Activation effects of polysaccharides of Flammulina velutipes mycorrhizae on the T lymphocyte immune function

J Immunol Res. 2014:2014:285421. doi: 10.1155/2014/285421. Epub 2014 Jul 14.

Abstract

Flammulina velutipes mycorrhizae have increasingly been produced with increasing of F. velutipes production. A mouse model was thus used to examine potential effect of F. velutipes mycorrhizae on the immune function. Fifty female Wistar mice (5-weeks-old) weighed 15-20 g were randomly allocated into five groups. Polysaccharide of F. velutipes mycorrhizae were treated with mice and mice spleen lymphocytes. The levels of CD3(+), CD4(+), and CD8(+) T lymphocyte, interleukin-2 (IL-2), and tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-α) were determined. The results showed that the proportions of CD3(+), and CD4(+) T lymphocyte, the ratio of CD4(+)/CD8(+), and the levels of IL-2 and TNF-a were significantly increased in polysaccharide of F. velutipes mycorrhizae, while the proportion of CD8(+) T lymphocyte was decreased in polysaccharide of F. velutipes mycorrhizae-dose dependent manner. Our findings indicated that a long term exposure of polysaccharide of F. velutipes mycorrhizae could activate the T lymphocyte immune function. Polysaccharide of F. velutipes mycorrhizae was expected to develop into the immune health products.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Weight / drug effects
  • Cell Survival
  • Female
  • Flammulina / immunology*
  • Fungal Polysaccharides / administration & dosage
  • Fungal Polysaccharides / chemistry
  • Fungal Polysaccharides / immunology*
  • Interleukin-2 / metabolism
  • Lymphocyte Activation / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Organ Size / drug effects
  • Spleen / anatomy & histology
  • Spleen / cytology
  • Spleen / drug effects
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets / drug effects
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets / metabolism
  • Thymocytes / drug effects
  • Thymocytes / immunology
  • Thymocytes / metabolism
  • Thymus Gland / anatomy & histology
  • Thymus Gland / drug effects
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism

Substances

  • Fungal Polysaccharides
  • Interleukin-2
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha