几丁质及其衍生物的生物活性与在农业中的应用

本文主要介绍了几丁质及其衍生物的理化性质、细胞学效应,及其对植物生长发育的调节和植物抗病性的诱导和作用机理,并展望了几丁质及其衍生物在农业上的应用前景。     

几丁质及其衍生物的生物活性与在农业中的应用

本文主要介绍了几丁质及其衍生物的理化性质、细胞学效应,及其对植物生长发育的调节和植物抗病性的诱导和作用机理,并展望了几丁质及其衍生物在农业上的应用前景。     

Detection and characterization of chitinases and other chitin-modifying enzymes

Multiple industrial and medical uses of chitin and its derivatives have been developed in recent years. The demand for enzymes with new or desirable properties continues to grow as additional uses of chitin, chitooligosaccharides, and chitosan become apparent. Microorganisms, the primary degraders of chitin in the environment, are a rich source of valuable chitin-modifying enzymes. This review summarizes many methods that can be used to isolate and characterize chitin-modifying enzymes including chitin depolymerases, chitodextrinases, chitin deacetylases, N-acetylglucosaminidases, chitin-binding proteins, and chitosanases. Chitin analogs, zymography, detection of reducing sugars, genomic library screening, chitooligosaccharide electrophoresis, degenerate PCR primer design, thin layer chromatography, and chitin-binding assays are discussed.     

Biomaterials based on chitin and chitosan in wound dressing applications

Wound dressing is one of the most promising medical applications for chitin and chitosan. The adhesive nature of chitin and chitosan, together with their antifungal and bactericidal character, and their permeability to oxygen, is a very important property associated with the treatment of wounds and burns. Different derivatives of chitin and chitosan have been prepared for this purpose in the form of hydrogels, fibers, membranes, scaffolds and sponges. The purpose of this review is to take a closer look on the wound dressing applications of biomaterials based on chitin, chitosan and their derivatives in various forms in detail.     

Preparative methods of phosphorylated chitin and chitosan--an overview

Biomaterials such as chitin, chitosan and their derivatives have a significant and rapid development in recent years. Chitin and chitosan have become cynosure of all party because of an unusual combination of biological activities plus mechanical and physical properties. However, the applications of chitin and chitosan are limited due to its insolubility in most of the solvents. The chemical modification of chitin and chitosan are keen interest because of these modifications would not change the fundamental skeleton of chitin and chitosan but would keep the original physicochemical and biochemical properties. They would also bring new or improved properties. The chemical modification of chitin and chitosan by phosphorylation is expected to be biocompatible and is able to promote tissue regeneration. In view of rapidly growing interest in chitin and chitosan and their chemical modified derivatives, we are here focusing the recent developments on preparation of phosphorylated chitin and chitosan in different methods.     

Adhesion behaviour of murine lymphocytes on the surface of fibrous chitin and its derivatives

Adhesion behaviour of lymphocytes of mouse spleen on the surfaces of chitin and its derivatives was studied. The amount of adhering B lymphocytes was enhanced by the deacetylation of N-acetyl groups and depressed by the introduction of carboxyl groups to the GlcNAc residues of chitin. B lymphocytes have been shown to adhere more effectively to the surface of chitin derivatives than IgG negative cells such as T lymphocytes. However, some morphological change in lymphocyte cells has been observed on adhesion to the basic surface of deacetylated chitin, in spite of little change on neutral or acidic surfaces of chitin derivatives.     

Implications of molecular diversity of chitin and its derivatives

Chitin is a long unbranched polysaccharide, made up of β-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine which forms crystalline fiber-like structure. It is present in the fungal cell walls, insect and crustacean cuticles, nematode eggshells, and protozoa cyst. We provide a critical appraisal on the chemical modifications of chitin and its derivatives in the context of their improved efficacy in medical applications without any side effect. Recent advancement in nanobiotechnology has helped to synthesize several chitin derivatives having significant biological applications. Here, we discuss the molecular diversity of chitin and its applications in enzyme immobilization, wound healing, packaging material, controlled drug release, biomedical imaging, gene therapy, agriculture, biosensor, and cosmetics. Also, we highlighted chitin and its derivatives as an antioxidant, antimicrobial agent, anticoagulant material, food additive, and hypocholesterolemic agent. We envisage that chitin and chitosan-based nanomaterials with their potential applications would augment nanobiotechnology and biomedical industries.

