Complementarity of Raman and Infrared spectroscopy for rapid characterization of fucoidan extracts.

Fucoidans Infrared spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy Sulfated polysaccharides

Journal

Plant methods
ISSN: 1746-4811
Titre abrégé: Plant Methods
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101245798

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 Dec 2021
Historique:
received: 14 10 2020
accepted: 03 12 2021
entrez: 21 12 2021
pubmed: 22 12 2021
medline: 22 12 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Fucoidans are sulfated polysaccharides from the cell-wall of brown algae. They have a wide range of applications in medicine, including regenerative medicine, ophthalmology, cancer, and autoimmune disease. Biological activity of fucoidans directly depends on their structure, which remains poorly understood. This is primarily because the polymeric nature of these molecules limits the use of nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry, classical tools of structural biology for their structural characterization. Raman and Infrared spectroscopies are non-invasive and non-destructive techniques that can be used to probe the structural organization of biological specimens. In this study, we investigate the potential of Raman and Infrared spectroscopy for structural analysis of several fucoidan extracts. Our results show that Infrared and Raman provide different but complimentary information about the structure of crude extracts of fucoidans, revealing the presence of minor impurities from co-extractants. We also found that at high extraction temperatures acidic conditions limit formation of melanoidins, while also yielding relatively high sulfate ester fucoidan. However, at high temperatures, water extraction may potentially result in formation of advanced glycation end products. Their presence could be problematic for fucoidan extracts intended for medicinal use, as advanced glycation end products have been linked to endocrine interruption mechanisms in vivo by crosslinking to and permanently altering extracellular matrix proteins. Raman and Infrared can be used as complementary tools for rapid screening of crude fucoidan extracts, which can be a valuable tool for assessing impurities that remain after extraction.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Fucoidans are sulfated polysaccharides from the cell-wall of brown algae. They have a wide range of applications in medicine, including regenerative medicine, ophthalmology, cancer, and autoimmune disease. Biological activity of fucoidans directly depends on their structure, which remains poorly understood. This is primarily because the polymeric nature of these molecules limits the use of nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry, classical tools of structural biology for their structural characterization. Raman and Infrared spectroscopies are non-invasive and non-destructive techniques that can be used to probe the structural organization of biological specimens. In this study, we investigate the potential of Raman and Infrared spectroscopy for structural analysis of several fucoidan extracts.
RESULTS RESULTS
Our results show that Infrared and Raman provide different but complimentary information about the structure of crude extracts of fucoidans, revealing the presence of minor impurities from co-extractants. We also found that at high extraction temperatures acidic conditions limit formation of melanoidins, while also yielding relatively high sulfate ester fucoidan. However, at high temperatures, water extraction may potentially result in formation of advanced glycation end products. Their presence could be problematic for fucoidan extracts intended for medicinal use, as advanced glycation end products have been linked to endocrine interruption mechanisms in vivo by crosslinking to and permanently altering extracellular matrix proteins.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Raman and Infrared can be used as complementary tools for rapid screening of crude fucoidan extracts, which can be a valuable tool for assessing impurities that remain after extraction.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34930361
doi: 10.1186/s13007-021-00830-6
pii: 10.1186/s13007-021-00830-6
pmc: PMC8686358
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

130

Subventions

Organisme : European Regional Development Fund
ID : 39-1.0-16

Informations de copyright

© 2021. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Signe H Ptak (SH)

Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Lee Sanchez (L)

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.

Xavier Fretté (X)

Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Dmitry Kurouski (D)

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA. dkurouski@tamu.edu.

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