1. Isolation and characterization of an anti-proliferative polysaccharide from the North American fungus Echinodontium tinctorium.
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Zeb, Mehreen, Li, Wai Ming, Heiss, Christian, Black, Ian, Tackaberry, Linda E., Massicotte, Hugues B., Egger, Keith N., Reimer, Kerry, Azadi, Parastoo, and Lee, Chow H.
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MOLECULAR weights ,FRUITING bodies (Fungi) ,GLUCURONIC acid ,MANNOSE ,RHAMNOSE ,POLYSACCHARIDES - Abstract
A novel polysaccharide EtGIPL1a was purified from fruiting bodies of Echinodontium tinctorium, a fungus unique to western North America. EtGIPL1a has an estimated weight average molecular weight of 275 kDa and is composed of glucose (54.3%), galactose (19.6%), mannose (11.1%), fucose (10.3%), glucuronic acid (4%), and rhamnose (0.6%). It has multiple glycosidic linkages, with 3-Glcp (28.9%), 6-Glcp (18.3%), 3,6-Glcp (13%), 4-GlcpA (9.2%), 6-Galp (3.9%), 2,6-Galp (2.6%), 3-Fucp (2.5%), 6-Manp (2.4%) being the most prominent, and unsubstituted glucose (15.3%), mannose (1.3%) and fucose (0.9%) as major terminal sugars. EtGIPL1a has a backbone containing mostly 3-substituted β-glucopyranose with 4-substituted glucopyranosyluronic acid. EtGIPL1a showed anti-proliferative activity against multiple cancer cell lines, with IC
50 ranging from 50.6 to 1446 nM. Flow cytometry analyses confirmed that apoptosis induction is one mechanism for its anti-proliferative activity. EtGIPL1a should be further investigated for its potential anti-cancer activity in animal models, and for its possible utility in differentiation cancer therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2022
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