菌类多糖链构象及其表征方法研究进展 （专题报道）

 概述了菌类多糖在溶液中链构象及其表征方法的研究进展.主要报道从各种真菌（香菇、茯苓、灵芝、木耳、黄单胞菌、裂褶菌等）中提取的多糖在溶液中的分子量、分子形态和尺寸,即链构象.同时介绍多糖链构象对生物活性的影响,并且指出多糖刚性链带电基团及适量分子量有利于促进它与免疫细胞上受体结合,从而抑制肿瘤细胞增殖.由此表明,多糖链构象的研究对弄清其生物功能和推动生命科学发展十分重要.多糖在溶液中主要以无规线团、双螺旋、三螺旋、蠕虫状、棒状链以及聚集体构象存在,它取决于单糖组成、糖苷键、支链结构以及分子内和分子间作用力.测定链构象的方法主要包括光散射、黏度、显微技术（透射电镜,扫描电镜以及原子力显微镜）、微量热法和小角X-射线散射等.此外,介绍了多糖溶液理论以及计算链构象参数的表达式.     

天然聚多糖的溶解机理及溶液性质

21世纪"绿色"化学已成为各国科学界和工业界研究与开发的方向.天然高分子中纤维素、甲壳素等聚多糖来源丰富,是重要的可再生资源,也是未来主要的化工原料之一.由于大量的分子内和分子间氢键,它们的溶解长期以来都是非常棘手的问题.另一方面,聚多糖的结构非常复杂,只有弄清楚其链构象和溶液性质,才可能进行合理的分子设计,实现其更好的应用.本文简要介绍了本课题组用碱/尿素水体系低温溶解纤维素和甲壳素等天然高分子的机理和溶液中分子链构象,以及活性多糖在水溶液中的链构象和溶液性质的研究进展.     

三螺旋多糖的链结构与功能研究进展

三螺旋多糖是自然界中存在的具有特殊链结构的一类生物大分子,它不仅具有较高的生物活性,而且具有特殊的分子识别能力以及其他多糖无法比拟的功能特性。本文主要概述三螺旋多糖的链结构及其构象转变,分析其变性和复性过程中分子链间的相互作用,阐明三螺旋结构形成和形态变化的科学规律。同时,综述了三螺旋多糖的链构象与其生物活性之间的构效关系,以及基于螺旋构象转变构建的多糖基功能材料的最新研究进展。     

脱除阿魏酸后车前子多糖的溶液性质、构象特征及固体形貌

分别采用Na OH和阿魏酸酯酶对车前子多糖(PLCP)进行脱除阿魏酸处理,得到的多糖分别记为PLCP-FAS和PLCP-FAE.通过基本理化性质测定和单糖组成分析比较了处理前后多糖的基本结构特征,并采用乌式黏度计、高效体积排阻色谱(HPSEC)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等方法表征了多糖的溶液性质、构象特征及固体形貌.结果表明,经Na OH或阿魏酸酯酶处理后多糖的单糖组成基本不变,但糖含量和糖醛酸含量增加,表观黏度显著下降;PLCP-FAS和PLCP-FAE在0.1 mol/L Na Cl和0.5 mol/L Na OH中的特性黏度基本相同;HPSEC分析结果表明,PLCP-FAE的重均分子量(Mw)为3.17×106,PLCP-FAS的Mw为2.83×106,PLCP-FAS和PLCP-FAE的持续围长值一致,但相同分子量下PLCP-FAS的特性黏度低于PLCP-FAE;SEM测定结果显示,PLCP-FAS和PLCP-FAE仍保留一定线性链特征.上述结果表明,脱除阿魏酸的大粒车前子多糖呈现半柔顺链的构象特征,样品固体形貌仍保留一定的线性链特征.     

稀溶液滴膜法制备聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯伸展链及其构象转变

采用聚苯乙烯-b-聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯嵌段共聚物(PS-b-PMMA)的甲苯稀溶液滴膜法制备PMMA伸展链,用原子力显微镜观察了PMMA分子链形貌及其在丙酮、水蒸气退火后的构象转变.结果表明,浓度(聚合物质量/溶液质量)为1×10~(-6)的PS-b-PMMA甲苯溶液可以在云母基底表面制备出高度为0.2 nm、长度为100~300 nm的PMMA伸展链;该方法可以适用于不同分子量的PS-b-PMMA共聚物,当PMMA嵌段分子链大于PS时,更容易制备高度伸展的PMMA分子链.丙酮蒸气退火可使胶束中的PMMA伸展链迅速收缩并与PS核融为一体变成球形结构.水蒸气退火作用下PMMA分子链的构象转变与制备胶束的起始浓度有关,浓度为1×10~(-6)的胶束只形成球状结构;浓度为5×10~(-6)的胶束含有较多的PMMA伸展链,在水蒸气退火后可形成花状胶束并可以组装成周围带有台阶状PMMA分子层的棒状胶束.     

