title: Modulation of inflammation-related genes of polysaccharides fractionated from mycelia of medicinal basidiomycete Antrodia camphorata.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of water soluble-ethanol precipitation fraction (AC-1) and alkaline extraction-isoelectric precipitation fraction (AC-2) from Antrodia camphorata (Polyporaceae, Aphyllophorales) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced gene activation in mouse macrophages.
  
  
  METHODS
  The AC-1 and AC-2 fractions were prepared, and their effects on LPS-induced gene expression were monitored by Western blotting and RT-PCR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our results indicated that AC-2, but not AC-1 dose-dependently (50-200 mg/L) inhibited LPS-induced nitric oxide production as well as the protein and the mRNA expression of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene. Neither AC-1 nor AC-2 inhibited LPS-induced cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression. Using the cytokine array assay, it showed that AC-2 also had the ability to inhibit LPS-induced the protein expression of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, the monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-5, and regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed, and presumably secreted (RANTES). Like iNOS, AC-2 inhibiting LPS-induced IL-6 and IL-10 secretion resulted from inhibiting their mRNA expression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was suggested that alkaline extraction-isoelectric precipitated the polysaccharide fraction of A camphorata and had the ability to inhibit LPS-induced iNOS, IL-6, IL-10, MCP-5, and RANTES expression in mouse macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Biopharmaceutics, College of Life Sciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600, Taiwan. ywlss@mail.ncyu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Yen-ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chin-chu
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Charng-cherng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chyau
authors.forename: Sin-yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Yi-wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000235:genetics; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II / Q000235:genetics; D020072:Polyporales / Q000737:chemistry*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4 / Q000502:physiology; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D016207:Cytokines; D016328:NF-kappa B; D011134:Polysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C493487:Tlr4 protein, mouse; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C077623:Ptgs2 protein, mouse; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2