不同干燥方式、存储温度对羊栖菜中岩藻黄素稳定性的影响

为探究不同干燥方式、不同存储温度和存储时间对羊栖菜中岩藻黄素稳定性的影响,本研究考察了三种不同干燥方式,包括自然阴干、低温烘干和冷冻干燥,对羊栖菜中岩藻黄素稳定性的影响。结果表明采用冷冻干燥所得羊栖菜,含水量低,岩藻黄素含量高,达到699.2μg/g,岩藻黄素保留率为94.7%,远高于自然阴干及低温烘干。因此,冷冻干燥是最佳干燥方法。考察了四个不同温度(-20、4、25、30℃)存储对冻干羊栖菜中岩藻黄素稳定性的影响,结果表明随着存储温度的升高,岩藻黄素的降解率明显增高,因此,-20℃为最佳储存温度。     

Protective effect of Fucoxanthin against UVB-induced skin photoaging in hairless mice

Fucoxanthin, a major carotenoid in brown algae, has various beneficial effects. In this study, we evaluated the effect of topical fucoxanthin on UVB-induced skin photoaging in hairless mice. The dorsal skins were treated topically with a 0.001% fucoxanthin solution 2 h each time before UVB irradiation (5 times a week) for 10 weeks. The formation of wrinkles in UVB-irradiated skin treated with vehicle alone significantly increased, as compared with the non-irradiated control. Treatment with fucoxanthin tended to suppress UVB-induced wrinkle formation, but there was no significant difference between wrinkle formation in the control group and the fucoxanthin treatment group. However, topical treatment with fucoxanthin significantly lessened UVB-induced epidermal hypertrophy, VEGF, and MMP-13 expression in the epidermis and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) in the skin. These results indicate that topical treatment with fucoxanthin prevents skin photoaging in UVB-irradiated hairless mice, possibly via antioxidant and antiangiogenic effects.     

Health benefits of fucoxanthin in the prevention of chronic diseases

Fucoxanthin is a xanthophyll carotenoid abundant in macroalgae, such as brown seaweeds. When fucoxanthin is consumed, it can be esterified or hydrolyzed to fucoxanthinol in the gastrointestinal tract and further converted into amarouciaxanthin A in the liver. It has a unique chemical structure that confers its biological effects. Fucoxanthin has a strong antioxidant capacity by scavenging singlet molecular oxygen and free radicals. Also, it exerts an anti-inflammatory effect. Studies have demonstrated potential health benefits of fucoxanthin for the prevention of chronic diseases, such as cancer, obesity, diabetes mellitus, and liver disease. Animal studies have shown that fucoxanthin supplementation has no adverse effects. However, investigation of the safety of fucoxanthin consumption in humans is lacking. Clinical trials are required to assess the safety of fucoxanthin in conjunction with the study of mechanisms by which fucoxanthin exhibits its health benefits. This review focuses on current knowledge of metabolism and functions of fucoxanthin with its potential health benefits.This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Carotenoids recent advances in cell and molecular biology edited by Johannes von Lintig and Loredana Quadro.     

Capacity of fucoxanthin for scavenging peroxyl radicals and inhibition of lipid peroxidation in model systems

Abstract

Carotenoids act as physiological antioxidant by scavenging reactive-free radicals as well as quenching singlet oxygen. Fucoxanthin is one of the abundant carotenoids found in edible brown seaweeds. The assessment of radical scavenging capacity of carotenoids has been the subject of extensive studies, which, however, gave inconsistent results. In the present study, the capacity of fucoxanthin for scavenging peroxyl radicals, chain carrying species of lipid peroxidation, was assessed quantitatively by measuring the effect of α-tocopherol on the decay of fucoxanthin induced by peroxyl radicals. It was found that α-tocopherol was 7.1 times more reactive than fucoxanthin in heptane solution, but interestingly fucoxanthin exerted 1.6 times higher reactivity than α-tocopherol in methanol solution. In SDS micelles, the relative reactivity of fucoxanthin and α-tocopherol depended on the site of peroxyl radical formation. The efficacy of lipid peroxidation inhibition by fucoxanthin was much less than that of α-tocopherol.     

