The polysaccharide fraction PNE-P1 was isolated from hot water extract (PNE) of the defatted meal of pine nuts (Pinus koraiensis) using DEAE-cellulose column chromatography. This fraction had three components of molecular masses 1251, 616, and 303 g/mol consisting mainly of arabinose, xylose, and galacturonic acid at a molar ratio of 2:1.6:1. Structural analysis with FTIR/Raman, methylation and GC-MS, and NMR revealed that PNE-P1 is a cell wall polysaccharide complex including arabinan, heteroxylan, homogalacturonan (HM) and rhamnogalacturonan I (RG-I) parts. Being nontoxic to RAW 264.7 macrophages in the concentration range of 10-200 μg/mL, PNE-P1 promoted proliferation of these cells, significantly induced the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6) and chemokines (RANTES and MIP-1α) and enhanced the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and nitric oxide (NO). PNE-P1 also markedly induced macrophage-mediated phagocytosis of apoptotic Jurkat T cells. These results demonstrate that pine nuts Pinus koraiensis contain a complex of water-soluble plant cell wall polysaccharides, which can stimulate innate immunity by potentiating macrophage function.
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