樟芝的药用保健价值及开发应用(综述)

樟芝是一种原产于台湾的药用真菌,具有解毒抗癌、保肝强心、提高免疫力等功效。本文介绍樟芝的生物学特性、主要化学成分及药用保健价值,并对今后樟芝的开发应用提出建议。     

牛樟芝中一个新型还原型聚酮合酶基因的克隆及表达分析

为了研究牛樟芝中PKS基因与化合物之间的关系,该研究通过对牛樟芝基因组分析获得牛樟芝聚酮合酶基因,以此序列为模板设计含有起始密码子和终止密码子的特异引物并以牛樟芝c DNA为模板克隆获得一个高度还原型PKS(HR-PKS)基因全长,命名为AcPKS2;对AcPKS2基因进行生物信息学分析,并比较该基因在不同培养基上的表达量。结果表明:AcPKS2全长7 842 bp,有24个内含子,其外显子共编码2 613个氨基酸,该蛋白的相对分子质量为293.5 kDa,理论等电点pI为5.78。用CDD分析其结构域显示,该基因属于HR-PKS,其结构域组织排列为KS-AT-DH-MT-ER-KR-ACP-TE,8个结构域其活性位点分别为β-酮基合成酶(DTACSSSL)、酰基转移酶(GHSIGETA)、脱水酶(RNDGSTSPL)、甲基转移酶(SFDIITAFDV)、烯酰还原酶(HAGVSSPAA)、酮基还原酶(GSPGQANYTAA)、酰基转移酶(YGLDSLTSVRL)、硫酯酶(KQPNGPY)。系统发育树显示AcPKS2与其他化合物未知的HR-PKS蛋白聚为一支,结构域和系统进化树分析显示该基因可能编码一种新的含TE结构域高度还原型聚酮合酶;表达分析结果显示葡萄糖和果糖能够诱导该基因的表达。     

牛樟芝发酵碎红茶及其特性研究

牛樟芝是一种具有良好护肝功能的高等药用真菌,且具有浓郁的芳香。本文利用牛樟芝对碎红茶进行发酵,分析牛樟芝发酵茶风味特征以及对HepG 2细胞酒精损伤的保护作用。研究结果显示,青稞等淀粉质辅料能够促进牛樟芝在碎红茶上的生长。GC-MS分析显示牛樟芝发酵茶含有69种风味成分,主要含有醛类23种、醇类14种、酮类13种,酯类4种、呋喃类4种、吡嗪类3种以及其他5种等。HepG2体外活性分析表明,牛樟芝发酵茶水提物能够有效地保护肝细胞酒精损伤,与模型组相比细胞存活率提高了230%,细胞数量、形态以及贴壁性能得到显著改善。     

Development of an activation tagging system for the basidiomycetous medicinal fungus Antrodia cinnamomea

This study describes the development of an efficient and reliable activation tagging system for the medicinal fungus Antrodia cinnamomea. For successful Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation, different parameters were considered. The Agrobacterium concentration of 5 × 10⁸ cfu ml⁻¹, 1 mm acetosyringone, 25-d-old mycelia at 0.2 g ml⁻¹, and co-culture period of 6 d were found to be the most optimal conditions for enhancing the transformation efficiency. The mitotic stability of transferred DNA (T-DNA) was demonstrated by growing eight randomly selected putative transformants in malt extract agar medium for five subcultures. Insertion of T-DNA into the genome of transformants was confirmed by PCR and Southern hybridization. Results showed that 88 % of the mutants contained a single T-DNA insertion. Two of the mutants were observed with different triterpenoid profiles compared with the untransformed cultures. Our results suggest a new functional genomics approach to tag the triterpenoid biosynthesis genes in A. cinnamomea.     

Adenosine as an active component of Antrodia cinnamomea that prevents rat PC12 cells from serum deprivation-induced apoptosis through the activation of adenosine A(2A) receptors

Antrodia cinnamomea (formerly named Antrodia camphorata) is a rare medicinal fungus. We previously reported that it exhibits antioxidative, vasorelaxative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-angiogenic effects. When serum deprivation-induced apoptosis in neuronal-like PC12 cells was used as a stress model, the extract of A. cinnamomea displayed effectiveness in preventing serum-deprived apoptosis. Since our previous data show that the extract of A. cinnamomea contains adenosine (ADO), we attempt to investigate if the active component is ADO and to identify its targeting site in this study. After pre-incubation with ADO deaminase, neither ADO nor the extract of A. cinnamomea exerted any protection, demonstrating that the active component of A. cinnamomea is ADO. Furthermore, an ADO A(2A) receptor (A(2A)-R) antagonist was used and was able to block the protective effects of ADO and the extract of A. cinnamomea, demonstrating that the ADO targeting site in this model is A(2A)-R. Taken together, the protective effect of A. cinnamomea is owed to its active component, ADO, which acts through activation of A(2A)-R to prevent serum deprivation-induced PC12 cell apoptosis.     

樟芝固态发酵产物抗氧化性分析

本文对樟芝谷物固态发酵产物抗氧化性能及活性成分进行了研究.在所选谷物中,樟芝青稞固态发酵产物的乙醇提取物总抗氧化性最好,较未发酵青稞提高了4.02倍.通过无水乙醇50℃水浴振荡提取80 min,其总抗氧化性达到了769.60 U/g.对其抗氧化性能分析发现,樟芝青稞固态发酵乙醇提取物为6 mg/L时,对DP P H自由基、羟基自由基以及超氧阴离子的去除率分别为91.9%、51.2%、61.3%,对铁离子的螯合能力为79.5%.相对于未发酵谷物,大米、小米、玉米以及青稞的樟芝发酵产物中总酚含量均有显著的提升,其中青稞乙醇提取和水提取物中总酚含量分别提高了2.36倍和4.23倍.通过HP LC分析可知,樟芝固态发酵产物含有丰富的活性化合物,包括马来酸衍生物(Antrodin)以及泛醌类衍生物(Antroquinonol),且各组分含量较为均衡;而樟芝液态发酵菌丝体乙醇提取物中主要活性成分为马来酸衍生物,不含有泛醌类化合物.     

