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  • galactose specific hemolytic lectin cel iii from Cucumaria echinata
    Methods of Molecular Biology, 2020
    Co-Authors: Tomomitsu Hatakeyama
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    CEL-III is a Ca2+-dependent and galactose-specific lectin purified from the sea cucumber, Cucumaria echinata; it exhibits hemolytic and hemagglutinating activities. CEL-III consists of the following three distinct domains: two N-terminal carbohydrate-binding domains (1 and 2), which adopt β-trefoil folds such as the B-chain of ricin and are members of the (QXW)3 motif family, and domain 3, an oligomerization domain. After binding to the cell surface carbohydrate chains through domains 1 and 2, domain 3 self-associates to form transmembrane pores composed of CEL-III heptamers, leading to cell lysis or death. In this chapter, the purification and carbohydrate-coated microplate binding assay of CEL-III are described.

  • hemolytic lectin cel iii heptamerizes via a large structural transition from α helices to a β barrel during the transmembrane pore formation process
    Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014
    Co-Authors: Hideaki Unno, Shuichiro Goda, Tomomitsu Hatakeyama
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    CEL-III is a hemolytic lectin isolated from the sea cucumber Cucumaria echinata. This lectin is composed of two carbohydrate-binding domains (domains 1 and 2) and one oligomerization domain (domain 3). After binding to the cell surface carbohydrate chains through domains 1 and 2, domain 3 self-associates to form transmembrane pores, leading to cell lysis or death, which resembles other pore-forming toxins of diverse organisms. To elucidate the pore formation mechanism of CEL-III, the crystal structure of the CEL-III oligomer was determined. The CEL-III oligomer has a heptameric structure with a long β-barrel as a transmembrane pore. This β-barrel is composed of 14 β-strands resulting from a large structural transition of α-helices accommodated in the interface between domains 1 and 2 and domain 3 in the monomeric structure, suggesting that the dissociation of these α-helices triggered their structural transition into a β-barrel. After heptamerization, domains 1 and 2 form a flat ring, in which all carbohydrate-binding sites remain bound to cell surface carbohydrate chains, stabilizing the transmembrane β-barrel in a position perpendicular to the plane of the lipid bilayer.

  • crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of oligomers of the haemolytic lectin cel iii from the sea cucumber Cucumaria echinata
    Acta Crystallographica Section F-structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 2013
    Co-Authors: Hideaki Unno, Keigo Hisamatsu, Tomonao Nagao, Yuki Tateya, Naoki Matsumoto, Shuichiro Goda, Tomomitsu Hatakeyama
    Abstract:

    CEL-III is a Ca2+-dependent haemolytic lectin isolated from the marine invertebrate Cucumaria echinata. This lectin binds to Gal/GalNAc-containing carbohydrate chains on the cell surface and, after conformational changes, oligomerizes to form ion-permeable pores in cell membranes. CEL-III also forms soluble oligomers similar to those formed in cell membranes upon binding of specific carbohydrates in high-pH and high-salt solutions. These soluble and membrane CEL-III oligomers were crystallized and X-ray diffraction data were collected. Crystals of soluble oligomers and membrane oligomers diffracted X-rays to 3.3 and 4.2 A resolution, respectively, using synchrotron radiation and the former was found to belong to space group C2. Self-rotation functional analysis of the soluble oligomer crystal suggested that it might be composed of heptameric CEL-III.

  • Mitogenic activity of CEL-I, an N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)-specific C-type lectin, isolated from the marine invertebrate Cucumaria echinata (Holothuroidea).
    Bioscience biotechnology and biochemistry, 2010
    Co-Authors: Zedong Jiang, Daekyung Kim, Yasuhiro Yamasaki, Tomohiro Yamanishi, Tomomitsu Hatakeyama, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Oda
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    An N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)-specific Ca2+-dependent lectin (C-type lectin), isolated from the marine invertebrate Holothuroidea (Cucumaria echinata), CEL-I, showed potent mitogenic activity toward normal mouse spleen cells. The mitogenic activity of CEL-I, which reached a maximum at 100 μg/ml, was inhibited by GalNAc in a concentration-dependent manner. The mitogenic effect of CEL-I at 10 μg/ml on T cell- enriched splenocytes was at a similar level due to a well-known T cell mitogen, concanavalin A (Con A), at 10 μg/ml. Furthermore, CEL-I evoked a mitogenic response from nude mouse spleen cells, while no significant effects of Con A on this cell population were observed over a wide range of concentrations. These results suggest that CEL-I is a potent mitogenic lectin with the ability to stimulate both T and B cells.

