Low Molecular Weight, 4-O-Sulfation, and Sulfation at Meta-Fucose Positively Promote the Activities of Sea Cucumber Fucoidans on Improving Insulin Resistance in HFD-Fed Mice

Fucoidans from sea cucumber (SC-FUC) have been proven to alleviate insulin resistance in several species. However, there are few studies that clarify the relationship between their structure and bioactivity. The present study evaluated the influence of molecular weight (Mw), sulfation concentrations (Cs), and sulfation position on improving insulin resistance using SC-FUC. Results showed that fucoidans with lower Mw exerted stronger effects. Having a similar Mw, Acaudina molpadioides fucoidans (Am-FUC) with lower Cs and Holothuria tubulosa fucoidans with higher Cs showed similar activities. However, Isostichopus badionotus fucoidans (higher Cs) activity was superior to that of low-Mw Thelenota ananas fucoidans (Ta-LFUC, lower Cs). Eliminating the effects of Mw and Cs, the bioactivity of Am-FUC with sulfation at meta-fucose exceeded that of Ta-FUC with sulfation at ortho-position. Moreover, the effects of Pearsonothuria graeffei fucoidans with 4-O-sulfation were superior to those of Am-LFUC with 2-O-sulfation. These data indicate that low Mw, 4-O-sulfation, and sulfation at meta-fucose contributed considerably to insulin resistance alleviation by SC-FUC, which could accelerate the development of SC-FUC as a potential food supplement to alleviate insulin resistance.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Marine drugs - 20(2021), 1 vom: 29. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hu, Shiwei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Sichun [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Hongli [VerfasserIn]
Du, Mengyu [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Su, Laijin [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yangli [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

28RYY2IV3F
4-O-sulfation
9072-19-9
Fucoidan
Fucoidans
Fucose
Hypoglycemic Agents
Insulin resistance
Journal Article
Low molecular weight
Polysaccharides
Sea cucumber
Sulfates
Sulfation at ortho-fucose

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Date Completed 08.02.2022

Date Revised 08.02.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/md20010037

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM335845495