Abstract
Exo-polysaccharide obtained from the submerged cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum mycelium was fractionated. The structural analysis of the acidic exo-polysaccharide fraction (BWS-DA-GI), showing high antitumor activity, was carried out and compared to the mycelial acidic fraction (MWS-DA-GI). The major sugar constituents of the fraction of BWS-DA-GI were glucose, galactose and mannose in the molar ratio of 2.5 : 2.1 : 2.5. The minor components in this fraction were xylose and fucose. While the major sugar constituents of the mycelial acidic fraction of MWS-DA-GI were galactose, fucose, mannose and glucose. The trace components in this fraction was xylose. From the results of periodate oxidation, Smith degradation, affinity chromatography and methylation analysis, the chemical structures of the two fractions, BWS-DA-GI and MWS-DA-GI were both determined as ${\beta}-1,3$ glucans. It was also estimated that BWS-DA-GI had a $1{\rightarrow}6$ glucosidic linkage and MWS DA-GI had $1{\rightarrow}4$ and $1{\rightarrow}6$ glucosidic linkages. The molecular weights of these fractions, MWS-DA-GI and MWSDA-GI were estimated as $1.2{\times}10^6\;and\;1.0{\times}10^6$ dalton, respectively.
영지 균사체의 액체 배양에 의하여 생산된 세포의 다당시료 분획 중 우수한 항암활성을 나타내었던 산성분획인 BWS-DA-GI의 구조를 균사체 유래의 산성 다당 분획(MWS-DA-GI)과 비교하면서 조사하였다. BWS-DA-GI의 구성성분을 검토한 결과, 다량의 glucose, mannose 및 galactose와 미량의 xylose 및 fucose를 함유하였으며, glucose, galactose 및 mannose의 몰비는 2.5:2.1:2.5이었다. 반면, 균사체 유래의 산성 다당 분획인 MWS-DA-GI는 다량의 galactose, fucose, mannose 및 glucose와 미량의 xylose를 함유하였다. 또 BWS-DA-GI의 구조를 균사체 유래의 다당 분획인 MWS-DA-GI와 비교하면서 과요오드 산화, Smith분해, affinity chromatography 및 메칠화 분석으로 조사한 결과, 두 시료 모두 ${\beta}-1,3-glucan$이었고, BWS-DA-GI는 1,6분지를 보유하고 있는 반면, MWS-DA-GI는 1,4 및 1,6분지를 함께 보유하는 것으로 추정되었으며, 분자량은 각각 1,200,000 및 1,000,000 dalton이었다.
