Molecular origin of two polysaccharides of Campylobacter jejuni 81116

The nature of the polysaccharide molecules of the human enteric pathogen Campylobacter jejuni has been the subject of debate. Previously, C. jejuni 81116 was shown to contain two different polysaccharides, one acidic (polysaccharide A) and the other neutral (polysaccharide B), occurring in a 3 : 1 ratio, respectively. The aim of this study was to determine the molecular origin of these polysaccharides. Using a combination of centrifugation, gel permeation chromatography, chemical assays, and (1)H-NMR analysis, polysaccharide B was shown to be derived from lipopolysaccharide and polysaccharide A from capsular polysaccharide. Thus, C. jejuni 81116 produces both lipopolysaccharide-like molecules and capsular polysaccharide.     

马齿苋多糖的研究

用苯酚硫酸法对马齿苋多糖含量进行测定,设计正交实验确定马齿苋多糖提取的最佳工艺,马齿苋多糖的提取率高达9.23%。将其多糖分离纯化,进行理化性质试验测试,利用纸层析和气相色谱对马齿苋多糖中的单糖组成做了分析,马齿苋多糖中的单糖组成有葡萄糖、半乳糖、甘露糖、果糖、木糖、阿拉伯糖。     

Isolation of a coaggregation-inhibiting cell wall polysaccharide from Streptococcus sanguis H1.

Coaggregation between Streptococcus sanguis H1 and Capnocytophaga ochracea ATCC 33596 cells is mediated by a carbohydrate receptor on the former and an adhesin on the latter. Two methods were used to release the carbohydrate receptor from the gram-positive streptococcus, autoclaving and mutanolysin treatment. The polysaccharide released from the streptococcal cell wall by either treatment was purified by ion-exchange chromatography; this polysaccharide inhibited coaggregation when preincubated with the gram-negative capnocytophaga partner. After hydrolysis of the polysaccharide by hydrofluoric acid (HF), the major oligosaccharide of the polysaccharide was purified by high-performance liquid chromatography. By analysis of the HF hydrolysis of the polysaccharide and the purified oligosaccharide, this major oligosaccharide appeared to be the repeating unit of the polysaccharide, with minor components resulting from internal hydrolysis of the major oligosaccharide. Gas chromatography results showed that the oligomer was a hexasaccharide, consisting of rhamnose, galactose, and glucose, in the ratio of 2:3:1, respectively. By weight, the purified hexasaccharide was a fourfold-more-potent inhibitor of coaggregation than the native polysaccharide. Resistance to hydrolysis by sulfuric acid alone and susceptibility to hydrolysis by HF suggested that oligosaccharide chains of the polysaccharide are linked by phosphodiester bonds. Studies with a coaggregation-defective mutant of S. sanguis H1 revealed that the cell walls of the mutant contained neither the polysaccharide nor the hexasaccharide repeating unit. The purification of both a polysaccharide and its constituent hexasaccharide repeating unit, which both inhibited coaggregation, and the absence of this polysaccharide or hexasaccharide on a coaggregation-defective mutant strongly suggest that the hexasaccharide derived from the polysaccharide functions as the receptor for the adhesin from C. ochracea ATCC 33596.     

Component from the cell surface of the hydrocarbon-utilizing yeast Candida tropicalis with possible relation to hydrocarbon transport.

A polysaccharide-fatty acid complex was isolated from the cell surface of Candida tropicalis growing on alkanes. This complex was solubilized by Pronase treatment of whole cells. A decrease in alkane-binding affinity was observed after Pronase treatment, resulting in 10 to 12% of the yeast dry cell weight being released as polysaccharide. The isolated polysaccharide contained 2.5% fatty acids. C. tropicalis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown with glucose contained only traces of fatty acids in the corresponding polysaccharide fraction. The fatty acids were not removed from the polysaccharide moiety by gel filtration. Extraction of the polysaccharide with chloroform-methanol showed that fatty acids were covalently bound to the polysaccharide. The amphipathic nature of the isolated polysaccharide and the hydrocarbon-induced formation suggest a possible role in alkane metabolism.     

Distribution of Enzymes Forming Polysaccharide from Sucrose and the Composition of Extracellular Polysaccharide Synthesized by Streptococcus mutans

The distribution of polysaccharide-forming activity from sucrose was investigated in cultures of three strains of Streptococcus mutans by using an assay which conveniently determines total polysaccharide. The enzymatic activity for polysaccharide formation from sucrose is almost exclusively extracellular. The ratio of the fructan to glucan in the polysaccharide differs among the three strains investigated. The enzymatic activity for the formation of polysaccharide from sucrose has been shown to be bound to the cell-free polymer itself.     

