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Yoshiba K, Yasuda Y, Sato M, Matsuda Y. Solvent stabilizing effects on the order-disorder transition of schizophyllan in aqueous mixtures of carboxylic acids. Biopolymers 2024:e23604. [PMID: 38818788 DOI: 10.1002/bip.23604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
Abstract
Schizophyllan is a triple helical β-1,3-D-glucan, and shows the cooperative order-disorder transition in the aqueous solution at the triple helix state. In this paper, the solvent stabilizing effects of two carboxylic acids, acetic acid and citric acid, on the cooperative order-disorder transition of aqueous schizophyllan solution were investigated from DSC and SEC-MALS measurements. The transition temperature (Tr) was shifted to higher temperature with increasing the molar fraction of carboxylic acid in the mixture (x). The transition enthalpy (ΔHr) was increased with increasing x. These solvent stabilizing effects indicate that these carboxylic acid molecules were selectively associated with the branched side chains of schizophyllan to stabilize the ordered state. The composition dependencies of Tr and ΔHr were analyzed by the linear cooperative transition theory to estimate the association parameters between the side chains and carboxylic acid. The theoretical parameters obtained were compared with those for the other active substances for the transition to discuss the molecular interactions between the triple helix and carboxylic acid.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kazuto Yoshiba
- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
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Yoshiba K, Yasuda Y, Christensen BE, Kondo C, Miyazaki Y, Nakano M. Association with Imidazole in the Cooperative Order-Disorder Transition in Aqueous Solution of Schizophyllan. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:1748-1756. [PMID: 35089712 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Schizophyllan, a triple helical polysaccharide, exhibits cooperative order-disorder transition (CODT) in aqueous solutions. The transition transforms the ordered structure (triple helix I) formed between the branched side chains and solvent molecules into the disordered structure (triple helix II) without dissociation of the triple helix. The CODT behaviors in H2O-imidazole mixtures containing HCl with different molar ratios of imidazole/HCl were investigated by adiabatic calorimetry and differential scanning calorimetry on two schizophyllan solutions with different molar masses. The transition temperature (Tr) and the transition enthalpy (ΔHr) significantly depended on both of the mole fractions of imidazole and imidazole/HCl. The composition dependences of Tr and ΔHr in H2O-imidazole mixtures were analyzed with linear cooperative transition theory for the solvent-stabilizing effect in the mixture with active compounds. Theoretical analyses confirmed that both imidazole and imidazolium ions in the solutions competitively interact with the side chain of the triple helix.
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- Kazuto Yoshiba
- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Tenjin-cho 1-5-1, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Tenjin-cho 1-5-1, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim 7491, Norway
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- Research Center for Thermal and Entropic Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Research Center for Thermal and Entropic Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Research Center for Thermal and Entropic Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Yoshiba K, Saheki T, Christensen BE, Dobashi T. Conformation and cooperative order-disorder transition in aqueous solutions of β-1,3-d-glucan with different degree of branching varied by the Smith degradation. Biopolymers 2019; 110:e23315. [PMID: 31180595 DOI: 10.1002/bip.23315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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β-1,3-d-glucan with different degrees of branching were obtained by selectively and gradually removing side chains from schizophyllan, a water-soluble triple helical polysaccharide, using the Smith degradation. Size exclusion chromatography combined with a multi-angle light scattering detection was performed in aqueous 0.1 M NaCl. The degree of branching decreased after the Smith degradation, while the molar mass distributions were almost unchanged. The molecular conformation of the Smith-degraded β-1,3-d-glucan was analyzed on the basis of the molar mass dependency of the radius gyration, and found to be comparable to the original triple helix of schizophyllan. Differential scanning calorimetry in deuterium oxide-hexadeuterodimethylsulfoxide mixtures was performed to investigate the effects of the degree of branching on the cooperative order-disorder transition. Removal of side chains affects both the transition temperature and transition enthalpy. The ordered structure is formed by the residual side chains in the triplex unit, so that the linear cooperative system of the triplex is maintained after the Smith degradation.
