Polissacarídeo endospérmico de Bauhinia pentandra: caracterização e estudo de interação com lectinas

Abstract

Due the chemicals properties diferences, such as the ability to make viscous solution or aqueous gels, the study of the galactomanans has been too important. In this study, the endospermic galactomannans from seeds of Bauhinia pentandra was isolated and partially characterized. This polysaccharide is a classical galalactomannan constituted by a linear chain of mannose linked by β(1-4) linkages with galactose substituintions linked by α(1-6) linkages, resulting in a Man:Gal ratio of 2.5:1, and water intrinsic viscosity equal to 10.1 dL/g. Galactomannan was evaluated in ability to interact with galactose-binding lectins. The polysaccharide was treated with epichlorohidrine and the material obtained was utilized to make the affinity chromatography matrix. Lectin-rich extracts from Artocarpus incisa, Artocarpus integrifolia and Bauhinia pentandra were applied and lectin fractions were obtained, thus, the affinity matrix showed to be efficient to isolate them. The retention capacity of the galactomannan from B. pentandra was compared with galactomannan matrix from Adenantera pavonina, Caesalpinea pulcherrima, Sophora japonica and commercial matrix of Sepharose 4B in regards to the isolation of the lectin from B. pentandra (LBp). Although the galactomannan matrix had been showed the smallest retention capacity in comparision with the others, it is equivalent to the commercial matrix, enabling your utilization.