A water-soluble polysaccharide,designated BFP-3,was isolated from Bangia fuscopurpurea by hot water extraction,anion-exchange,and size-exclusion chromatography and tested to determine its antitumor activity.The struct...A water-soluble polysaccharide,designated BFP-3,was isolated from Bangia fuscopurpurea by hot water extraction,anion-exchange,and size-exclusion chromatography and tested to determine its antitumor activity.The structural characteristics of BFP-3 were investigated by chemical and spectroscopic methods,including partial acid hydrolysis,methylation analysis,one-and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance,and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.The results showed that BFP-3 was mainly comprised of rhamnose,arabinose,mannose,glucose,and galactose.Moreover,the weight-average molecular weight of BFP-3 was estimated to be approximately 333 kDa.The backbone of BFP-3 was primarily composed of repeating 5-α-l-Araf-1→(4-α-d-Glcp-1)_(4)→4,6-β-d-Manp-1 units,and the side chains consisted of repeatingβ-d-Galp-1→(4-β-d-Galp-1)_(4)→4,6-β-d-Galp-1→3,4-α-l-Rhap,β-l-Arap-1→(3-β-d-Galp-1)_(3),andβ-l-Arap-1 units.Counting Kit-8 assays revealed that BFP-3 significantly inhibited the proliferation of A2780,COC1,SKOV3,HO-8910,and OVCAR3 ovarian cancer cells in vitro,indicating that BFP-3 could have potential applications in the treatment of ovarian cancer.展开更多
The phycobilisomes, composed of chromophoric biliproteins and colorless accessory linker proteins, serve as light-harvesting antennae in blue-green and red algae. Studies have been thoroughly made in many species of b...The phycobilisomes, composed of chromophoric biliproteins and colorless accessory linker proteins, serve as light-harvesting antennae in blue-green and red algae. Studies have been thoroughly made in many species of blue-green algae and some species of red algae. However, the composition of the accessory undenatured proteins of phycobilisomes has展开更多
基金the Science and Technology Project of Xiamen Medical College(K2016-36).
文摘A water-soluble polysaccharide,designated BFP-3,was isolated from Bangia fuscopurpurea by hot water extraction,anion-exchange,and size-exclusion chromatography and tested to determine its antitumor activity.The structural characteristics of BFP-3 were investigated by chemical and spectroscopic methods,including partial acid hydrolysis,methylation analysis,one-and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance,and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.The results showed that BFP-3 was mainly comprised of rhamnose,arabinose,mannose,glucose,and galactose.Moreover,the weight-average molecular weight of BFP-3 was estimated to be approximately 333 kDa.The backbone of BFP-3 was primarily composed of repeating 5-α-l-Araf-1→(4-α-d-Glcp-1)_(4)→4,6-β-d-Manp-1 units,and the side chains consisted of repeatingβ-d-Galp-1→(4-β-d-Galp-1)_(4)→4,6-β-d-Galp-1→3,4-α-l-Rhap,β-l-Arap-1→(3-β-d-Galp-1)_(3),andβ-l-Arap-1 units.Counting Kit-8 assays revealed that BFP-3 significantly inhibited the proliferation of A2780,COC1,SKOV3,HO-8910,and OVCAR3 ovarian cancer cells in vitro,indicating that BFP-3 could have potential applications in the treatment of ovarian cancer.
基金This investigation was supported by the Smithsonian Institution, USA, through the Office of Fellowships and Grants, and in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The phycobilisomes, composed of chromophoric biliproteins and colorless accessory linker proteins, serve as light-harvesting antennae in blue-green and red algae. Studies have been thoroughly made in many species of blue-green algae and some species of red algae. However, the composition of the accessory undenatured proteins of phycobilisomes has
