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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Relationship Between the Structure and Immune Activity of Components From the Active Polysaccharides APS-II of Astragali Radix by Enzymolysis of Endo α-1,4-Glucanase.

Ke Li, Xue-Qin Li, Guang-Xin Li, Lian-Jie Cui, Xue-Mei Qin, Zhen-Yu Li, Yu-Guang Du, Yue-Tao Liu, Ai-Ping Li, Xing-Yun Zhao and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ke LiModern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
Xue-Qin LiModern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
Guang-Xin LiCollege of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, China.
Lian-Jie CuiModern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
Xue-Mei QinModern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
Zhen-Yu LiModern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
Yu-Guang DuInstitute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yue-Tao LiuModern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
Ai-Ping LiModern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
Xing-Yun ZhaoModern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
Xin-Hui FanModern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShanxi University · CNInstitute of Process Engineering · CNShanxi Agricultural University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astragali Radix polysaccharides (APSs) have a wide range of biological activities. Our preliminary experiment showed that APS-Ⅱ (10 kDa) was the main immunologically active component of APSs. However, the characteristic structure related to activity of APS-Ⅱ needs further verification and clarification. In this study, APS-II was degraded by endo α-1,4-glucosidase. The degraded products with different degrees of polymerization [1-3 (P1), 3-6 (P2), 7-14 (P3), and 10-18 (P4)] were obtained using a polyacrylamide gel chromatography column. The structural features of the different products were characterized by HPGPC, monosaccharide composition, Fourier transform infrared spectrum, GC-MS, nuclear magnetic resonance, and UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS analysis. Specific immune and non-specific immune cell tests were used to identify the most immunogenic fractions of the products. The backbone of P4 was speculated to be α-D-1,4-linked glucans and rich in C2 (25.34%) and C6 (34.54%) branches. Immune screening experiments indicated that the activity of P4 was better than that of APS-II and the other three components. In this research, the relationship between the structure of APS-Ⅱ and the immune activity from the degradation level of polysaccharides was studied, laying a foundation for the quality control and product development of APSs.

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APS-Ⅱenzymolysisimmune activitystructure-activity relationshipstructure analysis

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