Cordyceps Sinensis: anti-fibrotic and inflammatory effects of a cultured polysaccharide extract

Huang, Danfei, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Nie, Shao-Ping, Midgley, Adam C., Wang, Junqiao, Cui, Steve W., Xie, Mingyong, Phillips, Glyn O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 and Phillips, Aled O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2018. Cordyceps Sinensis: anti-fibrotic and inflammatory effects of a cultured polysaccharide extract. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre 14 , pp. 2-8. 10.1016/j.bcdf.2017.07.012

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Abstract

It has been suggested that the traditional Chinese herbal preparation Cordyceps Sinensis (CS) may have a beneficial effect in renal disease. To satisfy increasing demand, CS derivatives have been produced by aseptic mycelia cultivation. We have demonstrated antifibrotic activity of cultured CS previously. The aim of this study was to examine bioactivity of a polysaccharide isolated from cultured CS with a complicated monosaccharide composition, mainly consisting of Gal, Glc and Man. This polysaccharide antagonised the effect of TGF-b1 in stimulating the expression of collagen in the HK2 renal cell line. This was associated with down regulation of the TGF-b receptor Alk5. In addition the polysaccharide antagonised IL-1b stimulated sICAM-1 dependent adherence of monocytes to a monolayer of HK2 cell. This was associated with increased expression of the primary receptor for hyaluronan CD44, and was abrogated by removal of the cell surface hyaluronan pericellular coat. In summary we describe both anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory activity in a polysaccharide isolated from cultured CS.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Publisher:	Elsevier Science B.v, Amsterdam
ISSN:	2212-6198
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	31 August 2017
Date of Acceptance:	31 July 2017
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2023 16:34
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/104098

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