title: A new lectin with highly potent antihepatoma and antisarcoma activities from the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus.
abstract: A dimeric lectin, composed of subunits with a molecular weight of 40 and 41 kDa, respectively, and demonstrating similarity in N-terminal sequence to each other and to Aleuria aurantia lectin, was isolated from fresh fruiting bodies of the edible mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus. The lectin was unadsorbed on DEAE-cellulose in 10 mmol/L phosphate buffer (pH 7.5), subsequently adsorbed on CM-cellulose in 10 mmol/L NH(4)OAc (pH 5.4), and came off in the first peak from a Superose 12 column during fast protein liquid chromatography. The lectin was acid-labile, alkali-labile, and heat-labile. Its hemagglutinating activity was sensitive to inhibition by CaCl(2), MgCl(2), MnCL(2) and FeCl(3) and potentiation by AlCl(3). Melibiose, lactose, d-galactose, alpha-methyl-d-galactopyranoside, N-acetylneuraminic acid, raffinose, and inulin were capable of inhibiting its hemagglutinating activity, with melibiose being the most potent. The lectin exerted potent antitumor activity in mice bearing sarcoma S-180 and hepatoma H-22. Survival in these mice was prolonged and body weight increase reduced after lectin treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. wangjh@bj.col.com.cn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002412:Cations / Q000494:pharmacology; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006384:Hemagglutination / Q000187:drug effects; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000737:chemistry*; D011817:Rabbits; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002412:Cations; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D037102:Lectins; D009005:Monosaccharides; D010446:Peptide Fragments