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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
Structures of three pectic arabinogalactans, one from Vernonia kotschyana (Vk2a) and two from Cochlospermum tinctorium (Ct50A1 and Ct50A2), and their complement fixation and induction of B cell proliferation in vitro were compared. The polysaccharide Vk2a expressed potent biological activity in both assays compared with Ct50A1 and Ct50A2. Vk2a possessed a very high molecular weight (1150 +/- 20 kDa) compared with Ct50A1 and Ct50A2 which both showed a polydisperse nature with the highest molecular weight polymers in each fraction estimated at approximately 105 kDa (Ct1a) and 640 +/- 100 kDa (Ct2a), respectively. The HMW polymers showed complement fixation in the same range as the native fractions. The arabinogalactan II content was low in Vk2a (2%) compared with that in Ct50A1 (23%) and Ct50A2 (12%). The high molecular weight polymers were subjected to digestion with a beta-d-(1, 3)-galactanase-rich fraction from Driselase, oligomers were isolated by HPAEC, and their finer structures were determined by MALDI- and ES-qoToF-MS, linkage, and monosaccharide composition analyses. Vk2a consists of both a galacturonan core and a rhamnogalacturonan core rich in neutral side chains. The backbones of both Ct-polysaccharides consist mainly of RG-I regions with numerous neutral side chains dominated by galactosyl residues, whereas the homogalacturonan regions seem to be small. Differences in the chain lengths of the 6-linked galacto-oligosaccharides attached to the 3-linked galactan core could not be related to the differences in the potencies of the biological activities observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1525-7797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
71-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Amino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Anti-Ulcer Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Bixaceae, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Complement Fixation Tests, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Complement System Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Galactans, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Mitogens, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Mitosis, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Monosaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Oceans and Seas, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Pectins, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:16398500-Vernonia
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Structures and structure-activity relationships of three mitogenic and complement fixing pectic arabinogalactans from the malian antiulcer plants Cochlospermum tinctorium A. Rich and Vernonia kotschyana Sch. Bip. ex Walp.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1068, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't