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PubMed2002

Angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides derived from wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) and their antihypertensive effect in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Seven kinds of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides were isolated from the hydrolysates of wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) by Protease S "Amano" (from Bacillus stearothermophilus) by using three-step high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on a reverse-phase column. These peptides were identified by amino acid composition analysis, sequence analysis, and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), as Val-Tyr (IC(50) = 35.2 microM), Ile-Tyr (6.1 microM), Ala-Trp (18.8 microM), Phe-Tyr (42.3 microM), Val-Trp (3.3 microM), Ile-Trp (1.5 microM), and Leu-Trp (23.6 microM). These peptides have resistance against gastrointestinal proteases in vitro. Each peptide was determined to have an antihypertensive effect after a single oral administration in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Among them, the blood pressure significantly decreased by Val-Tyr, Ile-Tyr, Phe-Tyr, and Ile-Trp in a dose of 1 mg/kg of body weight (BW). The present study showed that antihypertensive effect in the hydrolysates of wakame by Protease S "Amano" was attributed to these peptides.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1999

Hepatic fatty acid oxidation enzyme activities are stimulated in rats fed the brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida (wakame).

The activities of hepatic enzymes involved in fatty acid synthesis and oxidation were compared in rats fed diets containing different proportions of dried powder of the brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida (wakame). Rats were fed diets containing 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2. 0, 5.0 and 10 g/100 g of dried wakame powder. Experimental diets were adjusted to provide consistent amounts of most nutrients, but mineral concentrations were not standardized. After the 21-d feeding period, serum and liver triacylglycerol levels in rats fed diets in which wakame constituted at least 2% were significantly lower than those in rats fed the control diet. The activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was significantly lower in rats fed the 5 and 10% wakame diets than in rats fed the control diet. In contrast, 10% wakame diet increased activities of enzymes involved in the beta-oxidation pathway including hepatic carnitine palmitoyltransferase, acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, acyl-CoA oxidase, enoyl-CoA hydratase and 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase. Some differences were detected in rats fed 5% wakame as well. These results suggest that alterations of the activities of enzymes involved in fatty acid metabolism in the liver are responsible for the serum triacylglycerol-lowering effect of dietary wakame. Thus, wakame may be useful as a food to prevent hyperlipidemia.

Animal Feed↗
PubMed2002

Dietary fish oil and Undaria pinnatifida (wakame) synergistically decrease rat serum and liver triacylglycerol.

Japanese eating habits are characterized by the consumption of various food materials such as cereals, vegetables, fish, shellfish, marine algae and meat. Therefore, properties of functional substances in food materials may be enhanced or lessened by the combination of various food materials. In the present study, we examined how the combination of wakame and fish containing polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are typical Japanese food materials, affected rat lipid metabolism. Rats were fed one of four diets [control diet (C), AIN-76 diet with 5 g/100 g rapeseed oil; wakame diet (W) containing 19.1 g/100 g Undaria pinnatifida (wakame) dried powder in the C diet; fish oil diet (FO), AIN-76 diet with 4.1 g/100 g fish oil; wakame-fish oil diet (W + FO), the FO diet containing 19.1 g/100 g dried wakame powder] for 4 wk. We measured the concentration of lipids in serum and liver and hepatic activities of enzymes involved in fatty acid metabolism. The W diet, FO diet and W + FO diet significantly reduced the concentration of triacylglycerols in the serum and liver compared with the C diet. This decrease in the concentration of hepatic triacylglycerol was greatest in rats fed the W + FO diet. The activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, which is involved in fatty acid synthesis in the liver, of rats fed the W, FO and W + FO diets was lower than that in rats fed the C diet. However, the activities of malic enzyme and fatty acid synthetase did not differ among the four groups. In contrast, the W diet and W + FO diet increased the serum concentration of beta-hydroxybutyrate. Further, the activity of 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, which is involved in fatty acid beta-oxidation in the liver, was greater in rats fed the W diet (42%), the FO diet (154%) and the W + FO diet (381%) than in those fed the C diet. Because the decrease in the concentration of triacylglycerol in the liver was greatest when rats were fed wakame and fish oil at the same time (W + FO diet), we conclude that there was a synergistic process affecting fatty acid beta-oxidation in the liver. These results suggest that the simultaneous consumption of fish (fish oil) and wakame decreases the concentration of triacylglycerol in the serum and liver.

Analysis of Variance↗
PubMed2002

Antihypertensive effects of hydrolysates of wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) and their angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitory activity.

