Structure and mitogenic activities of corn cob heteroxylans

被引:66
作者
Ebringerova, A [1 ]
Hromadkova, Z [1 ]
Hribalova, V [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL INST PUBL HLTH, CR-10042 PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
关键词
heteroxylans; xylan derivatives; immunomodulators; mitogenic and co-mitogenic activity;
D O I
10.1016/0141-8130(96)81840-X
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Various structurally different water-soluble (ws) and water-insoluble (wis) heteroxylans have been tested for mitogenic and co-mitogenic activity and shown to differ in their stimulating potency. The ws arabinoglucuronoxylan (ws-AGX) from corn cobs exhibited the highest potency which was comparable to that of the immunomodulator zymosan, whereas the wis-AGX from corn cobs was inactive. Water-soluble derivatives of wis-AGX as well as hydrolytically modified ws-AGX fractions were prepared and tested for their mitogenic and co-mitogenic activity. The results indicate that the disaccharide side chains present only in ws-AGX might be important for expression of the immunostimulatory activity of this xylan.
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页码:327 / 331
页数:5
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