不同南瓜多糖体外清除羟基自由基作用的研究

采用热水浸提法和超声波辅助法提取南瓜粗多糖,用十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)络合沉淀得AP1多糖;用邻二氮菲-金属铁离子-H2O2体系检测南瓜多糖对羟基自由基的清除作用。结果表明,南瓜多糖能有效清除羟基自由基,并随着浓度的增加清除作用加强,且热水提取的南瓜多糖对羟基自由基清除作用显著高于超声提取的南瓜多糖。该结果表明南瓜多糖具有抗氧化性,并且热水提取的南瓜多糖的清除羟基自由基最为显著。     

红曲多糖抑瘤作用初步研究

以昆明种小鼠为试验动物,通过皮下注射建立小鼠移植性S180肿瘤模型,红曲多糖灌胃2周后,摘取瘤体和脾脏,计算抑瘤率和脾指数,并用SPSS软件进行统计分析。结果显示,红曲多糖低、中、高剂量组均能抑制荷瘤小鼠的肿瘤生长,抑瘤率分别达24.70%、31.03%、39.82%,呈量效关系,对S180肉瘤生长有明显的抑制作用;红曲多糖能提高小鼠的免疫力,高剂量组免疫器官质量显著增加。研究表明红曲多糖有抗肿瘤作用,具有一定的开发价值。     

金顶侧耳胞内多糖生物活性研究

对金顶侧耳Pleurotus citrinopileatus胞内多糖的热水浸提工艺进行研究,并研究了该多糖的抑菌活性以及对超氧阴离子自由基和亚硝基的清除作用。结果表明,金顶侧耳胞内多糖的最佳提取工艺为:提取温度60℃,液料比100:1,时间4h,此条件下多糖提取率可达17.65%。该多糖对埃希氏大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌均有抑制作用且对超氧阴离子自由基和亚硝基有较强的清除作用,说明该多糖具有明显的生物活性。     

一种新的CTAB加入方法对A群脑膜炎球菌荚膜多糖分子大小的影响

目的探讨CTAB不同的加入方法对A群脑膜炎球菌荚膜多糖分子大小的影响。方法采用分次加入手动搅拌和持续加入机械快速搅拌两种CTAB加入方法,纯化获得荚膜多糖粗糖,分别编为B组和C组。将两组荚膜多糖粗糖分别纯化获得精糖,分别编为D组和E组。以Sepharose CL-4B凝胶层析纯化获得荚膜多糖并检测其KD值。结果 B组荚膜多糖粗糖的KD值介于0.34~0.35之间,C组荚膜多糖粗糖的KD值介于0.03~0.05,进一步用苯酚纯化获得精糖后KD值D组介于0.34~0.36之间,E组介于0.22~0.28之间。两组相比KD值显著降低。结论CTAB的加入过程对A群脑膜炎球菌荚膜多糖的分子大小有明显的影响,CTAB沉淀时进行快速而充分的搅拌,纯化获得的荚膜多糖相对分子质量更大。     

Reactions between diglycolaldehyde dithioacetals and some nucleophiles

The homogeneous, neutral polysaccharide isolated from the crude polysaccharide of the fruit pulp from bael (Aegle marmelos) contains arabinose, galactose, and glucose in the molar ratios of 2:3:14. The linkages among the different monosaccharide residues were established through methylation analysis and Smith-degradation studies of the polysaccharide. The anomeric configurations of the different glycosyl groups were determined by study of the chromium trioxide oxidation of the acetylated polysaccharide. Results of these experiments have been discussed in order to assess the structure of the neutral polysaccharide.     

Host-Pathogen Interactions: VIII. Isolation of a Pathogen-synthesized Fraction Rich in Glucan That Elicits a Defense Response in the Pathogen's Host

A polysaccharide from the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum lindemuthianum causes browning and phytoalexin production when applied to the cut surfaces of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) cotyledons and hypocotyls. The application of an amount of polysaccharide equivalent to less than 100 ng of glucose will elicit this response in the bean tissues. The polysaccharide has been isolated both from culture filtrates and from the mycelial walls of the fungus. Purification of the polysaccharide involved anion and cation exchange chromatography and gel filtration. The polysaccharide has an apparent molecular weight between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 daltons, and consists predominantly of 3- and 4-linked glucosyl residues.     