AIM: The angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory and antihypertensive activities of wakame hydrolysates have been investigated in several studies. METHODS: Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) was hydrolyzed using 17 kinds of proteases and the inhibitory activity of the hydrolysates for ACE was measured. Of these hydrolysates 4 with potent ACE inhibitory activity were administered singly and orally to spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). RESULTS: The systolic blood pressure of SHR decreased significantly after single oral administration of protease S 'Amano' and proleather FG-F hydrolysates (10 mg protein/kg body weight). In a long-term feeding experiment, 7-week-old SHR were fed standard chow supplemented with protease S 'Amano'-derived wakame hydrolysates for 10 weeks. In SHR fed the 1 and 0.1% wakame hydrolysates, elevation of systolic blood pressure was still significantly suppressed for 7 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: The hydrolysates derived from wakame by protease S 'Amano' have a powerful ACE-inhibitory activity (IC(50) = 86 microg protein/ml) and were effective in spite of their slight bitterness as 'physiologically functional food' with antihypertensive activity.

Administration, Oral↗
PubMed1985

Anticancer activity of a natural product, viva-natural, extracted from Undaria pinnantifida on intraperitoneally implanted Lewis lung carcinoma.

A natural product, named Viva-Natural, extracted from a dietary seaweed Undaria pinnantifida has been found to be therapeutically active against Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC). Viva-Natural also demonstrated moderate prophylactic activity against LLC in allogeneic mice. The active principle(s) which was concentrated in the water-insoluble fraction of Viva-Natural was essentially noncytotoxic in KB cell cultures, and probably a polysaccharide. Viva-Natural was found to be significantly effective in enhancing the natural cytolytic activity of peritoneal macrophages against KB cells as targets in in vitro assay, suggesting that the antitumor action of Viva-Natural might be indirect through the activation of nonspecific immune systems. A combination therapy of Viva-Natural and standard anticancer drugs was additively or synergistically effective.

Animals↗
PubMed1995

Poor fermentability of "mekabu" (sporophyll of Undaria pinnatifida) alginic acid in batch culture using pig cecal bacteria.

Sodium alginate, mannuronic acid-rich and guluronic acid-rich fractions were prepared from "Mekabu" (sporophyll of Undaria pinnatifida). The production of short-chain fatty acids such as acetic, propionic and n-butyric acids from these fractions in mini-scale batch culture using pig cecal bacteria was studied, and the gas released from the culture was monitored. The volume of released gas corrected for blank value decreased in the order: glucose (a reference substrate) > guluronic acid-rich fraction > sodium alginate = mannuronic acid-rich fraction. The amounts of short-chain fatty acids produced from three fractions of alginic acid were smaller than that of glucose. These results suggested that alginic acid was poorly fermentable for hindgut bacteria and that its contribution to the host energy pool via microbial metabolism is small.

Acetates↗
PubMed1999

The bioavailability of magnesium from Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) and Hijiki (Hijikia fusiforme) and the effect of alginic acid on magnesium utilization of rats.

The bioavailability of magnesium from Wakame and Hijiki, and the effects of alginic acid on absorption of dietary magnesium were examined in five groups of rats fed either control, Wakame, Hijiki, AW (containing the same amount of alginate as in the Wakame) and AH (containing the same amount of alginate as in the Hijiki) diets, and animals fed a low magnesium diet (LMg) (twentieth amount of magnesium in the original mineral mixtures as the control). Food intake and body weight gain were decreased by adding sodium alginate to the diets. A large amount of calcium accumulated only in the kidneys of the rats fed the LMg diet. Serum magnesium concentration decreased only in the LMg group. The magnesium content in the defatted left femurs did not differ between the control and Wakame fed animals and also among the animals eating Wakame, Hijiki and AW diets. The breaking force of the right femurs did not differ among all the groups except the LMg group. The ratio of apparent magnesium absorption (%) of the control, LMg, Wakame, Hijiki, AW and AH groups was 82.2, 72.7, 66.9, 50.8, 69.3 and 54.2 in the first experimental period, and was 75.3, 52.1, 57.7, 46.9, 62.6 and 60.5 in the second experimental period, respectively. It was clear that the bioavailability of magnesium in the Wakame fed rats was higher than in those eating the Hijiki. Large amounts of sodium alginate lowered magnesium absorption from the diet.

Alginates↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Effect of Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame) on the development of cerebrovascular diseases in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.

