碱提猴头发酵菌丝体水溶性多糖HPP的结构确定

从猴头发酵菌丝体水提后残渣中用碱提出了水溶性粗多糖,对其分级纯化得到纯样HPP,SepharoseCL-6B柱层析测得其相对分子质量约为6 53×104,G C 分析表明,其单糖组成为Glc;经部分酸水解、高碘酸氧化、Smith降解和甲基化分析确定此多糖为多分枝结构,其中(1→6)Glc构成主链的核心结构;分支点为O-3;支链部分由(1→3)Glc构成,并连接一端基Glc.     

南极适冷菌Pseudoalteromonas sp. S-15-13胞外多糖的分离、纯化和结构分析

从一株南极海冰中分离出来一种适冷菌Pseudoalteromonas sp. S-15-13, 其胞外多糖具有良好的免疫活性.为了探讨南极菌S-15-13胞外多糖结构与功能之间的相互关系, 对其胞外多糖进行了分离纯化和结构分析. 粗多糖经DEAE-Sephadex A-50离子交换层析及Sephadex G-100凝胶层析纯化后得到组分EPS-Ⅱ, 经HPLC分析验证EPS-Ⅱ为单一组分, 其分子量为62000; 单糖组成、甲基化分析及核磁共振结果表明, EPS-Ⅱ的主体结构由(1,2)α-D-Man组成主链, 并在6位上有分支的新甘露聚糖.     

山茱萸酸性多糖FCP5-A的分离纯化与结构表征

从山茱萸中提取出水溶性粗多糖, 经柱色谱分离纯化得到一种酸性多糖组分FCP5-A. 采用高效凝胶渗透色谱法(HPGPC)测定其为均一性多糖, 平均分子量为8.7×104. 经IR、GC、部分酸水解、13C NMR及甲基化分析等方法对该多糖的化学结构进行了表征. 结果表明, 该多糖由鼠李糖、阿拉伯糖、半乳糖及半乳糖醛酸组成, 其摩尔比为1∶5.7∶0.6∶1.2. FCP5-A为多分支结构, 由-2)Rha(1-及-4)GalA(1-构成主链, 在鼠李糖的4位存在分支; 支链主要由高度分支的阿拉伯糖构成, 此外还存在-3)Gal(1-; 末端残基为Ara(1-及Gal(1-. 结果提示, FCP5-A为一种新的山茱萸酸性分支多糖.     

榆耳水溶性多糖的结构特征

用3%三氯醋酸从榆耳子实体中提取出水溶性粗多糖,经乙醇分级、SepharoseCL6B纯化得到单一组分GIA.SepharoseCL6B柱层析测得GIA的相对分子质量为1 26×105.GC分析表明GIA由Man和Glc两种单糖构成,其物质的量比为1 42∶1.多糖GIA经部分酸水解、高碘酸氧化、Smith降解和甲基化分析其结构主要为β(1→3)Man和β(1→3)Glc,且在6～0处构成分枝结构,平均每11个己糖残基有2个分枝,多糖GIA的支链部分由(1→4)Glc构成,末端残基为Man,Glc.     

白术多糖的分离纯化与结构表征

采用UV, IR, NMR, GC-MS, 高碘酸氧化和Smith降解等物理化学方法对从白术根茎提取的白术多糖的纯度、理化性质和结构进行了表征. 以中药白术的根茎为原料, 通过热水(80 ℃)浸提和乙醇醇沉得到粗多糖, 再经DEAE-52阴离子交换柱层析分离和Sephadex G-200凝胶柱层析纯化, 得到一种水溶性的白术多糖(WAM). 经高效液相色谱(HPLC)分析, 多糖WAM是分子量约为3263的均一多糖. GC分析表明, WAM是由葡萄糖和半乳糖以摩尔比3.01:1构成的杂多糖. 甲基化分析、高碘酸氧化、Smith降解、部分酸水解、NMR和IR等分析结果表明, WAM具有多分支结构, 主链由β-D-1→3和β-D-1→3,6吡喃葡萄糖构成, 每个重复单元具有一个支链, 支链由β-D-半乳糖构成, 连接在主链葡萄糖的6位碳原子上.     

