Taxonomic group: fungi / Ascomycota
(Phylum: Ascomycota)
Organ / tissue: thallus
The structure was elucidated in this paperNCBI PubMed ID: 27997616Publication DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168472Journal NLM ID: 101285081Publisher: San Francisco, CA: Public Library of Science
Correspondence: Wang JH <junhuiwang

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Institutions: School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China, Anhui Qiangwang Flavouring Food Co., LTD, Dongcheng Development Zone, Jieshou, China
Umbilicaria esculenta has been used as a tonic food in China for several centuries owing to its pleasant flavor and health benefits. In this study, a water soluble polysaccharide, which we designated as UP2, with an average molecular weight of 3.33 × 105 Da, was isolated from U. esculenta cultivated in the Huangshan Mountain, by consecutive hot water extraction and anion-exchange chromatography. Gas chromatography analysis indicated that UP2 contained three kinds of monosaccharides, including mannose, glucose, and galactose at a molar ratio of 1.7:1.0:1.2. Linkage analysis of UP2 revealed the presence of (1 → 6)-linked glucosyl, (1 → 3,6)-linked glucosyl, t-linked galactosyl, (1→6)-linked galactosyl and (1→6)-linked mannosyl at a molar ratio of 0.7:4.6:4.1:2.2:9.1. Structural analysis determined that UP2 possessed a backbone consisting of (1→6)-linked β-D-glucopyranosyl and (1 → 6)-linked α-D-mannopyranosyl residues, which substituted at the O-3 position of (1→6)-linked β-D-glucopyranosyl residues by branches of (1→6)-linked α-D-galactopyranosyl and 1-linked β-D-galactopyranosyl residues. Immunostimulatory activity analysis showed that UP2 could stimulate the proliferation of RAW264.7 cells in a dose-dependent manner, and all the samples (20-500 μg/mL) were found to enhance nitric oxide production. The highest phagocytic activity of UP2 was observed at 200 μg/mL. Thus, UP2 may be a potential source of biological and pharmacological agents.
polysaccharide, Immunostimulatory activity, Umbilicaria esculenta
Structure type: structural motif or average structure ; 333000
Location inside paper: UP2, fig. 5, Table 2
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130701,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136906,IEDB_137472,IEDB_141794,IEDB_141806,IEDB_142488,IEDB_144983,IEDB_146664,IEDB_151528,IEDB_152206,IEDB_153201,IEDB_190606,IEDB_241101,IEDB_983930,IEDB_983931,SB_165,SB_166,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_44,SB_67,SB_7,SB_72,SB_88
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, GC-MS, GC, FTIR, HPLC, UV, acetylation, statistical analysis, methylation analysis, reduction with NaBH4, HPGPC, macrophage activity assay, phenol-sulfuric acid assay, phagocytosis assay, HSQC, nitric oxide assay, TFA hydrolysis, HMBS
Biological activity: UP2 stimulated the proliferation of RAW264.7 cells at effective concentration of 200 μg/mL, as well as enhancing their phagocytosis and increasing their NO production: at concentration of 500 μg/mL, the NO production was 45% higher than that of the blank control, the level of NO production under a UP2 concentration of 200 μg/mL reached 11.2 μmol/L.
Comments, role: NMR temperature was not specified; NMR spectra of #6,6,3,6_bDGalp (110.4 77.9 78.2 82.3 83.7 69.2, 4.88 3.32 3.79 3.68 3.93 3.50), #6,6,3_aDGalp (109.5 78.8 79.1 83.6 81.3 72.7, 5.02 3.89 3.63 3.97 4.11 3.92) and #3_bDGalp (110.4 77.9 78.2 82.3 83.7 69.2, 4.88 3.32 3.79 3.68 3.93 3.50) removed by CSDB staff due to multiple errors in the published NMR assignment
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 161684Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G78816IP
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NMR conditions: in D2O
[as TSV]
13C NMR data:
Linkage Residue C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
6,6,3,6 bDGalp
6,6,3 aDGalp
6,6 bDGlcp 104.7 71.1 85.2 71.8 71.9 68.1
6 aDManp 100.7 72.4 73.0 69.1 75.6 71.2
3 bDGalp
bDGlcp 104.7 71.1 85.2 71.8 71.9 68.1
1H NMR data:
Linkage Residue H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6
6,6,3,6 bDGalp
6,6,3 aDGalp
6,6 bDGlcp 4.88 4.05 3.84 3.32 3.30 3.84
6 aDManp 4.95 3.91 3.66 3.65 3.59 3.69
3 bDGalp
bDGlcp 4.88 4.05 3.84 3.32 3.30 3.84
1H/13C HSQC data:
Linkage Residue C1/H1 C2/H2 C3/H3 C4/H4 C5/H5 C6/H6
6,6,3,6 bDGalp
6,6,3 aDGalp
6,6 bDGlcp 104.7/4.88 71.1/4.05 85.2/3.84 71.8/3.32 71.9/3.30 68.1/3.84
6 aDManp 100.7/4.95 72.4/3.91 73.0/3.66 69.1/3.65 75.6/3.59 71.2/3.69
3 bDGalp
bDGlcp 104.7/4.88 71.1/4.05 85.2/3.84 71.8/3.32 71.9/3.30 68.1/3.84
1H NMR data:
Linkage | Residue | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 |
6,6,3,6 | bDGalp | |
6,6,3 | aDGalp | |
6,6 | bDGlcp | 4.88 | 4.05 | 3.84 | 3.32 | 3.30 | 3.84 |
6 | aDManp | 4.95 | 3.91 | 3.66 | 3.65 | 3.59 | 3.69 |
3 | bDGalp | |
| bDGlcp | 4.88 | 4.05 | 3.84 | 3.32 | 3.30 | 3.84 |
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13C NMR data:
Linkage | Residue | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 |
6,6,3,6 | bDGalp | |
6,6,3 | aDGalp | |
6,6 | bDGlcp | 104.7 | 71.1 | 85.2 | 71.8 | 71.9 | 68.1 |
6 | aDManp | 100.7 | 72.4 | 73.0 | 69.1 | 75.6 | 71.2 |
3 | bDGalp | |
| bDGlcp | 104.7 | 71.1 | 85.2 | 71.8 | 71.9 | 68.1 |
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There is only one chemically distinct structure: