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Structural Characterization and Antioxidant Activities of A Novel
Structural Characterization and Antioxidant Activities of A Novel
Structural Characterization and Antioxidant Activities of A Novel
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Article history: A new polysaccharide fraction (CCPP-1) was obtained from Craterellus cornucopioides. CCPP-1 had an average
Received 19 April 2018 molecular weight of 9.2 × 105 Da, which was mainly composed of mannose, glucose, xylose, arabinose, fructose
Received in revised form 16 May 2018 in molar ratio of 0.7:0.05:0.18:1:0.05. Results of structural characterization revealed that the dominant linkage
Accepted 28 May 2018
types of CCPP-1 were →3, 6)-Manp(1→, T-Araf, →4, 6)-Manp (1→, →5)-Araf (1→ and →3)-Araf (1→. Interesting,
Available online 29 May 2018
in vitro antioxidant activities assays showed that CCPP-1 possessed strong scavenging abilities on DPPH and ABTS
Keywords:
radicals. The oxidative hemolysis induced by AAPH in mice erythrocytes was effectively reversed by incubation
Craterellus cornucopioides polysaccharide with CCPP-1. CCPP-1 significantly prevented AAPH-induced intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) genera-
Structural characterization tion. Moreover, CCPP-1 could significantly restore AAPH-induced increase of intracellular antioxidant enzyme
Antioxidant activities glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and catalase (CAT) activities to normal level, as well as inhibit intracellular
malondialdehyde (MDA) formation. Therefore, CCPP-1 could protect against AAPH-induced oxidative-stress in
erythrocytes, which would be explored as naturally potential antioxidant agent applied in food and cosmetic
fields.
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O'Callaghan reported that the ethanolic extract of C. cornucopioides pos- (5 mL/tube) was collected and detected as described above. Finally,
sessed certain anti-inflammatory effects by decreasing NO and IL-6 in the main polysaccharide fraction was concentrated, lyophilized and
LPS-stimulated mouse macrophage cells [12]. Moreover, the ethanolic named CCPP-1.
and aqueous crude extract of C. cornucopioides exhibited moderate anti-
oxidant activities [13]. The sesquiterpenoids isolated from cultures of 2.3. Structural characteristics of CCPP-1
C. cornucopioides possessed strong cytotoxic activities [14]. As we all
know, the structure-activity relationships of polysaccharides have 2.3.1. Components analysis
been extensively investigated, and many factors have been shown Total carbohydrate content of CCPP-1 was determined by the
to beneficial for exerting on the antioxidant activities including the phenol sulfuric acid method with D-glucose as the standard [21]. Protein
moderate molecular weight, higher branch degree, versatile linkage contents were quantified according to Bradford assay with (bovine
types and complex conformation [15–18]. However, up to now, no in- serum albumin) BSA as the standard [22].
formation is available regarding the chemical characteristics and related
antioxidant activities of polysaccharides from the fruiting bodies of 2.3.2. Determination of the average molecular weight
C. cornucopioides. The purity and molecular weight of CCPP-1 were determined by
Therefore, the aim of the study was to purify the polysaccharide frac- ELSD-HPLC. Based on our previously established method [23], an
tions from C. cornucopioides and determine the structure characteristics Ultrahydrogel™ 1000 colum (300 × 7.8 mm, Tosoh Corp, Tokyo,
by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), monosaccharide analysis and nu- Japan) column was eluted with distilled water at 35 °C with flow rate
clear magnetic resonance (NMR). Furthermore, the antioxidant activi- of 1.0 mL/min. The molecular weight of CCPP-1 was calculated accord-
ties of polysaccharide were evaluated in vitro, including its DPPH and ing to the calibrated curve established by standard dextrans T-series
ABTS free radical scavenging abilities and protective effect against 2, (T-10, T-40, T-70, T-500 and T-1000).