Utilization of Waste Products of Dehydrated Onion Industry for Production of Fodder Yeast

An organism producing extracellular polysaccharide was isolated from soil and identified as Aeromonas hydrophila (Chester) Stanier. The effects of medium components and cultural conditions on production of the polysaccharide were studied. The optimal concentrations of carbon and nitrogen sources were 5% and 0.3%, respectively, for production of the polysaccharide. The optimal initial pH was 7~9. The maximum polysaccharide yield was obtained at 4~8 days of fermentation. From sucrose and raffinose as carbon source, the organism produced levan and acidic polysac-charide in the ratio of 7:3 and 4:6, respectively. From glucose, galactose, fructose, mannose, maltose and lactose, mainly acidic polysaccharide was produced. The acidic polysaccharide was found to contain galactose, mannose and glucuronic acid in a ratio of 5:4:2. The acidic polysaccharides obtained from sucrose and lactose seemed to be the same polysaccharide.     

桦褐孔菌子实体多糖提取研究

目的:为了获得桦褐孔菌多糖最大量的多糖收率,研究了影响多糖提取的最佳条件.方法:对影响桦褐孔菌胞内水溶性多糖提取效果的6个因素进行了单一因素影响实验,并对多糖提取影响因子的3个因素进行正交试验,对多糖提取工艺参数进行了优化.结果:正交试验确定桦褐孔菌子实体多糖的最佳提取条件是:料水比为1∶40,温度80℃,提取1.5h,多糖收率达2.53％.结论:确立了桦褐孔菌子实体多糖提取工艺,建立了一套简便、高效的桦褐孔菌胞内多糖的提取方法.     

Expression of the Escherichia coli K5 capsular antigen: immunoelectron microscopic and biochemical studies with recombinant E. coli.

The capsular K5 polysaccharide, a representative of group II capsular antigens of Escherichia coli, has been cloned previously, and three gene regions responsible for polymerization and surface expression have been defined (I. S. Roberts, R. Mountford, R. Hodge, K. B. Jann, and G. J. Boulnois, J. Bacteriol. 170:1305-1310, 1988). In this report, we describe the immunoelectron microscopic analysis of recombinant bacteria expressing the K5 antigen and of mutants defective in either region 1 or region 3 gene functions, as well as the biochemical analysis of the K5 capsular polysaccharide. Whereas the K5 clone expressed the K5 polysaccharide as a well-developed capsule in about 25% of its population, no capsule was observed in whole mount preparations and ultrathin sections of the expression mutants. Immunogold labeling of sections from the region 3 mutant revealed the capsular K5 polysaccharide in the cytoplasm. With the region 1 mutant, the capsular polysaccharide appeared associated with the cell membrane, and, unlike the region 3 mutant polysaccharide, the capsular polysaccharide could be detected in the periplasm after plasmolysis of the bacteria. Polysaccharides were isolated from the homogenized mutants with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. The polysaccharide from the region 1 mutant had the same size as that isolated from the capsule of the original K5 clone, and both polysaccharides were substituted with phosphatidic acid. The polysaccharide from the region 3 mutant was smaller and was not substituted with phosphatidic acid. These results prompt us to postulate that gene region 3 products are involved in the translocation of the capsular polysaccharide across the cytoplasmic membrane and that region 1 directs the transport of the lipid-substituted capsular polysaccharide through the periplasm and across the outer membrane.     

Structural studies on Klebsiella type 61 capsular polysaccharide

The capsular polysaccharide from klebsiella type 61 was found to contain d-galactose, d-glucose, d-mannose, and d-glucuronic acid in the ratios 1:2:1:1. Acid hydrolysis of the polysaccharide gave one aldobiouronic acid, whose structure was established. Methylation analysis of the polysaccharide provided information about the linkages in the polysaccharide. The polysaccharide is composed of a pentasaccharide repeating unit for which structures are proposed.     

