Publication: In vitro effects of a natural marine algae polysaccharide (λ-carrageenin) on seabream erythrocytes, tumour cell lines and marine bacterial pathogens
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Campos-Sánchez, José Carlos ; Guardiola, Francisco A. ; Esteban Abad, María Ángeles
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Carrageenin is a high molecular weight sulphated mucopolysaccharide used to induce experimental inflammation in mammals. In addition, it possesses a wide variety of properties that have not yet been studied in fish. This study evaluated the hemagglutinating, hemolytic, cytotoxic, and antibacterial activities of λ-carrageenin. The results showed that λ-carrageenin has hemagglutinating and hemolytic activities on gilthead seabream erythrocytes, which were dose and time-dependent during the first 6 hours of incubation. No significant effects on the haemolytic activity of erythrocytes were observed after incubation for 12 or 24 h with λ-carrageenin. The PLHC-1 cell line showed significant increases in cytotoxic activity after 6 or 12 hours of incubation compared with control cells, and the highest doses of λ-carrageenin caused cytotoxicity in PLHC-1 cells after 24 h of incubation. The morphology of PLHC1 cells incubated with the highest doses of λ-carrageenin for 12 or 24 h showed obvious cell death changes compared with control cells. Interestingly, no significant variations in cytotoxic activity were observed in SAF-1 or HeLa cell lines after incubation with λ-carrageenin. λ-carrageenin showed significant dose-dependent bactericidal activity against Photobacterium damselae but had no significant effect on the bactericidal activity of Vibrio harveyi, V. anguillarum, and Tenacibaculum maritimum. The study suggests that λ-carrageenin has potential applications in aquaculture and aquatic pharmaceutical industries as a hemagglutinating, hemolytic, and antibacterial agent.
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