A novel strategy to enhance inhibition of Hela cervical cancer by combining Lentinus β-glucan and autophagic flux blockage.

Lentinus β-D-glucan (LNT), derived from artificially cultured mushrooms of Lentinus edodes, shows an important yet incompletely understood biological functions in cancer. In this work, the chemical structure of the refined LNT comprising a β-D-(1, 6)-branched β-D-(1,3)-glucan was further clarified via 1D- and 2D-NMR with high resolution, and its drug resistance resulted from autophagy in human cervical cancer (CC) Hela cells besides its anti-cancer function were revealed in vitro and in vivo. In detail, LNT destroyed cellular homeostasis by significantly increasing the intracellular Ca levels and promoted autophagic flux in vitro Hela cells, which was found to at least partially depend on the PI3K/Akt/mTOR-mediated pathway by up-regulating LC3-II levels and down-regulating the expression of p62, PI3K, p-Akt, and mTOR in Hela cells-transplanted BALB/c nude mice.

Yeast β-glucan-based nanoparticles loading methotrexate promotes osteogenesis of hDPSCs and periodontal bone regeneration under the inflammatory microenvironment.

The regeneration of absorbed alveolar bone and reconstruction of periodontal support tissue are huge challenges in the clinical treatment of periodontitis due to the limited regenerative capacity of alveolar bone. It is essential to regulate inflammatory reaction and periodontal cell differentiation. Based on the anti-inflammatory effect of baker's yeast β-glucan (BYG) with biosafety by targeting macrophages, the BYG-based nanoparticles loading methotrexate (cBPM) were fabricated from polyethylene glycol-grafted BYG through chemical crosslinking for treatment of periodontitis.

Inhibition of human cervical cancer development through p53-dependent pathways induced by the specified triple helical β-glucan.

This study demonstrates that the purified β-glucan (LNT) with a triple helix and relatively narrow molecular weight distribution, extracted and purified from artificially cultured Lentinus edodes, showed a significant cervical cancer inhibition with little cytotoxicity against normal cells in vitro and in vivo. From the in vitro data, the potential mechanism of anti-cervical cancer was preliminarily revealed as follows: LNT was firstly recognized by the human cervical cancer cell line of Hela and induced cell proliferation inhibition through p21 and apoptosis via a mitochondrion-dependent pathway by targeting the tumor suppressor of p53, indicated by an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and a loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψ), in a significant dosage-dependent manner. Meanwhile, LNT repressed tumor growth with an inhibition ratio of 61.

Species-specific identification of Pseudomonas based on 16S-23S rRNA gene internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and its combined application with next-generation sequencing.

Background: Pseudomonas species are widely distributed in the human body, animals, plants, soil, fresh water, seawater, etc. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the main pathogens involved in nosocomial infections. It can cause endocarditis, empyema, meningitis, septicaemia and even death.

Single Molecular Chelation Dynamics Reveals That DNA Has a Stronger Affinity toward Lead(II) than Cadmium(II).

Lead ions can bind to DNA via nonelectrostatic interactions and hence alter its structure, which may be related to their adverse effects. The dynamics of Pb-DNA interaction has not been well understood. In this study, we report the monomolecular dynamics of the Pb-DNA interaction using a magnetic tweezers (MT) setup.

Structure and pro-inflammatory activities of bran polysaccharides from a novel wheat kernel.

In this study, the structure and pro-inflammatory activities of water-soluble wheat bran polysaccharides (WBP) were evaluated. WBP were heteropolysaccharides consisting 60.34% arabinoxylan as the main component and 31.

Characterization and antibacterial properties of epsilon-poly- l-lysine grafted multi-functional cellulose beads.

In recent years, harmful microorganisms in water pose great harm to ecological environment and human health. To solve this problem, epsilon-poly-l-lysine (EPL) grafted cellulose beads were prepared via 2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) mediated oxidation and carbodiimide mediated cross-linking reaction. Hydroxyl groups on C6 of cellulose were oxidized to carboxyl groups by TEMPO and grafting reaction was achieved between newly formed carboxyl groups of cellulose and amino of EPL.

Fabrication and characterization of antibacterial epsilon-poly-L-lysine anchored dicarboxyl cellulose beads.

Pathogens in the food and environment pose a great threat to human health. To solve this problem, we described a novel route to synthesize antibacterial epsilon-poly-L-lysine (EPL) anchored dicarboxyl cellulose beads. Cellulose beads were prepared via a sol-gel transition method and oxidized by sodium periodate and sodium chlorite to form carboxyl groups.

Construction and structure-activity mechanism of polysaccharide nano-selenium carrier.

In this study, a series water soluble sulfate polysaccharides (SPS) with different degrees of substitutions (DS = 0.02∼0.28) were prepared using a linear water-insoluble β-d-(1→3)-glucan.

Characterization and antibacterial effect of quaternized chitosan anchored cellulose beads.

Some thermoduric food spoilage bacteria pose great threat to beverage industry. To tackle the challenge, hydroxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride chitosan (HTCC) grafted magnetic cellulose beads have been prepared via a dropping technology. Sodium periodate oxidation process was carried out to form dialdehyde functional groups on the regenerated cellulose beads mixed with maghemite nanoparticles.