2′-azo-bis (2-amidinopropane) hydrochloride (AAPH)-induced oxida-
tive stress in mice erythrocytes. 2.3.3. UV–vis spectroscopic analysis
CCPP-1 was dissolved in distilled water, and then UV–vis absorption
2. Materials and methods spectra was recorded in wavelength range of 200–650 nm using a TU-
1901 UV–vis spectrophotometer (Beijing Purkinje General Analysis In-
2.1. Materials and reagents strument Co., Ltd., Beijing, China).
Dried fruiting bodies of C. cornucopioides were obtained 2.3.4. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis
from Yunnan Province, China. DEAE 52-Cellulose column and CCPP-1 was coated with a thin layer of gold under reduced pressure
Sepharose CL-4B were purchased from Pharmacia Biotech. A series and then examined with a field emission scanning electron microscope
of different molecular weight dextrans, standard monosaccharides, (Hitachi S-4800, Japan) at an accelerating voltage of 3.0 kV. The image
1,1-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), trifluoroaceticacid (TFA), magnifications were set as 500×, 1000× and 2000×.
2,2-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonate) (ABTS), 2,2-
azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH) and ascorbic 2.3.5. Fourier-transform infrared spectra (FT-IR) analysis
acid were purchased from the Sigma Chemical Co (St. Louis, MO, IR spectroscopic of the polysaccharide was recorded using a Fourier
USA). An MDA kit was purchased from Nanjing Jiancheng Institute transform infrared spectrophotometer (FT-IR). 1 mg of CCPP-1 was
of Biotechnology (Jiangsu, China). Kits for the determination of cellu- mixed with 150 mg of dried KBr powder and then pressed into 1 mm
lar GPx, CAT and ROS were purchased from Beyotime Institute of Bio- pellet for FT-IR determination in the frequency range of
technology (Shanghai, China). Male Kunming mice were obtained 4000–400 cm−1 [24].
from Anhui Medical University. All other chemicals and reagents
were analytical grade. 2.3.6. Monosaccharide composition analysis
10 mg of CCPP-1 was hydrolyzed in 5 mL of 2 mol/L trifluoroacetic
2.2. Extraction and purification of the polysaccharide acid (TFA), followed by complexing with 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-
pyrazolone (PMP) (0.5 mol/L) [25]. The resulting products were
The crude polysaccharides were extracted following the method of then analyzed by HPLC equipped with a ZORBAX SB-C18 column
previous study with some modifications [19]. The dried powder of (150 × 4.6 mm, particle size 5 μm, Agilent Technologies, CA, USA)
C. cornucopioides was refluxed with ethanol at 80 °C for 4 h to remove and a UV detection at 245 nm. Elution was carried out at a flow
the pigment and lipid [20]. Then, the ethanol-extracted residue was ex- rate of 1.0 mL/min at 30 °C. The mobile phase A consisted of acetoni-
tracted with hot water (90 °C) for 3 times, each time for 2 h. The super- trile and the mobile phase B was 200 mmol/L ammonium acetate
natant was combined, concentrated, and precipitated with four using a gradient elution of 86–80–74% B by a linear decrease from 0
volumes of ethanol for 12 h at 4 °C. Precipitates were dissolved in dis- to 20–30 min. The injection volume was 10 μL.
