
Fucose is one of important residues of recognition pattern for many immune cells. In this study, we characterized bioactive fucose-containing acidic polysaccharides from submerged fermentation of Agaricus blazei Murill. We obtained the polysaccharides through a cell-based activity-guided strategy, and used carbohydrate recognition monoclonal antibodies based Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA) along with methylation and NMR analyses to investigate the structural characteristics of the polysaccharides. The polysaccharides had Mw of 3.5 × 105 Da. The major sugars were l-fucose, l-arabinose, d-galactose, d-xylose, and d-galacturonic acid in the molar ratio of 6.4, 15.5, 28.5, 14.7, and 25.0% with a small amount of d-glucose, d-mannose, l-rhamnose, and d-glucuronic acid. Results indicated that the bioactive polysaccharides consisted of a (1,4)-Galp and (1,4)-GalAp back bone; (1,2)-Xyl and (1,2)-Rha might also comprise backbone or constitute side chain; linkage (1,5)-Ara and terminal fucosyl residues were also involved in the polysaccharides. Regarding bioactivity, removal of the terminal l-fucosyl residues reduced the TNF-α cytokine stimulating activity of the polysaccharides in a RAW 264.7 macrophage cell-line test, whereas NF-κB and TLR4 affected the polysaccharide-induced TNF-α production.
MEDIATED ANTITUMOR POLYSACCHARIDES, STRUCTURAL-CHARACTERIZATION, 570, Agaricus, ACTIVATION, Mice, Polysaccharides, Animals, BIOSYNTHESIS, HIMEMATSUTAKE, Fucose, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Macrophages, ELUCIDATION, NF-kappa B, 540, Glucose, RAW 264.7 Cells, GANODERMA-LUCIDUM, NMR-SPECTROSCOPY, CELLS, Fermentation, Original Article, FRUITING BODY
MEDIATED ANTITUMOR POLYSACCHARIDES, STRUCTURAL-CHARACTERIZATION, 570, Agaricus, ACTIVATION, Mice, Polysaccharides, Animals, BIOSYNTHESIS, HIMEMATSUTAKE, Fucose, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Macrophages, ELUCIDATION, NF-kappa B, 540, Glucose, RAW 264.7 Cells, GANODERMA-LUCIDUM, NMR-SPECTROSCOPY, CELLS, Fermentation, Original Article, FRUITING BODY
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