IMR Press / FBL / Volume 28 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2804082
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Polysaccharides of Floccularia luteovirens Alleviate Oxidative Damage and Inflammatory Parameters of Diabetic Nephropathy in db/db Mice
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1 National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Economic Fungus, Jilin Agricultural University, 130118 Changchun, Jilin, China
2 Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, 130117 Changchun, Jilin, China
3 Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, 571101 Haikou, Hainan, China
*Correspondence: lidan@ jlau.edu.cn (Dan Li); yuli966@126.com (Yu Li)
These authors contributed equally.
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(4), 82; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2804082
Submitted: 6 October 2022 | Revised: 20 December 2022 | Accepted: 27 December 2022 | Published: 27 April 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modulation of Oxidative Stress: Molecular and Pharmacological Aspects)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Floccularia luteovirens (Alb. & Schwein.) Pouzar, is an extremely rare edible and medicinal mushroom in China. The crude polysaccharides of F. luteovirens (FLPs) has significant antioxidant and anti-inflammation activities and exerts excellent protective functions in diabetic nephropathy (DN) complications, but the material basis of the pharmacological effects of FLPs and the molecular mechanism of its pharmacological action are still unclear. Methods: First, we performed systemic composition analysis on extracted and isolated FLPs. Next, the spontaneous db/db mouse DN model was used to investigate the mitigation and protection functions of FLPs in DN and the underlying mechanism through the mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR)/GSK-3β/NRF-2 pathway. Results: FLPs contained 65.0% total sugars, 7.2% reducing sugars, 7.93% proteins, 0.36% total flavonoids, 17 amino acids, 13 fatty acids, and 8 minerals. After intragastric administration of FLPs with concentrations of 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg for 8 weeks, FLPs inhibited excessive weight gain, relieved the symptoms of obesity, and significantly improved glucose metabolism and lipid metabolism in the db/db mice. In addition, FLPs were also involved in regulating the indicators of various oxidases and inflammatory factors in the serum and kidney of db/db mice. Conclusions: FLPs effectively improved and relieved kidney tissue injury caused by high glucose, targeted and regulated phospho-GSK-3β, and suppressed inflammatory factor accumulation. Furthermore, FLPs activated the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2/heme oxygenase 1 (NRF2/HO-1) pathway and enhanced the activity of catalase (CAT) to further play a role in relieving and treating T2DM and nephropathy complications.

Keywords
Floccularia luteovirens
diabetic nephropathy
fungal polysaccharide
oxidative stress
inflammation
Funding
2021YFD1600401/National Key Research and Development Program of China
20210401121YY/Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Plan Project
1630042022003/Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund
XDA28080300/Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
CARS-20/China Agriculture Research System
322QN365/Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China
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