  • cel i an n acetylgalactosamine galnac specific c type lectin induces nitric oxide production in raw264 7 mouse macrophage cell line
    Journal of Biochemistry, 2009
    Co-Authors: Tomohiro Yamanishi, Tomomitsu Hatakeyama, Kenichi Yamaguchi
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    We found that CEL-I, a GalNAc-specific C-type lectin isolated from the marine invertebrate Holothuroidea (Cucumaria echinata), induces inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and NO production in RAW264.7 cells. The NO production was inhibited by an iNOS inhibitor, L-NAME, but was not by a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) inhibitor, polymyxin B. In the presence of 0.1-M GalNAc, increased NO production by CEL-I-treated RAW264.7 cells was observed rather than the inhibition. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) significantly inhibited the CEL-I-induced NO production as well as the binding of FITC-labelled CEL-I on RAW264.7 cells. Three MAP kinase inhibitors (specific to extra-cellular regulated kinase, c-jun NH 2 -terminal kinase and p38 MAP kinase) inhibited CEL-I-induced NO production with different extents. Heat-treatment of CEL-I resulted in a decreased activity of CEL-I depending on the temperature. These results suggest that CEL-I induces NO production in RAW264.7 cells through the protein-cell interaction rather than the binding to the specific carbohydrate chains on the cell surface.

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  • current knowledge on the biology ecology and commercial exploitation of the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa
    Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 2020
    Co-Authors: Bruno L Gianasi, Jeanfrancois Hamel, E M Montgomery, Jiamin Sun, Annie Mercier
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    The demand and high market price for sea cucumber has led to the collapse of wild stocks for many traditional species in Asia and the Indo-Pacific. New species have therefore been introduced to the...

  • influence of environmental parameters on gametogenesis spawning and embryo survival in the holothuroid Cucumaria frondosa
    Aquaculture, 2019
    Co-Authors: Bruno L Gianasi, Jeanfrancois Hamel, Annie Mercier
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    Abstract The environmental control of reproductive processes is central to both fundamental and applied aspects of animal ecology. The present study experimentally assessed how environmental factors modulate gametogenesis and spawning and impact embryo development and survival in the holothuroid Cucumaria frondosa, a cold-water echinoderm with lecithotrophic development. Adults were exposed to three seawater temperatures, four photoperiod regimes, and two food concentrations during 120 days overlapping the natural gametogenic and spawning periods. Among all the treatments tested, exposure to ambient conditions of water temperature (−1 to 3 °C), photoperiod (8 to 13 h of light) and food concentration (3 × 103 ± 896 rotifers g−1 of sea cucumbers d−1) yielded the greatest reproductive output and embryo survival. At pre-spawning, males and females had the highest gonad index (~33%) and where filled with mature gametes. At spawning, females in ambient conditions released the highest number of oocytes (1.2 × 103 oocytes female−1) and yielded the highest embryo survival rates (21% at 20 days post fertilization). Individuals exposed to warmer water temperatures (6 and 12 °C) experienced delayed gametogenesis and did not spawn. Individuals under 24-h light, 24-h dark, and advanced (4 months) photoperiods showed delayed gametogenesis and low numbers of oocytes released; moreover, embryos died within 10 days post fertilization. Individuals fed with high food concentration (6 × 103 ± 982 rotifers g−1 of sea cucumbers d−1) showed similar results to ambient conditions, suggesting that increased food supply neither decreased nor enhanced reproductive output over the experimental period. This study sheds new light on the environmental drivers of reproductive success in C. frondosa, which is of value for developing conservation strategies and mariculture protocols in cold-water holothuroids with lecithotrophic development.

