Aggregation and disaggregation of Aeromonas gum in an aqueous solution under different conditions

The aggregation and disaggregation of Aeromonas (A) gum, an acidic heteropolysaccharide, were investigated by viscometry, a fluorescent probe, and gel permeation chromatography combined with laser light scattering techniques in aqueous solutions containing desired NaCl at different temperatures. The A gum had a strong tendency of aggregation and high viscosity in the aqueous solutions. The weight‐average molecular weight, z‐average radius of gyration, weight‐average molar number (w_ag), and apparent aggregation number (N_ap) of the aggregates were investigated and discussed. The results indicated that there were three regions that corresponded to three kinds of aggregates and two transition temperatures at about 35 and 75 °C in the disaggregation course. When the temperature was higher than 75 °C, the w_ag hardly changed, and there was still a certain amount of aggregates even at 100 °C, indicating that the aggregates were difficult to disrupt completely. Moreover, the aggregation was thermally irreversible. Decreasing polysaccharide concentration reduced the content of the aggregate. However, N_ap remained constant around 20, independent of the polysaccharide concentration in a 0.5 M NaCl aqueous solution at 25 °C. At a salt concentration greater than or equal to 0.05 M, the aggregation was almost independent of the salt concentration used here. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 38: 2644–2651, 2000     

芦荟多糖的光度测定新方法

研究了以茜素红分光光度法测定芦荟多糖的含量,探讨了最佳实验条件及干扰因素的影响.在水中,茜素红和芦荟多糖形成有色物质,检测波长为516 nm和325 nm,对应的线性方程分别为:A=0.0121ρ 0.0288,R2=0.9990和A=0.0109ρ 0.0441,R2=0.9992.在0～60.00 μg/mL范围内呈现良好的线性关系,采用该方法对芦荟鲜叶和芦荟制品中的多糖进行分析,平均加标回收率为96.85%,相对标准偏差≤5.0%.     

普鲁兰多糖的硬脂酸修饰及其作为纳米药物载体的研究

利用1-(3-二甲氨基丙基)-3-乙基碳二亚胺盐酸盐(EDC)和4-二甲氨基吡啶(DMAP)催化硬脂酸(SA)与具有良好生物相容性的普鲁兰多糖(Pullulan)反应, 将硬脂酸接枝在普鲁兰分子链的羟基上, 得到取代度不同的疏水改性两亲性普鲁兰多糖衍生物PUSA1, PUSA2 及PUSA3, 其临界胶束浓度分别为50, 32, 18 μg/mL; 透射电镜(TEM)图像显示透析法制备的PUSA 自组装颗粒为球形. 以阿霉素为模型药物制备了PUSA 载药纳米粒, 考察了载药纳米粒的载药量、包封率和体外药物释放. 结果表明PUSA3 的包封率高达84%, 载药量达7.79%. 药物可在37 ℃, pH＝7.4 的PBS 溶液中持续释放90 h 以上. 细胞毒性实验(MTT)结果显示当PUSA 的浓度高达1000 μg/mL 时48 h 后细胞存活率依然在90%左右. 流式细胞及荧光分析表明载药纳米粒的细胞摄取率远远高于游离药物. 说明PUSA 是一种新型的有潜在应用价值的药物载体材料.     

降解裙带菜多糖对纳米硒的形成与稳定作用

在常温下的降解裙带菜多糖(Degraded Undaria Pinnatifida Charv. Suringer polysaccharide, DUP)水溶液中, 由适当过量的抗坏血酸(Vc)与二氧化硒(SeO2)反应制备纳米单质硒(Se0). 通过共振瑞利散射、激光散射和透射电镜(TEM)研究了DUP对Se0粒径的调控和在液相中的稳定作用. 结果表明, DUP通过控制还原速度和表面修饰而把Se0粒子调节在较窄的粒径分布范围内当Se0浓度为0.0507—3.245 mmol/L时, DUP表面修饰的球状纳米硒的平均粒径稳定地保持在24—65 nm范围内, 4 ℃时可在水溶液中稳定保存1个月.     

Ring‐opening polymerization of benzylated 1,6‐anhydro‐β‐D‐lactose and specific biological activities of sulfated (1→6)‐α‐D‐lactopyranans

A new anhydro disaccharide monomer, 1,6‐anhydro‐2,3‐di‐o‐benzyl‐4‐o‐(2′,3′,4′,6′‐tetra‐o‐benzyl‐β‐D ‐galactopyranosyl)‐β‐D ‐glucopyranose (benzylated 1,6‐anhydro lactose (LSHBE)), was synthesized from D ‐lactose to investigate the polymerizability and biological activities of the resulting branched polysaccharides. The ring‐opening polymerization of LSHBE was carried out with phosphorus pentafluoride as a catalyst under high vacuum to give a stereoregular benzylated (1 → 6)‐α‐D ‐lactopyranan. The molecular weights of poly(LSHBE)s increased with an increase in the amount of CH₂Cl₂ solvent, and polymerization temperatures were affected in both molecular weights and yields of the polymers. The copolymerization of LSHBE with benzylated 1,6‐anhydro‐β‐D ‐glucopyranose (LGTBE) gave the corresponding copolysacchrides having different proportions of lactose and glucose units in good yields. After debenzylation to recover hydroxyl groups and then sulfation, sulfated homopoly(lactose)s and copoly(lactose and glucose)s were obtained. Sulfated homopoly(lactose)s had moderate anti‐HIV (EC₅₀ = 5.9 and 1.3 μg/mL) and blood anticoagulant activities (AA = 18 and 13 unit/mg), respectively. Sulfated copoly(lactose and glucose) having 15 mol % lactose units gave high anti‐HIV and blood anticoagulant activities of 0.3 μg/mL and 54 unit/mg, respectively. These biological results suggest that the distance between branched units on the main chain plays an important role in the anti‐HIV and blood anticoagulant activities. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 913–924, 2009     

