title: Evaluation of mushroom dietary fiber (nonstarch polysaccharides) from sclerotia of Pleurotus tuber-regium (Fries) singer as a potential antitumor agent.
abstract: Mushroom dietary fiber or nonstarch polysaccharides (NSPs) that were soluble in hot alkali and belonged to the beta-glucan type were isolated from the sclerotia of an edible mushroom, Pleurotus tuber-regium. The mushroom NSPs were further separated into a number of fractions [hot alkali extracts (HAEs)] with weight-average molecular weights (M(w)) ranging from 1 x 10(4) to 42.2 x 10(4). The HAE fractions [with M(w) of (5.8-17.1) x 10(4)] administered intraperitoneally at a dose of 20 mg/kg of body weight to BALB/c mice implanted with solid tumor Sarcoma 180 were found to be effective in inhibiting tumor proliferation with an inhibition ratio of > or =50%. In vitro experiments using human tumor cell lines HL-60 and HepG2 had shown that HAE fractions with M(w) of (5.8-42.2) x 10(4) also had antiproliferative activity at three different concentrations (50, 100, and 200 microg/mL) toward the tumor cell lines tested. All HAE fractions did not inhibit the growth of a normal kidney cell line (Vero) from monkey. It is therefore postulated that the antitumoral effect of NSPs from the sclerotia of P. tuber-regium is probably host-mediated and cytocidal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis*; D018922:HL-60 Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000737:chemistry*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012510:Sarcoma 180 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D012995:Solubility; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D011134:Polysaccharides