title: Inhibition of complement activation by water-soluble polysaccharides of some far-eastern brown seaweeds.
abstract: Fucoidans and laminarans from Laminaria cichorioides, Laminaria japonica, Fucus evanescens, laminaran from Laminaria gurjanovae, other beta-D-glucans (translam, pustulan and zymosan) and lambda-carrageenan from Chondrus armatus were used to study the effect of water-soluble polysaccharides from seaweeds on the alternative pathway of complement (APC). beta-D-Glucans and fucoidans under study differed appreciably from each other by structural characteristics, and also by degree of purification. beta-D-glucans, on ability to bind complement, ranked in a line according to a degree of their purification. Highly purified beta-D-glucans under study did not reveal an ability to bind complement. The fucoidans were divided conventionally into three groups according to their action on APC. Highly sulfated alpha-L-fucan from L. cichorioides with the greatest activity toward APC and caused 50% inhibition of reaction of activation (RA) of APC in a concentration of 0.5-0.7 mg/ml. Opposite 50% of inhibition of lysis of erythrocytes by sulfated heterogeneous fucoidan from L. japonica was achieved with 20 mg/ml. All other fucoidans and lambda-carrageenan have activity at 6-10 mg/ml concentration. Decreasing the sulfate content from 36% up to 9% in sample fucoidans under study was not reflected practically in the 50% inhibition concentration. Apparently, the degree of sulfating of fucoidans did not influence their action on APC. But the positive influence of fucose in structure of polysaccharide was obvious.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Enzymatic Chemistry, Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. piboc@stl.ru
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Zvyagintseva
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Nazarova
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Scobun
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Luk'yanov
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Elyakova
mesh_terms: D003167:Complement Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007795:Laminaria / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012995:Solubility; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D014867:Water