Abstract
Aim:
To investigate the effect of water soluble-ethanol precipitation fraction (AC-1) and alkaline extraction-isoelectric precipitation fraction (AC-2) from Antrodia camphorata (Polyporaceae, Aphyllophorales) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced gene activation in mouse macrophages.
Methods:
The AC-1 and AC-2 fractions were prepared, and their effects on LPS-induced gene expression were monitored by Western blotting and RT-PCR.
Results:
Our results indicated that AC-2, but not AC-1 dose-dependently (50–200 mg/L) inhibited LPS-induced nitric oxide production as well as the protein and the mRNA expression of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene. Neither AC-1 nor AC-2 inhibited LPS-induced cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression. Using the cytokine array assay, it showed that AC-2 also had the ability to inhibit LPS-induced the protein expression of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, the monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-5, and regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed, and presumably secreted (RANTES). Like iNOS, AC-2 inhibiting LPS-induced IL-6 and IL-10 secretion resulted from inhibiting their mRNA expression.
Conclusion:
It was suggested that alkaline extraction-isoelectric precipitated the polysaccharide fraction of A camphorata and had the ability to inhibit LPS-induced iNOS, IL-6, IL-10, MCP-5, and RANTES expression in mouse macrophages.
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Wu, Yy., Chen, Cc., Chyau, Cc. et al. Modulation of inflammation-related genes of polysaccharides fractionated from mycelia of medicinal basidiomycete Antrodia camphorata. Acta Pharmacol Sin 28, 258–267 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00500.x
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