  • triggers of spawning and oocyte maturation in the commercial sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa
    Aquaculture, 2019
    Co-Authors: Bruno L Gianasi, Jeanfrancois Hamel, Annie Mercier
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    Abstract The present study investigated methods to trigger spawning and artificially induce oocyte maturation in the commercial cold-water suspension-feeding sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa. Spawning occurred after exposure to live phytoplankton, commercial phytoplankton paste, and conspecific sperm. Live phytoplankton at 1 × 105 cells ml−1 induced the highest proportion of females to spawn (mean of 56%); promoted the greatest oocyte release (mean of 19,200 oocytes female−1), best quality of eggs and highest survival of embryos (65%; 20 d post fertilization). More concentrated live phytoplankton (1 × 106 cells ml−1) triggered 43% of the females to release ~16,100 oocytes female−1 and survival rates 20 d post fertilization were lower (50%). Both phytoplankton paste treatments (1 × 105 and 1 × 106 cells ml−1) yielded intermediate results in terms of percent spawning females (26%), abundance of oocytes released (11,000 and 7300 oocytes female−1, respectively), quality of eggs, and survival of embryos (44 and 50%, respectively). Sperm from conspecific (2 and 10 × 106 spermatozoa ml−1) induced the lowest proportion of females to spawn (16%) with release of 3000 and 1700 oocytes female−1, respectively; furthermore, all embryos died within 10 d post fertilization. Results for males were slightly different: spawning was more frequent (63%) in the sperm treatment at 2 × 106 spermatozoa ml−1 followed by live phytoplankton at 1 × 106 and 1 × 105 cells ml−1 (43%), and phytoplankton paste at 1 × 105 cells ml−1 (46%); the lowest spawning success was observed for phytoplankton paste at 1 × 106 cells ml−1 and conspecific sperm at 10 × 106 spermatozoa ml−1 (26%). Thermal shock, desiccation, potassium chloride (injection or bath), and serotonin (injection) did not induce spawning in C. frondosa. When oocytes isolated from mature ovaries were exposed to three different concentrations of 1-Methyladenine (1-MA), Dithiothreitol (DTT), 2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanol (BAL), and L-cysteine (L-cyst), DTT at 10−1 M induced the highest proportion of oocytes (48%) to shed follicle cells (i.e. ovulate); whereas other treatments induced only 2–6% of ovulation, similar to the control (seawater). All oocytes that shed follicle cells remained unfertilizable. Overall, live phytoplankton emerged as the most suitable spawning trigger for C. frondosa, a Dendrochirotida that produces maternally-provisioned oocytes. In the context of expanding sea cucumber aquaculture, this finding provides a tool to maximize the availability of gametes in this cold-water species, with possible applicability to similar commercial dendrochitotids.

  • morphometric and behavioural changes in the early life stages of the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa
    Aquaculture, 2018
    Co-Authors: Bruno L Gianasi, Jeanfrancois Hamel, Annie Mercier
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    Abstract The present study examined morphological and behavioural development in post-settled juveniles of the commercial sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa, in an effort to assist captive breeding and conservation initiatives. Juveniles developed all 10 tentacles within 16 months; they had 9 podia and measured 4.6 mm in length after 21 months. Scaling between body length and number of podia was isometric, whereas dorsal tentacle metrics showed negative allometric scaling, indicating that growth was accompanied by a decreasing tentacle to body size ratio. Dorsally-oriented tentacles developed and ramified faster, showing 6 ramifications after 21 months, when ventrally-oriented tentacles only displayed one. This asynchrony underlines the distinctive roles of dorsal vs. ventral tentacles during the early months. The former were strictly used to capture plankton from the water column; whereas the latter were used for anchorage and feeding on deposited material. Ossicles of the body wall increased in length and thickness, and became slightly curved and rounded in older juveniles. Light intensity and water flow tolerance increased with age; from 25 lx and 5 cm s−1 in 1-month-old individuals, to >50 lx and 10 cm s−1 in 6, 12, and 21-month-old individuals, consistent with migration from sheltered to more exposed locations. Moreover, 1 and 6-month-old juveniles preferred rock substrates and black or red background colours; whereas 12 and 21-monthd-old individuals favoured substrates of coralline algae and a red background, also indicative of increasing affinity with sunlit environments and a shift from benthic to planktonic feeding. Juveniles of all age classes were feeding (i.e. had deployed tentacles) 24 h a day and commonly sought vertical surfaces. Together, the findings shed light on the early juvenile ecology of this cold-water suspension-feeding sea cucumber. Considering the expansion of sea cucumber fisheries and growing interest in the aquaculture of C. frondosa, this work also provides a framework for improved stock management and culture protocols.