     

Studies on applications of chitin and its derivatives

Chitin, a homopolymer of N-acetylglucosamine, is obtained from a variety of sources. They form the structural component of fungal cell wall and plants. They are commercially obtained from shrimp and crab shell waste from the fishing industry. Recent advances in understanding the structure and properties of chitin and its derivatives has opened a lot of new avenues for its applications. Improvements in the properties of chitin for a particular application can be easily brought about by chemical modifications. The applicability of chitin in many areas and its easy manipulation has resulted in a considerable amount of research being done on the possible applications of chitinase.     

几丁质的研究与进展

几丁质是自然界中储存量仅次于纤维素的第二大天然多糖, 广泛存在于真菌、昆虫和甲壳类动物之中, 自然状态复杂, 刚性很强, 生物亲和性好, 在大多数溶剂中难溶解, 可衍生出多种衍生物, 并具有重要的应用价值。目前该多糖主要来源于海洋, 其研究技术也与一般多糖有较大的差别。本文论述几丁质的自然状态、结构性能、生物合成、提取方法和衍生物制备技术的研究状况及其基本性能, 使几丁质研究技术有一个较全面的了解。     

细菌几丁质酶基因的表达调控

几丁质酶可以降解几丁质,广泛存在于各类微生物中。几丁质的降解产物几丁寡糖在医药、食品及农业生防领域有很重要的应用价值及广泛的应用前景。细菌在利用几丁质时,需要先分泌几丁质酶,将几丁质降解成几丁寡糖或单体,再通过特异的转运系统送进细胞而被利用。胞内的几丁质降解产物作为特定的信号分子,可以激活或阻遏相应chi基因的转录,从而影响细菌几丁质酶的合成。在各种调节蛋白及应答元件的参与下,细菌几丁质酶的合成受到精密的控制。文章以链霉菌和大肠杆菌为代表综述了细菌在转运系统和基因表达两个层面上控制几丁质酶合成的最新研究进展。     

New flourinated chitin derivatives: synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity assessment

New fluorinated chitin derivatives have been synthesized and characterized. Fluorination of chitin was achieved by facile homogenous reaction of chitin solution with diethyl amino sulfur trifluoride (C₄H₁₀NSF₃). The degree of substitution of the C6-hydroxyl functionality of N-acetyl-glucosamine repeat unit ranged from 50 to 98%, achieved by varying the reaction time from 1 to 144 h at room temperature. The use of pentafluoropropionic anhydride, trifluoromethylbenzoyl chloride and pentafluorobenzoyl chloride gave fluoro-chitin derivatives with 40, 10 and 5% substitution, respectively. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, and elemental analysis support the identity of all fluorinated chitin derivatives. The fluorinated chitin derivatives were subjected to MTT assay using human (ATCC CCL-186) and mouse (ATCC CCL-1) fibroblast cell lines. Fluorinated chitin derivatives prepared from C₄H₁₀NSF₃ at 1, 6, 12, 72 and 96 h showed good cell viability of 80–100% for human fibroblast and 60–70% for mouse fibroblast. The % cell viability for the other fluorinated chitin derivatives were above 60% for both cell lines.     

Mining marine shellfish wastes for bioactive molecules: chitin and chitosan--Part B: applications

Due to their unique chemical characteristics (including biodegradability to non-toxic products, physiological inertness and hydrophilicity), chitin, chitosan and their derivatives may be expansively utilized in the biotechnological, agricultural, food protection and nutraceutical, medicinal and pharmacological fields and in the areas of bioremediation and gene therapy. Biological actions associated with chitin and shell waste by-products include among others antibacterial, angiotensin-1-converting enzyme-inhibitory and immunomodulatory activities, while the chitinolytic microbes and enzymes associated with chitinolysis also play a role in the de novo generation of further bioactivites. In Part B of this review we relate in more detail some of the bioactivities and applications of chitin and shell waste by-products.     

Preparation of C-6 substituted chitin derivatives under homogeneous conditions

Tosylation of chitin under homogeneous conditions was achieved by the reaction of tosyl chloride with chitin in a DMAc/LiCl solvent system. The resultant tosyl-chitin was fully N-acetylated with acetic anhydride in methanol. The fully acetylated tosyl-chitin was subsequently reacted with the sodium salts of ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate, diethyl malonate, and diethyl phosphite in DMAc to give the corresponding chitin derivatives of 6-O-ethyl benzoate-chitin, 6-deoxy-diethyl malonate-chitin, and 6-(deoxydiethyl) phosphite-chitin, respectively. Subsequent hydrolysis of the chitin-ester derivatives with tert-butoxide in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) generated 6-O-carboxyphenyl-chitin and 6-(deoxydicarboxy)methyl-chitin. The structures of the chitin derivatives were assessed by FT-IR, (13)C NMR, and (31)P NMR, while the degree of substitution of the S(N)2 reaction was estimated by elemental analysis. All the chitin derivatives were found to be soluble or swellable in water, DMAc, or DMSO.     