沙蒿籽水溶性胶多糖ASPI-A的结构与免疫活性的初步研究

从沙蒿籽中提取出水溶性胶多糖,经柱色谱分离纯化得到一种中性多糖组分ASPI-A.采用高效凝胶渗透色谱法(HPGPC)测定其为均一性多糖,平均分子量为5.42×104Da.经IR,GC部分酸水解、甲基化分析等方法对该多糖的化学结构进行了表征.结果表明,该多糖由阿拉伯糖、甘露糖、葡萄糖及半乳糖组成,其物质的量的比为1∶2.8∶4.9∶1.9.ASPI-A为多分支结构,以(1→4)-β-Glc构成主链,部分葡萄糖C6存在分支,由甘露糖以-4)Man(1-连接在葡萄糖C6位,Glc(1-和Gal(1-连接在甘露糖C4位构成.免疫活性实验结果表明,ASPI-A在10～50μg·mL-1浓度范围内对ConA诱导的小鼠T淋巴细胞增殖反应具有促进作用.     

一种刺松藻来源的硫酸阿拉伯聚糖的制备及特征结构表征

刺松藻(Codium fragile)经水提-醇沉获得粗多糖, 进一步将刺松藻粗多糖(CFP) 通过Q-Sepharose Fast Flow(QFF) 阴离子交换柱纯化得到6个多糖组分CFP1CFP6, 其中, 在CFP6中发现纯度较高的阿拉伯聚糖. 采用高效凝胶渗透色谱与十八角激光散射仪联用法和1-苯基-3-甲基-5-吡唑啉酮(PMP)柱前衍生高效液相色谱法对CFP6的分子量及单糖组成进行了分析. 结果表明, CFP6是一种分子量为79290的多糖, 由阿拉伯糖(Ara)和半乳糖(Gal)组成, 二者摩尔比为14.8:1.0. 通过多维核磁共振波谱、 液相色谱-质谱联用及二级质谱等方法对CFP6的糖苷键连接方式及其寡糖序列结构进行表征, 进一步阐明了该复杂多糖的特征结构. 经判断, CFP6主链由Ara组成, 通过 β-(1→3)糖苷键连接, 在Ara的C2位存在分支结构, 硫酸基位于Ara的C4或C2位.     

富硒金针菇子实体中硒多糖的分离纯化技术及红外光谱研究

对富硒金针菇子实体中硒多糖(Se-containing polysaccharide,Se-P)的分离、纯化进行了优化研究,并采用苯酚-硫酸法、ICP-MS法对硒多糖中多糖及硒含量进行了测定.确定硒多糖的最佳提取条件为:浸提温度80℃、浸提时间3 h、料液比1:50、提取3次合并滤液;其中多糖含量为12.48%,硒含量为7.97μg/g.将粗多糖经Sephadex G-100柱层析系统分离纯化,所得精硒多糖进行红外光谱分析表明:可溶性硒多糖均为糖苷键连接的吡喃多糖,其中水溶性硒多糖与普通多糖结构相似,而碱溶性硒多糖中由于硒酸酯的形成改变了原有多糖的吡喃环糖苷键的构型,进一步证明在金针菇的富硒培养过程中,硒参与了硒多糖的合成.     

裙带菜中聚甘露糖醛酸的分离纯化与结构分析

以裙带菜(Undaria pinnatifida, wakame)为原料, 经水提醇沉、DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow、Sephacryl S-300和Sephacryl S-200凝胶柱分离纯化, 得到2个酸性多糖UPPS03和UPPS04. 高效凝胶渗透色谱测试结果表明, 其为均一多糖, 平均分子量分别为3.6×104和1.1×104. 采用糖组成分析、高碘酸氧化及Smith降解、糖醛酸还原、甲基化、红外光谱和核磁共振等方法对该多糖的化学结构进行了表征. 结果表明, 2个多糖均为1,4连接的聚甘露糖醛酸.     

