Antitumor and immunostimulating sulfated polysaccharides from brown algae Dictyota caribaea

The review is devoted to critical analysis of literature data, deal with effects and mechanisms of action of sulfated polysaccharides (PSs) – fucoidans from brown algae and products of their enzymatic transformation as potential adjuvants for enhancement of anti-infective and antitumor immune response. Numerous experimental data indicate that sulfated PSs demonstrate properties of vaccine adjuvants. Application perspectiveness of fucoidans as vaccine adjuvants is defined by their high biocompatibility, low-toxicity, safety and good tolerance by macroorganism, and also mechanisms of their immunomodulatory action. In particular, fucoidans are agonists of receptors of innate immunity and strong inducers of cellular and humoral immune response. At presenting the data of structural - functional interrelations, attention focused to the defining role of degree of sulfation, uronic acids and polyphenols contents, and also molecular mass in actions of fucoidans to innate and adaptive immunity cells. Insufficiency of literary data on studying of correlation of structure – physicochemical characteristics with adjuvanticities of the sulfated PSs, and also the problem of standardization of their active fractions are noted. Special attention is paid to the analysis of immunomodulatory and adjuvant activity of fucoidan oligosaccharides. Presented here results of experimental trial indicate that, despite the difficulties due to preparation of highly purified structurally characterized fractions and complex structure of fucoidans, these substances can be used as safe and effective adjuvants in vaccines against various pathogens including viruses, and also in antitumor vaccines.

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Structural Analysis of Fucoidans

Natural Product Communications ◽

10.1177/1934578x0800301011 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 3 (10) ◽

pp. 1934578X0800301 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Maria I. Bilan ◽

Anatolii I. Usov

Keyword(s):

Biological Activity ◽

Structural Analysis ◽

Charge Density ◽

Brown Algae ◽

Uronic Acid ◽

Chemical Structure ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Biological Properties ◽

Sulfated Polysaccharides ◽

New Information

Sulfated polysaccharides of brown algae (“fucoidans”) constitute a wide variety of biopolymers from simple sulfated fucans up to complex heteropolysaccharides composed of several neutral monosaccharides, uronic acid and sulfate. The increased interest in this class of polysaccharides is explained by their high and versatile biological activities, and hence, by their possible use in new drug design. Structural analysis of several fucoidans demonstrates that their biological properties are determined not only by charge density, but also by fine chemical structure, although distinct correlations between structure and biological activity cannot be formulated at present. The aim of this review is to describe the methods of structural analysis currently used in fucoidan chemistry, and to discuss some new information on the structures of fucoidans presented in recent publications.

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Stability of Composition of Sulfated Polysaccharides and Brown Algae Alginic acids in Baked Goods – Criterion of its Efficiency as a Functional Ingredient

Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia ◽

10.13005/bbra/2177 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (Special-Edn2) ◽

pp. 83-90

Author(s):

Lydmila Nikolaevna Fedyanina ◽

Elena Semenovna Smertina ◽

Vladimir Alekseevich Lyakh ◽

Christina Fanidovna Zinatyllina

Keyword(s):

Brown Algae ◽

Sulfated Polysaccharides ◽

Functional Ingredient ◽

Baked Goods ◽

Alginic Acids

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ADJUVANTS OF INFLUENZA VACCINES: NEW POSSIBILITIES OF USING SULPHATED POLYSACCHARIDES FROM MARINE BROWN ALGAE

Voprosy Virusologii ◽

10.18821/0507-4088-2019-64-1-5-11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 5-11

Author(s):

T. A. Kuznetsova ◽

E. V. Persiyanova ◽

T. S. Zaporozhets ◽

N. N. Besednova

Keyword(s):

Brown Algae ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

Influenza Vaccines ◽

Sulfated Polysaccharides ◽

Vaccine Adjuvants ◽

Mineral Salts ◽

Scientific Publications ◽

Cpg Oligodeoxynucleotides ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Marine Brown Algae

The review article presents the characteristics of the main adjuvant groups (mineral salts of aluminum, synthetic squalene-based adjuvants - MF59 and AS03, CpG-oligodeoxynucleotides, virosomes, polyoxidonium, sovidone) included in the licensed influenza vaccine. The main mechanisms of adjuvant action, advantages and disadvantages of these adjuvants are shown. The vaccines adjuvants in the phase of experimental studies and clinical trials (ISCOMs, Advax™, chitosan) are described too. Particular attention is paid to sulfated polysaccharides (fucoidans) from marine brown algae as vaccine adjuvants. Numerous results of their application in compositions of experimental vaccines are presented. The prospects of sulfated polysaccharides using in the design of influenza vaccines are estimated. These prospects are determined by high biocompatibility, low toxicity and good tolerance of the human body to fucoidans, as well as mechanisms of their adjuvant activity. Sulfated polysaccharides are agonists of toll-like receptors of innate immunity cells and powerful inducers of the cellular and humoral immune response, which is important for the development of influenza vaccines. The review is based on the information presented in the bibliographic and abstract databases of scientific publications, search engines and publishers: RSCI, Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, PubMed, Springer Nature, Elsevier and others.

