Anti-inflammatory activity of the extracts from mycelia of Antrodia camphorata cultured with water-soluble fractions from five different Cinnamomum species

We have previously reported that polysaccharides extracted from fruiting bodies or cultured mycelia of Antrodia camphorata exhibit an anti-hepatitis B virus effect. In this study, we intended to elucidate the anti-inflammatory potency of six mycelial extracts, namely PDB-ext, CK-ext, CM-ext, CO-ext, CC-ext, and CKO-ext, isolated from mycelia of A. camphorata cultured with six different media including potato dextrose broth (PDB) and five water-soluble fractions from the wood of different Cinnamomum species, i.e. C. kanehirae (CK), C. micranthum (CM), C. osmophloeum (CO), C. camphora (CC), and C. kotoense (CKO), against reactive oxygen species (ROS) production induced by N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) in peripheral human neutrophils (PMN) or mononuclear cells (MNC). ROS produced by PMN or MNC act as inflammatory mediators and also signal immune responses. Pretreatment with these mycelial extracts (1-50 microg ml(-1)) concentration-dependently diminished fMLP- or PMA-induced ROS production in PMN or MNC, as measured by lucigenin-amplified chemiluminescence, with 50% inhibition concentrations (IC(50)) ranging from 2 to 20 microg ml(-1). Among these extracts evaluated, CM-ext, CO-ext, or CKO-ext exhibited higher potency than the others. Using high performance liquid chromatography, we identified two lanostane-type compounds, i.e. dehydrosulfurenic acid and 15alpha-acetyl-dehydrosulfurenic acid, which could be involved in the anti-inflammatory actions of these extracts. The anti-inflammatory actions of these extracts were not due to cytotoxic effects. In summary, these data suggest that extracts from cultured mycelia of A. camphorata display anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting ROS production in human leukocytes at a pharmacologically applicable concentration. The biological activities of these extracts were further promoted when the culture medium was replaced with water-soluble fractions isolated from the wood of CM, CO or CKO.     

香栓菌的驯化栽培及生物学发育特征

为了筛选香栓菌Trametes suaveolens的最佳出菇配方,同时对子实体不同生长阶段的生物学发育特征进行研究。本文用杨树、柳树、秸秆木屑作为培养料设置了8种配比,每种分为对照A、测试组B共计16个配方进行筛选,对不同时期的菌丝发育状况进行显微观察。结果柳树木屑、杨树木屑的配方均能成功栽培出香栓菌子实体,开袋后在90%-95%空气湿度、一定散射光、13-18℃的低温刺激下28d原基发育为菇蕾,继续培养28d后子实体成熟。其中配料为柳树木屑97%、蔗糖1%、石灰1%、石膏1%、含水量65%左右的配方出菇率最高,配料为柳树木屑的配方开袋后子实体长势最佳,采用边缘开袋方式最佳。子实体发育过程中,先分化出白色蜂窝状原基,原基依靠孔状结构吸收营养后,在其上层包被形成黑色菇蕾,同时基部开始形成子实层;菇蕾内部生殖菌丝不断分化和发育,体积逐渐膨大,颜色由深变浅,菌丝分化出担子并产生担孢子,最终形成子实体。     

The use of spent brewery grains for Pleurotus ostreatus cultivation and enzyme production

In the brewing industry, spent brewery grains (SBGs) are byproducts with a low economic value. The potential use of this leftover as a substrate ingredient for Pleurotus ostreatus fruiting body cultivation and enzyme production was evaluated. The best substrate mixture for P. ostreatus mycelium growth comprised 30% wheat bran (WB), 68% beech sawdust (BS) and 2% CaCO3. On the substrates containing SBG, the fastest mycelium growth was observed on the substrate composed of 10% SBG, 20% WB, 68% BS and 2% CaCO3. The highest biological efficiency (51%) of fruiting bodies was determined on the mixtures containing 20% WB, 10% SBG and 2% CaCO3. The SBGs with the addition of WB were also shown to be suitable as a substrate for enzyme production. However, the supplementation levels designate which enzymes are produced and in what amounts.     