橙色红曲菌As3.4384及其诱变体发酵产物中的桔霉素和色素的高效液相色谱研究

对橙色红曲菌As3.4384及其诱变菌株大米固态发酵物中桔霉素和色素的HPLC分离进行了优化,采用Symmetry C18(250mm×4.6mmi.d.,5μm)色谱柱,流动相为乙腈-水(磷酸调pH3.0,77∶23,V/V),分别采用紫外检测器(UV=254nm)、荧光检测器(λex=331nm,λem=500nm)及两者串联对桔霉素和色素进行了监测。通过ESI-MS对色素进行了鉴定,并测定了经橙色红曲菌As3.4384及其诱变菌株于30℃发酵14d后的大米、糯米、小黄米、燕麦米和红米中桔霉素含量。结果表明:ESI-MS鉴定的两种色素分别为红曲菌素和红曲黄素,橙色红曲菌As3.4384发酵后的大米、糯米、小黄米、燕麦米和红米中桔霉素含量分别为151.4、100.5、5.06、80.5和150.5mg/kg,而诱变菌株发酵后的大米、糯米、小黄米、燕麦米和红米中桔霉素含量分别为0.218、3.86、0.223、2.45和4.05mg/kg。     

Understanding the Influence of Phosphatidylcholine on the Molecular Weight of Hyaluronic Acid Synthesized by Streptococcus zooepidemicus

The effect of phosphatidylcholine on the molecular weight properties of hyaluronic acid (HA) was studied in batch culture of Streptococcus zooepidemicus by adding phosphatidylcholine at the early stage of exponential phase. With the addition of 80 mg/L of phosphatidylcholine, maximum HA yield (2.47 g/L) and weight-average molecular weight (902.60 KDa) were achieved, increased by 17.4% and 67.1%, respectively, as compared to the control. Metabolic flux analysis was employed to study the mechanism of phosphatidylcholine on the molecular weight of HA. The normalized flux distribution maps based on fermentation data at phosphatidylcholine addition indicated that phosphatidylcholine resulted in higher flux flowing to the HA pathway and lower flux flowing to the glycolysis and biomass synthesis pathway, coupling with higher level of UDPNAG generation and extra regeneration of ATP. The GC-MS analysis of fatty acids in the plasma membrane showed that the addition of phosphatidylcholine could promote the mobility and permeability of the cell membrane, making the HA chain pass through the membrane more easily, thus decreasing the energy consumption. All these results led to higher molecular weight of hyaluronic acid.     

TEMPO/TCC as a Chemo Selective Alternative for the Oxidation of Hyaluronic Acid

Hyaluronic acid (HA)-based hydrogels are very commonly applied as cell carriers for different approaches in regenerative medicine. HA itself is a well-studied biomolecule that originates from the physiological extracellular matrix (ECM) of mammalians and, due to its acidic polysaccharide structure, offers many different possibilities for suitable chemical modifications which are necessary to control, for example, network formation. Most of these chemical modifications are performed using the free acid function of the polymer and, additionally, lead to an undesirable breakdown of the biopolymer’s backbone. An alternative modification of the vicinal diol of the glucuronic acid is oxidation with sodium periodate to generate dialdehydes via a ring opening mechanism that can subsequently be further modified or crosslinked via Schiff base chemistry. Since this oxidation causes a structural destruction of the polysaccharide backbone, it was our intention to study a novel synthesis protocol frequently applied to selectively oxidize the C6 hydroxyl group of saccharides. On the basis of this TEMPO/TCC oxidation, we studied an alternative hydrogel platform based on oxidized HA crosslinked using adipic acid dihydrazide as the crosslinker.     

