JPH0662885A - Production of glycolipid - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a glycolipid under an extremely mild condition without using a poisonous reaction catalyst by esterifying a hydroxyalkyl glycoside with a carboxylic acid by using lipase. CONSTITUTION:A saccharide and a polyol as raw materials are treated with an enzyme such as galactanase to synthesize a hydroxyalkyl glycoside. The hydroxyalkyl glycoside is esterified with a 2-22C saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acid in the presence of lipase in a reaction system at a given temperature at given pH to produce a glycolipid. The esterification reaction can be carried out in the presence of an organic solvent and the organic solvent is liquid at the reaction temperature and stably maintains lipase activity. When the organic solvent is not used, the carboxylic acid and the hydroxyalkyl glycoside are made into a liquid mixture, which is treated with lipase.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for producing glycolipids, and more particularly to a method for easily producing glycolipids in a short step by using lipase.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Glycolipids belong to the group of complex lipids in which a fat-soluble portion has a sugar bound thereto, and are roughly classified into glyceroglycolipids and glycosphingolipids depending on the type of the fat-soluble portion. In these compounds, sugar and fatty acid are bound via glycerin and sphingosine, respectively.

Glyceroglycolipids are found mainly in plants and bacteria. However, since it was found that seminolipid (sulfated galactosylacylalkylglycerol) is the major glycolipid of pig testis, it has been considered that glyceroglycolipid has some function also in animal cells.

On the other hand, with regard to glycosphingolipids, this one has various functions in the animal kingdom, that is, it is distributed in the outer layer of the cell membrane and plays a role in regulating the fluidity of the lipid bilayer of the biological membrane and intercellular recognition. Has been known since ancient times.

There are two possible methods of synthesizing these glycolipids, a chemical method and an enzymatic method. Regarding chemical methods, synthetic methods have been established for some glycolipids. For example, for glyceroglycolipids,
A method of performing esterification after performing a glycosid exchange reaction [J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc., 50, 155 (1973), J. Amer. Oil C.
hem.Soc., 51,486 (1974)], for glycosphingolipids, repeated reactions of protection, condensation reaction and deprotection of functional groups [Carbohydr. Res., 66, C7 (1980), Carbohydr. Res., 1
35, C5 (1985)] and so on. However, such a chemical synthesis method requires a multi-step reaction and is economically difficult to put into practical use, or even if it can be put to practical use, it reacts at a high temperature, so that the product is colored. have.

On the other hand, the enzymatic synthesis method has the advantage that the reaction conditions are mild and the energy consumption is low because an enzyme is used. So far, sugar and fatty acid, sugar alcohol and fatty acid have been used as raw materials. , Many methods of synthesizing esters using enzymes have been proposed [J. Amer. Chem.
Soc., 108, 6421 (1986), J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 109, 3977 (19
87), J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 110, 584 (1988), JCS, Che
m. Comm., 1989, 934]. In these reactions, water is distilled off under reduced pressure (JP-A-62-289190) or in an organic solvent (JP-A-61-268192), or in a heterogeneous system (water / water). Reaction in organic solvent (JP-A-62-296884)
No.) etc. exist. However, there is no example of enzymatic synthesis of a glycolipid in which a sugar and a fatty acid are bound via a linker such as a glyceroglycolipid or a glycosphingolipid.

[0007]

In view of the above circumstances, the present inventors have earnestly studied a simple synthesis method of glycolipids, and as a result, by using a hydroxyalkyl glycoside as a substrate and esterification with a lipase, the present inventors have found that The inventors have found that the objectives of the present invention are achieved, and have completed the present invention based on such findings.

That is, the object of the present invention is to provide a novel and useful method for producing glycolipids using an enzyme.

[0009]

The method for producing glycolipids according to the present invention is characterized in that a hydroxyalkyl glycoside and a carboxylic acid are esterified with a lipase.

The hydroxyalkyl glycoside in the present invention is a compound that is easily prepared by using a saccharide and a polyol as raw materials and an enzyme such as galactanase (JP-A-1-296995, JP-A-2-308798). , Agric.Bio
l. Chem., 52, 1913 (1988), J. Biol. Chem., 237, 2047 (196
2)].

Such saccharides may have a substituent and have at least two or more hydroxyl groups and have 5 carbon atoms.
7 to 7 and oligosaccharides containing such a monosaccharide as a constituent component are exemplified. Specific examples are shown below.

5 monosaccharides (pentose): arabinose, ribose, xylose, xylylose, ribulose, 2-
Deoxyribose.

