Characterization of Two Glucans Activating an Alternative Complement Pathway from the Fruiting Bodies of Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus

  • Kweon, Mee-Hyang (Institute of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Lim, Wang-Jin (Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Yang, Han-Chul (Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Sung, Ha-Chin (Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University)
  • Published : 2000.04.01

Abstract

Abstract Two glucans (PONGa and PONGb) differing in their anomeric and glycosidic linkage structures were isolated from the water-insoluble materials (PON) of Pleurotus ostreatus basidiocarps, which activated the complement system and were almost soley composed of D-glucose. The isolatIon was achieved by repeated precipitations with ethanol and adsorption on concanavalin A (Con A) of paN suspension in thymol/NaCL Based on methylation analysis. IR, GLC-MS, $^1H,{\;}and{\;}^{13}C-NMR$ spectroscopies, PONGa was found to be a branched a-glucan composed of ${\alpha}-linked$ D-glucopyranose residues and ${\alpha}-linked$ units with 6-branching points, whereas PONGb was a linear ${\beta}-1,3-glucan$ composed mainly of ${\beta}-1,3-linked$ D-glucopyranose residues. The PONGb particles reacted more potently than the PONGa particles as C3 activator in alternative complement hemolysis and crossed-immunoelectrophoresis using anti-human C3, thereby suggesting that the complement activating components of PON were ${\beta}-(13)-glucans rather$ than ${\alpha}-glucan$ components.onents.

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