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Structure and hepatoprotective activity of Usp10/NF-ΚB/Nrf2 pathway-related Morchella esculenta polysaccharide

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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 303, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120453

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MEP2; Alcohol liver disease; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Usp10; NF-?B; Nrf2

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The water-soluble Morchella esculenta polysaccharide 2 (MEP2) was purified and isolated from an aqueous extract of the Morchella esculenta fruiting bodies. MEP2, with a molecular weight of 959 kDa, has a glucan backbone and substitutions at the H-6 position. The study also revealed that MEP2 has hepatoprotective activity and regulates hepatic cytokines through the Usp10/NF-kappa B/Nrf2 signaling pathway.
The water-soluble Morchella esculenta polysaccharide 2 (MEP2) was purified and isolated from an aqueous extract of the Morchella esculenta fruiting bodies. MEP2, having a molecular weight of 959 kDa, has a -> 4)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1 -> glucan backbone, and this branch was substituted at the H-6 position by an alpha-D-Glcp-(1 -> 4)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1 -> residue and an alpha-D-Glcp-(1 -> residue. The hepatoprotective activity and potential mechanism of action of MEP2 were also investigated. MEP2 ameliorated severe liver damage and regulated the liver function indicators and the alcohol-related enzyme levels in chronic alcohol-induced mice. Combined with biochemical detection, the gut microbiota, metabolites, and proteomics results revealed that MEP2 regulates the levels of hepatic cytokines related to inflammatory response and oxidative stress, as well as those of intestinal Bacteroides, Oscillospira, Parabacteroides, Alistipes, and Prevotella, through the ubiquitin-specific peptidase 10 (Usp10)/nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B)/nuclear factor erythroid-2 related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling pathway in the liver of mice induced by long-term alcohol intake. These data provide experimental evidence for the application of MEP2 in chronic alcohol-induced liver injury.

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