Chemical characterization and radioprotective effect of polysaccharide from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Monostroma angicava</Emphasis> (Chlorophyta)

Polysaccharide from the green alga Monostroma angicava was extracted with boiling water and was purified by ion-exchange and size-exclusion column chromatography. The radioprotective effect of the polysaccharide was investigated in mice. The results show that polysaccharide from M. angicava has a different chemical composition to other Chlorophyta having a high rhamnose – containing sulfated polysaccharide. The sulfate ester content was estimated to be 21.8%. When the polysaccharide was applied to BALB/c mice following whole-body X-ray irradiation the counts of leukocytes, thrombocytes and erythrocytes recovered more rapidly in the polysaccharide treated mice after irradiation. In the irradiated mice, the polysaccharide significantly increased the spleen index, natural killer cytostatic activity and the transformation response of splenic lymphocytes. The present observations suggest that polysaccharide from M. angicava led to leukocytogensis and hematopoetic activation in mice after irradiation and that the biological response might be caused by immune activation.     

Extracellular acidic polysaccharide production by a two-membered bacterial coculture

A two-membered coculture of strains KYM-7 and KYM-8, identified as Cellulomonas cellulans and Agrobacterium tumefaciens, respectively, produced a large amount of an extracellular polysaccharide, designated APK-78, from starch. Each strain in pure culture produced only very little amount of polysaccharide from starch; the coexistence of the two strains from the early stage of cultivation was indispensable for a large amount of polysaccharide to be produced. The polysaccharide APK-78 was acidic and composed of glucose, galactose, succinic acid, and pyruvic acid with a molar ratio of 8.1:1.0:1.7:1.0, indicating that it is a succinoglycan type of polysaccharide.     

A群脑膜炎球菌荚膜多糖纯化工艺的优化

目的对A群脑膜炎球菌荚膜多糖纯化工艺的关键步骤进行分步研究,优化每一步工艺参数。方法优化十六烷基三甲基溴化铵的加入浓度、复合多糖的解离浓度和解离时间、不同厂家的苯酚、超滤和透析等工艺过程对荚膜多糖的影响。结果十六烷基三甲基溴化铵质量体积终浓度0.10%(w/v)沉淀效果更好,纯化获得的荚膜多糖产量更高相对分子质量更大。复合多糖解离浓度越高,纯化获得的荚膜多糖相对分子质量越小。延长复合多糖解离时间有利于提高荚膜多糖产量。不同厂家的苯酚、超滤和透析等工艺对荚膜多糖的产量和分子大小没有影响。结论现行A群脑膜炎球菌荚膜多糖纯化工艺复杂,优化后的工艺提高了荚膜多糖产量,缩短了工艺用时,增加了工艺稳定性。     

Reconstitution of emulsifying activity of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus BD4 emulsan by using pure polysaccharide and protein

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus BD4 and BD413 produce extracellular emulsifying agents when grown on 2% ethanol medium. For emulsifying activity, both polysaccharide and protein fractions were required, as demonstrated by selective digestion of the polysaccharide with a specific bacteriophage-borne polysaccharide depolymerase, deproteinization of the extracellular emulsifying complex with hot phenol, and reconstitution of emulsifier activity with pure polysaccharide and a polysaccharide-free protein fraction. Chemical modification of the carboxyl groups in the polysaccharide resulted in a loss of activity. The protein required for reconstitution of emulsifying activity was purified sevenfold. The BD4 emulsan apparently derives its amphipathic properties from the association of an anionic hydrophilic polysaccharide with proteins.     

The covalent linkage of protein to carbohydrate in the extracellular protein-polysaccharide from the red alga Porphyridium cruentum.

The extracellular anionic polysaccharide isolated from cultures of a unicellular red alga, Porphyridium cruentum, contains a small amount of protein after extensive purification. The polysaccharide and protein are recovered in the same fraction after isopycnic CsCl-density-gradient centrifugation in 4M-guanidinium chloride, under conditions designed to separate proteins from polysaccharide. The peptide portion of the protein-polysaccharide is released from the polysaccharide by alkali under conditions for beta-elimination. The released peptide is non-diffusible, but in can be separated from the polysaccharide by precipitation of the polysaccharide as the cetylpyridinium complex. Under conditions for beta-elimination of certain O-glycosidic carbohydrate-protein linkages, selective destruction of serine and threonine occurs. The addition of a reducing agent to the alkali mixture produces a selective increase in alanine and alpha-aminobutyric acid. Addition of a tritiated reducing agent to the alkali mixture produces radioactive alanine and alpha-aminobutyric acid, and xylitol as the only sugar alcohol. Similar results are obtained from glycopeptides isolated from partial acid hydrolysates. A macromolecular structure of the protein-polysaccharide is suggested by a comparison of the intrinsic viscosity of material before and after treatment with alkali and proteolytic enzymes.