栽培条件对灵芝子实体中四种重金属含量的影响

以不同灵芝品种、不同栽培基质、不同栽培方式、不同生长时期获得的菌草灵芝和木屑灵芝为原料,对栽培基质及灵芝子实体中铅、砷、汞、镉4种重金属的含量参照国际标准进行检测,结果表明虽然菌草栽培基质中重金属含量高于木屑栽培基质,但菌草灵芝对重金属富集率远低于木屑灵芝,成熟期的菌草灵芝与木屑灵芝中的重金属含量均低于农业行业标准和国家标准。因此菌草可以替代木屑用作灵芝栽培的营养来源。     

In vitro and in vivo comparisons of the effects of the fruiting body and mycelium of Antrodia camphorata against amyloid β-protein-induced neurotoxicity and memory impairment

Antrodia camphorata is a particular and precious medicinal mushroom, and its fruiting body was found to provide more efficient protection from oxidative stress and inflammation than its mycelium because of its higher content of triterpenoids, total phenols, and so on. In the previous in vitro studies, the mycelium of A. camphorata is proven to provide strong neuroprotection in neuron cells and suggested to have the potential of protection against neurotoxicity of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) known as the risk factor toward Alzheimer's disease (AD) development. However, the in vivo study and the comparison study with the fruiting body have not yet been investigated. This study compared the effect of the fruiting body and mycelium of A. camphorata on alleviating the Aβ40-induced neurocytotoxicity in the in vitro Aβ-damaged neuron cell model (PC-12 cell treated with Aβ40) and memory impairment in the in vivo AD animal model induced with a continuous brain infusion of Aβ40. In the results of in vitro and in vivo studies, the fruiting body possessed stronger anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory abilities for inhibiting neurocytotoxicity in Aβ40-treated PC-12 cells and Aβ40 accumulation in Aβ40-infused brain than mycelium. Moreover, hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) protein expression, known as an important AD risk factor, was suppressed by the treatment of fruiting body rather than that of mycelium in the in vitro and in vivo studies. These comparisons supported the reasons why the fruiting body resulted in a more significant improvement effect on working memory ability than mycelium in the AD rats.     

Optimization of culture media for solid-state culture of<Emphasis Type="Italic">Pleurotus ferulae</Emphasis>

In order to elucidate the possibility of artificial production ofP. ferulae by solid-state culture, the optimization of culture conditions was carried out. When NH₄H₂PO₄ and CaCO₃ were used in the cultures using test tube with 30 g ofPopulus sawdust at 25°C±1 in the dark, the favored mycelial growth was observed with 1% of NH₄H₂PO₄ and the production of polysaccharide was 7.85 mg/100 mg of mycelium with 1% of CaCO₃. The mixtures of 80% ofPopulus sawdust and 20% of rice bran at 60% of water content were determined to be optimal for the production of fruiting bodies in the sawdust culture. When three treatments containing various ratios of garlic powder were conducted, yields of fruiting bodies were drastically higher than those of synthetic mixture without garlic powder. The highest yield (143 g/bag) was obtained with 7% garlic powder. The yield of synthetic mixture containing 7% of garlic powder was 83% higher than that of sawdust culture. The reason why garlic powder did support growth was not clear but it is possible that garlic powder might contain effective components for the formation of fruiting body. The optimal synthetic mixture composition consisted of cotton seed 77%, lime 6.4%, K₂HPO₄ 0.2%, KH₂PO₄ 0.2%, CaHPO₄, 0.2%, corn flour 4%, wheat flour 5%, and garlic powder 7%.     

药用真菌香樟范氏孔菌的驯化栽培及生物学发育特征

本研究旨在实现香樟范氏孔菌Vanderbylia cinnamomea的袋料栽培驯化及筛选其最佳培养配方,揭示子实体不同生长阶段生物学发育特征.选取工业大麻秸秆、天麻废材、杨木、栎木为培养料,共设置8种配方开展试验,期间观察不同时期子实体生长发育特征.香樟范氏孔菌驯化试验结果表明:工业大麻秆和天麻废材无法实现香樟范氏孔...     

Mycelium cultivation, chemical composition and antitumour activity of a Tolypocladium sp. fungus isolated from wild Cordyceps sinensis

