Structural characterization and osteogenic activity in vitro of novel polysaccharides from the rhizome of Polygonatum sibiricum

Food Funct. 2021 Jul 21;12(14):6626-6636. doi: 10.1039/d1fo00938a. Epub 2021 Jun 9.

Abstract

Polygonatum sibiricum Red., a kind of edible and medicinal plant, has a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine and as a nutritional food additive. Water-soluble crude polysaccharide (PS50) was obtained from P. sibiricum rhizome. After deproteinization and dialysis, PS50 was isolated and purified via DEAE-52 cellulose and Sephadex G-75 gel filtration chromatography to obtain two novel polysaccharides (PSP50-2-1 and PSP50-2-2). Chemical analysis and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies indicated that PSP50-2-1 was composed of β-d-Glcp-(1→, →2)-β-d-Galp-(1→, →2,6)-β-d-Galp-(1→, β-d-Fruf-(2→, and PSP50-2-2 was composed of β-d-Glcp-(1→, β-d-Galp-(1→, →2)-β-d-Galp-(1→, →6)-β-d-Galp-(1→, →2,6)-β-d-Galp-(1→, β-d-Fruf-(2→. The morphological analysis suggested that PSP50-2-1 and PSP50-2-2 both had a rough surface with cracks. Pharmacological studies showed that PSP50-2-2 at concentrations of 2.59 and 5.19 μM significantly promoted the differentiation and mineralization of MC3T3-E1 cells in vitro, which indicated that PSP50-2-2 had a function of osteogenic activity. Above all, this study provides evidence that PSP50-2-2 may be used as an anti-osteoporotic agent, with applications in health-care and pharmaceutical industries.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Differentiation / drug effects
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Chromatography, Gel / methods
  • Mice
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / methods
  • Molecular Weight
  • Osteogenesis / drug effects*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry
  • Polygonatum / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides / pharmacology*
  • Rhizome / chemistry*

Substances

  • Polysaccharides