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- Kazuto Yoshiba
- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
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Yoshiba K, Dobashi T, Ulset AST, Christensen BE. Cooperative Order–Disorder Transition of Carboxylated Schizophyllan in Water–Dimethylsulfoxide Mixtures. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:6551-6558. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b02982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kazuto Yoshiba
- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU—Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim NO-7491, Norway
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU—Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim NO-7491, Norway
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Effects of carboxylation of the side chains on the order-disorder transition in aqueous solution of schizophyllan, a triple helical polysaccharide. Carbohydr Polym 2017; 168:79-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oda M, Tanabe Y, Noda M, Inaba S, Krayukhina E, Fukada H, Uchiyama S. Structural and binding properties of laminarin revealed by analytical ultracentrifugation and calorimetric analyses. Carbohydr Res 2016; 431:33-8. [PMID: 27267066 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2016.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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One of the β-1,3-glucans, laminarin, has been widely used as a substrate for enzymes including endo-1,3-β-glucanase. To obtain quantitative information about the molecular interaction between laminarin and endo-1,3-β-glucanase, the structural properties of laminarin should be determined. The results from pioneering work using analytical ultracentrifugation for carbohydrate analysis showed that laminarin from Laminaria digitata predominantly exists as a single-chain species with approximately 5% of triple-helical species. Differential scanning calorimetry experiments did not show a peak assignable to the transition from triple-helix to single-chain, supporting the notion that a large proportion of laminarin is the single-chain species. The interaction of laminarin with an inactive variant of endo-1,3-β-glucanase from Cellulosimicrobium cellulans, E119A, was quantitatively analyzed using isothermal titration calorimetry. The binding was enthalpically driven and the binding affinity was approximately 10(6) M(-1). The results from binding stoichiometric analysis indicated that on average, E119A binds to laminarin in a 2:1 ratio. This seems to be reasonable, because laminarin mainly exists as a monomer, the apparent molecular mass of laminarin is 3.6 kDa, and E119A would have substrate-binding subsites corresponding to 6 glucose units. The analytical ultracentrifugation experiments could detect different complex species of laminarin and endo-1,3-β-glucanase.
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- Masayuki Oda
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, 1-5, Hangi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, 1-5, Hangi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
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- U-Medico Inc., 1-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, 1-5, Hangi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1, Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- U-Medico Inc., 1-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 1-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Batbayar S, Lee DH, Kim HW. Immunomodulation of Fungal β-Glucan in Host Defense Signaling by Dectin-1. Biomol Ther (Seoul) 2014; 20:433-45. [PMID: 24009832 PMCID: PMC3762275 DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2012.20.5.433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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During the course of evolution, animals encountered the harmful effects of fungi, which are strong pathogens. Therefore, they have developed powerful mechanisms to protect themselves against these fungal invaders. β-Glucans are glucose polymers of a linear β(1,3)-glucan backbone with β(1,6)-linked side chains. The immunostimulatory and antitumor activities of β-glucans have been reported; however, their mechanisms have only begun to be elucidated. Fungal and particulate β-glucans, despite their large size, can be taken up by the M cells of Peyer's patches, and interact with macrophages or dendritic cells (DCs) and activate systemic immune responses to overcome the fungal infection. The sampled β-glucans function as pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and are recognized by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) on innate immune cells. Dectin-1 receptor systems have been incorporated as the PRRs of β-glucans in the innate immune cells of higher animal systems, which function on the front line against fungal infection, and have been exploited in cancer treatments to enhance systemic immune function. Dectin-1 on macrophages and DCs performs dual functions: internalization of β-glucan-containing particles and transmittance of its signals into the nucleus. This review will depict in detail how the physicochemical nature of β-glucan contributes to its immunostimulating effect in hosts and the potential uses of β-glucan by elucidating the dectin-1 signal transduction pathway. The elucidation of β-glucan and its signaling pathway will undoubtedly open a new research area on its potential therapeutic applications, including as immunostimulants for antifungal and anti-cancer regimens.