  • habitat utilisation growth and predation of Cucumaria frondosa implications for an emerging sea cucumber fishery
    Fisheries Management and Ecology, 2010
    Co-Authors: J F Hamel, Annie Mercier
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    Biological traits of the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa (Gunnerus) relevant to both ecological and management perspectives were investigated in the Newfoundland region. Abundance, size and fitness of adults were maximal on hard substrates. Larvae settled ∼5 weeks post-spawning and juveniles reached a maximum length of 6 mm after 24 months. Additional size classes of sea cucumbers kept under natural environmental conditions exhibited slow seasonal growth attuned to phytoplankton blooms, indicating that ∼25 years may be required to reach market size. Juveniles of the predator sea star Solaster endeca (L.) readily fed upon 1.5-2 mm long sea cucumbers. Predation rates on adult C. frondosa by adult S. endeca were modulated by temperature and biased towards injured specimens, suggesting that trawling may exacerbate predation pressure. The combination of slow growth and high predatory pressure enhanced by fishing activities emphasises the need for precautionary management of this emerging fishery in Atlantic Canada.

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  • fallaxosides b1 and d3 triterpene glycosides with novel skeleton types of aglycones from the sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax
    Tetrahedron, 2017
    Co-Authors: Artem S. Silchenko, Anatoly I. Kalinovsky, Pavel S. Dmitrenok, Vladimir I. Kalinin, Sergey A Avilov, Pelageya V Andryjaschenko, Kirill V Minin, Dmitrii V Berdyshev, Ekaterina A Chingizova, Valentin A Stonik
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    Abstract Two unprecedented triterpene glycosides, fallaxosides B 1 and D 3 with aglycones of new skeletal types were isolated from the sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax (Cucumariidae, Dendrochirotida). The first of these aglycones is formed as result of intramolecular aldol condensation of a precursor having 1,6-diketone functionality, while the second one by pinacol-pinacolone-like rearrangement of another precursor, probably containing 7,8,9-trihydroxy fragment (or its 8,9-epoxy-7-hydroxy analog). The structures of these compounds were established by analysis of 1D, 2D NMR, ESI MS and CD data with using the quantum-chemical calculations.

  • structures and biogenesis of fallaxosides d4 d5 d6 and d7 trisulfated non holostane triterpene glycosides from the sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax
    Molecules, 2016
    Co-Authors: Artem S. Silchenko, Anatoly I. Kalinovsky, Pavel S. Dmitrenok, Vladimir I. Kalinin, Sergey A Avilov, Pelageya V Andryjaschenko, Kirill V Minin, Ekaterina A Chingizova, Valentin A Stonik
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    Four new trisulfated triterpene glycosides, fallaxosides D4 (1), D5 (2), D6 (3) and D7 (4) have been isolated from the sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax (Cucumariidae, Dendrochirotida). The structures of the glycosides have been elucidated by 2D NMR spectroscopy and HRESIMS. All the glycosides have the lanostane aglycones of a rare non-holostane type with 7(8)-, 8(9)- or 9(11)-double bonds, one or two hydroxyl groups occupying unusual positions in the polycyclic nucleus and shortened or normal side chains. The pentasaccharide carbohydrate moieties of 1–4 have three sulfate groups. The cytotoxic activity of glycosides 1–4 against the ascite form of mouse Ehrlich carcinoma cells and mouse spleen lymphocytes and hemolytic activity against mouse erythrocytes have been studied.

  • structure and biological activity of a fucosylated chondroitin sulfate from the sea cucumber Cucumaria japonica
    Glycobiology, 2016
    Co-Authors: Nadezhda E Ustyuzhanina, Valentin A Stonik, Maria I Bilan, Andrey S Dmitrenok, Alexander S Shashkov, Nikolay E Nifantiev, Mikhail I Kusaykin, Anatolii I Usov
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    A fucosylated chondroitin sulfate (FCS) was isolated from the body wall of Pacific sea cucumber Cucumaria japonicaby extraction in the presence of papain followed by Cetavlon precipitation and anion-exchange chromatography. FCS was shown to contain D-GalNAc, D-GlcA, L-Fuc and sulfate in molar proportions of about 1:1:1:4.5. Structure of FCS was elucidated using NMR spectroscopy and methylation analysis of the native polysaccharide and products of its desulfation and carboxyl reduction. The polysaccharide was shown to contain a typical chondroitin core → 3)-β-D-GalNAc-(1 → 4)-β-D-GlcA-(1 →. Sulfate groups in this core occupy O-4 and the majority of O-6 of GalNAc. Fucosyl branches are represented by 3,4- and 2,4-disulfated units in a ratio of 4:1 and are linked to O-3 of GlcA. In addition, ∼ 33% of GlcA are 3-O-sulfated, and hence, the presence of short fucooligosaccharide chains side by side with monofucosyl branches cannot be excluded. FCS was shown to inhibit platelets aggregation in vitro mediated by collagen and ristocetin, but not adenosine diphosphate, and demonstrated significant anticoagulant activity, which is connected with its ability to enhance inhibition of thrombin and factor Xa by antithrombin III, as well as to influence von Willebrand factor activity. The latest property significantly distinguished FCS from low-molecular-weight heparin.