铜藻岩藻黄素提取及纯化工艺研究

为了对岩藻黄素的提取、纯化进行系统研究,进而为高纯度岩藻黄素的工业化生产提供研究基础,筛选了适用于提取铜藻（Sargassum horneri）鲜藻中岩藻黄素的有机溶剂,并通过单因素实验和正交实验确定了最佳的提取溶剂浓度、提取温度、提取时间、料液比等工艺参数。随后采用硅胶柱层析法进行纯化,并通过单因素实验确定了最佳的硅胶柱床高度、上样量和洗脱流速。最后采用制备液相法对经层析纯化的岩藻黄素进一步纯化。结果表明,有机溶剂萃取的最佳工艺条件为：甲醇浓度90%,提取温度50 ℃,提取时间1 h,料液比1∶10,此条件下岩藻黄素提取率达到(0.258 9±0.003 6) mg·g-1鲜重（FW）［(1.078 8±0.015 0) mg·g-1干重（DW）］。硅胶柱层析的最佳工艺条件为：硅胶柱床高度10 cm,上样量6 g,洗脱流速10 mL·min-1,此条件下岩藻黄素得率为0.176 5 mg·g-1FW（0.735 3 mg·g-1 DW）,纯度为87.01%±0.88%。经制备液相进一步纯化后,岩藻黄素得率为0.127 1 mg·g-1 FW（0.529 4 mg·g-1 DW）,纯度为99.27%±0.22%。研究所用工艺简单,岩藻黄素得率高,为高纯度岩藻黄素的制备提供了实验基础。     

Association of fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding polypeptides with photosystems and phosphorylation in the centric diatom Cyclotella cryptica

Solubilization of thylakoid membranes of Cyclotella cryptica with dodecyl-beta maltoside followed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation or deriphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis resulted in the isolation of pigment protein complexes. These complexes were characterized by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western immunoblotting using antisera against fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins and the reaction center protein D2 of photosystem II. Sucrose density gradient centrifugation yielded four bands. Band 1 consisted of free pigments with minor amounts of fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins. Bands 2, 3, and 4 represented a major fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding protein fraction, photosystem II, and photosystem I, respectively. Deriphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis gave rise to five bands, representing photosystem I, photosystem II, two fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding protein complexes, and a band mostly consisting of free pigments. In the Western immunoblotting experiments, the specific association of two fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins, Fcp2 and Fcp4, to the photosystems could be demonstrated. In vivo experiments using antibodies against phosphothreonine residues and in vitro studies using [gamma-32P]ATP showed that fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c binding-proteins of 22 kDa became phosphorylated.     

高产岩藻黄素的海洋硅藻筛选及光照条件优化

为提高岩藻黄素(Fucoxanthin)提取效率, 对16株海洋硅藻岩藻黄素的检测含量和实际含量进行了分析, 并以一株牟氏角刺藻(Chaetoceros muelleri)为对象, 研究了岩藻黄素与另外两种关键光合色素(即叶绿素a和β-胡萝卜素)的含量及其消长受光强和光质影响的特征。研究结果显示, 不同种或同种不同株的海洋硅藻, 在相同的培养条件、收获时期、提取方法下, 其提取率差异大, 可从不足1%到89.78%; 岩藻黄素的检出含量各异, 从0.03到5.02 mg/g。受不同光照强度[低: 50 μmol/(m2·s); 中: 100 μmol/(m2·s); 高: 200 μmol/(m2·s)和光质(红光、蓝光)]的影响, 岩藻黄素产量呈现不同特征。在低光照强度下, 单位细胞岩藻黄素的含量相对较高。在红光条件下, 岩藻黄素的产量高于蓝光。在相同光强条件下, 岩藻黄素含量随增殖周期变化; 在单色光质条件下, 几种光合色素均在生长平台期后期含量增加。岩藻黄素的含量变化与叶绿素a和β-胡萝卜素的含量及其消长关系密切。研究为筛选藻株、优化硅藻培养条件以累积岩藻黄素提供了参考。     