AIMS: To examine and illustrate the morphological characteristics and growth kinetics of Cs-HK1, a Tolypocladium fungus, isolated from wild Cordyceps sinensis in solid and liquid cultures, and the major chemical constituents and antitumour effects of Cs-HK1 mycelium. METHODS AND RESULTS: The Cs-HK1 fungus was isolated from the fruiting body of a wild C. sinensis and identified as a Tolypocladium sp. fungus. It grew rapidly at 22-25 degrees C on a liquid medium containing glucose, yeast extract, peptone and major inorganic salts, with a specific growth rate of 1.1 day(-1), reaching a cell density of 23.0 g dw l(-1) in 7-9 days. Exopolysaccharides accumulated in the liquid culture to about 0.3 g l(-1) glucose equivalent. In comparison with natural C. sinensis, the fungal mycelium had similar contents of protein (11.7-microg) and carbohydrate (654.6-microg) but much higher contents of polysaccharide (244.2 mg vs 129.5 mg), adenosine (1116.8-microg vs 264.6 microg) and cordycepin (65.7 microg vs 20.8 microg) (per gram dry weight). Cyclosporin A, an antibiotic commonly produced by Tolypocladium sp., was also detected from the mycelium extract. The hot water extract of mycelium showed low cytotoxic effect on B16 melanoma cells in culture (about 25% inhibition) but significant antitumour effect in animal tests, causing 50% inhibition of B16 cell-induced tumour growth in mice. CONCLUSIONS: The Tolypocladium sp. fungus, Cs-HK1, can be easily cultivated by liquid fermentation. The mycelium biomass contained the major bioactive compounds of C. sinensis, and the mycelium extract had significant antitumour activity. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The Cs-HK1 fungus may be a new and promising medicinal fungus and an effective and economical substitute of the wild C. sinensis for health care.     

不同栽培基质对肺形侧耳营养成分及呈味物质的影响

以3种林木枝条废弃物（金银花、松木、杨木）作为栽培基质,对4株综合性状较优异的肺形侧耳菌株进行栽培,测定不同栽培基质的肺形侧耳子实体中粗蛋白、水解氨基酸、游离氨基酸、总糖及5′-核苷酸组成与含量,研究不同菌株、不同栽培基质下肺形侧耳子实体营养成分及呈味物质的含量,以柞木+棉籽壳传统栽培基质作为对照。结果表明不同菌株之间、不同栽培基质之间肺形侧耳子实体的营养成分及呈味物质都具显著差异,其中以金银花作为栽培基质时,菌株P2、P3、P45子实体粗蛋白和水解氨基酸含量在4种基质中最高;以松木作为栽培基质时其游离氨基酸总量在4种基质中普遍最高;所有样品中的等鲜浓度值（EUC）范围为67.91-146.13g MSG/100g,其中以金银花为基质的菌株P3子实体EUC值最高,而以柞木+棉籽壳为基质的菌株P7子实体EUC值最低。本研究可为基于各地农林废弃物开展肺形侧耳的栽培生产提供一定的理论指导。     

Macrophage mediated anti-proliferation effects of Anthodia camphorata non-polysaccharide based extracts on human hepatoma cells

It has been reported that medicinal mushrooms might induce different types of immune responses. Anthodia camphorata (A. camphorata) has attracted much attention for its therapeutic effects in treating hepatoma. We tested this anti-tumor effects using immunomodulation of macrophages and extracts of A. camphorata. We evaluated the anti-proliferation effects of various extracts of A. camphorata from fruiting bodies (AC-FB), mycelium of solid-state cultures (AC-SS), liquid-state cultures (AC-LS) and polyaccharide extracts from liquid-state cultures (AC-PS), and extracts of A. camphorata stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage cell-conditioned mediums (MC-CMs). We measured cell proliferation and, did migration assays by cell cycle analysis and by observing apoptosis-related proteins (AKT, PARP-1, and NF-κB) and the mRNA expression of cytokines (TNF-α and IL-1β) of macrophages in human hepatoma cell lines. Our results revealed that two of the extracts (AC-FB and AC-SS) had better anti-proliferation effects, implying an immunomodulatory role the macrophages might play. This outcome is consistent with findings that AC-FB and AC-SS increase mRNA expression of TNF-α and the corresponding expression of apoptosis-related proteins on activation of MC-CMs, while A. camphorata polysaccharides induce macrophage-derived anti-tumor activities in human hepatoma cells via IL-1β and Akt activation. These results indicate that anti-tumor effects exerted by modulation of macrophage activation of A. camphorate may be influenced by the other constituents which (contained little or no polysaccharide) of A. camphorata.     

Lectin activity of Lentinus edodes

The hemagglutinating activity of submerged mycelium and culture liquid for four strains of Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Sing [L. edodes (Berk.) Pegler] was studied in the search for lectins. The hemagglutinating activity of culture liquid was substantially higher, compared with mycelium. The carbohydrate-binding capacity of the agglutinins was established, and the lectin activity of extracts from mycelia grown on several agar media was elucidated in relation to fruiting. The lectin activity of L. edodes was examined at different morphogenetic steps: mycelium, brown mycelial film, primordium, and fruiting body. Hemagglutination titers at the brown film step were higher than in the mycelium, whereas activity at the primordial and fruiting bodies steps decreased. Lectins seem to be involved in the formation of hyphal aggregates of brown mycelial film.     

