Anti-allergic effects of ethanol extracts from brown seaweeds

Anti-allergic effects of ethanol extracts from brown seaweeds 1 2 first-author 1 1 corresp ‡Corresponding Author ‡Corresponding Author †E-mail:linhong@ouc.edu.cn †E-mail:linhong@ouc.edu.cn linhong@ouc.edu.cn 2 1 Food Safety Laboratory, College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China Food Safety Laboratory, College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China Food and Marine Resources Research Centre, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi 75280, Pakistan Food and Marine Resources Research Centre, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi 75280, Pakistan Ethanol extracts of brown seaweeds from Pakistan and China were isolated and compared for their antiallergenic activities. They included Sargassum tennerimum (ST) and Sargassum cervicorne (SC) from Pakistan, and Sargassum graminifolium turn (SG), Sargassum thunbergii (STH), and Laminaria japonica (LJ) from China. The ethanol extracts of these brown seaweeds were optimized at 85% (v/v) ethanol for the maximum yield of phlorotannin, an inhibitor against hyaluronidase. Total phlorotannins contained in the crude extracts were measured as 1.71% (SG), 0.74% (STH), 0.97% (LJ), 3.30% (SC), and 5.06% (ST). The 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC 50 ) of Pakistani SC and ST were 109.5 and 21 μg/ml, respectively, lower than those of Chinese SG, STH, and LJ (134, 269, and 148 μg/ml, respectively). An antiallergic drug, disodium cromoglycate (DSCG), had an IC 50 =39 μg/ml, and a natural inhibitor of hyaluronidase, catechin, had an IC 50 =20 μg/ml. The IC 50 of ST extract was found similar to that of catechin (21 vs 20 μg/ml) and lower than that of DSCG (21 vs 39 μg/ml). This suggests that ST is a potent inhibitor of hyaluronidase, indicating a promising future development of natural antiallergic medicines or functional foods. Anti-allergic activity Brown seaweed Ethanol extracts Hyaluronidase Phlorotannin INTRODUCTION 1 Food allergy is common in most part of the world. It has been frequently reported that the allergy induced by ingestion of food can cause severe hypersensitive reaction in humans (Daul et al., 1990 1990 ; 1993 1993 ). Food allergy is considered as type I allergy out of four general categories, based on mechanism of immunological involvement. The pathological mechanism of the type I allergy has been examined as the degranulation of mast cells and the release of chemical mediators such as histamine, leucotrienes, and prostaglandins from these cells. Mast cell degranulation occurs in response to immunological stimuli in which the antigen-IgE antibody reaction predominates on the cell membrane (Metcalfe et al., 1997 1997 ; Lorentz et al., 2000 2000 ; Borish, 2003 2003 ; Liu et al., 2007 2007 ). Hyaluronidase (HAase, EC 3.2.1.35), an enzyme which cleaves the polysaccharide hyaluronic acid in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue, is mainly known to be involved in allergic reaction (Kakegawa et al., 1988 1988 ; He et al., 2001 2001 ). It was reported that antiallergic agent had a strong inhibitory effect on the activation of hyaluronidase (Fujitani et al., 2001 2001 ). Some metals, metallic salts, polyphenols, flavonoids, polysaccharides, and clinical drugs were reported as antiallergic agents or inhibitors of hyaluronidase (Kakegawa et al., 1992 1992 ; Tung et al., 1994 1994 ; Facino et al., 1995 1995 ; Asada et al., 1997 1997 ; Jeong et al., 1999 1999 ; 2000 2000 ; Akhtar and Bhakuni, 2003 2003 ). Apart from these inhibitors, some food materials tested so far demonstrated to be antiallergic (Sano et al., 1999 1999 ; Sanbongi et al., 2004 2004 ; Yamamoto et al., 2004 2004 ). Marine algal polyphenols, which contain phlorotannin that is only present in brown algae and restricted to polymers phloroglucinols (1,3,5-tri-hydroxibenzene) (Ragan and Glombitza, 1986 1986 ), were tested for their antihyaluronidase activity (Shibata et al., 2002 2002 ). However, the study was confined to a few species. A wide variety of other seaweeds in different regions still remain to be investigated for their antihyaluronidase activity. Along the coast lines of Pakistan and China, exist a large number of bathetic algae and seaweed species. These seaweeds are usually found lying on the beaches during the ebb of sea waters either as drift or entangled with rocks, or growing submerged in the water pools. In the coastal belt of Pakistan alone, about 70 species and 27 genera of brown seaweeds are available. Besides, the uses of seaweeds as human food, as industrial materials for their bioactivity, and as new bioactive components have emerged as a challenge worldwide. Moreover, the activity of phlorotannin is region-specific. Temperate and tropical species of