  • constituents of the sea cucumber Cucumaria okhotensis structures of okhotosides b1 b3 and cytotoxic activities of some glycosides from this species
    Journal of Natural Products, 2008
    Co-Authors: Artem S. Silchenko, Anatoly I. Kalinovsky, Pavel S. Dmitrenok, Vladimir I. Kalinin, Sergey A Avilov, Vadim G Stepanov, Sergey N Fedorov, Zigang Dong, Valentin A Stonik
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    Three new triterpene oligoglycosides, okhotosides B 1 ( 1), B 2 ( 2), and B 3 ( 3), have been isolated from the sea cucumber Cucumaria okhotensis along with the known compounds frondoside A ( 4), frondoside A 1, cucumarioside A 2-5, and koreoside A. The structures of 1- 3 were elucidated on the basis of their spectroscopic data (2D NMR and MS). Compounds 1- 3 were moderately toxic against HeLa tumor cells. Frondoside A ( 4) showed more potent cytotoxicity against THP-1 and HeLa tumor cell lines (with IC 50 values of 4.5 and 2.1 microg/mL, respectively) and decreased both the AP-1-dependent trascriptional activities induced by UVB, EGF, or TPA in JB6-LucAP-1 cells and the EGF-induced NF-kappaB-dependent transcriptional activity in JB6-LucNF-kB cells at doses of about 1 microg/mL. At the same doses, it increased the p53-dependent transcriptional activity in nonactivated JB6-Lucp53 cells and inhibited the colony formation of JB6 P (+) Cl 41 cells activated with EGF (INCC 50 = 0.8 microg/mL).

  • monosulfated triterpene glycosides from Cucumaria okhotensis levin et stepanov a new species of sea cucumbers from sea of okhotsk
    Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2007
    Co-Authors: Artem S. Silchenko, Anatoly I. Kalinovsky, Pavel S. Dmitrenok, Vladimir I. Kalinin, Sergey A Avilov, Valentin A Stonik, Vadim G Stepanov
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    Three compounds were isolated from the fraction of monosulfated triterpene glycosides from Cucumaria okhotensis, a new sea cucumber species, and their structures were elucidated. First of them, okhotoside A1-1, is a new glycoside containing tetrasaccharide sugar moiety; the second, okhotoside A2-1, is a new pentaoside with a glucose residue in the second position of sugar moiety (such a structural peculiarity has been found in holothurians of the genus Cucumaria for the first time); and the third is a previously known pentaoside cucumarioside A0-1. The species-specificity of the triterpene glycosides from C. okhotensis was revealed, which justifies the description of this sea cucumber as a new species.

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  • fallaxosides b1 and d3 triterpene glycosides with novel skeleton types of aglycones from the sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax
    Tetrahedron, 2017
    Co-Authors: Artem S. Silchenko, Anatoly I. Kalinovsky, Pavel S. Dmitrenok, Vladimir I. Kalinin, Sergey A Avilov, Pelageya V Andryjaschenko, Kirill V Minin, Dmitrii V Berdyshev, Ekaterina A Chingizova, Valentin A Stonik
    Abstract:

    Abstract Two unprecedented triterpene glycosides, fallaxosides B 1 and D 3 with aglycones of new skeletal types were isolated from the sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax (Cucumariidae, Dendrochirotida). The first of these aglycones is formed as result of intramolecular aldol condensation of a precursor having 1,6-diketone functionality, while the second one by pinacol-pinacolone-like rearrangement of another precursor, probably containing 7,8,9-trihydroxy fragment (or its 8,9-epoxy-7-hydroxy analog). The structures of these compounds were established by analysis of 1D, 2D NMR, ESI MS and CD data with using the quantum-chemical calculations.