Autophosphorylation of serine 608 in the p85 regulatory subunit of wild type or cancer-associated mutants of phosphoinositide 3-kinase does not affect its lipid kinase activity

Background

Hyaluronan (HA) is made at the plasma membrane and secreted into the extracellular medium or matrix by phospolipid-dependent hyaluronan synthase (HAS), which is active as a monomer. Since the mechanism by which HA is translocated across membranes is still unresolved, we assessed the presence of an intraprotein pore within HAS by adding purified Streptococcus equisimilis HAS (SeHAS) to liposomes preloaded with the fluorophore Cascade Blue (CB).

Results

CB translocation (efflux) was not observed with mock-purified material from empty vector control E. coli membranes, but was induced by SeHAS, purified from membranes, in a time- and dose-dependent manner. CB efflux was eliminated or greatly reduced when purified SeHAS was first treated under conditions that inhibit enzyme activity: heating, oxidization or cysteine modification with N-ethylmaleimide. Reduced CB efflux also occurred with SeHAS K48E or K48F mutants, in which alteration of K48 within membrane domain 2 causes decreased activity and HA product size. The above results used liposomes containing bovine cardiolipin (BCL). An earlier study testing many synthetic lipids found that the best activating lipid for SeHAS is tetraoleoyl cardiolipin (TO-CL) and that, in contrast, tetramyristoyl cardiolipin (TM-CL) is an inactivating lipid (Weigel et al, J. Biol. Chem. 281, 36542, 2006). Consistent with the effects of these CL species on SeHAS activity, CB efflux was more than 2-fold greater in liposomes made with TO-CL compared to TM-CL.

Conclusions

The results indicate the presence of an intraprotein pore in HAS and support a model in which HA is translocated to the exterior by HAS itself.     

Engineering and Kinetic Stabilization of the Therapeutic Enzyme Anabeana variabilis Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase

Anabeana variabilis phenylalanine ammonia lyase has just recently been discovered and introduced in clinical trials of phenylketonuria enzyme replacement therapy for its outstanding kinetic properties. In the present study, kinetic stabilization of this therapeutically important enzyme has been explored by introduction of a disulfide bond into the structure. Site-directed mutagenesis was performed with quick-change PCR method. Recombinant wild-type and mutated enzymes were expressed in Escherichia coli, and his-tagged proteins were affinity purified. Formation of disulfide bond was confirmed by Ellman’s method, and then chemical unfolding, kinetic behavior, and thermal inactivation of mutated enzyme were compared with the wild type. Based on our results, the Q292C mutation resulted in a significant improvement in kinetic stability and resistance against chemical unfolding of the enzyme while kinetic parameters and pH profile of enzyme activity were remained unaffected. The results of the present study provided an insight towards designing phenylalanine ammonia lyases with higher stability.     

Strain‐rate dependence of the microstructure and mechanical properties for hot‐air‐drawn nylon 6 fibers

A hot‐air (HA) drawing method was applied to nylon 6 fibers to improve their mechanical properties and to study the effect of the strain rate in the HA drawing on their mechanical properties and microstructure. The HA drawing was carried out by the HA, controlled at a constant temperature, being blown against an original nylon 6 fiber connected to a weight. As the HA blew against the fiber at a flow rate of 90 liter/min, the fiber elongated instantaneously at strain rates ranging from 9.1 to 17.4 s⁻¹. The strain rate in the HA drawing increased with increasing drawing temperature and applied tension. When the HA drawing was carried out at a drawing temperature of 240 °C under an applied tension of 34.6 MPa, the strain rate was at its highest value, 17.4 s⁻¹. The draw ratio, birefringence, crystallite orientation factor, and mechanical properties increased as the strain rate increased. The fiber drawn at the highest strain rate had a birefringence of 0.063, a degree of crystallinity of 47%, and a dynamic storage modulus of 20 GPa at 25 °C. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 38: 1137–1145, 2000     

Enzyme-responsive polysaccharide supramolecular nanoassembly for enhanced DNA encapsulation and controlled release