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Antioxidant and antimitotic activities of sulfated polysaccharide from marine brown algae Padina tetrastromatica

Journal of Phytology ◽

10.19071/jp.2015.v7.2921 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Geena Mariya Jose ◽

Anitha Radhakrishnan ◽

G Muraleedhara Kurup

Keyword(s):

Antioxidant Activity ◽

Brown Algae ◽

Radical Scavenging Activity ◽

Radical Scavenging ◽

Sulfated Polysaccharide ◽

Sulfated Polysaccharides ◽

Scavenging Activity ◽

Padina Tetrastromatica ◽

Nitric Oxide Radical

Antioxidants play a central role in the prevention of carcinogenesis. The most natural compounds exhibit their protective effects by eliciting antioxidant potential. Sulfated polysaccharide was isolated from the brown algae Padina tetrastromatica, then purified and evaluated for its composition and in vitro antioxidant and antimitotic activities. Both ethanolic sulfated polysaccharide (ESPS) and ethanolic sulfated polysaccharide-column purified (ESPS-CP) exhibited considerable amount of carbohydrates (11.2% and 17.6%), sulfate (11.4% and 7.4%), fucose (5.5% and 15.7%), uronic acid (4.7% and 11.8%), xylose (0.5% and 0.03%) and sulfated polysaccharide (2.4% and 12.7%) content. The FTIR analysis and phytochemical screening also confirmed the presence of sulfated polysaccharides. In the in vitro antioxidant activity determination using DPPH (1-1-diphenyl 2-picryl hydrazyl) radical scavenging activity, hydroxyl radical scavenging activity, superoxide anion scavenging activity, hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity, total antioxidant activity and reducing power, ESPS showed more activity than ESPS-CP. In the case of nitric oxide radical scavenging, ESPS-CP was found to be more effective. At a concentration of 2mg/ml, both samples were potent antioxidants with significant IC50 values. The antimitotic studies such as mitotic index in onion root tips and sprouting assay in green gram seeds also proved that both the extracts are able to prevent mitosis. The extrapolation of these results can find opportunities in therapeutic regiments of cancer.

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The Role of Sulfates in Fucoidan Extracted from Fucus evanescens in Proinflammatory Cytokines Production by Human Peripheral Blood Cells in vitro

Antibiotics and Chemotherapy ◽

10.37489/0235-2990-2020-65-5-6-3-10 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 65 (5-6) ◽

pp. 3-10

Author(s):

S. R. Khil'chenko ◽

T. S. Zaporozhets ◽

T. N. Zvyagintseva ◽

N. M. Shevchenko ◽

N. N. Besednov

Keyword(s):

Peripheral Blood ◽

Blood Cells ◽

Brown Algae ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Molecular Structures ◽

Sulfated Polysaccharides ◽

Peripheral Blood Cells ◽

Fucus Evanescens ◽

Tnf Α

Fucoidans, sulfated polysaccharides extracted from brown algae (Phaeophyceae), have a wide spectrum of bioactivity. Studies of molecular structures of fucoidans and deciphering of molecular elements' impact on their biological activities are at their active stage. The article shows the role of sulfates and acetyl groups in fucoidan isolated from Fucus evanescens in proinflammatory cytokines production by human heparinized unfractionated peripheral blood cells. Material and Methods. The cells were incubated with native fucoidan (N) and its deacetylated (deA), partially desulfated (deS), and both deacetylated and partially desulfated (deAdeS) derivatives (100 μg/mL). Cytokine concentrations were determined in cell supernatants by ELISA in a 'sandwich' modification with commercial kits. Results. Incubation with N fucoidan led to an increase of IL-6, TNF-α, IL-8 levels in supernatants. Partial removal of sulfate groups cancelled or decreased stimulating effect for IL-6, TNF-α, cytokines, but not for IL-8. deAc fucoidan action was comparable with N polysaccharide. Native polysaccharide and its chemically modified derivatives did not change IFN-γ и IL-10 cytokine production. Conclusion. The obtained results suggest that sulfates have a significant role in cytokine-producing properties of fucoidan extracted from brown algae F.evanescens.

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Anticoagulant Activity and Mechanism of Non-Anticoagulant Sulfated Polysaccharides

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v118.21.1208.1208 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 118 (21) ◽

pp. 1208-1208 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Michael Dockal ◽

Susanne Till ◽

Sabine Knappe ◽

Hartmut J. Ehrlich ◽

Friedrich Scheiflinger

Keyword(s):

Structural Properties ◽

Brown Algae ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Anticoagulant Activity ◽