Use of coffee grounds for production of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.:Fr.) Kummer

Studies were carried out to screen the industrial strain HK35 of Pleurotus ostreatus for its ability to develop fruiting bodies in solid state cultivation using several substrates containing 17.8 to 55% coffee grounds. Our results showed that only 55% of coffee grounds was used in the substrate without detecting changes in fruiting body or on its biological efficiency of production. The chemical analysis of the caffeine in the substrate showed that this compound decreased about 59% of the mycelium activity, and no caffeine was found in fruiting bodies indicating its degradation by the fungal strain tested.     

斑玉蕈出菇产量与胞内外碳代谢的相关性分析

本研究收集了19株不同来源的斑玉蕈品种,通过ITS测序构建其系统发育树,随后根据菌株在木屑培养基与葡萄糖培养基的生长速度对菌株进行分类,选取生长速度差异明显的快、中和慢8株斑玉蕈菌株进行出菇实验及胞内外碳代谢指标的测定,探讨斑玉蕈生产性能与胞内外碳代谢的相关性。研究发现收集到的19株菌株均为斑玉蕈,亲缘关系近,遗传分化程度低;选取出的8株斑玉蕈菌株鲜菇产量与菌丝生长速度呈极显著正相关,菌丝生长越快,出菇产量越高。同时,斑玉蕈菌株鲜菇产量与菌丝湿重、还原糖、可溶性蛋白、滤纸酶(FPase)、CMC-Na酶(CMCase)、木聚糖酶和淀粉酶7个胞外碳代谢指标(ECMI)及胞内葡萄糖、己糖激酶(HK)、丙酮酸激酶(Pyk)、柠檬酸合酶(CS)、α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶(KGDH)和葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶(G6PD) 6个胞内碳代谢指标(ICMI)呈显著正相关。说明菌丝生长速度快的斑玉蕈品种,胞外基质分解速度更快,提高可吸收碳源的供应,胞内加强对碳的吸收与同化,为菌丝的增殖提供更多原料与能量。本研究分析了斑玉蕈生产性能与胞内外碳代谢的相关性,为斑玉蕈优良品种的鉴别与选育奠定基础。     

Combining high-throughput sequencing with fruit body surveys reveals contrasting life-history strategies in fungi

Before the recent revolution in molecular biology, field studies on fungal communities were mostly confined to fruit bodies, whereas mycelial interactions were studied in the laboratory. Here we combine high-throughput sequencing with a fruit body inventory to study simultaneously mycelial and fruit body occurrences in a community of fungi inhabiting dead wood of Norway spruce. We studied mycelial occurrence by extracting DNA from wood samples followed by 454-sequencing of the ITS1 and ITS2 regions and an automated procedure for species identification. In total, we detected 198 species as mycelia and 137 species as fruit bodies. The correlation between mycelial and fruit body occurrences was high for the majority of the species, suggesting that high-throughput sequencing can successfully characterize the dominating fungal communities, despite possible biases related to sampling, PCR, sequencing and molecular identification. We used the fruit body and molecular data to test hypothesized links between life history and population dynamic parameters. We show that the species that have on average a high mycelial abundance also have a high fruiting rate and produce large fruit bodies, leading to a positive feedback loop in their population dynamics. Earlier studies have shown that species with specialized resource requirements are rarely seen fruiting, for which reason they are often classified as red-listed. We show with the help of high-throughput sequencing that some of these species are more abundant as mycelium in wood than what could be expected from their occurrence as fruit bodies.     

粗毛栓菌的形态学变异

白腐担子菌粗毛栓菌是一种木栖真菌,通常根据其子实体的形态学特征对其进行鉴定.在不同条件下培养,该菌将呈现出显著的形态变化:在振荡的营养液中,只能形成空心的菌丝体球;在静止的半丰富和贫营养液体培养基中,将分别产生花簇样和蜂巢样结构;在麦草粉和松木屑上,子实体呈圆面包状;在杨木条上,将长出类似于野生型的平伏状或叠瓦状子实体.本文还提出了真菌形态建成机制的新观点.     

