At present, diabetes and diabetic complications have become one of the serious diseases affecting human health. In this study, the inhibitory effects of Lentinus edodes mycelia polysaccharide (LMP) on α-glucosidase activity, the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and high glucose-induced human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) damage were explored. The interaction between LMP and α-glucosidase and the inhibition against AGEs formation were investigated with spectroscopic techniques. The results revealed that LMP had a reversible inhibition on α-glucosidase activity in a mixed-type manner. When the concentration of LMP was 2.7 mM, the inhibition rate was 34.38 %. LMP quenched the fluorescence of α-glucosidase through the static quenching and formed the LMP-α-glucosidase complex. At 310 K, the number of binding sites (n) and binding constant (Kb) were 1.01 and 3.71 × 104 L mol-1, respectively. In addition, LMP could inhibit the formation of AGEs. Compared with 40 mM glucose treatment group, treatment with 0.05 mM LMP for 48 h increased the cell viability from 70.17% to 91.14% and decreased ROS production from 3.33-fold to 1.21-fold. LMP inhibited high glucose-induced activation of MAPK signaling pathways. These findings may promote the application of LMP in the functional food industry.
Keywords: Advanced glycation end products; Apoptosis; DCFH-DA (PubChem CID: 104913); Dimethyl sulfoxide (PubChem CID: 679); Glucose (PubChem CID: 5793); Hoechst 33258 (PubChem CID: 135705211); Lentinus edodes mycelia polysaccharide; Oxidative stress; Penicillin (PubChem CID: 5904); Sodium carbonate (PubChem CID: 10340); Streptomycin (PubChem CID: 19649); Thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (PubChem CID: 64965); p-nitrophenol (PubChem CID: 980); p-nitrophenyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (PubChem CID: 259380); α-glucosidase.
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