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Purification, Structural Characterization and Immunomodulatory Effects of Polysaccharides from Amomum villosum Lour. on RAW 264.7 Macrophages

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MOLECULES
卷 26, 期 9, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26092672

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polysaccharide; Amomum villosum Lour; structural analysis; immunomodulatory activity

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  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFC1701100]
  2. Guangdong Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation and Promotion Project of China [2020KJ142, 2019KJ142]

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The study identified two acidic polysaccharides, AVPG-1 and AVPG-2, from Amomum Villosum Lour., with AVPG-2 showing stronger immunomodulatory effects including inducing nitric oxide and interleukin release, enhancing phagocytic capacities, and polarizing macrophages towards the M1 direction. This suggests that AVPs could be potential immunomodulatory agents for functional foods or complementary medicine.
Amomum Villosum Lour. (A. villosum) is a folk medicine that has been used for more than 1300 years. However, study of the polysaccharides of A. villosum is seriously neglected. The objectives of this study are to explore the structural characteristics of polysaccharides from A. villosum (AVPs) and their effects on immune cells. In this study, the acidic polysaccharides (AVPG-1 and AVPG-2) were isolated from AVPs and purified via anion exchange and gel filtration chromatography. The structural characteristics of the polysaccharides were characterized by methylation, HPSEC-MALLS-RID, HPLC, FT-IR, SEM, GC-MS and NMR techniques. AVPG-1 with a molecular weight of 514 kDa had the backbone of -> 4)-alpha-d-Glcp-(1 -> 3,4)-beta-d-Glcp-(1 -> 4)-alpha-d-Glcp-(1 ->. AVPG-2 with a higher molecular weight (14800 kDa) comprised a backbone of -> 4)-alpha-d-Glcp-(1 -> 3,6)-beta-d-Galp-(1 -> 4)-alpha-d-Glcp-(1 ->. RAW 264.7 cells were used to investigate the potential effect of AVPG-1 and AVPG-2 on macrophages, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was used as a positive control. The results from bioassays showed that AVPG-2 exhibited stronger immunomodulatory activity than AVPG-1. AVPG-2 significantly induced nitric oxide (NO) production as well as the release of interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and upregulated phagocytic capacities of RAW 264.7 cells. Real-time PCR analysis revealed that AVPG-2 was able to turn the polarization of macrophages to the M1 direction. These results suggested that AVPs could be explored as potential immunomodulatory agents of the functional foods or complementary medicine.

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