6 monosaccharides (hexose): glucose, galactose, fructose, mannose, sorbose, talose, 2-deoxyglucose, 6-deoxygalactose, 6-deoxymannose, 2-deoxygalactose, fucose.

7 monosaccharide (heptose): glucoheptose, sedoheptulose, mannopeptulose, glucopeptulose.

Sugars having a substituent: N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylmannosamine, glucosamine, galactosamine.

In addition, oligosaccharides having a degree of polymerization of about 2 to 6 (in this case, the sugar binding mode may be 1-4, 1-6, etc.): maltose, sucrose, maltotriose, raffinose, cellotriose, mann. Ninotriose, maltotetraose, maltopentaose.

On the other hand, examples of the polyol include ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol and 2,3-butanediol. Polyglycerin such as 1,5-pentanediol, 2,4-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 2,5-hexanediol, erythritol, glycerin, diglycerin, triglycerin, trimethylolethane, trimethylol Propane, neopentyl glycol, ribitol, xylitol, arabitol,
Examples thereof include sorbitol and mannitol.

The above method is an enzymatic method for synthesizing hydroxyalkyl glycosides, but this can also be prepared by a chemical synthesis method [J. Amer. Oil Chem.
Soc., 40, 76 (1963)].

The coupling form between the sugar and the polyol in the hydroxyalkyl glycoside obtained by the above-mentioned methods may be either α type or β type. The sugar may be either D-form or L-form.

Examples of the carboxylic acid according to the present invention include saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acids having 2 to 22 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, and specific examples thereof include the following compounds. That is,

Acetic acid, propionic acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, undecanoic acid, lauric acid, tridecanoic acid, myristic acid, pentadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, heptadecanoic acid, stearic acid, isostearic acid, arachidic acid, heberic acid, etc. Saturated carboxylic acid;

Acrylic acid, crotonic acid, methacrylic acid,
Valeric acid, 2-methylvaleric acid, sorbic acid, myristic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, caprolein acid,
Lindelic acid, myristoleic acid, palmitoleic acid, oleic acid, caderic acid, erucic acid, decadienoic acid, linoleic acid, hiragoic acid, linoleic acid, eicosatrienoic acid, docosatrienoic acid, hexadecatrienoic acid, stearidonic acid, arachidonic acid, Unsaturated carboxylic acids such as docosatetraenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid;

Hydroxycarboxylic acids such as sabinic acid, iprolic acid, yarapinolic acid, ricinoleic acid and ferronic acid;

Saturated or non-saturated malonic acid, maleic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, tetradecanedioic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, citraconic acid, mesaconic acid, etc. Saturated polycarboxylic acid.

There are two kinds of lipase, one of which is derived from a microorganism and the other of which is derived from an animal, and either of them can be used in the present invention. Specifically, as a microorganism-derived substance, Aspergillus niga (Aspergillus niga
r), genus Mucor, Mucoal Muco
r miehei), Rhizopus japon
icus), Rhizopus delemar, Candida cylindracea,
Pseudomonas sp., Geotricum
There is a candy dam (Geotrichum candidum). Examples of animal origin include pancreatin derived from pig pancreas. These enzymes do not necessarily have to be isolated, and crude enzymes such as pancreatin can be used as they are, or commercially available enzyme preparations containing lipase can be used as they are.

Further, it is preferable to use a dry immobilized enzyme in which the above lipase is immobilized on an immobilizing carrier, for example, various polymers such as polypropylene membranes and ion exchange membranes, inorganic materials such as Celite, glass beads, zeolite and bentonite. Is also possible. In this case, by immobilizing the above lipase on these carriers, the contact surface between the substrate and the lipase can be expanded, which is advantageous in promoting the reaction rather than using the lipase powder. When the enzyme is immobilized on the carrier and used, the higher the specific activity is, the more preferable, and a carrier carrying about 1,000 to 30,000 units of lipase per 1 g of the carrier can be exemplified.

The method for producing glycolipid according to the present invention can be carried out in the presence of an organic solvent. Any organic solvent can be used as long as it is liquid at the reaction temperature and stably maintains the lipase activity.

Specific examples thereof include the following. That is, aliphatic hydrocarbons such as n-heptane, n-pentane, n-hexane, petroleum ether and isooctane;
Aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, xylene; ketones such as acetone, methyl isobutyl ketone; nitrogen-containing solvents such as acetonitrile, 2-nitropropane, pyridine, dimethylformamide; dimethyl ether, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, etc. Ether-based solvents; halogen-based hydrocarbons such as carbon tetrachloride, chloroform and methylene chloride; sulfoxide-based solvents such as dimethyl sulfoxide; tert-butyl alcohol, te
Alcohols such as rt-amyl alcohol, diacetone alcohol and 3-methyl-3-pentenol. Among these, aromatic hydrocarbons and aliphatic hydrocarbons are particularly preferable. Further, two or more kinds of solvents may be used in appropriate combination.

