed by ANOVA (analysis of variance) and means were compared by Tukey test (p<0.05) with SISVAR 5.3 (FERREIRA, 2011). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Screening of cellulase-positive endophytes Cellulose is the most abundant renewable carbon source on the Earth’s crust. In nature, microorganisms degrade cellulose by cellulase production. In fact, enzymes from filamentous fungi are the most efficient cellulose-degrading tools (GUTIÉRREZ-ROJAS et al., 2015). Consequently, fungal sources of enzymes were initially screened by the cup plate assay, where halo formations revealed that the inducing substrate was hydrolyzed by microbial cellulases. Table 1 shows that eight fungal endophytes (belonging to genera Cochliobolus, Diaporthe, Fusarium and Phoma) produced cellulolytic enzymes when grown on CMC medium. Alternaria and Bipolaris strains did not have positive results. Since fungal metabolic activity is affected by nutritional and physical parameters, the V. labrusca endophytes should be further evaluated according to their capacity for the production of cellulase with different cultivation condition. Table 1. Screening of cellulase-positive endophytes using carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as carbon source for submerged fermentation. Results of cup plate assay are given as mean±standard deviation. Endophytic fungi/ Controls Host plants Halos (mm) Diaporthe sp. KM362368 B 15.5±0.07b Fusarium culmorum KM362384 C 15.1±0.04b Diaporthe sp. KM362392 C 15.0±0.05b Diaporthe sp. KM362378 B 13.5±0.02c Phoma sp. KM362379 B 12.4±0.02d Cochliobolus sp. KM362367 B 11.9±0.06de Diaporthe sp. KM362382 B 11.1±0.03ef Phoma sp. KM362373 B 10.8±0.02f Bipolaris sp. KM362374 B 00.0±0.00g Fusarium sp. KM362390 C 00.0±0.00g Bipolaris sp. KM362380 B 00.0±0.00g Alternaria sp. KM362386 C 00.0±0.00g Alternaria alternata KM362389 C 00.0±0.00g Cochliobolus sp. KM362388 C 00.0±0.00g Positive control - 25.8±0.02ª Negative control - 00.0±0.00g Means of triplicates followed by different letters are significantly different by Tukey test (p<0.05). Host plants: Bordô (B) or Concord (C) cultivars of Vitis labrusca. Positive control: cellulase from Aspergillus niger (powder, off-white, ~0.8 U/mg; Sigma-Aldrich) diluted (1 mg/mL) in distilled water. Negative control: liquid medium incubated without fungal inoculation. 936 Endoglucanase production… FELBER, A. C. et al Biosci. J., Uberlândia, v. 35, n. 3, p. 933-940, May/June 2019 ANOVA showed statistically significant differences among the enzymatic halos, ranging between 10.8 and 15.5 mm in diameter; the highest rates were obtained for Diaporthe sp. KM362368 (15.5±0.07 mm), Fusarium culmorum KM362384 (15.1±0.04 mm), Diaporthe sp. KM362392 (15.0±0.05 mm) and Diaporthe sp. KM362378 (13.5±0.02 mm). Therefore, enzymatic production of the fungal strains was subsequently evaluated using agro-industrial wastes as substrates. Comparison of the influence of different substrates on enzymatic activity Cellulases may be produced by microorganisms on cheap lignocellulosic substrates (SRIDEVI et al., 2015). SD contains approximately 48% cellulose, 17% hemicellulose and 12% lignin (SRIDEVI et al., 2015), while PH contains about 39%, 23% and 21% cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, respectively (CHUWECH; RAKARIYATHAM, 2014). In Brazil, the above- mentioned substrates are agro-industrial wastes and represent low-cost raw materials, which may be used to produce value-added compounds such as enzymes. After the initial screening, CMC and agro- industrial wastes (PH and SD) were compared by the cup plate and endoglucanase activity assays (Table 2). Enzymes used for producing plant-based ethanol (i.e., bioethanol) have gained more importance in recent years, including endoglucanases (YENNAMALLI et al., 2013). Therefore, among the cellulases, it was chosen to be quantified by the endoglucanase activity assay. Table 2 shows that three Diaporthe (= Phomopsis) endophytes were the best sources of endoglucanase. A recent study has also highlighted Diaporthe anacardii PL01 (with halos measuring 15.02 mm and 1.60 µmol/min of endoglucanase activity) and Diaporthe sp. PL67 (12.89 mm and 1.23 µmol/min) as the best enzymatic sources (RIBEIRO et al., 2018). The genus occurs as plant pathogens, endophytes or saprobes (GOMES et al., 2013) and plays an important role in decomposition in plant senescence (CARROLL; PETRINI, 1983), related to their lignocellulolytic activity (JORDAAN et al., 2006). Table 2. Effect of different carbon sources on enzymatic activity of endophytic fungi, evaluated by cup plate (halos in mm) and endoglucanase activity assays (µ mol/min). Results are given as means of triplicates±standard deviation. Fungi/ Controls Inducer substrates CMC PH SD Halo degradation (mm) Diaporthe sp. KM362392 16.1±0.01Ab 14.5±0.01 Bb 14.7±0.03Bb Diaporthe sp. KM362368 15.7±0.03Ab 14.1±0.06 Bb 12.0±0.03Cc Diaporthe sp. KM362378 14.3±0.01Ac 00.0±0.00 Bc 