Phellinstatin, a new inhibitor of enoyl-ACP reductase produced by the medicinal fungus Phellinus linteus

A new trimeric hispidin derivative, phellinstatin, was isolated from a culture broth of the medicinal fungus Phellinus linteus and its structure was established by various spectral analysis. Phellinstatin strongly inhibited Staphylococcus aureus enoyl-ACP reductase with an IC₅₀ of 6 μM and also showed antibacterial activity against S. aureus and MRSA.     

Antioxidant polyphenols from the mycelial culture of the medicinal fungi Inonotus xeranticus and Phellinus linteus

Aims:  The medicinal fungi Inonotus xeranticus and Phellinus linteus in the family Hymenochaetaceae have been used as traditional medicines for the treatment of various diseases. However, the compound responsible for the antioxidant activity is still unknown. Therefore, this study was conducted to characterize the antioxidant substances present in cultured broths made from these fungi.
Methods and Results:  Antioxidant fractions of the cultured broths obtained from I. xeranticus and P. linteus were analysed using reversed-phase HPLC, which revealed several peaks that exhibited a potent free radical scavenging activity. To identify these antioxidant peaks, an I. xeranticus strain was mass-cultured, and the cultured broth was separated using antioxidant activity-guided fractionation. Four major active substances were purified and identified as hispidin and its dimers, 3,14'-bihispidinyl, hypholomine B, and 1,1-distyrylpyrylethan based on spectroscopic analyses. All compounds exhibited a significant scavenging activity against these radical species in a concentration-dependent manner.
Conclusions:  Antioxidant substances found in the cultured broths of the medicinal fungi I. xeranticus and P. linteus were identified as hispidin and its dimers, 3,14'-bihispidinyl, hypholomine B, and 1,1-distyrylpyrylethan.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  Polyphenol antioxidants were isolated from the cultured broth of the medicinal fungi I. xeranticus and P. linteus and identified based on extensive spectroscopic analyses. These compounds exhibited a strong antioxidant activity.     

Structure of polysaccharides from mycelium and culture medium of Phellinus nigricans using submerged fermentation

Two water-soluble polysaccharides, PNW1 and PNM1, were respectively isolated from the mycelium and its culture medium of Phellinus nigricans using submerged fermentation before determining their effects on inhibiting the growth of transplantable tumors in mice. The results of the pharmaceutical experiments showed that oral administration of PNW1 and PNM1 (at a dose of 400 mg/kg) inhibited the growth of tumor of mice-transplanted Sarcoma 180 in vivo. Moreover, a higher inhibition ratio of PNW1 (74.70%) was obtained as compared with PNM1 (55.84%). The averaged molecular weight of PNW1 and PNM1 was determined to be 33 and 29 kD, respectively. Both PNW1 and PNM1 were consisted of glu- cose, galactose, mannose, arabinose and fucose. The major structural features of PNW1 and PNM1 were elucidated using partial acid hydrolysis, periodate oxidation, Smith degradation, 13C-NMR, me- thylation and GC-MS. On the basis of these results, the repeating units of PNW1 and PNM1 were estab- lished.     

Production of a hypoglycemic, extracellular polysaccharide from the submerged culture of the mushroom, Phellinus linteus

Mycelial growth and extracellular polysaccharide production of Phellinus linteus were optimal at pH 5 and 25 °C. Maximum biomass production (14.2 g l^–1) was after 15 d of cultivation, whereas, extracellular polysaccharide was maximal (3.5 g l^–1) after 21 d. The hypoglycemic effect of the polysaccharide, investigated in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, decreased plasma glucose, total cholesterol and triacylglycerol concentrations by 49%, 32%, and 28%, respectively, and aspartate aminotransferase activity by 20%. The results indicate the potential of this polysaccharide to prevent hyperglycemia in diabetic patients.     

Gene expression profiling of candidate virulence factors in the laminated root rot pathogen Phellinus sulphurascens

Background

Phellinus sulphurascens is a fungal pathogen that causes laminar root rot in conifers, one of the most damaging root diseases in western North America. Despite its importance as a forest pathogen, this fungus is still poorly studied at the genomic level. An understanding of the molecular events involved in establishment of the disease should help to develop new methods for control of this disease.

Results

We generated over 4600 expressed sequence tags from two cDNA libraries constructed using either mycelia grown on cellophane sheets and exposed to Douglas-fir roots or tissues from P. sulphurascens-infected Douglas-fir roots. A total of 890 unique genes were identified from the two libraries, and functional classification of 636 of these genes was possible using the Functional Catalogue (FunCat) annotation scheme. cDNAs were identified that encoded 79 potential virulence factors, including numerous genes implicated in virulence in a variety of phytopathogenic fungi. Many of these putative virulence factors were also among 82 genes identified as encoding putatively secreted proteins. The expression patterns of 86 selected fungal genes over 7 days of infection of Douglas-fir were examined using real-time PCR, and those significantly up-regulated included rhamnogalacturonan acetylesterase, 1,4-benzoquinone reductase, a cyclophilin, a glucoamylase, 3 hydrophobins, a lipase, a serine carboxypeptidase, a putative Ran-binding protein, and two unknown putatively secreted proteins called 1 J04 and 2 J12. Significantly down-regulated genes included a manganese-superoxide dismutase, two metalloproteases, and an unknown putatively secreted protein called Ps0058.

Conclusions

This first collection of Phellinus sulphurascens EST sequences and its annotation provide an important resource for future research aimed at understanding key virulence factors of this forest pathogen. We examined the expression patterns of numerous fungal genes with potential roles in virulence, and found a collection of functionally diverse genes that are significantly up- or down-regulated during infection of Douglas-fir seedling roots by P. sulphurascens.

Electronic supplementary material

The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-603) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

水溶性phellinus多糖PS1的分离提取及免疫活性研究

目的：从Phellinus pini子实体中提取分离到一种水溶性多糖纽分PS1,并对其免疫活性进行初步研究。方法：先进行热水提取,DEAE-纤维素离子交换树脂,sepharose CL-4B凝胶树脂分离纯化PS1,并利用GC色谱、FT-1R光谱进行组成成分分析,然后通过刚果红吞噬实验、脾脏B淋巴细胞增殖实验及免疫器官指数评价其免疫活性。结果：PS1为一种β型杂多糖,总糖含量70．36％,蛋白质含量4．69％,分子量为230kDa。糖类构成有鼠李糖、阿拉伯糖、木糖、甘露糖、半乳糖、葡萄糖,其摩尔比为2．14：2．36：0．44：4．28：5．17：85,61。多糖PS1能显著提高正常小鼠的脾指数和胸腺指数（P〈0．01）,免疫力低下小鼠的肝指数、胸腺指数也有提高,但效果不明显．PS1均能提高正常和免疫低下小鼠的巨噬细胞吞噬能力。此外。PS1能显著促进脾细胞体外增殖能力（P〈0．01）。结论：多糖PS1能显著提高机体的免疫能力。可作为一种生物效应调节剂应用于医药或保健食品领域。     

桑黄真菌分子鉴定及遗传多样性分析

药用真菌桑黄具有明显的抗肿瘤、抗氧化、增强免疫等药理活性,但研究者对其基源还没有达成共识,多种Phellinus属真菌被当作桑黄入药使用。采用rDNA ITS序列分析技术,对桑黄真菌进行分子鉴定及遗传多样性分析。通过rDNA ITS序列分析,成功鉴定出一份混淆样品(Phellinus spp-04),并将中国主要使用的桑黄真菌明确鉴定为P.baumii和P.linteus两种,未检测到P.igniarius的使用。依据rDNA ITS序列计算遗传距离并构建系统发育树,结果表明3种主要桑黄真菌存在明显的遗传分化,在系统发育树中明确聚为3个独立菌种类群。在3种桑黄真菌rDNA ITS序列中,存在颠换、转换及插入/缺失3种类型的变异位点,分别在P.linteus、P.baumii和P.igniarius中鉴定出9、9、8种rDNA ITS单倍型序列,不同单倍型菌种间遗传分歧度变化表现出明显的物种差异性。     

不同基质栽培的药用鲍姆桑黄孔菌体外抗肿瘤活性的比较研究

比较3种不同栽培技术的鲍姆桑黄孔菌Sanghuangporus baumii——3年生栎树段木鲍姆桑黄孔菌、桑枝代料鲍姆桑黄孔菌和发酵鲍姆桑黄孔菌中多糖、总酚、黄酮及总三萜含量和体外抗肿瘤活性。分别采用硫酸-蒽酮、福林-酚、亚硝酸-硝酸铝和香草醛-冰醋酸法对4种主要成分进行含量测定。选用人大细胞肺癌细胞（H460）、人前列腺癌细胞（PC3）、人乳腺癌细胞（MDA-MB-231）、人肝癌细胞（SMMC-7721和BEL-7402）和人神经母细胞瘤细胞（SH-SY5Y）为待检细胞株,采用CCK-8检测细胞活力。结果显示,发酵鲍姆桑黄孔菌多糖含量最高（29.64%）,代料鲍姆桑黄孔菌和3年生段木鲍姆桑黄孔菌多糖含量均低于2.57%;2种代料鲍姆桑黄孔菌的总酚和黄酮含量较高,而发酵鲍姆桑黄孔菌最低（0.24%和0.68%）,尤其是代料鲍姆桑黄孔菌1号的总酚和黄酮含量高达4.02%和32.13%;三萜含量在4种栽培法的鲍姆桑黄孔菌中差异不明显。体外对6种肿瘤细胞增殖抑制能力最强的均为代料鲍姆桑黄孔菌,其IC₅₀值最低,其次是3年生段木鲍姆桑黄孔菌,发酵鲍姆桑黄孔菌在本研究设置的浓度范围内无明显的细胞毒性。结果表明：不同栽培方式鲍姆桑黄孔菌产生体外抗肿瘤活性不同,代料鲍姆桑黄孔菌最强,其次是3年生段木鲍姆桑黄孔菌,发酵鲍姆桑黄孔菌活性最差,这种活性差异与其有效成分含量高低直接相关;鲍姆桑黄孔菌发挥抗肿瘤活性的物质基础主要是总酚和黄酮。     

Host Specialization among Wood-Decay Polypore Fungi in a Caribbean Mangrove Forest1

Host specialization in highly diverse tropical forests may be limited by the low local abundance of suitable hosts. To address whether or not fungi in a low‐diversity tropical forest were released from this restriction, fruiting bodies of polypore basidiomycete fungi were collected from three species of mangroves (Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa, and Rhizophora mangle) in a Caribbean mangrove forest in Panama. Unlike other tropical forests, the polypore assemblage in this mangrove forest was strongly dominated by a few host‐specialized species. Three fungal species, each with strong preference for a different mangrove host species, comprised 88 percent of all fungi collected.     

桑黄菌液体培养过程中酶活及多糖含量变化规律

桑黄孔菌属Sanghuangporus是一类具有重要药用价值的大型真菌,目前被国际公认为抗肿瘤效果最好的真菌之一。本研究以桑黄孔菌属中的杨树桑黄Sanghuangporus vaninii、鲍姆桑黄Sanghuangporus baumii和桑树桑黄Sanghuangporus sanghuang为研究对象,通过测定它们液体培养过程中第3、6、9、12、15、18和21天的菌丝生物量以及发酵液的多糖含量、蛋白质含量、漆酶活性、羧甲基纤维素酶活性、半纤维素酶活性、淀粉酶活性和蛋白酶活性等7个指标,对桑黄的生长代谢能力进行了评价。结果显示,3种桑黄真菌的发酵液均具有完整的胞外酶体系。相比之下,鲍姆桑黄的羧甲基纤维素酶、半纤维素酶和淀粉酶活性更高,杨树桑黄的漆酶活性更高,而桑树桑黄的蛋白酶活性更高,Pearson分析发现多糖的累积与其分泌的羧甲基纤维素酶、淀粉酶和半纤维素酶呈现显著正相关;蛋白质含量则与淀粉酶显著正相关。相应的,鲍姆桑黄和桑树桑黄在多糖含量和蛋白质含量方面显著优于杨树桑黄。研究结果为更好地研究、开发和利用桑黄提供了科学参考。