Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 5140-5162Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15035140
Keywords
structure; antitumor activity; immunomodulatory activity; polysaccharide; Dimocarpus longan pulp
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi [2010GXNSF]
- Youth Science Foundation of Guangxi Medical University [02604001015]
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A new water-soluble polysaccharide (longan polysaccharide 1 (LP1)) was extracted and successfully purified from Dimocarpus longan pulp via diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-cellulose anion-exchange and Sephacryl S-300 HR gel chromatography. The chemical structure was determined using Infrared (IR), gas chromatography (GC) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis. The results indicated that the molecular weight of the sample was 1.1 x 10(5) Da. Monosaccharide composition analysis revealed that LP1 was composed of Glc, GalA, Ara and Gal in a molar ratio of 5.39:1.04:0.74:0.21. Structural analysis indicated that LP1 consisted of a backbone of 4)--d-Glcp-(14)--d-GalpA-(14)--d-Glcp-(14)--d-Glcp-(1 units with poly saccharide side chains composed of 2)--d-Fruf-(12)-l-sorbose-(1 attached to the O-6 position of the -d-Glcp residues. In vitro experiments indicated that LP1 had significantly high antitumor activity against SKOV3 and HO8910 tumor cells, with inhibition percentages of 40% and 50%, respectively. In addition, LP1 significantly stimulated the production of the cytokine interferon- (IFN-), increased the activity of murine macrophages and enhanced B- and T-lymphocyte proliferation. The results of this study demonstrate that LP1 has potential applications as a natural antitumor agent with immunomodulatory activity.
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