Effect of chitin heparinoids on the activation of peritoneal macrophages and on the production of monokines in mice

Sulfonated derivatives of chitin which showed anticoagulant activity (chitin heparinoids) were studied with regard to the activation of mouse peritoneal macrophages and the production of monokines. In comparison with 70% deacetylated chitin (DAC-70), which was the most adjuvant-active derivative of chitin, all chitin heparinoids were less effective for the augmentation of cytolytic activity of peritoneal macrophages. The number of macrophages was hardly increased or decreased by intraperitoneal injection of chitin heparinoids, and the activity of circulating colony-stimulating factor was not changed by their treatment. Only N-sulfonated DAC-70 stimulated the production of interleukin-1 by thioglycolate-induced peritoneal macrophages in vitro. However, its effect was weaker than that of DAC-70. Chitin heparinoids showed no or weak mitogenic activity on normal mouse spleen cells.     

Mining marine shellfish wastes for bioactive molecules: chitin and chitosan--Part A: extraction methods

Legal restrictions, high costs and environmental problems regarding the disposal of marine processing wastes have led to amplified interest in biotechnology research concerning the identification and extraction of additional high grade, low-volume by-products produced from shellfish waste treatments. Shellfish waste consisting of crustacean exoskeletons is currently the main source of biomass for chitin production. Chitin is a polysaccharide composed of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine units and the multidimensional utilization of chitin derivatives including chitosan, a deacetylated derivative of chitin, is due to a number of characteristics including: their polyelectrolyte and cationic nature, the presence of reactive groups, high adsorption capacities, bacteriostatic and fungistatic influences, making them very versatile biomolecules. Part A of this review aims to consolidate useful information concerning the methods used to extract and characterize chitin, chitosan and glucosamine obtained through industrial, microbial and enzymatic hydrolysis of shellfish waste.     

甲壳素及其衍生物在医药卫生领域中的应用

甲壳素是自然界储存量仅次于纤维素的第二大天然多糖化合物 ,本文综述了其药理作用、在医药卫生方面的应用研究情况 ,如甲壳素抗感染、抗凝血、抗癌及降血脂等作用及在制剂方面的应用等     

CHITIN — A promising biomaterial for tissue engineering and stem cell technologies

Chitin, after cellulose, is the second most abundant natural polymer. With a 200-year history of scientific research, chitin is beginning to see fruitful application in the fields of stem cell and tissue engineering. To date, however, research in chitin as a biomaterial appears to lag far behind that of its close relative, chitosan, due to the perceived difficulty in processing chitin. This review presents methods to improve the processability of chitin, and goes on further to discuss the unique physicochemical and biological characteristics of chitin that favor it as a biomaterial for regenerative medicine applications. Examples of the latter are presented, with special attention on the qualities of chitin that make it inherently suitable as scaffolds and matrices for tissue engineering, stem cell propagation and differentiation.     

Chitosan as antimicrobial agent: applications and mode of action

Chitosan, a hydrophilic biopolymer industrially obtained by N-deacetylation of chitin, can be applied as an antimicrobial agent. The current review of 129 references describes the biological activity of several chitosan derivatives and the modes of action that have been postulated in the literature. It highlights the applications of chitosan as an antimicrobial agent against fungi, bacteria, and viruses and as an elicitor of plant defense mechanisms.     

Chitin and its derivative as supports for immobilization of enzymes

The ideal enzyme support should show high affinity to proteins, availability of reactive groups for direct reactions with proteins or for chemical modifications, easiness of preparing in different physical forms, nontoxicity and physiological compatability if required (food industry, biomedicine), as well as low cost. Chitin and its derivatives fullfil most of these requirements. The paper reviews enzymes immobilized on chitin and its derivatives along with techniques applied for their immobilization.     

Structure and function of enzymes acting on chitin and chitosan

Enzymatic conversions of chitin and its soluble, partially deacetylated derivative chitosan are of great interest. Firstly, chitin metabolism is an important process in fungi, insects and crustaceans. Secondly, such enzymatic conversions may be used to transform an abundant biomass to useful products such as bioactive chito-oligosaccharides. Enzymes acting on chitin and chitosan are abundant in nature. Here we review current knowledge on the structure and function of enzymes involved in the conversion of these polymeric substrates: chitinases (glycoside hydrolase families 18 & 19), chitosanases (glycoside hydrolase families 8, 46, 75 & 80) and chitin deacetylases (carbohydrate esterase family 4).