tilled water, and then Sevag solution (chloroform:n-butyl alcohol, 4:1)
was added. The mixed solution was shaken vigorously for 2 h at room 2.3.7. Methylation and GC–MS analysis
temperature and centrifuged at 5000 ×g for 10 min. The procedure Methylation analysis was determined according to previous method
was repeated until the protein was completely removed. The water with some modifications [25]. The vacuum-dried polysaccharide CCPP-
layers were collected and dialyzed with 14,000 Da for 72 h, After that, 1 (20 mg) was methylated with methyl iodide three times to methylate
the dialysis liquid was collected and lyophilized to obtain a yellowish completely. The completeness of methylation was confirmed by the dis-
crude polysaccharide (CCPP). CCPP (10 mg/mL) were dissolved in dis- appearance of the hydroxyl absorption in IR spectrum. Then methylated
tilled water and then centrifuged at 5000 ×g for 10 min. 10 mL of super- products were hydrolyzed with TFA for 6 h at 100 °C, followed by reduc-
natant was applied to DEAE 52-cellulose column (2.5 × 30 cm) and tion with NaBH4 and acetylation with acetic anhydride. The resulting
eluted successively with distilled water and 0.1–0.5 M NaCl solutions mixture of methylatedalditol acetates were analyzed by gas
at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. The elution fractions (5 mL/tube) were col- chromatography–mass spectrometry. The degree of branching (DB)
lected automatically and detected based on phenol sulfuric acid could be calculated with the following formula [26]:
method. The eluates obtained from 0.3 M NaCl was subjected to further
.
purification by Sepharose CL-4B (2 × 100 cm) chromatography and DB ¼ ðNBþNTÞ ð1Þ
eluted with distilled water at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. The eluate ðNBþNTþNLÞ
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where NT, NB and NL are the total numbers of the terminal residues, used as positive control. The ABTS• + scavenging effect was calculated
branched residues, and linear residues, respectively. by the following formula:
.
2.3.8. NMR spectroscopy analysis Scavenging activity ð%Þ ¼ 1−ðA2 −A1 Þ 100% ð3Þ
Briefly, CCPP-1 (50 mg) was dissolved with 1.0 mL D2O in NMR tube A0
and then the 13C NMR, 1H NMR, HSQC, HMBC and 1H\\1H COSY spectra
were recorded on a NMR apparatus (AVANCE IIIHD 600, Bruker, USA) at where A0 is the absorbance value of the ABTS•+ solution with 10 μL of
298 K. PBS. A2 is the absorbance value of the ABTS•+ solution in presence of
samples with different concentrations. A1 is the absorbance value of
2.4. Antioxidant activity assay the samples solution in the absence of ABTS•+.
2.4.1. Assay of DPPH free radical scavenging activity 2.4.3. Preparation of erythrocyte suspension
The DPPH free radical scavenging activity was measured referring to The intracellular antioxidant activity of CCPP-1 was measured as the
reported method with some modifications [27]. Briefly, 0.13 mmol/L so- inhibition of erythrocyte hemolysis based on the previous procedure
lution of DPPH in an hydrous methanol (2 mL) was added in 2 mL of with some modifications [7]. Briefly, the blood was obtained from
sample solution at various concentrations (50–400 μg/mL). The mixture healthy Male Kunming mice. Erythrocytes were isolated from the
was shaken vigorously and kept at room temperature for 30 min in plasma by centrifugation (1500 g, 5 min), then washed three times
dark, the absorbance of the mixture was measured at 517 nm using with PBS buffer (PH 7.4) and finally re-suspended using the same buffer
the spectrophotometer (UV-1750, Shimadzu). Ascorbic acid (Vc) was to an hematocrit level of 10% and stored at 4 °C. 0.2 mL of CCPP-1 with
used as positive control. The scavenging activity was calculated as fol- various concentrations (100–600 μg/mL, in PBS 7.4) or PBS was added
lows: to 10% suspension of erythrocyte. The reaction mixture was incubated
at 37 °C for 20 min with gentle shaking, after which 0.4 mL of
. 100 mmol/L AAPH was added, and the incubation continued at the
Scavenging activity ð%Þ ¼ 1−ðA2 −A1 Þ 100% ð2Þ same temperature for another 2 h. Finally, the reaction solution was di-
A0
luted with 8 mL of PBS buffer and centrifuged at 1200 g for 10 min at 4
°C. The absorbance (A) of the supernatant was measured at 540 nm.
