State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu Province, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu Province, China; Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu Province, China.
State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu Province, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu Province, China; Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu Province, China; International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu Province, China.
Carbohydr Polym. 2023 Jun 15;310:120696. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.120696. Epub 2023 Feb 13.
Highly branched α-glucan (HBAG) proved to be a promising material as an osmotic agent in peritoneal dialysis solutions. However, high resistance of HBAG to amylolytic enzymes might be a potential drawback for peritoneal dialysis due to its high degree of branching (20-30 %). To address this issue, we designed a small-clustered α-glucan (SCAG) with a relatively low molecular weight (Mw) and limited branching. Structural characteristics revealed that SCAG was successfully synthesized by modifying waxy rice starch (WRS) using sequential maltogenic α-amylase (MA) and starch branching enzyme (BE). The Mw of SCAG was 1.40 × 10 Da, and its (α1 → 6) bonds ratio was 8.93 %, which was below that of HBAG. A relatively short branch distribution was observed in SCAG (CL = 6.27). Short-range orderliness of WRS was reduced from 0.749 to 0.322 with the MABE incubation. Additionally, SCAG had an extremely low viscosity (~12 cP) and nearly no retrogradation. Although the resistance of SCAG to amylolytic enzymes was enhanced by 15.22 % compared with native WRS, the extent was significantly lower than that of HBAG in previous studies. These new findings demonstrate the potential of SCAG as a novel functional α-glucan in food and pharmaceutical applications.
高度支化的α-葡聚糖(HBAG)已被证明是一种很有前途的渗透剂,可以应用于腹膜透析液中。然而,由于 HBAG 具有高度分支(20-30%),其对淀粉酶的抗性可能成为腹膜透析的一个潜在缺陷。为了解决这个问题,我们设计了一种具有相对较低分子量(Mw)和有限分支的小簇α-葡聚糖(SCAG)。结构特征表明,SCAG 是通过用顺序麦芽糊精α-淀粉酶(MA)和淀粉分支酶(BE)修饰蜡质米淀粉(WRS)成功合成的。SCAG 的 Mw 为 1.40×10 Da,其(α1→6)键比为 8.93%,低于 HBAG。SCAG 中观察到相对较短的分支分布(CL = 6.27)。用 MABE 孵育后,WRS 的短程有序性从 0.749 降低到 0.322。此外,SCAG 的粘度极低(~12 cP),几乎没有回生。虽然 SCAG 对淀粉酶的抗性比天然 WRS 提高了 15.22%,但与之前的研究相比,其程度明显低于 HBAG。这些新发现表明 SCAG 作为一种新型功能性α-葡聚糖,具有在食品和制药应用中的潜力。