Immunoadjuvant Activity, Toxicity Assays, and Determination by UPLC/Q-TOF-MS of Triterpenic Saponins from Chenopodium quinoa Seeds
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- 作者：Simone G. Verza ; Fernando Silveira ; Samuel Cibulski ; Samuel Kaiser ; Fernando Ferreira ; Grace Gosmann ; Paulo M. Roehe ; George G. Ortega
- 刊名：Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：March 28, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：60
- 期：12
- 页码：3113-3118
- 全文大小：242K
- 年卷期：v.60,no.12(March 28, 2012)
- ISSN：1520-5118
文摘
The adjuvant activity of Chenopodium quinoa (quinoa) saponins on the humoral and cellular immune responses of mice subcutaneously immunized with ovalbumin (OVA) was evaluated. Two quinoa saponin fractions were obtained, FQ70 and FQ90, and 10 saponins were determined by UPLC/Q-TOF-MS. Mice were immunized subcutaneously with OVA alone or adjuvanted with Quil A (adjuvant control), FQ70, or FQ90. FQ70 and FQ90 significantly enhanced the amount of anti-OVA-specific antibodies in serum (IgG, IgG1, and IgG2b) in immunized mice. The adjuvant effect of FQ70 was significantly greater than that of FQ90. However, delayed type hypersensitivity responses were higher in mice immunized with OVA adjuvanted with FQ90 than mice treated with FQ70. Concanavalin A (Con A)-, lipopolysaccharide-, and OVA-stimulated splenocyte proliferation were measured, and FQ90 significantly enhanced the Con A-induced splenocyte proliferation. The results suggested that the two quinoa saponin fractions enhanced significantly the production of humoral and cellular immune responses to OVA in mice.