Journal
MARINE DRUGS
Volume 20, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/md20070447
Keywords
alga; sulfated polysaccharide; structural characteristics; immunomodulatory activity
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFC0310900]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41476108]
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This study obtained a sulfated polysaccharide, UCP, from the green alga Ulva conglobata Kjellman and characterized its structure and immunomodulatory activity. The results showed that UCP has potential immunomodulatory effects and can improve immune suppression.
Algae accumulate large amounts of polysaccharides in their cell walls or intercellular regions. Polysaccharides from algae possess high potential as promising candidates for marine drug development. In this study, a sulfated polysaccharide, UCP, from the green alga Ulva conglobata Kjellman was obtained by water extraction, anion-exchange, and size-exclusion chromatography purification, and its structure was characterized by a combination of chemical and spectroscopic methods. UCP mainly consisted of -> 4)-alpha/beta-l-Rhap-(1 ->, -> 4)-beta-d-Xylp-(1 -> and -> 4)-beta-d-GlcAp-(1 -> residues. Sulfate ester groups were substituted mainly at C-3 of -> 4)-l-Rhap-(1 -> and C-2 of -> 4)-beta-d-Xylp-(1 ->. Partial glycosylation was at C-2 of -> 4)-alpha-l-Rhap-(1 -> residues. UCP possessed a potent immunomodulatory effect in vitro, evaluated by the assays of lymphocyte proliferation and macrophage phagocytosis. The immunomodulatory activity of UCP in vivo was further investigated using immunosuppressive mice induced by cyclophosphamide. The results showed that UCP markedly increased the spleen and thymus indexes and ameliorated the cyclophosphamide-induced damage to the spleen and thymus. UCP could increase the levels of white blood cells, lymphocytes, and platelets, and improve the hematopoietic inhibition caused by cyclophosphamide. Moreover, UCP significantly promoted the secretions of the immunoglobulin (Ig)G, IgE, and IgM. The data demonstrated that UCP is a novel sulfated polysaccharide and may be a promising immunomodulatory agent.
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