Marine algal fucoxanthin inhibits the metastatic potential of cancer cells

Metastasis is major cause of malignant cancer-associated mortality. Fucoxanthin has effect on various pharmacological activities including anti-cancer activity. However, the inhibitory effect of fucoxanthin on cancer metastasis remains unclear. Here, we show that fucoxanthin isolated from brown alga Saccharina japonica has anti-metastatic activity. To check anti-metastatic properties of fucoxanthin, in vitro models including assays for invasion, migration, actin fiber organization and cancer cell–endothelial cell interaction were used. Fucoxanthin inhibited the expression and secretion of MMP-9 which plays a critical role in tumor invasion and migration, and also suppressed invasion of highly metastatic B16-F10 melanoma cells as evidenced by transwell invasion assay. In addition, fucoxanthin diminished the expressions of the cell surface glycoprotein CD44 and CXC chemokine receptor-4 (CXCR4) which play roles in migration, invasion and cancer–endothelial cell adhesion. Fucoxanthin markedly suppressed cell migration in wound healing assay and inhibited actin fiber formation. The adhesion of B16-F10 melanoma cells to the endothelial cells was significantly inhibited by fucoxanthin. Moreover, in experimental lung metastasis in vivo assay, fucoxanthin resulted in significant reduction of tumor nodules. Taken together, we demonstrate, for the first time, that fucoxanthin suppresses metastasis of highly metastatic B16-F10 melanoma cells in vitro and in vivo.     

A preparative method for isolation of fucoxanthin from Eisenia bicyclis by centrifugal partition chromatography

Introduction – Eisenia bicyclis (Kjellman) Setchell (Laminariaceae) is a common brown alga that inhabits around the coast of Korea, Japan and China. It contains fucoxanthin, a major carotenoid of brown algae which shows a variety of pharmaceutical functions. Objective – The aim of this investigation was the quantification and preparative isolation of fucoxanthin from fresh E. bicyclis using a new separation scheme, centrifugal partition chromatography (CPC). Methodology – The fucoxanthin fraction (Fuco fraction) was prepared by solvent partition method from the acetone extract of fresh E. bicyclis. Fuco fraction was used for CPC using a two‐phase solvent system of n‐hexane–ethyl acetate–ethanol–water (5:5:7:3, v/v/v/v). The flow rate of mobile phase was 2 mL/min with descending mode while rotating at 1000 rpm. The eluate was monitored at 410 nm. The content and structure of fucoxanthin in the CPC fraction were confirmed with HPLC, UV, APCI/MS and NMR spectra. Results – A preparative CPC yielded 20 mg of fucoxanthin (87% recovery from Fuco fraction) in a two‐step separation from 516 mg of Fuco fraction containing 4.59% fucoxanthin. The purity of the isolated fucoxanthin was about 81% in the first CPC step and over 98% in the second CPC step based on the calibration curve. The isolated fucoxanthin was identified as all‐trans‐fucoxanthin with APCI/MS (parent ion at m/z 641 [M + H ? H₂O]⁺) and ¹H, ¹³C and 2‐D NMR spectra. Conclusion – High‐purity fucoxanthin was successfully isolated from fresh E. bicyclis, suggesting further potential applications in the industrial use of this valuable carotenoid. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Enzyme-assisted extraction of fucoxanthin and lipids containing polyunsaturated fatty acids from Undaria pinnatifida using dimethyl ether and ethanol

A novel method for the efficient extraction of fucoxanthin and lipids containing polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from the brown seaweed Undaria pinnatifida was developed and demonstrated at a laboratory scale. U. pinnatifida, also known as Wakame, contains a number of biologically active lipophilic compounds, particularly fucoxanthin, which has anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, anti-obesity and anti-inflammatory properties. The yield of fucoxanthin and lipids containing PUFAs was determined by extraction from wet and freeze-dried seaweed using dimethyl ether (DME) and ethanol and from enzyme-pretreated seaweed using the same solvents. The highest yields of fucoxanthin (94%) and lipids (94%) rich in PUFAs were obtained from fresh (wet) U. pinnatifida by enzyme pre-processing, followed by extraction using DME with ethanol as a co-solvent. In comparison, ethanol extraction resulted in lower extraction yields for both fucoxanthin (86%) and lipids (73%) under the conditions described. Enzyme pre-processing using alginate lyase resulted in the hydrolysis of cell wall polysaccharides, resulting in high extraction yields. The hydrolysis time, pH and temperature were found to be the most important parameters for the enzyme pre-processing step and for minimizing fucoxanthin losses due to oxidative degradation. The removal of water-soluble compounds (polysaccharides) following the enzyme pre-treatment prior to DME extractions doubled the throughput and maximized the yield. The residual biomass was colorless or a pale-brown color after the DME extraction, which indicated the highly effective extraction of fucoxanthin. The PUFA content and fucoxanthin levels were not affected by the enzyme or extraction using the described enzyme-assisted DME + ethanol co-solvent process.     

