Production of structured phosphatidylcholine with high content of DHA/EPA by immobilized phospholipase A₁-catalyzed transesterification

Int J Mol Sci. 2014 Aug 28;15(9):15244-58. doi: 10.3390/ijms150915244.

Abstract

This paper presents the synthesis of structured phosphatidylcholine (PC) enriched with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) by transesterification of DHA/EPA-rich ethyl esters with PC using immobilized phospholipsase A1 (PLA1) in solvent-free medium. Firstly, liquid PLA1 was immobilized on resin D380, and it was found that a pH of 5 and a support/PLA1 ratio (w/v) of 1:3 were the best conditions for the adsorption. Secondly, the immobilized PLA1 was used to catalyze transesterification of PC and DHA/EPA-rich ethyl esters. The maximal incorporation of DHA and EPA achieved was 30.7% for 24 h of reaction at 55 °C using a substrate mass ratio (PC/ethyl esters) of 1:6, an immobilized PLA1 loading of 15% and water dosage of 1.25%. Then the reaction mixture was analyzed by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The composition of reaction product included 16.5% PC, 26.3% 2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-lysophosphatidylcholine (1-LPC), 31.4% 1-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-lysophosphatidylcholine (2-LPC), and 25.8% sn-glycerol-3-phosphatidylcholine (GPC).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Docosahexaenoic Acids / chemistry*
  • Eicosapentaenoic Acid / chemistry*
  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Esterification
  • Lysophosphatidylcholines / chemical synthesis
  • Lysophosphatidylcholines / chemistry
  • Phosphatidylcholines / chemical synthesis*
  • Phosphatidylcholines / chemistry
  • Phospholipases A1 / chemistry*

Substances

  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Lysophosphatidylcholines
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • Docosahexaenoic Acids
  • Eicosapentaenoic Acid
  • Phospholipases A1