  • structures and biogenesis of fallaxosides d4 d5 d6 and d7 trisulfated non holostane triterpene glycosides from the sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax
    Molecules, 2016
    Co-Authors: Artem S. Silchenko, Anatoly I. Kalinovsky, Pavel S. Dmitrenok, Vladimir I. Kalinin, Sergey A Avilov, Pelageya V Andryjaschenko, Kirill V Minin, Ekaterina A Chingizova, Valentin A Stonik
    Abstract:

    Four new trisulfated triterpene glycosides, fallaxosides D4 (1), D5 (2), D6 (3) and D7 (4) have been isolated from the sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax (Cucumariidae, Dendrochirotida). The structures of the glycosides have been elucidated by 2D NMR spectroscopy and HRESIMS. All the glycosides have the lanostane aglycones of a rare non-holostane type with 7(8)-, 8(9)- or 9(11)-double bonds, one or two hydroxyl groups occupying unusual positions in the polycyclic nucleus and shortened or normal side chains. The pentasaccharide carbohydrate moieties of 1–4 have three sulfate groups. The cytotoxic activity of glycosides 1–4 against the ascite form of mouse Ehrlich carcinoma cells and mouse spleen lymphocytes and hemolytic activity against mouse erythrocytes have been studied.

  • fallaxosides c1 c2 d1 and d2 unusual oligosulfated triterpene glycosides from the sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax cucumariidae dendrochirotida holothurioidea and taxonomic status of this animal
    Natural Product Communications, 2016
    Co-Authors: Alexandra S Silchenkoa, Anatoly I. Kalinovsky, Pavel S. Dmitrenok, Vladimir I. Kalinin, Sergey A Avilov, Pelageya V Andryjaschenko, Ekaterina A Martyyas, Kirill V Minin
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    Four hew triterpene glycosides, fallaxosides C, (1), C2 (2), D, (3) and D2 (4) along with the known cucumarioside A3-2 (5) and koreoside A (6) have-been isolated from the sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax (Cucumariidae, Dendrochirotida). Structures of the glycosides have been elucidated by 2D NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. All of the glycosides are rare non-holostane derivatives having shortened side chains and contain pentasaccharide carbohydrate moieties with two or three sulfate groups. Structures of these triterpene glycosides and their comparison with those earlier isolated from Cucuniaria spp. and Pseudocnus dubiosus leoninus allow us to suggest that the present assignment of C. fallax to the genus Pseudocnus is not correct, and this species.should be assigned to the genus Cucumaria. Cytotoxic activity of glycosides 1-5 against the ascite form of mouse Ehrlich carcinoma cells and mouse spleen lymphocytes and hemolytic activity against mouse erythrocytes have been studied. The glycosides were expectedly not active in all the tests due to the absence of an 18(20)-lactone in their aglycones and the presence of several sulfate groups. There was one exception, cucumarioside A₃-2 (5), which. demonstrated a weak cytotoxicity against lymphocytes and moderate hemolytic activity.

  • Cucumarioside E from the Far Eastern Sea Cucumber Cucumaria japonica (Cucumariidae, Dendrochirotida), New Minor Monosulfated Holostane Triterpene Pentaoside with Glucose as the Second Monosaccharide Residue.
    Natural product communications, 2015
    Co-Authors: Artem S. Silchenko, Anatoly I. Kalinovsky, Pavel S. Dmitrenok, Vladimir I. Kalinin, Andrey N. Mazeika, Natalia S. Vorobieva, Nina M. Sanina, E. Y. Kostetsky
    Abstract:

    New minor triterpene glycoside, cucumarioside E (1) has been isolated from the Far Eastern sea cucumber Cucumaria japonica. The structure of the glycoside was elucidated by 2D-NMR specroscopy and mass-spectrometry. The glycoside has glucose instead of quinovose as the second monosaccharide residue and xylose as third monosaccharide residue that is unique structural feature for triterpene glycosides carbohydrate chains from sea cucumbers belonging to the genus Cucumaria.

  • immunomodulatory action of monosulfated triterpene glycosides from the sea cucumber Cucumaria okhotensis stimulation of activity of mouse peritoneal macrophages
    Natural Product Communications, 2010
    Co-Authors: Dmitry L. Aminin, Artem S. Silchenko, Sergey A Avilov, Vadim G Stepanov, Vladimir I. Kalinin
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    Six monosulfated triterpene glycosides, frondoside A1 (1), okhotoside B1 (2), okhotoside A1-1 (3), frondoside A (4), okhotoside A2-1 (5) and cucumarioside A2-5 (6), isolated from Cucumaria okhotensis Levin et Stepanov, stimulate spreading and lysosomal activity of mouse macrophages and ROS-formation in the macrophages. The highest macrophage spreading and stimulation of their lysosomal activity was induced by glycosides 1, 4 and 6. All glycosides similarly stimulate ROS formation in macrophages, but glycoside 2 caused minimal stimulation.

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