where A0 is the absorbance value of DPPH-methanol solution (2 mL)
Similarly to achieve complete hemolysis, 8 mL of distilled water was
plus methanol (2 mL). A1 is the absorbance value of the mixture of
added to the mixture, which was then centrifuged at 1200 g for
methanol (2 mL) plus sample (2 mL) with different concentrations. A2
10 min at 4 °C,and the absorbance (B) of the supernatant was deter-
is the absorbance value of DPPH-methanol solution (2 mL) plus sample
mined at 540 nm. The percentage of hemolysis inhibition was calculated
(2 mL) with different concentrations.
using the following formula:
2.4.2. Total antioxidant capacity .
The ABTS assay was carried out according to previous method with %hemolysis inhibition ¼ 1−A 100% ð4Þ
B
slight modifications [28]. ABTS radical solution was produced by mixing
7 mmol/L ABTS• + solution with 2.5 mmol/L potassium persulfate, and where A refers to the absorbance A and B refers to absorbance B as
the mixture was incubated in the dark at room temperature for 14 h. At mentioned above.
the moment, the ABTS• + solution was diluted with PBS (PH 7.0) to an
absorbance of 0.70 ± 0.02 at 734 nm. The polysaccharide samples were 2.4.4. Determination of ROS generation
dissolved in PBS to form sample solutions with final concentrations of A ROS determination kit with DCFH-DA as a fluorescent probe was
50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 μg/mL, respectively. Then 10 μL of polysac- used to determine the relative levels of intracellular ROS. Treated eryth-
charide samples were mixed with 200 μL of the diluted ABTS• + solution rocytes were harvested by centrifugation at 1200g for 10 min at 4 °C,
and the absorbance value was measured at 734 nm. Ascorbic acid was washed twice with PBS buffer, and then suspended in PBS buffer. The
Fig. 1. Elution curve of CCPP on DEAE 52-Cellulose column (A), Elution curve of CCPP-1 on Sepharose CL-4B column (B).
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Fig. 2. HPLC-ELSD of CCPP-1 (A), UV spectra of CCPP-1 (B), Chromatograms of monosaccharide compositions of CCPP-1 (C), Chromatograms of eight monosaccharide standards (D) (The
asterisk indicates solvent peak. 1-mannose, 2-galactose, 3-rhamnose, 4-glucuronic acid, 5-glucose, 6-xylose, 7-arabinos, and 8-fructose), Scanning electron micrographs of CCPP-1 (E), FT-
IR spectrum of CCPP-1 (F).
Fig. 3. NMR spectrum of CCPP-1: HSQC spectrum (A1 means the correlation between C1 and H1 of residue A) (A and B), 1H-1H COSY spectrum (A (1, 2) means the correlation between H1
and H2 of residue A) (C).
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2.5. Statistical analysis ratios consistent with the overall monosaccharide composition. The
high proportion of T-linked Araf residue suggested that CCPP-1 was sig-
Each experiment was performed in triplicate and all data were pre- nificantly branched and that side chains were mainly terminated by Araf
sented as means ±standard deviation (SD). Statistical analysis was residues. In addition, the DB was calculated to be 0.73, suggesting a
evaluated using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA), where p b highly-branched structure.