00.0±0.00Bd F. culmorum KM362384 13.7±0.08Ac 00.0±0.00 Bc 00.0±0.00Bd Positive control 25.7±0.06a 25.7±0.06 a 25.7±0.06a Negative control 00.0±0.00d 00.0±0.00 c 00.0±0.00d Endoglucanase activity (µmol/min) Diaporthe sp. KM362392 3.52±0.98Aª 2.93±0.23 Aa 3.26±0.38Aª Diaporthe sp. KM362368 3.14±0.09Aab 1.57±0.15 Bb 1.15±0.02Cb Diaporthe sp. KM362378 2.65±0.24Aa 0.63±0.15 Bb 0.57±0.07Bb F. culmorum KM362384 2.05±0.24Aa 0.63±0.12 Bb 0.73±0.10Bb Means followed by different lower-case letters (columns) or upper-case letters (rows) are significantly different by Tukey test (p<0.05). Inducer substrates: CMC (carboxymethylcellulose), PH (peanut hull) and SD (sawdust). Positive control: cellulase from Aspergillus niger (powder, off-white, ~0.8 U/mg; Sigma-Aldrich) diluted (1 mg/mL) in distilled water. Negative control: liquid medium incubated without fungal inoculation. ANOVA showed that CMC, PH and SD were similarly efficient for Diaporthe sp. KM362392, with results varying between 3.52±0.98 and 2.93±0.23 µ mol/min. On the other hand, Diaporthe strains showed the highest activities when grown on CMC (CMC > PH ≥ SD): 3.14±0.09 and 2.65±0.24 µ mol/min, respectively for Diaporthe sp. KM362368 and KM362378. The fungal 937 Endoglucanase production… FELBER, A. C. et al Biosci. J., Uberlândia, v. 35, n. 3, p. 933-940, May/June 2019 biosynthesis is a strain-dependent process and may foreground the differences in compounds secreted by closely related species cultivated under the same conditions (DIAMANTOPOULOU et al., 2014), as observed in our study for these Diaporthe strains. In corroboration, marked differences were already reported for other metabolic products obtained for endophytes from this genus (ORLANDELLI et al., 2016, 2017b). CMC was also the most suitable substrate for the endoglucanase activity of F. culmorum, where rate (2.05±0.24 µ mol/min) was statistically higher than that for other substrates. PH is scantily employed for cellulase production. Results highlighted Diaporthe sp. KM362392 (2.93±0.23 µmol/min) and Diaporthe sp. KM362368 (1.57±0.15 µ mol/min) with the highest endoglucanase activity when PH was used as substrate. When grown under submerged fermentation with PH, A. niger and Humicola insolens had enzymatic production of 0.54 U/mL (MOHITE; MAGAR, 2010) and 1.0 U/L (BORKAR; THAKRE, 2014), respectively. In the case of SD, the four endophytes showed differences in enzymatic activities, with means ranging between 0.57±0.07 and 3.26±0.38 µ mol/min. Highest rate was observed for Diaporthe sp. KM362392. These enzymatic activities are superior to that (approximately 0.07 IU/mL) obtained for the submerged cultivation of Aspergillus flavus in a bioreactor with alkaline pretreated SD (OJUMU et al., 2003) and for the enzymatic hydrolysis of alkaline pretreated SD by A. niger (approximately 0.18 U/mL) (ACHARYA et al., 2008). CONCLUSIONS Some V. labrusca endophytes may produce endoglucanase from agro-industrial wastes, with Diaporthe isolates as promising enzymatic sources. Diaporthe sp. KM362392 produced statistically similar amount of endoglucanase with carboxymethylcellulose, peanut hull or sawdust. Current investigation contributes towards the reuse of agro-industrial wastes abundantly generated in Brazil. Further investigations should be undertaken to increase the enzymatic production by using the wastes tested. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors are grateful to Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq; 311534/2014-7 and 447265/2014-8) and Fundação Araucária (276/2014) for financial support. A.C. Felber thanks Fundação Araucária and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for the doctoral scholarship. RESUMO: Endoglucanases são enzimas amplamente empregadas em diferentes setores industriais; embora sua produção apresente custos elevados. Estudos sobre novas fontes microbianas e substratos mais baratos são de grande importância, incluindo os resíduos agroindustriais. Nesse estudo, casca de amendoim (CA) e serragem (SE) foram testadas como substratos para o cultivo submerso de 14 fungos endofíticos isolados das cultivares Bordô e Concord de videira (Vitis labrusca L.) Os endófitos foram crescidos em meio contendo carboximetilcelulose (CMC) e o ensaio cup plate mostrou resultados positivos para oito fungos (pertencentes aos gêneros Cochliobolus, Diaporthe, Fusarium and Phoma); os halos enzimáticos variaram entre 10,8±0,02 e 15,5±0,07 mm de diâmetro. Linhagens de Diaporthe sp. (códigos de acesso no GenBank KM362392, KM362368 e KM362378) e Fusarium culmorum KM362384 se destacaram como produtores mais promissores. Então, o uso de CA e SE como substratos para a fermentação desses fungos foi avaliado pelo ensaio cup plate e pela quantificação da atividade de endoglucanase. Os maiores halos enzimáticos foram obtidos para Diaporthe sp. KM362392: 16,1±0,01 mm (CMC), 14,5±0,01 mm (CA) e 14,7±0,03 mm (SE). 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