title: 28-day oral safety evaluation of extracellular polysaccharopeptides produced in submerged culture from the turkey tail medicinal mushroom Trametes versicolor (L.:Fr.) Pilát LH-1 in mice.
abstract: Turkey tail medicinal mushroom, Trametes versicolor (TV), is a species with a variety of pharmacological activities. Its intracellular polysaccharopeptides are widely commercialized. Recently, we found a novel TV strain LH-1 in Taiwan and demonstrated that the extracellular polysaccharopeptide (ePSP) of LH-1 obtained from submerged culture exhibits significant immunomodulatory activity. In this in vivo study, we further evaluated the safety of orally administered LH-1 ePSP using both male and female ICR mice. The LH-1 ePSP was orally administered to mice at levels of 0 (water), 100 (low dose), 500 (medium dose), or 1000 mg/kg/day (high dose) for 28 days. Clinical observations, growth, food consumption, histopathological examination, and clinical biochemical analyses revealed no adverse effects of LH-1 ePSP in mice. There were no significant differences in the results of target organ weights, hematological analyses, and urinalysis examination among groups. However, male mice that ingested high doses of LH-1 ePSP tended to have decreased lung weights and platelet numbers. In conclusion, the results of the present study suggested that oral administration of LH-1 ePSP for 28 days is accompanied by no obvious signs of toxicity. The lack of toxicity supports the potential use of LH-1 ePSP as a food or dietary supplement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, 510 Jhongjheng Road, Sinjhuang City, Taipei County 24205, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chun-Hong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Ju-Fang
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Tai-Hao
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Fang-Yi
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Po-Wen
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hui-chen
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lo
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005260:Female; D056747:Immunomodulation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D011897:Random Allocation; D013624:Taiwan; D013997:Time Factors; D018675:Toxicity Tests; D055454:Trametes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016482:Urinalysis
chemical_list: D011509:Proteoglycans; C093216:polysaccharide peptide