ภีมพล คงโต. Kinetic Modeling to Optimize Hansenula polymorpha Fermentation for Essential Unsaturated Fatty Acid Production. Doctoral Degree(Biotechnology). King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. KMUTT Library. : King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 2011.
Kinetic Modeling to Optimize Hansenula polymorpha Fermentation for Essential Unsaturated Fatty Acid Production
Abstract:
Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) is an n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) that
has been used for alleviation and treatment of several symptoms and diseases.
Increasing demand of GLA has led to a search for alternative producers and potential
strategies for GLA production. Based on the performance of methylotrophic yeasts as
excellent hosts for the production of various bioproducts, Hansenula polymorpha
capable of GLA production was successfully engineered using the mutated t:..6
desaturase gene (S213A) of Mucor rouxii under the control of the methanol oxidase
(MOX) promoter. However, the development of an efficient fermentation process IS
required for enhancing the GLA production.
In this work, the fermentation process development approach was implemented
for GLA production by this recombinant yeast. Without utilization of methanol, a high
cell density culture of the H. polymorpha recombinant was achieved by fed-batch
fermentation using glycerol-limited condition. The GLA production was also optimized
by adjusting specific growth rates through the predetermined exponential feeding
strategy. The results showed that the specific growth rate affected both lipid content and
fatty acid composition of the yeast recombinant. The highest GLA concentration of
697.4 mg L-1 was obtained in the culture with the specific growth rate of 0.08 h-I
Undersuch conditions, the physical-chemical variables were further optimized through
Response Surface Methodology (RSM) using Box-Behnken Design (BBD). The
medium composition, including yeast extract and trace elements, and dissolved oxygen
tension (DOT) were targeted. It was found that DOT was the most effective variable for
enhancing of GLA production. These results suggest the optimal conditions for GLA
production, which were 28 % saturation of DOT, 1 g L-1 of yeast extract and 3.6 mL L-1
of Pichi a trace metals 1 (PTMl) solution. The yeast cultivation in 2-L fermentor under
the optimized conditions provided the GLA content of 1176.8 mg L-I, which was 1.7fold
higher than that the culture obtained using specific growth rate of 0.08 h-I without
optimization of medium composition. Interestingly, the fatty acid profile of the yeast
recombinant obtained was similar to that of blackcurrant seed oil with both containing
similar proportions of n-3 and n-6 PUF As. This study indicates that H. polymorpha has
the ability for synthesizing GLA, which is an intracellular recombinant product.
Enhancement of GLA production in this recombinant yeast was accomplished by
optimizing the medium composition and operational parameters of the fermentation.