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J Mol Recognit ; 25(12): 657-64, 2012 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23192963

ABSTRACT

A lectin from seeds of Dioclea lasiocarpa (DLL) was purified in a single step by affinity chromatography in a Sephadex G-50 column. DLL haemagglutinated rabbit erythrocytes showing stability even after 1 h of exposure to a different pH values (optimal between pH 6.0 and 8.0) but was inhibited after incubation with D-mannose and D-glucose. The pure protein possessed a molecular weight of 25 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and 25,410Da by mass spectrometry. The results analyzed by the software SELCON 3 indicate that ß-sheet secondary structures are predominant in DLL (approximately 40.2% antiparallel ß-sheet, 4.6% parallel ß-sheet, 7.2% α-helices, 17.3% turns, and 28.7% unordered structures). Mechanical activity of isolated aorta from rat measured by cumulative concentration curves of DLL, performed at the contraction plateau induced by phenylephrine in either endothelium-intact or denuded aorta. DLL (IC(50) = 34.12 ± 3.46 µg/ml) relaxed precontracted endothelized aortic rings by 34.61 ± 9.06%, 55.19 ± 11.9%, and 81.33 ± 14.35%, respectively, at 10 µg/ml (initial concentration), 30 µg/ml, and 100 µg/ml (maximum effect). All effects occurred via interaction with lectin domains and participation of nitric oxide.


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Dioclea/chemistry , Plant Lectins/isolation & purification , Plant Lectins/pharmacology , Seeds/chemistry , Vasodilator Agents , Animals , Aorta/drug effects , Aorta/pathology , Aorta/physiology , Cells, Cultured , Drug Stability , Erythrocytes/drug effects , Erythrocytes/physiology , Organ Culture Techniques , Plant Extracts/chemistry , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Plant Lectins/analysis , Plant Lectins/chemistry , Rabbits , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Vasodilation/drug effects , Vasodilator Agents/analysis , Vasodilator Agents/chemistry , Vasodilator Agents/isolation & purification , Vasodilator Agents/pharmacology
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Pharm Biol ; 49(2): 167-74, 2011 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20942613

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CONTEXT: Lobophora variegata J.V. Lamouroux (Dictyotaceae) is a brown marine alga widely encountered in the Brazilian sea coast that presents high content of fucans. Anti-inflammatory effects of fucans are reported mostly in models in vitro, but little is known about its effects in vivo. OBJECTIVE: To investigate vascular and cellular effects of a sulfated polysaccharide from the brown marine algae L. variegata (SP-Lv) in acute inflammatory models. MATERIALS AND METHODS: SP-Lv was isolated by DEAE-cellulose and analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis and evaluated for its inhibitory effect on paw edema, vascular permeability, leukocyte migration and peritoneal nitrite content induced by zymosan in Wistar rats. Anticoagulant activities and possible systemic toxicity were also evaluated. RESULTS: SP-Lv inhibited the paw edema (120 min: 1.42 ± 0.11 vs. 0.95 ± 0.05 mL), plasma exudation (21.53 ± 0.62 vs. 11.96 ± 0.68 µg/g), nitrite content (4.42 ± 0.33 vs. 2.86 ± 0.003 µM) and leukocyte migration (5.15 ± 1.21 vs. 1.99 ± 0.16 cells/10(3) mL) induced by zymosan. SP-Lv and L-NAME reduced the paw edema (60-120 min) elicited by L-arginine. However, at 180 min SP-Lv effect was more accentuated and sustained until 240 min, while that of L-NAME was abolished. Similarly to indomethacin, SP-Lv inhibited the entire edema time-course induced by phospholipase A(2), except for the time of 60 min. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The anti-edematogenic effect of SP-Lv seems to occur via inhibition of nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase activities. These results suggest a potential applicability of polysaccharides from alga origin in acute inflammatory conditions.


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Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology , Inflammation/drug therapy , Phaeophyceae/chemistry , Polysaccharides/pharmacology , Animals , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/isolation & purification , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/toxicity , Anticoagulants/isolation & purification , Anticoagulants/pharmacology , Anticoagulants/toxicity , Brazil , Disease Models, Animal , Edema/drug therapy , Edema/physiopathology , Electrophoresis, Agar Gel , Indomethacin/pharmacology , Inflammation/physiopathology , Male , Nitric Oxide Synthase/antagonists & inhibitors , Polysaccharides/isolation & purification , Polysaccharides/toxicity , Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases/drug effects , Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases/metabolism , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Time Factors
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