Effect of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides on cell signal transduction pathways

Biomed Pharmacother. 2022 Mar:147:112620. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.112620. Epub 2022 Jan 12.

Abstract

Lycium barbarum polysaccharide (LBP), is a major active ingredient Lycium barbarum (LB), which exhibits several beneficial effects through NF-κB, PI3K-Akt-mTOR, p38-MAPK, Wnt-β-catenin, PI3K-Akt-GSK-3β, and MyD88 signal pathway, including anti-oxidation, and anti-aging, hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic, radiation, anti-tumor, and neuroprotection. Today, many researching papers are published on the LBP in physiology and pathology; however, the review of the LBP taking part in the signal transduction pathway in physiology and pathology is rear searched. Therefore, this research topic is a collection of reviews and original research articles that focus on the methods of the LBP extraction and its effects on the signal transduction pathway. The aim of this study is to provide theoretical evidence for in-depth analysis of the mechanisms of LBP in clinical clinical research studies.

Keywords: LBP; Natural products; Pharmacological effects; Signal transduction pathway.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • Lycium*
  • NF-kappa B / metabolism
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects*
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • NF-kappa B
  • lycium barbarum polysaccharide
  • MTOR protein, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases