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JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE
Volume 88, Issue 1, Pages 523-536Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.16423
Keywords
Flammulina velutipes polysaccharides; HepG2 cells; endoplasmic reticulum stress; apoptosis
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This study demonstrates that FVP induces ERS-mediated apoptosis in HepG2 cells by activating the PLC-IP3 pathway. This work may suggest that FVP could be used as an adjuvant therapy to anticancer drugs, providing new application prospects and possibilities.
Flammulina velutipes polysaccharides (FVP) have been proven to induce apoptosis in HepG2 cells. It is well known that endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) is involved in apoptosis. However, ERS mediates FVP-induced apoptosis in HepG2 cells remains unclear. In our study, the results indicated that FVP caused ERS in HepG2 cells. They showed that FVP were water-soluble polysaccharides with the weight average molecular weight of 1972 kDa, which were mainly composed of mannose, gluconic acid, glucose, galactose, xylose and fructose in a molar ratio of 6.6 : 1.3 : 79.9 : 7.4 : 3.4 : 1.5. After FVP treatment, the expression levels of genes and proteins related to ERS were upregulated. The inhibition of ERS by 4-phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA) pretreatment could significantly reduce the role of FVP in inducing apoptosis. We further found the results of immunofluorescence and flow cytometry showing that Ca2+ in the ERS leaked out, and the intracellular Ca2+ concentration increased after FVP treatment. The pretreatment with the phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U73122 proved that FVP caused excessive intracellular Ca2+ concentration by activating the phospholipase C-inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate (PLC-IP3) pathway, resulting in ERS, and ultimately leading to apoptosis. In summary, our results indicated that FVP induced ERS-mediated apoptosis by activating PLC-IP3 pathway in HepG2 cells. Practical ApplicationThis work may suggest that FVP could be used as an adjuvant therapy to anticancer drugs, providing new application prospects and possibilities.
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