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Identification and application of effectors promoting asexual sporulation of Antrodia cinnamomea in aqueous extract of Cinnamomum kanehirae Hay

Hua-Xiang LI 2, 2, 2, 2, 2,   

  • Received:2023-07-29 Revised:2023-10-18 Online:2023-11-06 Published:2023-11-06

Abstract: In order to determine the substance in aqueous extract of Cinnamomum kanehirae Hay (CWE) that promotes the asexual sporulation of Antrodia cinnamomea in submerged fermentation. Firstly, the CWE was isolated by alcohol precipitation and fractional extraction with different organic solvents, and the sporulation was used as the index to study the influence of different components on the sporulation of A. cinnamomea. It was showed that 30 μg/mL of chloroform extract of supernatant from alcohol precipitation of CWE (LFE) and 50 μg/mL of ethyl acetate extract (YZE) had a remarkable effect on promoting sporulation of A. cinnamomea, indicating that the effectors mainly existed in LFE and YZE; Subsequently, LC-MS/MS was used to analyze the components of different extracts of CWE, and combined with their effects on sporulation of A. cinnamomea, it was judged that the effector was probably erythritol; Finally, the commercial erythritol with purity of 98% was used to verify its effect on sporulation of A. cinnamomead. It was showed that erythritol did significantly promote the sporulation of A. cinnamomea, and the sporulation increased by 55.17% compared with Control at the optimal concentration of 1 μg/mL. Meanwhile, 1 μg/mL of erythritol can also significantly promote the growth and the synthesis of intracellular polysaccharides (IPS) for A. cinnamomea in submerged fermentation, and the biomass and yield of IPS were increased by 18.65% and 260.13%, respectively. However, erythritol has no significant effect on the synthesis of triterpenes. This study can greatly improve the industrial production efficiency and benefits of submerged fermentation for A. cinnamomea, and have great development value and good application prospects.

Key words: Antrodia cinnamomea, submerged fermentation, asexual sporulation, Cinnamomum kanehirae Hay, erythritol, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)

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