PMID- 30236758 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190520 LR - 20190520 IS - 1879-0003 (Electronic) IS - 0141-8130 (Linking) VI - 125 DP - 2019 Mar 15 TI - A cold-water soluble polysaccharide isolated from Grifola frondosa induces the apoptosis of HepG2 cells through mitochondrial passway. PG - 1232-1241 LID - S0141-8130(18)33410-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.09.098 [doi] AB - Grifola frondosa is a widely eaten and medicinal fungus. In this study, we extracted a cold-water-soluble polysaccharide from Grifola frondosa (cGFP) and investigated its effects on the proliferation and apoptosis of human hepatoma HepG2 cells. MTT assay showed that cGFP induced apoptosis of HepG2 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Flow cytometry analysis showed that cGFP induced apoptosis in HepG2 cells through S phase arrest. The distribution of cells at different apoptotic stages was determined by Annexin V-FITC and Propidium Iodide (PI) staining. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results indicated that cGFP induced typical apoptotic morphological features in HepG2. Mitochondrial membrane potential was reduced according to the screening of JC-1 staining. And western blot analysis of Bax, Bcl-2, cytochrome C (Cyto-c), caspase-3, and caspase-9 further demonstrated that the cGFP-induced apoptosis effect functioned through the mitochondrial pathway. Further analysis by qRT-PCR showed that Bax expression increased and Bcl-2 expression decreased. These findings suggested that cGFP could inhibit the proliferation of HepG2 cells and induce apoptosis mainly through the intrinsic activation mitochondrial pathway. CI - Copyright (c) 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Chen, Pei AU - Chen P AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, PR China. FAU - Liu, Hui-Ping AU - Liu HP AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, PR China. Electronic address: liuhuiping@tust.edu.cn. FAU - Ji, Hai-Hu AU - Ji HH AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, PR China. FAU - Sun, Na-Xin AU - Sun NX AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, PR China. FAU - Feng, Ying-Ying AU - Feng YY AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, PR China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180917 PL - Netherlands TA - Int J Biol Macromol JT - International journal of biological macromolecules JID - 7909578 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Fungal Polysaccharides) RN - 0 (Monosaccharides) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Cell Cycle/drug effects MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Fungal Polysaccharides/chemistry/isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Gene Expression MH - Genes, Reporter MH - Grifola/*chemistry MH - Hep G2 Cells/ultrastructure MH - Humans MH - Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial MH - Mitochondria/*drug effects/*metabolism MH - Monosaccharides/chemistry MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects MH - Spectrum Analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cell apoptosis OT - Cold-water-soluble polysaccharide OT - Grifola frondosa polysaccharide OT - Mitochondrial pathway EDAT- 2018/09/22 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/21 06:00 CRDT- 2018/09/22 06:00 PHST- 2018/07/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/09/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/09/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/09/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/09/22 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0141-8130(18)33410-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.09.098 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Biol Macromol. 2019 Mar 15;125:1232-1241. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.09.098. Epub 2018 Sep 17.