An enzyme-responsive polysaccharide supramolecular targeted nanoassembly was successfully constructed by the host-guest complexation of positively charged mono-(6-(tetraethylenepentamine)-6-deoxy)-β-cyclodextrin(TEPA-CD) with adamantane-grafted hyaluronic acid(HA-ADA).Possessing a series of positively charged polyamine chains, the obtained polysaccharide nanoassembly could serve as a biocompatible plasmid DNA(p DNA) container. More interestingly, the p DNA could be released from the nanoassembly through the enzymatic degradation of HA skeleton, which realized the controlled p DNA binding and release. Besides, the polysaccharide nanoassembly exhibited lower cytotoxicity than the commercial transfection reagents 25 k Da b PEI(PEI25 k), accompanied by similar gene delivery effect. We believe that this work might present a convenient method for targeted,controlled gene delivery.     

佛手多糖的化学组成及体外抗氧化活性研究

佛手经热水提取和乙醇沉淀,得佛手多糖粗品(BP).BP经Servag法除蛋白,用DEAE离子交换柱梯度洗脱分离得到BP1和BP2两个组分,经凝胶色谱和SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检验为均一组分.用凝胶渗透色谱法测得BP1和BP2的重均分子量分别为17773和65589.薄层色谱和高效液相色谱分析表明,BP1和BP2均由鼠李糖、甘露糖、葡萄糖、半乳糖和木糖组成.采用化学发光法在多种化学模拟体系中研究了佛手多糖清除活性氧的作用,观察了佛手多糖对HO^.导致DNA链损伤的抑制作用.结果表明,佛手多糖能有效地清除O₂^-.和HO^.等活性氧,对DNA链具有良好的保护作用.     

High-sensitivity detection of polysaccharide using phosphodiesters quaternary ammonium salt as probe by decreased resonance light scattering

Phosphodiesters quaternary ammonium salt (PQAS) displayed quite intense light scattering in aqueous solution under the optimum condition. In addition, the resonance light scattering (RLS) signal of PQAS was remarkably decreased after adding trace amount polysaccharide with the maximum peak located at 391 nm. It was found that the decreased RLS intensity of the PQAS − PPGL system (ΔI_RLS) was in proportion to PPGL concentration in the range of 0.1-30 ng mL⁻¹, with a lower detection limit of 0.05 ng mL⁻¹. Based on this rare decreased RLS phenomenon, the novel method of the determination of purified polysaccharide of Gracilaria Lemaneiformis (PPGL) at nanogram level was proposed in this contribution. The proposed approach was used to determine purified polysaccharide extracted from Gracilaria Lemaneiformis with satisfactory results. Compared with the reported polysaccharide assays, this proposed method has good selectivity, high sensitivity and is especially simple and convenient. Moreover, the mechanism of the reaction between PQAS and polysaccharide was investigated by RLS, fluorescence, and fluorescence lifetime spectra.     

枸杞功能性成分的提取及其组成的液相色谱分析

对枸杞子中的水溶性多糖成分进行了分离提取及组成分析。采用水提、醇沉等方法提取枸杞子中的多糖成分,用Sevage法除去蛋白质后,用凝胶色谱法进行多糖的纯化,制备3-甲基-1-苯基-2-吡唑啉酮（PMP）衍生物进行液相色谱分析。结果表明,枸杞多糖由鼠李糖、阿拉伯糖、木糖、葡萄糖、半乳糖5种单糖组成,其含量分别为5．28％,17．87％,38．29％,17．82％,20．74％。     

普鲁兰多糖的分离纯化及结构鉴定

采用Ｓａｖａｇｅ法，ＤＥＡＥ－纤维素离子交换层析法及Ｓｅｐｈａｄｅｘ Ｇ－１００凝胶过滤法提纯普鲁兰多糖。纯化的普鲁兰多糖的结构经过薄层层析，红外光谱及核磁共振光谱加以鉴定。