The interaction of the vanadyl (IV) cation with chondroitin sulfate A

Potential applications of alginate oligosaccharides for biomedicine - A mini review

Extensive research on marine algae, especially on their health-promoting properties, has been conducted. Various ingredients with potential biomedical applications have been discovered and extracted from marine algae. Alginate oligosaccharides are low molecular weight alginate polysaccharides present in cell walls of brown algae. They exhibit various health benefits such as anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, anti-tumor and immunomodulation. Their low-toxicity, non-immunogenicity, and biodegradability make them an excellent material in biomedicine. Alginate oligosaccharides can be chemically or biochemically modified to enhance their biological activity and potential in pharmaceutical applications. This paper provides a brief overview on alginate oligosaccharides characteristics, modification patterns and highlights their vital health promoting properties.

Novel vanadyl complexes of alginate saccharides: synthesis, characterization, and biological activities

Vanadium compounds present many physiological functions. However, vanadium(IV) and (V) salts are difficult for gastrointestinal absorption and have strong side effects. Therefore organic oxovanadium compounds gain more attention. Vanadyl alginate polysaccharides (VAPS) and vanadyl alginate oligosaccharides (VAOS) were obtained from aqueous solutions of VOSO4 at pH 12. They were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The antioxidant activity of oxovanadium(IV) complexes was investigated in hydroxyl and DPPH radical scavenging systems in vitro. The results reveal that activities of VAPS and VAOS in the two systems were stronger than those of alginate polysaccharides (APS) and alginate oligosaccharides (AOS), respectively. In addition, VAPS and VAOS promoted significantly the antiproliferation of ligands of human hepatoma cell line BEL-7402. Oxovanadium(IV) complexes were potent inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) with IC50 values in the range of 6.4-18.7μg/mL, indicated in biochemical assays. In addition, Vanadyl-alginate had no significant side effects on proliferation and viability of HL-7702 hepatic cells. In the future, they can be added to medicines and ease the growing threat that cancer and diabetes mellitus cause to human health.

Oxovanadium(IV) and oxovanadium(V) complexes relevant to biological systems

Different aspects of the coordination chemistry of oxovanadium(IV) and oxovanadium(V), relevant to the bioinorganic chemistry of vanadium, are presented. Some of the investigated complexes are good models for different aspects of the metabolism and detoxification of vanadium or for a better characterization and understanding of the structural and electronic peculiarities of the coordination spheres of VO2+ and VO2+ in biomolecules. Their structural, spectroscopic and magnetic properties are briefly discussed. The investigated systems include ligands such as reduced and oxidized glutathione, L-ascorbic acid, nucleotides and related systems, carbohydrates, phosphates, carboxylic acids, oxine derivatives and some others.

A spectroscopic study of the interaction of the VO2+ cation with the two components of chondroitin sulfate

The interaction of the vanadyl (IV) cation with N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, D-galactosamine, and D-glucuronic acid has been investigated by electron absorption spectroscopy at different metal to ligand ratios and pH values. In the case of D-glucuronic acid, a more detailed study was undertaken, using differential IR spectroscopy in solution. The results show that the cation interacts with the two nitrogenated molecules only at higher pH values, generating 2:1 ligand to metal complexes in which coordination occurs through two pairs of deprotonated OH groups of the rings. In the case of D-glucuronic acid, the IR-measurements allowed a wider insight into the structural characteristics of the complexes generated in acidic media. The involvement of the glycosidic oxygen atom in coordination, is suggested at pH = 3.