Vanillin production from simple phenols by wine-associated lactic acid bacteria

AIMS: The ability of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) to metabolize certain phenolic precursors to vanillin was investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS: Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) or HPLC was used to evaluate the biosynthesis of vanillin from simple phenolic precursors. LAB were not able to form vanillin from eugenol, isoeugenol or vanillic acid. However Oenococcus oeni or Lactobacillus sp. could convert ferulic acid to vanillin, but in low yield. Only Lactobacillus sp. or Pediococcus sp. strains were able to produce significant quantities of 4-vinylguaiacol from ferulic acid. Moreover, LAB reduced vanillin to the corresponding vanillyl alcohol. CONCLUSIONS: The transformation of phenolic compounds tested by LAB could not explain the concentrations of vanillin observed during LAB growth in contact with wood. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Important details of the role of LAB in the conversion of phenolic compounds to vanillin have been elucidated. These findings contribute to the understanding of malolactic fermentation in the production of aroma compounds.     

Cultivation and utility of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Piptoporus betulinus</Emphasis> fruiting bodies as a source of anticancer agents

Piptoporus betulinus is a wood-rotting basidiomycete used in medicine and biotechnology. However, to date, no indoor method for cultivation of this mushroom fruiting bodies has been developed. Here we present the first report of successful production of P. betulinus mature fruiting bodies in artificial conditions. Four P. betulinus strains were isolated from natural habitats and their mycelia were inoculated into birch sawdust substrate supplemented with organic additives. All the strains effectively colonized the medium but only one of them produced fruiting bodies. Moisture and organic supplementation of the substrate significantly determined the fruiting process. The biological efficiency of the P. betulinus PB01 strain cultivated on optimal substrate (moisture and organic substance content of 55 and 65 and 25 or 35 %, respectively) ranged from 12 to 16 %. The mature fruiting bodies reached weight in the range from 50 to 120 g. Anticancer properties of water and ethanol extracts isolated from both cultured and nature-derived fruiting bodies of P. betulinus were examined in human colon adenocarcinoma, human lung carcinoma and human breast cancer cell lines. The studies revealed antiproliferative and antimigrative properties of all the investigated extracts. Nevertheless the most pronounced effects demonstrated the ethanol extracts, obtained from fruiting bodies of cultured P. betulinus. Summarizing, our studies proved that P. betulinus can be induced to fruit in indoor artificial culture and the cultured fruiting bodies can be used as a source of potential anticancer agents. In this respect, they are at least as valuable as those sourced from nature.     

漏斗多孔菌液体菌种培养基及其栽培条件

为实现漏斗多孔菌资源化利用,设计单因素试验,以菌丝生物量、菌球密度和菌球直径为指标,获得漏斗多孔菌Polyporus arcularius液体菌种培养基配方为马铃薯（去皮）200g、玉米粉20.0g、蛋白胨5.0g、KH₂PO₄ 3.0g、K₂HPO₄ 1.0g,MgSO₄·7H₂O 1.5g,初始pH 5.0,并优化培养条件为装液量250mL/500mL,接种量2%,培养温度32℃,转速170r/min,种龄6d;依上述条件制备液体菌种,以固体菌种为对照,进行出菇试验,调查农艺性状,试验结果表明液体菌种接种后,菌袋满袋时间提前7d,子实体原基产生时间提前8d,头潮菇鲜重提高22.5%;配方试验结果表明,以细木屑为主料的配方产量最高,头潮菇鲜重为270.6g/袋。     

药用真菌桑黄的研究进展

以近年来国内外发表的文献为依据 ,从形态特征、生物学生长特性、主要化学成分、药理学研究等方面综述了文献中称为“桑黄”[包括 :鲍氏针层孔菌 (Phellinusbaumii)、火木针层孔菌 (P .igniarius)、裂蹄针层孔菌 (P .linteus) 3种 ]的药用菌子实体、发酵菌丝体、发酵胞外物的研究进展。结果 :桑黄的人工栽培 (日本、韩国学者采用的室外荫棚段木埋畦栽培法 ) ,固体、液体发酵培养均已获成功。其主要化学成分是子实体、菌丝体多糖以及发酵液中的胞外多糖 ,此外还有黄酮及其衍生物、香豆素类、甾醇类化合物。其子实体、菌丝体及提取物 (主要为多糖 )、胞外多糖在抗发炎、抗氧化、抑制肿瘤生成、增强免疫力、保护肝脏、预防和治疗关节炎等方面有显著的功效。桑黄的各种产品 (包括 :子实体、菌丝体微粉末、提取物浸膏、桑黄茶、桑黄口服液等 )市场需求量很大 ,表明桑黄有广阔的发展前景。