Microorganism
The Streptomyces sp. strain was provided by Soil Microbiology of Laboratory, Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology including HBC3-2, HBC5-1, HBC6-2, HBR5-1, HBR9-6, and HBR10-2. This Streptomyces sp. strains were isolated from the samples of root, stem, and leaf of Cao Phong orange, Hoa Binh, Vietnam.
The strain Streptomyces sp. was cultivated in ISP2 medium (g/L): 4 yeast extract, 10 malt extract, 4 dextrose, and pH 7.2. The condition for culturing Streptomyces sp. was 28°C, shaking at 200 rpm and 120 h.
Chemical reagent
Acarbose, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and p-nitrophenyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (pNPG) were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich. K2HPO4, KH2PO4, Na2HPO4, NaH2PO4 were obtained from Merck. Alpha-glucosidase, glucose, dextrose, glycerol, yeast extract, and malt extract were purchased from Biobasic INC (Canada). SephadexTM G-75 was purchased from GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB (Sweden). All other chemicals are analytical grade, otherwise stated.
Fermentation
The Streptomyces sp. strain was streaked on the agar plate. After 7 days, colonies appeared with yellow-brown color. A single one was inoculated in a 100 mL propagation medium. After 72 h, it was fermented in a medium consisting of (g/L): 12 yeast extract, 15 glucose, pH 6.5 in 120 h at 28°C and 200 rpm to collect the fermentation broth.
Enzyme Assay
The tests were performed in a 96-well microplate setup with slight modifications [14]. A reaction mixture of 100 µL of 1-2 U/mL α-glucosidase was dissolved in 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer and mixed with 10 µL fermentation broth (or CHCl3/Act extract) and 40 µL of phosphate buffer solution, and then was subjected to pre-incubation in 5 min at 30°C. Continuously, 100 μL of 4-nitrophenyl-α-D-glucopyranoside 0.1 M in phosphate buffer was added as substrate after pre-incubation. Next, the samples were incubated at 30°C for 10 min to allow α-glucosidase to react with 4-NPG and produce 4-nitrophenol. After the incubation, the formation of 4-nitrophenol in each well was measured at 405 nm. The inhibitory activity was calculated using
DNA isolation, identification of chosen strain
The 16S rDNA sequencing method was used to identify the isolated strain. Genomic DNA isolation was used to extract DNA from a potent AGIs strain [15]. The isolated DNA was amplified by PCR. The conserved gene of 16S rRNA was amplified by using 9F (5′-AGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTC-3′) as the forward primer and 926R (5′-CCGTCAATTCCTTTGAGTT-3′) as the reverse primer. The amplified gene was sequenced on ABI PRISM 3100 Avant Genetic Analyzer. Sequence alignments were analyzed using the program MegAlign DNAStar
Culture conditions optimization
Time and temperature culture
Unless otherwise stated, S. costaricanus EBL.HB6 was cultivated in a 250 mL flask with 50 mL ISP2 medium at 28°C with 200 rpm shaking and pH of 7.2. Extracellular extract from the culturing medium was obtained and α-glucosidase inhibitory activity tests were carried out after 24, 48, 72, 86, 120, 144, 168, and 192 h to select the best culture time.
To select optimum temperature for the AGIs production, S. costaricanus EBL.HB6 was cultured at different temperature from 28 to 37°C on ISP2 medium at pH 7.2.
Carbon source and concentration
The effect of various additional carbon sources on the a-glucosidase inhibitors production including: starch soluble, sucrose, maltose, glucose, dextrose, and lactose at the concentration of 0.4% (w/v) was investigated. S. costaricanus EBL.HB6 was grown in 250 mL shaking flasks containing 50 mL of the medium with 1% of malt extract, 0.4% yeast extract (w/v), and 0.4% (w/v) of different carbon sources.
The levels of carbon source giving the highest AGIs production varied from 0.4 to 3.5% (w/v).
Nitrogen source and concentration
The effect of various additional nitrogen sources including peptone A, peptone B, (NH4)2SO4, yeast extract, and malt extract at the concentration of 1.0% (w/v) was employed. In addition, the ISP2 medium was used to as a control sample.
The levels of nitrogen giving the highest AGIs production varied from 1.0 to 1.8% (w/v).
Initial medium pH
Fermentation in different pH culture media (pH 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, and 8) was used to determine the ideal initial pH in flask culture, which was changed with either 1 N NaOH or 1 N HCl. All the tests were conducted in triplicate.
Purification of the α-glucosidase inhibitors
The S. costaricanus EBL.HB6 was cultured in the optimized fermentation media at pH 6.5, incubated at 28°C for 120 h. 100 mL of the cell culture broth was centrifuged at 12500 rpm in 15 min. The fermentation broth was extracted with ethanol (80%) for 30 min, then centrifuged at 12500 rpm in 15 min. The collected liquid was lyophilized. Αlpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity of the re-solubilized solution was determined, and then applied to a SephadexTM G-75 column (0.6 × 26 cm) pre-equilibrated with 0.02 M phosphate buffer (pH 6.8) at a flow rate of 25 mL/hr until the OD 280 nm was < 0.01. The column was then eluted with 0.02 M phosphate buffer (pH 6.8). The eluted fractions of 2 mL were collected (20 fractions). The active fraction was lyophilized and alkalized to pH 10-11 by 0.1 N NaOH after re-solubilized by phosphate buffer. 10 mL of solution was extracted with n-butanol (1:1; v/v) three times. The upper phase was obtained by centrifugal at 4000 rpm in 15 min to collect n-butanol extract residue.
The n-butanol extract residue was re-solubilized in 30 ml of CHCl3/Act solvent (1:1; v/v), at 40°C, overnight, and then centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 15 min to remove residue. The extract was evaporated dissolved in DMSO.
The purified AGIs were tested and detected by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) as well as infrared spectroscopy to determine the presence of the substance group. 5 μL of samples were chromatographed on TLC plates (Merck, Germany) with solvent (n-butanol: acetone: H2O; 5:1:4; v/v/v), then they were sprayed with iodine.
Evaluation of the IC50 value
The IC50 value was obtained by examination of the inhibition activity of α-glucosidase of purified AGIs at different levels: 5-60 mg/mL. The line graph equation was established as a function of the purified AGIs concentration (x) and inhibitory activity (y) [16]. The IC50 value is the level of purified AGIs value that inhibit 50% α-glucosidase activity.
Statistical analysis
All measurements were carried out in triplicate. The means were presented for the averages of experiments.