Procoagulant Activity ◽

The Other ◽

Sulfated Polysaccharides ◽

Heparin Cofactor Ii ◽

Thrombin Inhibition ◽

Thrombin Generation Assay

Abstract Abstract 1208 Fucoidans are sulfated polysaccharides which are extracted from brown seaweeds and echinoderms and have a wide variety of biological activities. Described as non-anticoagulant polysaccharides (NASPs), they have been demonstrated to improve clotting in FVIII- and FIX-deficient plasma (Liu et al., 2006), making them good candidates for hemophilia treatment. However, fucoidans have also been extensively studied for their anticoagulant effects (Pereira et al., 1999), which usually occur at much higher concentrations than the procoagulant activity. This opens a large procoagulant window where procoagulant activities exceed anticoagulant effects. When analyzed by a global hemostatic thrombin generation assay in hemophilia plasma the onset of procoagulant activity is observed at concentrations as low as 0.01 μg/mL with optimal activity at about 1 μg/mL. Reversal of procoagulant activity is seen at concentrations higher than 10 μg/mL. Fucoidans and other sulfated polysaccharides activate different anticoagulant mechanisms depending on their structural properties. Branched fucoidans extracted from brown algae have been shown to directly inhibit thrombin, while linear fucoidan from echinoderms activates antithrombin III (ATIII) or heparin cofactor II (HCII)-mediated thrombin inhibition (Pereira et al., 1999). Sulfated galactans also have serpin-dependent and -independent anticoagulant activities (Glauser et al., 2009). In this study we analyzed fucoidans from several brown algae species for their anticoagulant properties and mode of action to identify the candidate with the best procoagulant and lowest anticoagulant activity. NASPs from several brown algae species including L. japonica (L.j.), F. vesiculosus (F.v.), and U. pinnatifida (U.p.) showed different anticoagulant activities in an activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) assay. U.p. fucoidan was about twice as anticoagulant as the other fucoidan preparations, increasing clotting time by 50% at a concentration of 4 μg/mL. In addition, NASPs were analyzed in ATIII- and HCII-thrombin model assays. L.j. fucoidan activated ATIII-mediated thrombin inhibition, whereas the other fucoidans showed no effect on ATIII. Fucoidans from L.j. and F.v. had a direct effect on thrombin, starting at about 10 μg/mL. By contrast, U.p. fucoidan did not directly affect thrombin. However, all preparations increased HCII-mediated thrombin inhibition at concentrations below 1 μg/mL. This suggests that HCII is the main target for the anticoagulant activity of fucoidans. Nevertheless, we observed substantial differences between the fucoidan candidates which will be correlated to structural properties. Our work describes the assessment of anticoagulant activities of a variety of fucoidan species to better understand their intertwined pro- and anticoagulant effects. This provides important mechanistic insights for the development of hemophilia therapies. Disclosures: Dockal: Baxter Innovations GmbH: Employment. Till:Baxter Innovations GmbH: Employment. Knappe:Baxter Innovations GmbH: Employment. Ehrlich:Baxter Innovations GmbH: Employment. Scheiflinger:Baxter BioScience: Employment.

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Prospects for the therapeutic application of sulfated polysaccharides of brown algae in diseases of the cardiovascular system: review

Pharmaceutical Biology ◽

10.1080/13880209.2016.1185444 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 54 (12) ◽

pp. 3126-3135 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Tatyana Zaporozhets ◽

Natalia Besednova

Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular System ◽

Brown Algae ◽

Sulfated Polysaccharides ◽

Therapeutic Application ◽

System Review

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ANTITUMOR SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDES FROM BROWN ALGAE Dictyota caribaea

10.1101/2020.04.04.025320 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Alexia Nathália Brígido Assef ◽

Bianca Barros da Costa ◽

Thamyris Almeida Moreira ◽

Luana David do Carmo ◽

Tamiris de Fátima Goebel de Souza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Tumor Growth ◽

Brown Algae ◽

Antitumor Effect ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Bioactive Molecules ◽

Sulfated Polysaccharides ◽

Spleen Weight ◽

Tumor Growth Inhibition ◽

White Pulp

AbstractSulfated polysaccharides (SP) are a complex group of bioactive molecules able to inhibit tumor growth. SP increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and reduce some side effects. Brown algae produce SP with several biological activities including antitumor. This work aimed to investigate the antitumor effect of SP from the brown algae Dictyota caribaea (Dc-SP). Dc-SP were extracted with proteolytic enzyme and supernatant was precipitated with increasing concentrations of ethanol. Antiproliferative activity of Dc-SP was tested by the MTT assay against colon cancer (HCT 116) and metastatic melanoma (B16-F10) cell lines. The antitumor effect was evaluated on Swiss mice transplanted with sarcoma 180 tumor and treated i.p. during 7 days with saline or Dc-SP (25 and 50 mg/kg/animal). Dc-SP did not exhibit cytotoxicity in vitro, however the Dc-SP-treated mice depicted up to 50% tumor growth inhibition. Dc-SP treatment induced spleen weight increasing along with intense white pulp disorganization. Furthermore Dc-SP did not depict hepatic toxicity, nephrotoxicity nor leukopenia and did induce increase of platelets count. Altogether, these results represent a promising antitumor host dependent effect induced by Dc-SP.

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