0.05 was assumed to be statistically significant. The statistical analyses
were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
(SPSS) software. 3.1.6. NMR spectroscopy of CCPP-1
NMR is an effective method to analyze the structural characteristics
3. Results of polysaccharides [33]. Complex groups of peaks were exhibited in 1H
NMR spectrum of CCPP-1. The anomeric proton signals appeared in
3.1. Characterization of polysaccharide the range of δ 5.30–4.45 ppm, suggesting CCPP-1 possessed α-(δ
N 5.0 ppm) and β-(δ b 5.0 ppm) configuration [16]. The corresponding
3.1.1. Components analysis and molecular weight determination carbon signals were also found in the anomeric carbon region of δ
The crude polysaccharide was isolated from C. cornucopioides 96.1–107.8 ppm in 13C NMR spectrum. In HSQC spectra, five main
through hot-water extraction, ethanol precipitation, dialysis and lyoph- pairs of 13C and 1H signals of anomeric CH at δ 98.5/4.98, δ 96.3/5.21, δ
ilization. It was fractionated usting DEAE-52 cellulose eluting with dis- 103.4/4.53, δ 104.3/4.45, δ 102.9/5.12 were labeled as A, B, C, D and E
tilled water and 0.1–0.5 M NaCl to obtain three major fractions (Fig. 3A). By a combination analysis of these results in HSQC and H-H
(Fig. 1A). The eluates obtained from 0.3 M NaCl were further purified COSY spectra (Fig. 3B and C) and previous reports, the chemical shifts
by Sepharose CL-4B column. The polysaccharide fraction CCPP-1 was of protons and carbons of these five main residues could be determined
obtained with the yield of 10.9% (Fig. 1B). The total sugar contents of as shown in Table 2 [25,26,34,35]. On the basis of monosaccharide com-
CCPP-1 were determined to be 99.15%. As shown in Fig. 2 A–B, CCPP-1 position, methylation analysis and NMR spectroscopy, the sugar resi-
exhibited a single and symmetrical sharp peak on the HPLC chromato- dues could be assigned as A β-L-Araf(1→, B → 3, 6)-α-D-Manp(1→, C
gram and had no peak at 260 nm or 280 nm in the UV spectrum, indicat- → 5)-β-L-Araf(1→, D → 3)-β-L-Araf (1→ and E → 4, 6)-α-D-Manp(1→,
ing the absence of protein and nucleic acid, which showed that CCPP-1 respectively. However, it remains difficult to identify the accurate struc-
was a homogeneous polysaccharide. The molecular weight of CCPP-1 ture of the polysaccharide due to its high molecular weight.
was calculated to be 9.2 × 105 Da according to the calibration curve of
standard. 3.2. In vitro antioxidant activity assay
Fig. 4. Scavenging effect of CCPP-1 and Vc on DPPH radical (A), Scavenging effect of CCPP-1 and Vc on ABTS radical (B).
3.3. Intracellular antioxidant activities analysis eventually cause oxidative damage. ROS have also been regarded as me-
diators of apoptosis. To confirm whether CCPP-1 could reduce AAPH-
3.3.1. Inhibition of mice erythrocyte hemolysis by CCPP-1 induced oxidative stress in erythrocytes, intracellular ROS was detected
The antioxidant ability of CCPP-1 was further measured by erythro- by using a fluorescein-labeled dye DCFH-DA, which can enter the cyto-
cyte hemolysis assay. AAPH, a well-known radical initiator, could be plasm through the plasma membrane, where it is hydrolyzed by non-
decomposed at 37 °C to generate an alkyl radical. In the presence of ox- specific esterases into non-fluorescence DCFH. As shown in Fig. 5B,
ygen, these alkyl radicals will be converted to peroxyl radicals that can compared with the normal group, a significant increase in ROS produc-
cause the chain oxidation of lipid and protein, disturbing the membrane tion was noted in erythrocytes after AAPH treatment. However, those
organization and leading to eventually hemolysis [39]. Therefore, the in- groups of CCPP-1 pretreatment exposed to AAPH exhibited reduced
hibition rate of hemolysis is an indirect way to measure the antioxidant ROS generation in dose-dependent manner as compared to AAPH-
activity of CCPP-1. As shown in Fig. 5A, CCPP-1 significantly inhibited induced erythrocytes. Furthermore, no significant differences were
AAPH-induced hemolysis in dose-dependently manner. At a dose of found in erythrocytes treated with CCPP-1 without AAPH addition com-
600 μg/mL, the inhibition rate of CCPP-1 on erythrocyte hemolysis was pared with the control. These results suggested that CCPP-1 protected
72.9%. The results clearly showed that CCPP-1 could efficiently protect erythrocytes from AAPH-induced hemolysis by inhibiting ROS
normal erythrocytes against AAPH-induced hemolysis in vitro. production.