硅藻金色奥杜藻色素的HPLC分析与超临界CO2萃取研究

以硅藻金色奥杜藻(Odontella aurita)为实验材料,利用高效液相色谱法分析了其色素组成与含量,采取超临界CO2萃取技术研究了从干藻粉内提取岩藻黄素的条件。结果表明,该藻主要含有岩藻黄素、硅甲藻黄素、β-胡萝卜素、硅藻黄素等类胡萝卜素以及叶绿素a和叶绿素c1,其中岩藻黄素为该藻含量最高的类胡萝卜素。色素的萃取率与压强、温度、夹带剂含量以及萃取时间呈正相关,夹带剂含量对萃取率影响最大,CO2流速的影响最小;与有机溶剂法相比,超临界CO2萃取岩藻黄素效率略低,而更利于岩藻黄素的选择性萃取及分离提纯;岩藻黄素的SFE-CO2适宜条件为压强400 bar、温度50℃、CO2流速0.2 L/min、夹带剂比例10%、萃取时间2～3 h。     

Characterization of genes encoding the light-harvesting proteins in diatoms: biogenesis of the fucoxanthin chlorophylla/c protein complex

In chromophytic algae the major light-harvesting complex is the fucoxanthin chlorophylla/c protein complex. Recently, we have cloned several highly related cDNA and genomic sequences encoding the fucoxanthin chlorophylla/c proteins from the diatomPhaeodactylum tricornutum. These genes are clustered on the nuclear genome. The sequences of the fucoxanthin chlorophylla/c proteins as deduced from the gene sequences have some similarity to the chlorophylla/b proteins associated with light-harvesting complexes of higher plants and green algae. Like the chlorophylla/b proteins of higher plants, the fucoxanthin chlorophylla/c proteins are synthesized as higher-molecular weight precursors in the cytoplasm of the cell and are transported into the plastids. However, the mode of transport into diatom plastids is very different from the mechanism involved in transporting proteins into the chloroplasts of higher plants and green algae. We focus here on the characteristics of the fucoxanthin chlorophylla/c proteins, the mode of transport of these proteins into plastids, the arrangement of the genes encoding these proteins, and efforts to utilize these genes to develop a DNA transformation system for diatoms.     

Phylogeny of nuclear-encoded plastid-targeted GAPDH gene supports separate origins for the peridinin- and the fucoxanthin derivative-containing plastids of dinoflagellates

Although most photosynthetic dinoflagellates have plastids with peridinin, the three dinoflagellate genera Karenia, Karlodinium, and Takayama possess anomalously pigmented plastids that contain fucoxanthin and its derivatives (19′-hexanoyloxy-fucoxanthin and 19′-butanoyloxy-fucoxanthin) instead of the peridinin. This pigment composition is similar to that of haptophytes. All peridinin-containing dinoflagellates investigated so far have at least two types of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH): cytosolic and plastid-targeted forms. In the present study, we cloned and sequenced genes encoding cytosolic and plastid-targeted GAPDH proteins from three species of the fucoxanthin derivative-containing dinoflagellates. Based on the molecular phylogeny, the plastid-targeted GAPDH genes of the fucoxanthin derivative-containing dinoflagellates were closely related to those of haptophyte algae rather than to the peridinin-containing dinoflagellates, while one of several cytosolic versions from the peridinin- and the fucoxanthin derivative-containing dinoflagellates are closely related to each other. Considering a previously reported theory that the plastid-targeted GAPDH from the peridinin-containing dinoflagellates originated by a gene duplication of the cytosolic form before the splitting of the dinoflagellate lineage, it is highly likely that the plastid-targeted GAPDH gene of the peridinin-containing dinoflagellates is original in this algal group and that in the fucoxanthin-containing dinoflagellates, the original plastid-targeted GAPDH was replaced by that of a haptophyte endosymbiont during a tertiary endosymbiosis. The present results strongly support the hypothesis that the plastids of the peridinin- and the fucoxanthin derivative-containing dinoflagellates are of separate origin.     