用NMR分析可生物降解的两亲性嵌段共聚物的相对分子质量和组成

凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)法是根据聚合物分子链流体力学体积大小的比较来测定聚合物相对分子质量(以下简称分子量)的,测得的聚合物分子量与聚合物分子链在溶剂中的构象有关[1]。两亲性嵌段共聚物分子链中亲水链段和亲油链段的极性差异很大,几乎在任何溶剂中它们的构象都不相同,因此可     

溶致凝聚过程中分子链构象的演变

详细讨论了稀溶液、亚浓溶液、浓溶液和极浓溶液中分子链构象的演变,考察了在溶致凝聚过程中分子链的链间相互作用、关联作用和分子链尺寸的变化规律,给出了排除体积的严格定义,引入热关联效应、长程关联效应和全高斯链浓度等概念。指出在不同浓度溶液中,分子链在不同尺度上构象状态不同;在从孤立单链态(良溶液中)向多链聚集态的溶致凝聚过程中,单链的尺寸一直在收缩,由Flory尺寸RF缩小至无扰尺寸R0。这是大分子凝聚过程的一个特点。     

壳聚糖在稀溶液中的分子构象及其影响因素

结合国内外对壳聚糖在溶液性质方面的研究进展,从壳聚糖的分子量、乙酰度和溶液的离子强度三个方面,探讨了它们对壳聚糖在稀溶液中的分子构象所产生的影响,并从分子间和分子内相互作用力(主要是范德华力、氢键、疏水作用和静电作用)的角度对这种构象转变进行了理论解释。     

热水提取与超声提取的麦冬多糖结构与构象特征的比较研究

利用热水与超声提取麦冬粗多糖,DEAE-cellulose52纤维素与Sephacryl S-300凝胶柱层析对其进行分离纯化,得到热水提取的麦冬多糖均一组分WPOJ-DS与超声提取的麦冬多糖均一组分UPOJ-DS。采用高效液相色谱法、气相色谱法、红外光谱法、部分酸水解、甲基化分析及核磁共振对WPOJ-DS与UPOJDS的结构进行表征;利用刚果红实验、圆二色谱实验及原子力显微镜对其溶液构象进行了比较研究。结果表明,超声提取对麦冬多糖的分子量、单糖组成摩尔比及构型会产生影响,WPOJ-DS与UPOJ-DS的主链均主要由→6)-D-Glcp(1→和→3,6)-D-Glcf(1→组成,但WPOJ-DS中存在→6)-β-D-Glcp(1→,而UPOJDS中没有;刚果红实验、圆二色谱实验与原子力显微镜结果显示UPOJ-DS存在螺旋结构,而WPOJ-DS没有;且在不同溶液环境中,WPOJ-DS与UPOJ-DS的溶液构象不同。     

平菇多糖稀溶液行为的研究

平菇多糖属生物高分子, 文章对平菇多糖稀溶液性质进行了研究。实验系采用Elias浊点滴定法测定平菇多糖溶液的θ组成, 用快速动态膜渗透计和粘度法测定平菇多糖的数均分子量、维利系数与分子链的构型参数。探讨其在θ条件下的分子形态及用Tung函数法等处理分级数据, 从而获得平菇多糖的分子量分布。     

Gelation and its relevance to the function of polysaccharides

(1→4)-α- and (1→4)-β-D-linked glucosidic oligosaccharide chains were generated by the Monte Carlo method, and the scattering from the systems composed of simulated chains was calculated to compare with the results of small-angle X-ray scattering from the oligosaccharides in aqueous solution. By extending the simulation to a longer chain, a single chain conformation of (1→4)-α- and (1→4)-β-D-linked polysaccharides was evaluated. On the basis of the simulation, the suprastructure of (1→4)-α- and (1→4)-β-D-linked polysaccharides and their gel formation mechanism were discussed in some detail by analyzing the small-angle X-ray scattering from the aqueous solutions of (1→4)-α- and (1→4)-β-D-linked polysaccharides.     

