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Benech-Arnold T, Navarro DA, Rodríguez C, Schmidt W, Fredericq S, Rojas AM, Stortz CA. Structure and rheology of the polysaccharides from Schizymenia dubyi: Isolation of an unusual glucurono-carrageenan. Carbohydr Polym 2024; 342:122324. [PMID: 39048213 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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The system of polysaccharides from Schizymenia dubyi (Nemastomatales) was investigated. It contains a mixture of hybrid dl galactans (SH-S) and carrageenan-like polysaccharides, which were separated by means of precipitation with KCl at high concentrations. The structural features of the carrageenan-like fraction (SH-I) were investigated by methylation analysis, desulfation, uronic acid reduction, and NMR spectroscopy. It was concluded that the structure has the typical alternance α-(1 → 3), β-(1 → 4) of d-galactose units, with most of the 3-linked units sulfated in O-2 (and some in O-4), and most of the 4-linked units sulfated in O-3, and substituted in O-2 by single stubs of β-d-glucuronic acid (partly sulfated in each of the three available positions). This substituent has been only seldom found in red seaweed galactans. Rheological studies of 5 % and 10 % w/v SH, SH-S and SH-I aqueous systems, either without ions, or in KCl or CaCl2 solution gave thickening behaviors. Their random coil conformations justify the pseudoplastic behavior observed in the viscosity versus shear rate curves. As SH-S and SH-I are both contained in SH, an interpenetrating network could form in SH between the glucurono-carrageenan and the agaran, as inferred from the mechanical spectra recorded in water, especially with potassium ion.
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- Tomás Benech-Arnold
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Centro de Investigaciones en Hidratos de Carbono (CIHIDECAR/CONICET), Departamento de Química Orgánica, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Centro de Investigaciones en Hidratos de Carbono (CIHIDECAR/CONICET), Departamento de Química Orgánica, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, UMYMFOR/CONICET, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Biology Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette 70504-3602, LA, United States
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- Biology Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette 70504-3602, LA, United States
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Tecnología de Alimentos y Procesos Químicos (ITAPROQ/CONICET-UBA), Departamento de Industrias, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Centro de Investigaciones en Hidratos de Carbono (CIHIDECAR/CONICET), Departamento de Química Orgánica, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Red algae (Rhodophyta) are known as the source of unique sulfated galactans, such as agar, agarose, and carrageenans. The wide practical uses of these polysaccharides are based on their ability to form strong gels in aqueous solutions. Gelling polysaccharides usually have molecules built up of repeating disaccharide units with a regular distribution of sulfate groups, but most of the red algal species contain more complex galactans devoid of gelling ability because of various deviations from the regular structure. Moreover, several red algae may contain sulfated mannans or neutral xylans instead of sulfated galactans as the main structural polysaccharides. This chapter is devoted to a description of the structural diversity of polysaccharides found in the red algae, with special emphasis on the methods of structural analysis of sulfated galactans. In addition to the structural information, some data on the possible use of red algal polysaccharides as biologically active polymers or as taxonomic markers are briefly discussed.
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Zúñiga EA, Matsuhiro B, Mejías E. Preparation of a low-molecular weight fraction by free radical depolymerization of the sulfated galactan from Schizymenia binderi (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) and its anticoagulant activity. Carbohydr Polym 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Matsuhiro B, Conte AF, Damonte EB, Kolender AA, Matulewicz MC, Mejías EG, Pujol CA, Zúñiga EA. Structural analysis and antiviral activity of a sulfated galactan from the red seaweed Schizymenia binderi (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Carbohydr Res 2006; 340:2392-402. [PMID: 16125685 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2005.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2005] [Revised: 08/10/2005] [Accepted: 08/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Aqueous extraction of gametophytic Schizymenia binderi afforded a polysaccharide composed of galactose and sulfate groups in a molar ratio of 1.0:0.89 together with uronic acids (6.8 wt%) and minor amounts of other neutral sugars. Alkali-treatment of the polysaccharide afforded a polysaccharide devoid of 3,6-anhydrogalactose. 13C NMR spectroscopy of the desulfated alkali-treated polysaccharide showed a backbone structure of alternating 3-linked beta-D-galactopyranosyl and 4-linked alpha-galactopyranosyl units that are predominantly of the D-configuration and partly of the L-configuration. Methylation, ethylation and NMR spectroscopic studies of the alkali-treated polysaccharide indicated that the sulfate groups are located mainly at positions O-2 of 3-linked beta-D-galactopyranosyl residue and at position O-3 of 4-linked-alpha-galactopyranosyl residues, the latter is partially glycosylated at position O-2. The sulfated galactan from S. binderi exhibited highly selective antiviral activity against Herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, with selectivity indices (ratio cytotoxicity/antiviral activity) >1000 for all assayed virus strains. This compound was shown to interfere with the initial adsorption of viruses to cells.
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- Betty Matsuhiro
- Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Casilla 40, Santiago 33, Chile.