Saccharide Sensing Using Gold and Silver Nanoparticles-A Review

We review new methodologies for glucose sensing from our laboratories based on the specific biological interactions between Con A, dextran-coated gold nanoparticles and glucose, and the interactions between dextran, glucose, and boronic-acid capped silver nanoparticles in solution. Our new approaches promise new tunable glucose sensing platforms. Dextran-coated gold nanoparticles were aggregated with the addition of Con A resulting in increase an in absorbance of nanoparticles at 650 nm, where the post-addition of glucose caused the dissociation of the aggregates and thus a decrease in the absorbance at 650 nm. The interaction of glucose and dextran with boronic acid-capped silver nanoparticles in solution resulted in enhanced luminescence intensity cumulatively due to surface-enhanced fluorescence and the decrease in absorbance at 400 nm, with an increase in absorbance at 640 nm. Lifetime measurements were used to distinguish the contribution from the surface-enhanced fluorescence. TEM was employed to assess the aggregation of nanoparticles.     

Rheological and thermal properties of polysaccharide gels extracted fromAhnfeltia plicata

The dynamic modulus began to decrease rapidly and loss tan showed maxima at the temperature range from 40 °C to 65 °C in polysaccharide gels extracted fromAhnfeltia plicata. An exothermic peak appeared at about 30 °C in heating DSC thermograms for these gels. Endothermic DSC peaks accompanying gel-sol transition appeared at the temperature range from 60 °C to 80 °C. The effects of alkali pretreatment and of maturation on the rheological and thermal properties of these gels were examined.     

6-叠氮-6-脱氧凝聚多糖的选择性一步合成

由于含氨基或氨基衍生物的多糖对细胞表面及细胞之间的生理功能具有特殊的作用,在研究细胞之间有效作用的促进剂和抑制剂方面具有潜在的应用价值,因而叠氮化多糖作为制备氨基多糖及其衍生物的中间体受到人们的重视,含乙酰氨基的天然多糖（如Chitin）和氨基多糖（如Chitosan）,由于具有抗感染和医治创伤作用,广泛用于医疗领域,含氨基和硫酸酯的多糖肝素有很好的抗凝血作用和降血脂活性,已用于动脉硬化病的治疗,我们发现含乙酰氨基的硫酸化核聚糖具有很高的抗艾滋病毒活性,而且没有抗凝血的副作用。     

Synthesis and characterization of a novel extracellular polysaccharide by Rhodotorula glutinis

The aim of this work was to characterize an exopolysaccharide by Rhodotorula glutinis KCTC 7989 and to investigate the effect of the culture conditions on the production of this polymer. The extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) produced from this strain was a novel acidic heteropolysaccharide composed of neutral sugars (85%) and uronic acid (15%). The neutral sugar composition was identified by gas chromatography as mannose, fucose, glucose, and galactose in a 6.7:0.2:0.1:0.1 ratio. The molecular weight of purified EPS was estimated to be 1.0−3.8×10⁵ Dalton, and the distribution of the molecular weight was very homogeneous (polydispersity index =1.32). The EPS solution showed a characteristic of pseudoplastic non-Newtonian fluid at a concentration >2.0% in distilled water. The maximum EPS production was obtained when the strain was grown on glucose (30 g/L). Ammonium sulfate was the best suitable nitrogen source for EPS production. The highest yield of EPS was obtained at a carbon to nitrogen ratio of 15. The EPS synthesis was activated at the acidic range of pH 3.0–5.0 and increased when the pH of the culture broth decreased naturally to <2.0 during the fermentation. When the yeast was grown on glucose (30 g/L) and ammonium sulfate (2 g/L) at 22°C at an initial pH of 4.0, EPS production was maximized (4.0 g/L), and the glucose-based production yield coefficient and carbon-based production yield coefficient were 0.30 g of EPS/g of glucose and 0.34 g (carbon of EPS)/g (carbon of glucose), respectively.     

海藻异枝麒麟菜多糖抑制尿石盐草酸钙晶体生长的研究

采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、 红外光谱(FTIR)和X射线衍射(XRD)方法研究了从海藻异枝麒麟菜中提取的硫酸多糖(ESPS)对草酸钙(CaOxa)晶体生长的影响. 结果表明, 添加ESPS能抑制一水草酸钙(COM)的生长, 同时诱导二水草酸钙(COD)晶体的形成. 随着ESPS的质量浓度从0增加到0.03和0.50 mg/mL, COD的质量分数从0分别增加到10%和55%; COM的(1 01)晶面加强, (020)晶面减弱直至消失, 并从三维晶体转变为棱角圆顿的四角形片状晶体; COM和COD的尺寸均明显变小. 这些结果表明, ESPS是抑制CaOxa结石形成的一种潜在药物.