seaweeds may have their own significance for the activities. In the present study, we examined brown seaweeds for the inhibition of hyaluronidase for the development of natural antiallergic components and some functional foods. Phlorotannin contents of the ethanol extracts were assessed followed by antihyaluronidase activity in order to establish a relationship for comparison of the seaweeds from different regions. To evaluate the effectiveness of the antiallergic activity, the 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC 50 ) of ethanol extracts were also compared with the well-known antiallergic drug, disodium cromoglycate (DSCG), and a terrestrial plant polyphenol, catechin. MATERIALS AND METHODS 1 Algae 2 Sargassum tennerimum (ST) and Sargassum cervicorne (SC) were collected from the coastal area of Karachi, Pakistan, and Sargassum graminifolium turn (SG), Sargassum thunbergii (STH) and Laminaria japonica (LJ) were collected from the coastal area of Qingdao, China, in January 2007. Samples were washed three times with tap water to remove salt, epiphytes, and sand attached to the surface of the samples, and were then air-dried within a shade protecting from direct sunlight. The dried seaweeds were crushed and ground into a powder form to pass through a 40-mesh sieve and stored at room temperature. Chemicals 2 Folin-Ciocalteu’s phenol reagent (2 mol/L), hyaluronidase, type IV from bovine testes (1060 U/mg solid), DSCG (95%, purity), +(−) catechin hydrate (98% purity), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) were purchased from Sigma Chemical Co. (St. Louis, MO, USA). 4-Dimethylaminobenzaldehyde (99% purity) American Chemical Society (ACS) reagent was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, USA, and hyaluronic acid sodium salt from Streptococcus equi sp. was purchased from Fluka, Germany. All other chemicals were ACS and spectrophotometric grade. Water was purified by milli-Q system. Extraction 2 Crude extracts of brown seaweeds were prepared using the modified method of Kim et al.( 2006 2006 ). 10 g of dried samples of various brown seaweeds were immersed in 100 ml optimized 85% (v/v) ethanol and stirred for 24 h at 25 °C, followed by centrifuging the extract to collect the supernatant. The residues were transferred to a conical flask and washed with 85% ethanol. The procedure was repeated twice to obtain the supernatants. The combined supernatant was filtered and then concentrated to about 50 ml under vacuum using a rotary evaporator (Buchi R-200 V, Brinkmann Instruments, Mississauga, ON, USA) at 40 °C, as described by Yuan et al.( 2005 2005 ). The concentrated sample was then washed three times with the equal volume of chloroform to remove fats and pigments in a separatory funnel. The upper layer, corresponding to the non-lipid fraction (Folch et al., 1957 1957 ), was extracted with ethyl acetate (50 ml, thrice). The ethyl acetate fraction was dried under reduced pressure (crude phlorotannins). The residues were added with 10 ml DMSO. Total phlorotannin content 2 Total phlorotannin content in the ethanolic extracts was determined according to a modified version of Folin-Ciocalteu method (Waterman and Mole, 1994 1994 ) using phloroglucinol as the standard. Samples were diluted taking into account the measurable range of the spectrophotometer (e.g., a 0.025~0.1 ml aliquot of extracts of soluble phenolics was mixed with 0.4~0.475 ml water). A 0.1 ml aliquot of the diluted sample was mixed in a test tube with 0.5 ml of 2 mol/L Folin-Ciocalteu reagent and 0.5 ml of water. The mixture was allowed to stand for 3 min following addition of 2.0 ml of 20% (w/v) Na 2 CO 3 . Samples were incubated in the dark at room temperature for 45 min and centrifuged at 1600× g for 8 min. Absorbance of the supernatant was measured at 730 nm using spectrophotometer. Total phlorotannin content was calculated using the standard graph plotted and expressed as a percentage. Antihyaluronidase activity 2 Antihyaluronidase activity was conducted using a modified version of Morgan-Elson method (Ingo et al., 1998 1998 ). The following reagents and solutions were used. A stock solution of 5 mg/ml hyaluronic acid was prepared in water and stored at 4 °C. 50 μl of the hyaluronic acid stock solution and 100 μl of buffer were added to 250 μl of water. The buffer containing 0.2 mol/L sodium formate, 0.1 mol/L NaCl, and 0.2 mg/ml bovine serum albumin (BSA) was adjusted to the appropriate pH (2.0~5.0) with formic acid. Incubation mixtures were equilibrated at 37 °C for 10 min before the reaction was started by the addition of 50 μl of hyaluronidase along with 100 μl standard or sample. The enzymatic reaction was stopped by the addition of 110 μl of alkaline borate solution and subsequent heating for 4.5 min in a boiling water bath. The