Next, when an organic solvent is not used in the present invention, lipase may be allowed to act with a liquid mixture of carboxylic acid and hydroxyalkyl glycoside.

In the present invention, the mixing molar ratio of hydroxyalkyl glycoside and carboxylic acid and the amount of lipase used,
The amount of the organic solvent used and the like can be appropriately selected, and it is only necessary to adopt the conditions in which the reaction is best promoted, a high yield is obtained, and the reaction operation is easy. Specific conditions are illustrated below.

The addition weight ratio of the carboxylic acid to the hydroxyalkyl glycoside in the starting reaction solution is 10:
The range is 1 to 1:10, preferably 5: 1 to 1: 5.

The amount of lipase used is preferably about 0.1 to 50% by weight of the total weight of the substrate, although it depends on the reaction conditions, the type of enzyme used and its potency.

Regarding the amount used when using an organic solvent,
Although it depends on the type of solvent and substrate used and the concentration thereof, it is preferable to add an organic solvent to the extent that each substrate freely moves in the reaction solution and the reaction is promoted. About 1 to 99% by weight, preferably about 10 to 95% by weight of the system may be added.

The pH of the reaction system when using lipase may be in the range of 4-9, preferably about 5-8. The pH can be adjusted using a conventionally known buffer solution such as a phosphoric acid aqueous solution or an acetic acid aqueous solution.

The water content of the reaction system in the present invention is 30.
% Or less, more practically about 5 to 15% by weight is recommended, and it is preferable that the water content is as low as possible in order to prevent the formed ester from being hydrolyzed again.

The temperature of the ester-forming reaction in the method of the present invention is, for example, about 0 to 90 ° C, preferably 20 to 70 ° C.

The reaction time depends on the reaction conditions, the amount of enzyme and the titer, but it is usually about 1 to 120 hours.

A specific formulation of the production method according to the present invention is shown below. That is, a predetermined amount of carboxylic acid, lipase, hydroxyalkyl glucoside and three components of a buffer suspension composed of a phosphate buffer solution are uniformly mixed, and then 20 to 6
Incubate at 0 ° C. for about 10 to 30 hours (completion of the reaction can be confirmed by thin layer chromatography, HPLC, etc.).

Subsequently, when ethanol or methanol is added to the reaction mixture and the mixture is left to stand, an insoluble matter is deposited. At this time, the precipitate may have incorporated the ester, so it is preferable to crush the precipitate well or to pulverize it by applying ultrasonic waves. Then, the supernatant is concentrated under reduced pressure, and water and ether are added to this residue for extraction. Extraction is also possible using an organic solvent such as ethyl acetate, chloroform, methylene chloride, etc., instead of ether.

After washing the organic layer with saturated saline or water, the organic layer is dehydrated with a suitable desiccant (sodium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, etc.). Then, the organic layer is concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain the target ester. In some cases, it may be purified using silica gel chromatography, activated carbon chromatography, or HPLC.

The glycolipid according to the present invention can be applied to highly safe surfactants, emulsifiers and the like. Further, by examining various kinds of sugars, application to ribosome is possible.

[0042]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples. The ester synthesis rate in the examples was calculated by quantitatively determining the amount of produced ester by the hydroxamic acid iron salt method (based on methyl oleate).

Example 1 1-O-β-galactosylglycerol 2.5 g Oleic acid 2.5 g Lipase (from Candida Cylindracea, 700-1500 U / mg, the same applies hereinafter) 1.5 g 0.5 M phosphate buffer (PH = 7.0) 0.1 ml The above-mentioned suspension of galactosylglycerol, oleic acid and lipase in a phosphate buffer was evenly mixed and incubated at 40 ° C. for 20 hours for esterification. Next, ethanol was added to the reaction solution, the mixture was allowed to stand until a precipitate was precipitated, and the obtained precipitate was subjected to ultrasonic treatment. Subsequently, the supernatant was concentrated under reduced pressure, and water and ether were added to the residue. The ether layer was washed with saturated saline and dried over magnesium sulfate, and then ether was distilled off under reduced pressure. As a result, the target product is 40% ester synthesis.
Obtained in.

Example 2 1-O-β-galactosylglycerol 2.5 g Palmitic acid 2.5 g Lipase 1.5 g 0.5M phosphate buffer (PH = 7.0) 0.1 ml This was treated in the same manner as in 1 to obtain the target product with an ester synthesis rate of 65%.