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Zibetti RGM, Noseda MD, Cerezo AS, Duarte MER. The system of galactans from Cryptonemia crenulata (Halymeniaceae, Halymeniales) and the structure of two major fractions. Kinetic studies on the alkaline cyclization of the unusual diad G2S→D(L)6S. Carbohydr Res 2005; 340:711-22. [PMID: 15721344 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2005.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2004] [Accepted: 01/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cryptonemia crenulata biosynthesizes a family of dl-hybrid galactans that are based on the classical 3-linked beta-d-galactopyranosyl-->4-linked alpha-galactopyranosyl alternating sequence (A-units-->B-units). The dispersion of structures in these galactans is based on four factors, namely: (a) the amount and position of substituent groups as sulfate (major), pyruvic acid ketals, methoxyl and side substituents of beta-D-xylose and/or beta-D-galactose; (b) the ratio galactose/3,6-anhydrogalactose in the B-units; (c) the ratio D-/L-galactoses and 3,6-anhydrogalactoses also in the B-units and (d) the sequence of the diads in the linear backbone. Alkali treatment carried out on the major fraction produced a nearly quantitative formation of 3,6-anhydrogalactose units from precursor units (alpha-galactose 6-sulfate (major) and alpha-galactose 2,6-sulfate, minor). Kinetic studies show a rate constant, for the diad G2S-D(L) 6-S, of 1.7 x 10(4)s(-1) indicating a reaction faster than in lambda-carrageenans but slower than in porphyrans.
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- Rosiane G M Zibetti
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia, Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, PO Box 19046, CEP: 81531-990 Curitiba-Paraná, Brazil
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Estevez JM, Ciancia M, Cerezo AS. The system of galactans of the red seaweed, Kappaphycus alvarezii, with emphasis on its minor constituents. Carbohydr Res 2004; 339:2575-92. [PMID: 15476719 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2004.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2004] [Accepted: 08/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The galactans extracted with hot water from Kappaphycus alvarezii, after previous extraction at room temperature, are mainly composed of kappa-carrageenans (approximately 74%) and micro-carrageenans (approximately 3%). However, a significant percentage of these galactans (at least 14%) is composed of sulfated agarans and, possibly, agaran-type sulfated DL-hybrid galactans. These agarans are partially substituted on C-2 or C-4 or disubstituted on both positions of the beta-D-galactose units and on C-3 or C-2 and C-3 of the alpha-L-galactose residues with sulfate groups or single stubs of beta-D-xylopyranose, D-glucopyranose, and galactose or with D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-D-glucopyranose side chains. Significant quantities of 2-O-methyl- and 3-O-methyl-L-galactose units are also present. A great tendency to retain Ca2+ and Mg2+, in spite of massive treatments with Na+ and K+ salts, was observed. The complexation between agarans and agarans-kappa-carrageenans through divalent cations and the possible zipper-type carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions would be two complementary mechanisms of interactions.
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- José M Estevez
- Departamento de Quimica Orgánica (CIHIDECAR-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria-Pabellón 2, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Saunders GW, Chiovitti A, Kraft GT. Small-subunit rDNA sequences from representatives of selected families of the Gigartinales and Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta). 3. Delineating the Gigartinales sensu stricto. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1139/b03-110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nuclear small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequences were determined for 65 members of the Gigartinales and related orders. With representatives of 15 families of the Gigartinales sensu Kraft and Robins included for the first time, our alignment now includes members of all but two of the ca. 40 families. Our data continue to support ordinal status for the Plocamiales, to which we provisionally transfer the Pseudoanemoniaceae and Sarcodiaceae. The Halymeniales is retained at the ordinal level and consists of the Halymeniaceae (including the Corynomorphaceae), Sebdeniaceae, and Tsengiaceae. In the Halymeniaceae, Grateloupia intestinalis is only distantly related to the type species, Grateloupia filicina, but is closely affiliated with the genus Polyopes. The Nemastomatales is composed of the Nemastomataceae and Schizymeniaceae. The Acrosymphytaceae (now including Schimmelmannia, formerly of the Gloiosiphoniaceae) and the Calosipho niaceae (represented by Schmitzia) have unresolved affinities and are considered as incertae sedis among lineage 4 orders. We consider the Gigartinales sensu stricto to include 29 families, although many contain only one or a few genera and mergers will probably result following further investigation. Although the small-subunit ribosomal DNA was generally too conservative to resolve family relationships within the Gigartinales sensu stricto, a few key conclusions are supported. The Hypneaceae, questionably distinct from the Cystocloniaceae on anatomical grounds, is now subsumed into the latter family. As recently suggested, the Wurdemanniaceae should be incorporated into the Solieriaceae, but the latter should not be merged with the Areschougiaceae. The Corynocystaceae Kraft, fam. nov., is described and added to the Gigartinales sensu stricto.Key words: Corynocystaceae, Cryptonemiales, Florideophyceae, Gigartinales, Rhodymeniales, systematics.
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Takano R, Iwane-Sakata H, Hayashi K, Hara S, Hirase S. Concurrence of agaroid and carrageenan chains in funoran from the red seaweed Gloiopeltis furcata post. et ruprecht (cryptonemiales, rhodophyta). Carbohydr Polym 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0144-8617(97)00230-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Stortz CA, Cases MR, Cerezo AS. The system of agaroids and carrageenans from the soluble fraction of the tetrasporic stage of the red seaweed Iridaea undulosa. Carbohydr Polym 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0144-8617(97)00097-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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