Fucosylated chondroitin sulfate from the sea cucumber Hemioedema spectabilis: Structure and influence on cell adhesion and tubulogenesis

USTYUZHANINA, NADEZHDA E.; BILAN, MARIA I.; DMITRENOK, ANDREY S.; SHASHKOV, ALEXANDER S.; PONCE, NORA M.A.; STORTZ, CARLOS A.; NIFANTIEV, NIKOLAY E.; USOV, ANATOLII I.

CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

Año: 2020 vol. 234

0144-8617

Fucosylated chondroitin sulfate (FCS) HeSp was isolated from the Patagonian sea cucumber Hemioedemaspectabilis. Ion-exchange chromatography was applied for purification of the FCS from the crude extract ofsulfated polysaccharides. Analysis of monosaccharide and sulfate content of HeSp revealed the molar ratio ofGlcA:GalNAc:Fuc:SO3Na as 1.15:1:1.1:3.9. Molecular weight of HeSp (44.1 kDa) was determined by GPC.According to the NMR spectral data, the main fragment of HeSp was the trisaccharide →3)-β-D-GalNAc-(1→4)-β-D-GlcA(3-O-α-L-Fuc)-(1→, where GalNAc units were sulfated either at O-4, at O-6 or both at O-4 and O-6. Thefucosyl branches attached to O-3 of GlcA showed also different patterns of sulfation: Fucp2S4S, Fucp4S andFucp3S4S were found in a ratio of 3.8:1.5:1. Besides, small amounts of the disaccharide fragment →3)-β-DGalNAc-(1→4)-β-D-GlcA3S-(1→ were observed in a structure of HeSp. The polysaccharide was found to blockcancer cells adhesion to platelet-coated surface and to inhibit tubulogenesis, thus demonstrating the potentialantitumor activity.