Example 3 1-O-β-galactosylglycerol 2.5 g Oleic acid 2.5 g Lipase 1.5 g 0.5M phosphate buffer (PH = 7.0) 0.1 ml The above carboxylic acid, galactosylglycerol 3 of the phosphate buffer suspension and lipase prepared in
Incubated at 0 ° C. for 20 hours. Thereafter, the same treatment as in Example 1 was carried out to obtain the target product with an ester synthesis rate of 50%.

Example 4 1-α-Glycosylglycerol 2.5 g Oleic acid 1.5 g Lipase 1.0 g 0.5M phosphate buffer (PH = 7.0) 0.1 ml Water 0.4 ml This was treated in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain the target product with an ester synthesis rate of 32%.

Example 5 O-α-glycosyl trimethylolpropane 2.5 g Oleic acid 1.5 g Lipase 1.0 g 0.5M phosphate buffer 0.1 ml The above components were treated in the same manner as in Example 1. The target product was obtained with an ester synthesis rate of 55%.

Example 6 O-α-glucosyl trimethylolpropane 2.5 g Oleic acid 2.5 g Lipase 1.0 g 0.5M phosphate buffer 0.1 ml Water 0.4 ml The above components were the same as in Example 1. To give the target product with an ester synthesis rate of 87%.

Example 7 1-O-α-glucosyl trimethylolpropane 2.5 g Caprylic acid 1.0 g Lipase 1.0 g 0.5M phosphate buffer 0.1 ml The above components were treated in the same manner as in Example 1. The target product was obtained with an ester synthesis rate of 85%.

Example 8 The same procedure as in Example 7 was carried out except that the carboxylic acid component was changed to caproic acid to obtain the target product with an ester synthesis rate of 80%.

Example 9 The same procedure as in Example 7 was carried out except that lauric acid was used as the carboxylic acid component to obtain the target product with an ester synthesis rate of 75%.

Example 10 Galactosyl trimethylolpropane 2.5 g Oleic acid 1.5 g Lipase 1.0 g 0.5M phosphate buffer 0.1 ml The above components were treated in the same manner as in Example 1 to give the ester synthesis rate. The target product was obtained at 85%.

Example 11 1-O-α-Glucosyl trimethylolpropane 2.5 g Stearic acid 1.0 g Lipase 1.0 g 0.5M phosphate buffer 0.1 ml Water 0.1 ml Reaction temperature 60 After reacting at 0 ° C., the same treatment as in Example 2 was carried out to obtain the target product with an ester synthesis rate of 80% (at a reaction temperature of 40 ° C., the ester synthesis rate was 8%).
% Is about).

Example 12 1-O-α-glucosyl trimethylolpropane 2.5 g myristic acid 1.0 g lipase 1.0 g 0.5 M phosphate buffer 0.1 ml water 0.1 ml carboxylic acid, lipase, glycosyl trimethylol The mixture of propane buffer suspension was incubated at 60 ° C. for 20 hours. Thereafter, the same processing as in Example 1 is performed,
The target product was obtained with an ester synthesis rate of 65% (reaction temperature was 40%).
At 0 ° C., the ester synthesis rate was 4%).

[Effects of the Invention] The production method according to the present invention makes it possible to supply glycolipids, which have been difficult to put into practical use economically by conventional chemical synthesis methods, at a very low cost. Furthermore, in the present invention, it is not necessary to use a toxic reaction catalyst as used in a chemical method, and the reaction proceeds under extremely mild conditions,
A very safe product can be prepared without changing the structure of sugar or polyalcohol.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (71) Applicant 591086360 Yoshio Tominaga Yoshio Tominaga 2-7-2 Utashima, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka (72) Inventor Shigeyuki Takenishi 1-6 Shinko, Nara-shi, Nara 1st housing complex, Heijo 19 Building 302 (72) Hirofumi Nakano 3-14-3 Hattori Nishimachi, Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture (72) Inventor Sumio Kitabata 621-440 Noda, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka Prefecture (72) Inventor Yoshio Tominaga Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture 2-7-2 Utashima, Nishiyodogawa-ku (72) Inventor Kenji Ando 13 No. 13 Yajima-cho, Fukumi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture Within New Japan Rika Co., Ltd. (72) Inori Inori No. 13 Yakura-cho, Fukumi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Inside Nippon Rika Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Ryoji Kawashima 13 Yakura-cho, Yashima-jima, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method for producing a glycolipid, which comprises esterifying a hydroxyalkyl glycoside and a carboxylic acid with a lipase.