3.3.2. CCPP-1 inhibits AAPH-induced ROS generation in erythrocytes 3.3.3. CCPP-1 prevents AAPH-induced MDA accumulation and modulates
ROS, as a biomarker of oxidative stress, plays an important role in intracellular antioxidant enzyme (CAT and GPx) activities
cell signaling. Excessive intracellular ROS in cells may invade the lipid, AAPH-induced excess ROS generation can damage cell structure,
protein and DNA of cell membranes, inhibit their normal function, and leading to DNA damage, lipid peroxidation, and protein degradation.
Fig. 5. Protective effects of CCPP-1 on AAPH-induced erythrocyte hemolysis (A), Inhibitory activity of CCPP-1 on AAPH-induced ROS overexpression in human erythrocytes (B).
Erythrocytes were pretreated with different concentrations of CCPP-1 for 20 min prior to AAPH (100 mM) treatment for 2 h; the normal group was treated with PBS, the damage
group was treated with 100 mM AAPH only. *p b 0.05 and **p b 0.01 compared to damage group.
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Fig. 6. Change in MDA content (A) and enzyme activity of CAT (B) and GPx (C) in erythrocytes. Erythrocytes were pretreated with different concentrations (100–600 μg/mL) of CCPP-1 for
20 min prior to AAPH (100 mM) treatment for 2 h; the normal group was treated with PBS, the damage group was treated with 100 mM AAPH only. *p b 0.05 and **p b 0.01 compared to
damage group.
MDA, as one of the end products of lipid peroxidation, could alter the coordinate the elimination of free radicals through a series of linkage re-
structure and function of cell membrane, cause cell metabolism dys- actions. It is crucial for maintaining a steady state of superoxide radicals
function and eventually lead to apoptosis [40]. As shown in Fig. 6A, and hydrogen peroxide [7]. The cellular antioxidant system depends on
the MDA level in erythrocytes was significantly increased from 0.12 to protection by CAT converts H2O2 to H2O and GPx catalyzes the reaction
0.95 nmol/mg protein after treatment with 100 mM AAPH for 2 h, indi- of hydroperoxides with glutathione (GSH). As shown in Fig. 6B and C,
cating treatment of AAPH caused the occurrence of lipid peroxidation in significant increase in the activities of CAT and GPx were observed
erythrocytes. However, when the cells were incubated with different after 2 h treatment with 100 mM AAPH, indicating that the enzymatic
concentrations of CCPP-1(100, 200, 400, 600 μg/mL), the levels of antioxidant defense systems in erythrocytes were activated by AAPH.
MDA in erythrocytes were decreased, especially at 600 μg/mL, where However, pretreatment with CCPP-1 provided effective control of
the MDA concentration declined almost to that of the normal group. erythrocyte antioxidant defense systems as indicated by the lower
For cells were incubated with CCPP-1 without AAPH supplementation, CAT and GPx. Especially at the concentration of 600 μg/mL, the activities
the MDA level was comparable to that of the normal group, illustrating CAT and GPx were restored to normal levels. Thus, CCPP-1 could effec-
that CCPP-1 itself didn't induce MDA formation. These results indicated tively attenuated AAPH-induced oxidative stress in mice erythrocytes.
that CCPP-1 could alleviate the damage of AAPH on erythrocyte
membranes. 3.3.4. CCPP-1 inhibited AAPH-induced eryptosis
The CAT and GPx are the major radical scavenging antioxidant en- Erythrocytes lack mitochondria and nuclei but may undergo
zymes that constitute the intracellular defense system which can eryptosis, an apoptosis-like suicidal cell death characterized by cell
Fig. 7. Indentification of the cell death by Annexin-V-PI straining. (A) normal group, (B) 100 mM AAPH treated only, (C)100 mM AAPH+100 μg/mL CCPP-1, (D) 100 mM AAPH+200 μg/mL
CCPP-1, (E) 100 mM AAPH+400 μg/mL CCPP-1; (F) 100 mM AAPH+600 μg/mL CCPP-1.
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