Teng Cong, Shi Zhenxing, Yao Yang, Ren Guixing
Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
Laboratory of Biomass and Green Technologies, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
Foods. 2020 Oct 21;9(10):1511. doi: 10.3390/foods9101511.
Quinoa is a kind of nutritious food crop with anti-obesity activity, however, the mechanism is not unclear. In this study, we separated and purified bioactive polysaccharide from quinoa (denoted SQWP-2). The chemical structural was characterized and its effect on 3T3-L1 pre-adipocyte differentiation was evaluated. The molecular weight of SQWP-2 was found to be 7.49 × 10 Da, and the polysaccharide consisted of fructose and glucose. The Glc-(1→, Fru-(2→, →4)-Glcp-(1→, and →4,6)-Glcp-(1→ glycosidic linkages were identified in SQWP-2 through gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Nuclear magnetic resonance confirmed the monosaccharide composition and glycosidic linkage content, and a suggestion of the structural formula is provided. In Western Blotting and RT-PCR assays, treatment with SQWP-2 significantly inhibited 3T3-L1 differentiation by suppressing PPARγ, C/EBPα, C/EBPβ, C/EBPδ, SREBP1C and AP2 expression. Quinoa polysaccharide isolated here could represent an anti-obesity agent once the structures and differentiation inhibition are definitively characterized.
藜麦是一种具有抗肥胖活性的营养粮食作物,然而,其作用机制尚不清楚。在本研究中,我们从藜麦中分离并纯化了生物活性多糖(命名为SQWP-2)。对其化学结构进行了表征,并评估了其对3T3-L1前脂肪细胞分化的影响。发现SQWP-2的分子量为7.49×10 Da,该多糖由果糖和葡萄糖组成。通过气相色谱-质谱法在SQWP-2中鉴定出Glc-(1→、Fru-(2→、→4)-Glcp-(1→和→4,6)-Glcp-(1→糖苷键。核磁共振证实了单糖组成和糖苷键含量,并给出了结构式的建议。在蛋白质免疫印迹和逆转录-聚合酶链反应分析中,用SQWP-2处理通过抑制PPARγ、C/EBPα、C/EBPβ、C/EBPδ、SREBP1C和AP2的表达显著抑制了3T3-L1的分化。一旦此处分离的藜麦多糖的结构和分化抑制作用得到明确表征,它可能成为一种抗肥胖剂。