高场核磁共振波谱在多糖结构研究中的应用

随着高场核磁共振波谱（ＮＭＲ）技术飞速发展,它在多糖的结构研究中发挥着日益重要的作用,不仅对共 结构,而且对于多糖在溶液中或固体状态下的构象以及动力学特性,ＮＭＲ分析也是最有力的工具。本文综述了高场ＮＭＲ技术在分析多糖结构方面的应用。     

Employment of detergent-tag/solute interactions in capillary electrophoresis of neutral polysaccharides

Neutral and inherently immobile polysaccharides are induced to migrate in an electric field through interactions with a detergent added to the electrophoretic electrolyte buffer. Before analysis the polysaccharides are converted to fluorescent derivatives to enable detection, but choice of a tag can also be utilized for modulation of the electrophoretic mobility. Three cases are discussed and exemplified, namely detergent-solute, detergent-solute+tag, and detergent-tag interactions. Anionic as well as cationic surfactants were exploited along with different derivatization reagents. Depending on the approach chosen, different kinds of information about sample composition and distribution(s) can be obtained, including degree of substitution, distribution of molecular weight (obtained in free solution without sieving media) and polymer conformation. A shift in polymer conformation upon a change in solvent composition can be monitored.     

Non-covalent interactions in polysaccharide systems

[Chemical structure: see text] This paper describes the behavior of some polysaccharides with well-known chemical structures and in which the influence of cooperative secondary interactions play an important role. The roles played by hydrophobic and ionic interactions (including ionic selectivity) on polysaccharide conformation and gelation are discussed. Electrostatic attractions are also important in the complexes formed between surfactants and polyelectrolytes of opposite charge. Finally, van der Waals dipolar interactions and particularly hydrogen-bond formation are examined. The role of hydrogen bonds in solubility, conformation, and especially the local stiffness of polysaccharides, but also in polymer-polymer complexes frequently obtained with polysaccharides, is developed. Repeat unit for a number polysaccharides.     

MOLECULAR CONFORMATION OF IONIC SURFACTANTS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

The molecular conformation of ionic surfactant in aqueous solution is investigated withfluorescent probes which are intrinsic insurfactant molecules or externally introduced. Quench-lng or pyrene monomer fluorescence by alkyltriphenylphosphonium or N-alkylpyridiniumobeys Stern-Voimer equation, being diffusi6n-controlled dynamic quenching, but the behaviorof quenching with different lengths of alkyl chain is "abnormal", i.e. the longer the chain,the greater the quenching rate constant. The pyrene excimer fluorescence is observed in theaqueous solution of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMAB), and the inhibition (for cationicquenchers) and promotion (for anionic quenchers) effects of CTMAB on the quenching ofpyrene fluorescence are also observed. The self-coiling conformation of ionic surfactantmolecules in aqueous solution is proposed to be responsible for these observations and theconformation to be dynamic.     

Molecular conformation of syndiotactic polystyrene gel from octadecyl benzoate solution

The molecular chain conformation of the dried gel of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) in octadecyl benzoate solution was investigated. sPS gels form rapidly through solid-liquid phase separation. The obtained sPS chains are in the highly ordered all-trans TT skeletal conformation which is different from a twofold TTGG helical conformation that sPS assumes in normal solvents. The size of the solvent molecule is considered to play an important role in the formation of the conformation of sPS in solution.     

Regioselective Glycosylation Strategies for the Synthesis of Group Ia and Ib Streptococcus Related Glycans Enable Elucidating Unique Conformations of the Capsular Polysaccharides

Group B Streptococcus serotypes Ia and Ib capsular polysaccharides are key targets for vaccine development. In spite of their immunospecifity these polysaccharides share high structural similarity. Both are composed of the same monosaccharide residues and differ only in the connection of the Neu5Acα2-3Gal side chain to the GlcNAc unit, which is a β1-4 linkage in serotype Ia and a β1-3 linkage in serotype Ib. The development of efficient regioselective routes for GlcNAcβ1-3[Glcβ1-4]Gal synthons is described, which give access to different group B Streptococcus (GBS) Ia and Ib repeating unit frameshifts. These glycans were used to probe the conformation and molecular dynamics of the two polysaccharides, highlighting the different presentation of the protruding Neu5Acα2-3Gal moieties on the polysaccharide backbones and a higher flexibility of Ib polymer relative to Ia, which can impact epitope exposure.     

THE Θ-STATE OF A SINGLE HOMOPOLYMER CHAIN IN SOLUTION*

 It has been an established practice to estimate the Θ-temperature of a polymer solution from thedisappearance of the interchain interactions (A₂ = 0) Recently, in studies of the temperature dependence ofthe chain conformation in solution, we found that the change of the chain conformation clearly underwentthree different stages which could be viewed as the "gas". "liquid" and "solid" states in terms of the freedomof the "blobs" on the chain. The transition temperature between the first and second stages corresponds nicely to the Θ-temperature determined by the conventional method.It reveals,for the first time,that the Θ-temperature can be deduced from the conformation change of a single polymer chain in solution,which is important not only in conception,but also in practice.