Enrichment of the light-harvesting complex in diadinoxanthin and implications for the nonphotochemical fluorescence quenching in diatoms

The pigment composition of diatoms differs from that of green algae and plants. Diatoms contain chlorophyll (Chl(1)) c, fucoxanthin, and diadinoxanthin (DD). An intermittent light regime during growth induced a large increase in the DD content in the marine planktonic diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Light-harvesting complex containing fucoxanthin (LHCF) subunits were purified on a sucrose gradient after treatment of thylakoid membranes with a mild detergent. DD was found in all the LHCF fractions: a "major" composite LHCF fraction and the two fractions where some LHCF was associated with photosystem centers. For cells enriched in DD, most of the additional DD molecules were bound to the major LHCF fraction. The DD enrichment of the major LHCF fraction was accompanied by a decrease in the fucoxanthin to Chl a ratio. Either some fucoxanthin molecules were replaced by DD or there could be a relative enrichment of subunits rich in DD at the expense of fucoxanthin/Chl c rich subunits. Under high light illumination, a higher degree of de-epoxidation of DD into DT was observed for the major LHCF of cells enriched in DD. This fraction has the higher DD content and the higher degree of de-epoxidation. These results show that the distal antennae, probably mostly isolated as the major LHCF fraction, play a crucial role in the formation of NPQ, its amplitude depending on the amount of DD bound and on the degree of de-epoxidation (Lavaud et al. (2002) Plant Physiol. 129, 1398-1406).     

Implication of mitogen-activated protein kinase in the induction of G1 cell cycle arrest and gadd45 expression by the carotenoid fucoxanthin in human cancer cells

Background

The precise mechanism of the anti-tumor action of fucoxanthin has yet to be elucidated. We previously reported that gadd45a and gadd45b might play a role in the G1 arrest induced by fucoxanthin. In the present study, we show that several MAPKs modulate the induction of gadd45 and G1 arrest.

Methods

HepG2 and DU145 cells were used. The cell cycle was analyzed using flow cytometry. Expression of gadd45 was assayed by Northern blot and/or quantitative RT-PCR analyses. Activation of MAPK was assayed by Western blot analysis.

Results

Inhibition of p38 MAPK enhanced the induction of gadd45a expression and G1 arrest by fucoxanthin in HepG2 cells. Inhibition of ERK enhanced gadd45b expression but had no effect on the induction of G1 arrest by fucoxanthin in HepG2 cells. Inhibition of SAPK/JNK suppressed the induction of gadd45a expression and G1 arrest by fucoxanthin in DU145 cells.These data suggest that gadd45a is closely related with the G1 arrest induced by fucoxanthin, and that the pattern of MAPK involvement in the induction of gadd45a and G1 arrest by fucoxanthin differs depending on the cell type.

General significance

The implication of GADD45 and MAPK involvement in the anti-tumor action of carotenoids is first described.     

三角褐指藻岩藻黄素-叶绿素蛋白复合体的分离纯化和功能研究

通过改进硅藻主要捕光天线(FCP)的分离和提取方法, 得到高纯度、高均一性的三角褐指藻FCP蛋白,并通过电泳、液相色谱、质谱和吸收荧光光谱学等手段研究三角褐指藻FCP的氨基酸序列、色素组成和捕光特点等, 初步预测三角褐指藻的结构和功能特点。结果表明三角褐指藻FCP含有198个氨基酸, 与高等植物LHCII的序列Identity约为24%。三维结构预测显示FCP具有与LHCII相似的三次跨膜螺旋框架结构, 但跨膜螺旋较短, 且无膜表面螺旋结构。FCP中主要结合了叶绿素a、叶绿素c、岩藻黄素, 不含叶绿素b, Chl. a/c为3.0。光谱学分析表明岩藻黄素可以在水下弱光环境中有效地捕获绿光, 并高效地传递至叶绿素。而岩藻黄素在400-500 nm区域吸收的光能, 向叶绿素传递效率较低, 预示着岩藻黄素在强光下也有一定的光保护功能。FCP中有4个叶绿素结合的保守氨基酸位点, 可能是其叶绿素结合位置, 但岩藻黄素的结合位置因其结构和结合位点的变化而无法预测。研究为进一步探索FCP的结构和功能特性奠定了基础。