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- Sainkhuu Batbayar
- Department of Life Sciences, BK21 Cellular Stress Team, University of Seoul, Seoul 130-743, Korea
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Schizophyllan: A review on its structure, properties, bioactivities and recent developments. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcdf.2013.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Ramachandran P, Jeya M, Moon HJ, Lee KM, Kim IW, Kim JH, Lee JK. Antitumor activity of methylan polysaccharide derivatives. Biotechnol Lett 2010; 32:891-5. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0246-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Revised: 03/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Okobira T, Miyoshi K, Uezu K, Sakurai K, Shinkai S. Molecular dynamics studies of side chain effect on the beta-1,3-D-glucan triple helix in aqueous solution. Biomacromolecules 2008; 9:783-8. [PMID: 18257529 DOI: 10.1021/bm700511d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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beta-1,3-D-glucans have been isolated from fungi as right-handed 6(1) triple helices. They are categorized by the side chains bound to the main triple helix through beta-(1-->6)-D-glycosyl linkage. Indeed, since a glucose-based side chain is water soluble, the presence and frequency of glucose-based side chains give rise to significant variation in the physical properties of the glucan family. Curdlan has no side chains and self-assembles to form an water-insoluble triple helical structure, while schizophyllan, which has a 1,6-D-glucose side chain on every third glucose unit along the main chain, is completely water soluble. A thermal fluctuation in the optical rotatory dispersion is observed for the side chain, indicating probable co-operative interaction between the side chains and water molecules. This paper documents molecular dynamics simulations in aqueous solution for three models of the beta-1,3-D-glucan series: curdlan (no side chain), schizophyllan (a beta-(1-->6)-D-glycosyl side-chain at every third position), and a hypothetical triple helix with a side chain at every sixth main-chain glucose unit. A decrease was observed in the helical pitch as the population of the side chain increased. Two types of hydrogen bonding via water molecules, the side chain/main chain and the side chain/side chain hydrogen bonding, play an important role in determination of the triple helix conformation. The formation of a one-dimensional cavity of diameter about 3.5 A was observed in the schizophyllan triple helix, while curdlan showed no such cavity. The side chain/side chain hydrogen bonding in schizophyllan and the hypothetical beta-1,3-D-glucan triple helix could cause the tilt of the main-chain glucose residues to the helix.
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- Tadashi Okobira
- Department of Chemical Processes and Environments, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, 1-1 Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 808-0135, Japan
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Yoshiba K, Teramoto A, Nakamura N, Shikata T, Miyazaki Y, Sorai M, Hayashi Y, Miura N. Water Structures of Differing Order and Mobility in Aqueous Solutions of Schizophyllan, a Triple-Helical Polysaccharide as Revealed by Dielectric Dispersion Measurements. Biomacromolecules 2004; 5:2137-46. [PMID: 15530027 DOI: 10.1021/bm040036+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dielectric dispersion measurements were made on aqueous solutions of a triple-helical polysaccharide schizophyllan over a wide concentration range 10-50 wt % at -45 to +30 degrees C. In the solution state, three different water structures with the different relaxation times tau were found, namely, bound water (taul), structured water (taus), and loosely structured water (tauls) in addition to free water (tauP). Structured water is less mobile and loosely structured water is nearly as mobile as free water, but bound water with taul is much less mobile, thus taul >> taus >> tauls greater, similar tauP. The order-disorder transition accompanies the conversion between structured water and loosely structured water. However, the species with taus remains even in the disordered state and constitutes part of bound water in the entire temperature range. In the frozen state, in addition to bulk water formed by partial melting, two mobile species existed, which were assigned to liquidlike bound water and found to be a continuation of bound water in the solution state. These relaxation time data are discussed in connection with the entropy levels of the four structures deduced from heat capacity data (cf. Yoshiba, K.; et al. Biomacromolecules 2003, 4, 1348-1356).
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- Kazuto Yoshiba
- Research Organization of Science and Engineering and Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Nojihigashi 1-1-1, Kusatsu, Siga 525-8577, Japan.
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