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Acarviosine-simmondsin, a novel compound obtained from acarviosine-glucose and simmondsin by Thermus maltogenic amylase and its in vivo effect on food intake and hyperglycemia.

Abstract
Simmondsin was modified with acarviosine-glucose using the transglycosylation activity of Thermus maltogenic amylase to synthesize a novel compound with both antiobesity and hypoglycemic activity. The LC/MS and 13C NMR analyses confirmed that the structure of the major transglycosylation product was acarviosine-simmondsin (Acv-simmondsin), in which acarviosine was attached to the glucose moiety of simmondsin by an alpha-(1,6)-glycosidic linkage. It was found that Acv-simmondsin was a potent competitive inhibitor of alpha-glucosidase with the Ki value of 0.69 microM and a mixed type inhibitor of alpha-amylase with the Ki and KI of 20.78 microM and 26.31 microM, respectively. The administration of Acv-simmondsin (0.1 g/100 g diet/day) to mice for 5 days significantly reduced food intake by 35%, compared to 25% with simmondsin in control obese mice. Acv-simmondsin (50 mg/kg BW) suppressed the postprandial blood glucose response to sucrose (1 g/kg BW) by 74%, compared to 71% with acarbose, in normal rats.
AuthorsJin-Sook Baek, Hye-Young Kim, Thomas P Abbott, Tae-Wha Moon, Soo-Bok Lee, Cheon-Seok Park, Kwan-Hwa Park
JournalBioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry (Biosci Biotechnol Biochem) Vol. 67 Issue 3 Pg. 532-9 (Mar 2003) ISSN: 0916-8451 [Print] England
PMID12723600 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Acetonitriles
  • Amino Sugars
  • Anti-Obesity Agents
  • Blood Glucose
  • Cyclohexanes
  • Glucosides
  • Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • acarviosine
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • alpha-Amylases
  • Glucose
  • simmondsin
Topics
  • Acetonitriles (chemistry, metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Amino Sugars (chemistry, metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Animals
  • Anti-Obesity Agents (pharmacology)
  • Blood Glucose (analysis, drug effects)
  • Body Weight
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Cyclohexanes
  • Eating (drug effects)
  • Glucose (analogs & derivatives)
  • Glucosides (chemistry, metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors
  • Glycoside Hydrolases (metabolism)
  • Glycosylation
  • Hydrolysis
  • Hyperglycemia (metabolism)
  • Hypoglycemic Agents (pharmacology)
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Postprandial Period
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Swine
  • Thermus (enzymology)
  • alpha-Amylases (antagonists & inhibitors)

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