Antrodia salmonea-induced oxidative stress abrogates HER-2 signaling cascade and enhanced apoptosis in ovarian carcinoma cells

Antrodia salmonea is well known in Taiwan as a traditional Chinese medicinal fungus and has demonstrated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer effects. However, the anticancer activity of A. salmonea against human ovarian cancer is still elusive. Therefore, we investigated the antiovarian tumor activity of a fermented culture broth of A. salmonea and exhibits its underlying molecular mechanism. A. salmonea shows a significant effect on cell viability in human ovarian carcinoma (SKOV-3 or A2780) cell lines with an 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. Increased terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling-positive cells and annexin V–propidium iodide stained cells indicate that A. salmonea induces late apoptosis in SKOV-3 cells. Notably, treatment with A. salmonea induced the following events: Apoptosis; caspase-3, -8, -9 and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activation; first apoptosis signal (Fas) and Fas ligand activation; Bid cleavage; and Bax2–B-cell lymphoma 2 dysregulation. The results show that A. salmonea-induced apoptosis was mediated by both mitochondrial and death receptor pathways. An increase in intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) was also observed in A. salmonea-treated cells, whereas the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) prevented A. salmonea-induced cell death and DNA fragmentation, indicating that A. salmonea-induced apoptosis was mediated by ROS generation. Interestingly, A. salmonea-induced apoptosis is associated with the suppression of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2/neu) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)–protein kinase B (AKT) expression in HER-2/neu overexpressing SKOV-3 cells. NAC significantly prevented A. salmonea-induced HER-2/neu depletion and PI3K/AKT inactivation, indicating that A. salmonea-triggered apoptosis is mediated by ROS-inhibited HER-2/neu signaling cascades. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing the anticancer activity of this potentially beneficial mushroom against human ovarian carcinoma.     

牛樟芝萜烯合成酶基因的克隆与鉴定

为了研究牛樟芝(Antrodia camphorata)倍半萜的生物合成,通过对牛樟芝基因组分析获得倍半萜类合成酶基因(AcTPS2),利用RT-PCR克隆获得其全长cDNA,对其进行生物信息学分析和表达谱分析。结果显示:AcTPS2基因cDNA全长1 068bp,Blast比对发现,AcTPS2含倍半萜类合成酶所独具的富含天冬氨酸序列DXXXD及萜类合成酶特有的RRDTSG-LDL保守序列;系统进化分析显示,AcTPS2基因与其他真菌的倍半萜聚为一类;表达谱分析显示,以甘露糖作为碳源、以酪蛋白胨作为氮源能够有效促进AcTPS2基因的诱导表达。研究结果可为以后牛樟芝倍半萜类生物合成提供一定的参考依据。     

Antrodia gossypium,Phlebiopsis gigantea and Heterobasidion parviporum: in vitro growth and Norway spruce wood block decay

Polymerase chain reaction-amplified and sequenced isolates of Antrodia gossypium, Phlebiopsis gigantea and Heterobasidion parviporum from decaying Norway spruce wood blocks after three and six months, which exhibited linear growth, were investigated. P. gigantea strains showed the fastest growth, whereas A. gossypium growth was five times slower. The differences between the mean daily increment of A. gossypium and the other examined isolates (except Hp2) were statistically significant. There were also significant differences in wood decay between densities over time. These results were confirmed by the decay acceleration index (DAI) and decay activity index, which were positively correlated with wood density regardless of the fungus species. The registered P. gigantea strains (Rotstop and PG Suspension) exhibited a strong decomposition ability (28% after six months); the weight loss caused by A. gossypium after six months of decay (15.2%) was similar to the results of P. gigantea (GB) after just three months (13.2%). All tested H. parviporum isolates showed rather rapid growth and equally strong wood decay (20–25%) compared to those of P. gigantea. DAI showed that A. gossypium may significantly contribute to wood decomposition over time, particularly in less dense wood samples. The use of both saprotrophs as biological agents against root pathogens is discussed.     

Brown rot decay of copper-chromated-phosphorus impregnated fence poles: Characterization by molecular analyses and microscopy

At one location in central Sweden, agricultural pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) fence poles treated with a commercial copper–chromium–phosphorus preservative (CCP) formulation according to use class 4 at retention of 30 kg m⁻³ were prematurely degraded by fungi after only two years in-service. Light- and electron microscopy analyses showed decay to result from primarily brown rot attack. Culture studies produced on different agar and copper-containing media using small wood slivers removed from infected poles allowed establishment of a number of pure cultures of Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, Fungi Imperfecti and Basidiomycete fungi. Using morphological characters, PCR and sequencing of isolated strains, Antrodia vaillantii was determined as the most abundant basidiomycete present and as the major causal agent of decay. Compatibility tests and comparison of the ITS nrDNA sequences of our putative A. vaillantii isolate with other A. vaillantii strains and with Antrodia radiculosa showed differences suggesting a hybrid strain. A combination of site characteristics (e.g. hot spots of A. vaillantii), the use of juvenile poles, copper tolerance and overall ineffectivity of CCP against A. vaillantii is suggested as reasons for premature decay.