borate solution was prepared by dissolving 17.3 g H 3 BO 3 and 7.8 g KOH in 100 ml water. To 10 ml of the alkaline solution, 1 ml of 0.8 g/ml K 2 CO 3 solution was added before use. The test tubes were then placed in ice water for 20 min and then 1.5 ml of p -dimethylaminobenzaldehyde solution was added. To prepare this reagent, 20 g p -dimethylaminobenzaldehyde was dissolved in a mixture of 25 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 75 ml of glacial acetic acid; the solution was diluted with 400 ml of glacial acetic acid immediately before use. To produce maximum coloration of the reaction mixture, the tubes were incubated at 37 °C for 20 min. After centrifugation at 4 °C and 6000 r/min for 10 min, the clear supernatant was transferred to cuvettes and the absorbance of the colored product was measured with an UV-2550 spectrophotometer (Shimadzu, Japan) at 586 nm. Test samples were replaced by the buffer solution for the control, while the enzyme solution was replaced by buffer solution for the blank. Percent inhibition was calculated as follows: Inhibition (%)=[( A − B )−( C − D )]/( A − B )×100, where A is the control absorbance; B is the control blank absorbance; C is the sample absorbance; and D is the sample blank absorbance. IC 50 was calculated using the mean of three observations from each of the five concentrations (Kobayashi et al., 2004 2004 ) for all the samples including the two positive controls, DSCG and catechin. Statistic analysis 2 The data was analyzed using SPSS 11.0 software. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed and was followed by Duncan’s multiple range test. A value of P < 0.05 was used to indicate significant differences. RESULTS 1 The ethanol extracts of two Pakistani and three Chinese brown seaweeds were tested and compared for their inhibitory effects on hyaluronidase activity. Antiallergic drug DSCG and a natural polyphenol catechin were also examined as positive controls. Previously, DSCG was proved to be an effective inhibitor of hyaluronidase (Kakegawa et al., 1985 1985 ). The extraction method of the seaweeds was first optimized for the maximum yield of crude phlorotannin. The maximum crude phlorotannin was obtained at 85% (v/v) ethanol concentration. The optimized crude phlorotannin contents of all the seaweeds are shown in Table 1 1 . Values (mean± SD ) are the means of three determinations 2 Marine algae 4 Crude phlorotannin content (%) 60% ethanol 70% ethanol 85% ethanol 95% ethanol Sargassum graminifolium turn 0.481±0.08 0.484±0.08 0.569±0.03 0.544±0.09 Sargassum thunbergii 1.054±0.09 1.058±0.08 1.083±0.06 1.069±0.08 Laminaria japonica 0.802±0.05 0.814±0.03 0.831±0.02 0.829±0.03 Sargassum cervicorne 0.896±0.02 0.910±0.03 0.925±0.04 0.918±0.03 Sargassum tennerimum 0.283±0.02 0.287±0.01 0.295±0.01 0.289±0.01 Total phlorotannin contents of SC and ST extracts were evaluated as 3.30% and 5.06%, respectively, higher than those of SG (1.71%), STH (0.74%), and LJ (0.97%) extracts (Table 2 2 ). Total phlorotannin contents were calculated against the standard curve of phloroglucinol ( R 2 =0.99) (Fig. 1 1 ). Extracts from both Pakistani seaweeds SC and ST had higher values of total phlorotannin contents than the seaweed extracts from SG, STH, and LJ of China. Among all, ST was found to possess the highest value of total phlorotannin contents. All the analytical data are the means (± SD ) of three determination Total phlorotannin content of the residual extract on dry weight basis determined by Folin-Ceocalteu’s method; IC 50 was calculated using the mean of three observations from each of the five concentrations for all the samples including the positive controls DSCG and catechin; The antiallergic drug used as positive control; The natural polyphenol used as positive control; Marine algae C (%) a a IC 50 (μg/ml) b b Sargassum graminifolium turn 1.71±0.16 133.70±5.40 Sargassum thunbergii 0.74±0.19 268.66±7.05 Laminaria japonica 0.97±0.19 147.91±2.73 Sargassum cervicorne 3.30±0.20 109.49±1.75 Sargassum tennerimum 5.06±0.24 20.97±0.16 DSCG (positive control) c c − 38.60±0.49 Catechin (positive control) d d − 19.98±0.14 Meanwhile, the IC 50 values were 134 μg/ml for SG, 269 μg/ml for STH, 148 μg/ml for LJ, 109.5 μg/ml for SC, and 21 μg/ml for ST (Table 2 2 ), whereas the IC 50 values for DSCG and catechin, the two positive controls for antihyaluronidase activity, were 38.6 and 20 μg/ml, respectively (Table 2 2 ). Among all the five seaweeds tested, ST had the lower IC 50 than DSCG and nearly equal to catechin, indicating that the crude extract of ST was the most effective and potent inhibitor against hyaluronidase activity among all the seaweeds tested. DISCUSSION 1 In the present study, we evaluated the antihyaluronidase activity of crude extracts from the brown seaweeds of two