Marine Drugs (Nov 2022)

Structural Characterization and In Vivo Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Fucoidan from <i>Cystoseira crinita</i> (Desf.) Borry

  • Elisaveta Apostolova,
  • Paolina Lukova,
  • Alexandra Baldzhieva,
  • Cédric Delattre,
  • Roland Molinié,
  • Emmanuel Petit,
  • Redouan Elboutachfaiti,
  • Mariana Nikolova,
  • Ilia Iliev,
  • Marianna Murdjeva,
  • Vesela Kokova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/md20110714
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 11
p. 714

Abstract

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of fucoidan isolated from C. crinita on histamine-induced paw inflammation in rats, and on the serum levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-10 in rats during systemic inflammation response. The levels of TNF-α in a model of acute peritonitis in rats were also investigated. The isolated crude fucoidan was identified as a sulfated xylogalactofucan with high, medium, and low molecular weight fractions and a content of fucose of 39.74%, xylose of 20.75%, and galactose of 15.51%. Fucoidan from C. crinita showed better anti-inflammatory effects in the rat paw edema model, and this effect was present during all stages of the experiment. When compared to controls, a commercial fucoidan from F. vesiculosus, the results also displayed anti-inflammatory activity on the 60th, 90th, and 120th minute of the experiment. A significant decrease in serum levels of IL-1β in rats treated with both doses of C. crinita fucoidan was observed in comparison to controls, whereas TNF-α concentrations were reduced only in the group treated with fucoidan from C. crinita at the dose of 25 mg/kg bw. In the model of carrageenan-induced peritonitis, we observed a tendency of decrease in the levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-α in peritoneal fluid after a single dose of C. crinita fucoidan, but this did not reach the statistical significance margin. Single doses of C. crinita fucoidan did not alter serum levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in animals with lipopolysaccharide-induced systemic inflammation.

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