1. We showed that a nutritional factor was able to attenuate the development of hypertension and its related diseases in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP). In the present study, the effect of Wakame, an edible brown seaweed, on the development of stroke was examined in SHRSP. 2. We studied the treatment with 5% (w/w in a diet) Wakame powder in salt-loaded (0.5% NaCl in drinking water) SHRSP. Salt-loaded animals treated with 5% cellulose or kaolin were used as controls. Wakame significantly delayed the development of stroke signs (P < 0.05) and significantly improved the survival rate of salt-loaded SHRSP (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the elevation of blood pressure among the three groups during the observation period. 3. We isolated fucoxanthin, a carotinoid, from Wakame powder and studied its preventive effect on ischaemic cultured neuronal cell death. Fucoxanthin significantly attenuated neuronal cell injury in hypoxia and re-oxygenation (P < 0.05). 4. Based on these results, we conclude that Wakame has a beneficial effect on cerebrovascular diseases in SHRSP, independent of hypertension. It is possible that fucoxanthin in Wakame may have a preventive effect against ischaemic neuronal cell death seen in SHRSP with stroke.

Animals↗
PubMed1990

[Determination of Mg and Zn contents of Naruto "wakame" (Undaria pinnatifida)].

The contents of Mg and Zn in the sea-weed "wakame" were determined and compared at different growth stages, in different parts, for different root cultivation intervals, and in processed foods. The results obtained were as follows: 1. Mg (2.09-2.60 g/100 g) and Zn (8.00-10.76 mg/100 g) contents were independent of growth stage with the exception of Zn (29.00-35.78 mg/100 g) in the natural young "wakame". 2. The mineral contents of leaves, stipes, fruiting bodies and rhizoids of "wakame" at different growth stages were determined. The contents of Mg (1.00-2.36 g/100 g) and Zn (3.93-12.01 mg/100 g) were richer in leaves and stipes than in fruiting bodies and rhizoids. 3. Densely cultured "wakame" showed higher contents of Zn (6.73 mg/100 g) than thinly cultured plants (5.99 mg/100 g), and Mg content was not affected by changes in environmental conditions. 4. The Mg/Ca ratios reached a maximum in the stipe (3.3) and at fruiting bodies (2.9) in the middle stage, and in the base of the stipe of the mature plant (3.5). 5. Contents of the minerals in processed foods were determined. "Suboshi" was rich in Mg (1.07 +/- 0.42 g/100 g), and "Haiboshi" was rich in Zn (10.90 +/- 1.20 mg/100 g). The mineral contents in "Enzo" were small.

Food Analysis↗
PubMed1991

Digestibility and energy availability of Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) seaweed in Japanese.

The digestibilities of nutrients and energy in Wakame were measured in healthy adult males. A test diet was given for 5 days after 5 days on a basal diet which supplied 40 g/day of protein and 45 kcal/kg/day of energy. The test diet was identical with the basal diet except that Wakame was incorporated. Digestibility was calculated by the difference of fecal output between the test period and the basal period. However the digestibility of its nutrient component was found to be different at each intake level. Therefore the present study simply lists the calculated figures. The results obtained were follows: 1) Composition of Wakame was protein: 20.5%, fat: 1.7%,. Total carbohydrate: 45.1%, gross energy content: 322 kcal/100g. 2) Digestibility of protein was 70.1 +/- 14.0%. 3) Digestibility of fat was 97.5 +/- 59.0%. 4) Digestibility of carbohydrate was 55.8 +/- 14.6%. 5) The ratio of the total available energy to intake energy (Net Energy Availability) was 62.4 +/- 19.4%. Wakame contains proteins and available carbohydrates, and may be consumed as a protein source as well as a good source of vitamins and minerals.

Adult↗
PubMed1999

[The features of isozyme zymograms and genetic diversity in Undaria pinnatifida].

The zymogram features of 11 kinds of isozyme and gene expressions in Qingdao and Zhoushan population of U. pinnatifida gametophytes were investigated and genetic diversity was examined by PAGE (polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) technique. The results showed that the level of genetic diversity in Qingdao population of U. pinnatifida gametophytes was higher than that in Zhoushan population. Two banding patterns controlled by two variant genes were found in alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) of U. pinnatifida gametophytes. There were null alleles in the population.

Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel↗
PubMed2000

Application of Live Monocells from Macroalgae to Shellfish Seed Production.

Monocells were isolated from several macroalgae, Porphyra yezoensis, Undaria pinnatifida, and Laminaria japonica, by digestion with alga-tool enzymes. The monocells were then used to feed the parents or larvae of bay scallop Argopecten irradians, blood cockle Arca inflata, and abalone Haliotis discus juveniles. Results showed that the parents of bay scallop and blood cockle fed with Porphyra monocells could mature and discharge eggs and spermatozoa and their larvae could metamorphose; the survival rate of abalone juveniles fed with isolated cells from Laminaria and Undaria increased by 100% compared with that of those fed with artificial food.

Journal Article↗