different countries for the first time. Antihyaluronidase activity of brown seaweeds was compared with the well-known antiallergic drug DSCG and a natural tea polyphenol catechin. DSCG, together with tranilast, was previously reported to have strong antihyaluronidase activity (Kakegawa et al., 1985 1985 ). Among natural hyaluronidase inhibitors, tea polyphenol catechin and epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) have been reported to possess strong antihyaluronidase activity (Tamagawa et al., 1999 1999 ) and anti-allergic activity (Matsuo et al., 1996 1996 ). In order to evaluate the activities of hyaluronidase inhibitors from marine resources, we collected two species from Karachi coastal area of Pakistan and three from Qingdao coastal area of China. Ethanol extraction was designed to obtain the crude phlorotannin. Four concentrations of ethanol (60%, 70%, 85%, and 95%) were tested to optimize the extraction procedure, and 85% ethanol was found to be the optimum concentration for the maximum yield of crude phlorotannin (Table 1 1 ). In the experiments, the use of chloroform reduced the pigments and fat contents of the crude extracts, which might affect the antihyaluronidase activity. Furthermore, the total phlorotannin content was determined using phloroglucinol as a standard (Fig. 1 1 ), since phlorotannin is the polymers of phloroglucinol (1,3,5-trihydroxibenzene) (Ragan and Glombitza, 1986 1986 ). The ethanol extracts including the positive controls were then subjected to the analysis of antihyaluronidase activity. The inhibitory effects on hyaluronidase can be usually measured to evaluate antiallergic activity (Maeda et al., 1991 1991 ; Sawabe et al., 1992 1992 ; Asada et al., 1997 1997 ; Ito et al., 1998 1998 ; Ippoushi et al., 2000 2000 ; Fujitani et al., 2001 2001 ). The inhibitory effects of all the samples including the controls were measured in different concentrations (Fig. 2 2 ). Samples of higher activity were measured at lower concentration for their inhibition effect. The IC 50 values of ST, SC, SG, LJ, STH extracts were 21 < 109.5 < 134 < 148 < 269 μg/ml, respectively (Table 2 2 ), meanwhile the total phlorotannin contents for the same order of samples were 5.06% > 3.30% > 1.71% > 0.97% > 0.74% respectively (Table 2 2 ). A linear relation was found between the IC 50 values of the crude extracts and the total phlorotannin contents. The IC 50 values decreased with the increase in total phlorotannin contents of the crude extracts. But the relation of the IC 50 values of the crude extracts and the total phlorotannin contents does not reflect that phlorotannin is the only compound for the antiallergenicity. As the percentage of phlorotannin in the crude extract was very low, some other bioactive components might play a role for the inhibition of hyaluronidase, like porphyran of red algae, Porphyra tenera and P . yezoensis (Ishihara et al., 2005 2005 ). DSCG: disodium chromoglycate; SG: Sargassum graminifolium turn ; STH: Sargassum thunbergii ; LJ: Laminaria japonica ; SC: Sargassum cervicorne ; ST: Sargassum tennerimum . All values of inhibition (%) are the means (± SD ) of three determinations From our results, it was found that phlorotannin might be one of the compounds responsible for the antihyaluronidase activity. However, the inhibitory effect on hyaluronidase of different samples from different regions might be affected by various factors including high molecular weight phlorotannin or degree of sulphation of the compounds present in the crude extract. Asada et al.( 1997 1997 ) reported that the inhibition of hyaluronidase by sodium alginate was dependent on molecular weight; the higher the molecular weight, the stronger the inhibition. Another investigation (Toida et al., 1999 1999 ) was made on O -sulphated glucosaminoglycan as a fully sulphated compound inhibitor. Therefore, further study is needed to identify these factors. In conclusion, we examined five brown seaweeds from Pakistan and China for their antiallergic activities, and found that Sargassum tennerimum is as potent as catechin, the natural hyaluronidase inhibitor, and more potent than DSCG, a clinically used antiallergic medicine. 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An appreciation also goes to Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) laboratories complex, Karachi for the help to collect the samples in Pakistan. 10.1631/jzus.B0820185 Project supported by the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program (863) of China (No. 2006AA09Z427), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30800859 and 30871948) 2008-06-05 2009-01-07 2008-10-08 2022-01-05 Copyright © 2009, Journal of Zhejiang University Science 2009 Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine and Biotechnology) 02 10