以禹州漏芦为原料,经沸水提取、乙醇沉淀、DEAE-Cellulose和SuperdexTM75凝胶柱层析分离纯化,得到一种水溶性的酸性均一多糖(EPS-2A).采用单糖组成、甲基化及绝对构型等方法对其进行了结构解析.结果表明,该均一多糖主要由D-半乳糖醛酸组成,并含有少量的Rha和Ara.该均一多糖经不同条件硫酸衍生化后的衍生物(Sul-2A-1和Sul-2A-2)与阳性药肝素[CH50=(103.0±9.0)μg/mL(mean±SD,n=3),CH50为出现50%溶血时的样品浓度]相比,均表现出很强的抗补体活性[Sul-2A-1的CH50=(74.1±4.6)μg/mL;Sul-2A-2的CH50=(35.7±2.8)μg/mL].
To isolate and characterize the anti-complementary polysaccharide from the root of Echinops latifolius Tausch. , bioactivity-guided fractionation and purification was used to obtain the anti-complementary polysaccharide from the hot-water extract of the root of Echinops latifolius Tausch. The polysaccharide was characterized by various chemical and spectral analyses The anti-complementary activities were evaluated by hemolytic assay in vitro. The action targets were identified in the system with individual complement-depleted sera. A homogenous water-soluble polysaccharide (EPS-2A) was obtained from Echinops latifolius Tausch. , which average molecular weight was estimated to be 118000. A combination of monosaccharide composition, methylation and configuration analysis, as well as NMR spectroscopy, indicated that EPS-2A was poly-( 1-4)- a-D-galactopyranosyluronic acid in which (87.8 ±0. 5 )% of uronic acid existed as methylester. Two sulfated derivatives( Sul-2A-1 and Sul-2A-2 ) from EPS-2A were prepared after sulfation with 1 : 1 and 2 : 1 of chlorosulfonic acid and pyridine, respectively. The anti-complementary assay showed that Sul-2A-1 and Sul-2A-2 demonstrated a stronger inhibitory effect [ CHs0 = (74. 1±4.6) μg/mL for Sul-2A-1 ; CH50 = (35.7±2. 8) μg/mL for Sul-2A-2] on the complement activation through the classic pathway, compared to that of heparin [ CHso = (103.0±9.0) μg/mL]. The results suggested that the sulfated derivatives Sul-2A-1 and Sul-2A-2 might be promising drug candidates in case of necessary therapeutic complement inhibition.