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Wu J, Nong Y, Chen B, Jiang Y, Chen Y, Wei C, Tao Y, Xie B. Flammutoxin, a Degradation Product of Transepithelial Electrical Resistance-Decreasing Protein, Induces Reactive Oxygen Species and Apoptosis in HepG2 Cells. Foods 2023; 13:66. [PMID: 38201094 PMCID: PMC10778570 DOI: 10.3390/foods13010066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Proteins from Flammulina filiformis were prepared by sodium chloride extraction and fractionated by ammonium sulfate precipitation with increasing saturation degrees to obtain the protein fractions Ffsp-30, Ffsp-50, Ffsp-70, Ffsp-90, and Ffp-90. Among these protein fractions, Ffsp-50 possessed the most significant cytotoxic effect against three human gastrointestinal cancer cell lines, viz. HT-29, SGC-7901, and HepG2. SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF/TOF MS/MS analyses revealed that flammutoxin (FTX) was present as a dominating protein in Ffsp-50, which was further evidenced by HPLC-MS/MS determination. Furthermore, native FTX was purified from Ffsp-50 with a molecular weight of 26.78 kDa, exhibiting notable cytotoxicity against gastrointestinal cancer cell lines. Both Ffsp-50 and FTX exposure could enhance intercellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and induce significant apoptosis in HepG2 cells. FTX was identified to be relatively conserved in basidiomycetes according to phylogenetic analysis, and its expression was highly upregulated in the primordium as well as the pileus of the fruiting body from the elongation and maturation stages, as compared with that in mycelium. Taken together, FTX could remarkably inhibit cell growth and induce ROS and apoptosis in HepG2 cells, potentially participating in the growth and development of the fruiting body. These findings from our investigation provided insight into the antigastrointestinal cancer activity of FTX, which could serve as a biological source of health-promoting and biomedical applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jianguo Wu
- Mycological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (J.W.); (Y.N.); (Y.C.); (C.W.); (Y.T.)
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- Mycological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (J.W.); (Y.N.); (Y.C.); (C.W.); (Y.T.)
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- College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (B.C.); (Y.J.)
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- College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (B.C.); (Y.J.)
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- Mycological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (J.W.); (Y.N.); (Y.C.); (C.W.); (Y.T.)
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- Mycological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (J.W.); (Y.N.); (Y.C.); (C.W.); (Y.T.)
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- Mycological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (J.W.); (Y.N.); (Y.C.); (C.W.); (Y.T.)
- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Mycological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (J.W.); (Y.N.); (Y.C.); (C.W.); (Y.T.)
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Liu XB, Xia EH, Li M, Cui YY, Wang PM, Zhang JX, Xie BG, Xu JP, Yan JJ, Li J, Nagy LG, Yang ZL. Transcriptome data reveal conserved patterns of fruiting body development and response to heat stress in the mushroom-forming fungus Flammulina filiformis. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0239890. [PMID: 33064719 PMCID: PMC7567395 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Mushroom-forming fungi are complex multicellular organisms that form the basis of a large industry, yet, our understanding of the mechanisms of mushroom development and its responses to various stresses remains limited. The winter mushroom (Flammulina filiformis) is cultivated at a large commercial scale in East Asia and is a species with a preference for low temperatures. This study investigated fruiting body development in F. filiformis by comparing transcriptomes of 4 developmental stages, and compared the developmental genes to a 200-genome dataset to identify conserved genes involved in fruiting body development, and examined the response of heat sensitive and -resistant strains to heat stress. Our data revealed widely conserved genes involved in primordium development of F. filiformis, many of which originated before the emergence of the Agaricomycetes, indicating co-option for complex multicellularity during evolution. We also revealed several notable fruiting-specific genes, including the genes with conserved stipe-specific expression patterns and the others which related to sexual development, water absorption, basidium formation and sporulation, among others. Comparative analysis revealed that heat stress induced more genes in the heat resistant strain (M1) than in the heat sensitive one (XR). Of particular importance are the hsp70, hsp90 and fes1 genes, which may facilitate the adjustment to heat stress in the early stages of fruiting body development. These data highlighted novel genes involved in complex multicellular development in fungi and aid further studies on gene function and efforts to improve the productivity and heat tolerance in mushroom-forming fungi.
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- Xiao-Bin Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Yunnan Tobacco Science Research Institute, Kunming, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
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- Mycological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Mycological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization for Bioresources and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Tung CH, Lin CC, Wang HJ, Chen SF, Sheu F, Lu TJ. Application of thermal stability difference to remove flammutoxin in fungal immunomodulatory protein, FIP-fve, extract from Flammulina velutipes. J Food Drug Anal 2018; 26:1005-1014. [PMID: 29976393 PMCID: PMC9303031 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfda.2017.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Revised: 12/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Fungal immunomodulatory protein (FIP-fve) is a potential functional food ingredient. However, undesirable component flammutoxin (FTX) would occur in the extracted fraction of FIP-fve. In this paper, an application of heating processing instead of the intensive separation process was employed in fractionation of FIP-fve, meanwhile, exclusion of FTX was reached. Contents of FIP-fve and FTX were monitored by HPLC-UV-ESI-MS. Both FIP-fve and FTX had higher thermal stability in a lower concentration solution. Cold water could effectively extract FIP-fve and FTX from fresh mushroom without acetic acid and disulfide-bond breaking agent β-mercaptoethanol commonly used in biochemical studies. Heating cold water extract contained 580 μg/mL FIP-fve and 452 μg/mL FTX at 60 °C for 5 min could effectively exclude FTX and remain 75% of FIP-fve. Adding 0.1 M trehalose or 20% ethanol did not significantly alter the stability of both proteins. The method developed is an applicable procedure for preparing FIP-fve solution free of FTX.
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- Ching-Hsin Tung
- Graduate Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617,
Taiwan, ROC
- Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, No. 161-2, Kunyang Street, Nangang District, Taipei, 11561,
Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617,
Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Applied Science of Living, Chinese Culture University, No. 55, Hwa-Kang Road, Yang-Ming-Shan, Taipei, 11114,
Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chow Road, Taipei, 11677,
Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Horticulture, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617,
Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617,
Taiwan, ROC
- Corresponding author: E-mail address: (T.-J. Lu)
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Combination of on-line desalting and HPLC-UV-ESI-MS for simultaneous detection and identification of FIP-fve and flammutoxin in Flammulina velutipes. J Food Drug Anal 2018; 26:1045-1053. [PMID: 29976397 PMCID: PMC9303039 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfda.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A rapid analytical approach, on-line desalting HPLC-UV-ESI-MS method, for the analysis of FIP-fve and flammutoxin (FTX), two important bioactive proteins in the fruiting bodies of Flammulina velutipes, was developed. In this study, a highly efficient desalting method is provided using molecular weight cut-off centrifugal filtration and on-line desalting. Sample preparation followed by an on-line desalting HPLC-UV-ESI-MS system was employed for simultaneous desalting and detection and identification of FIP-fve and FTX. Results indicated that using trifluoroacetic acid as a modifier on a C18 reversed-phase column renders effective separation. ESI-MS revealed that the apparent molecular masses of FIP-fve and FTX were 12,749.1 Da and 21,912.5 Da, respectively. Eleven milligrams of FIP-fve was obtained from 100 g of fresh fruiting bodies, and UV detection was performed at 280 nm using bovine serum albumin as the standard protein. The calibration curve was linear in the concentration range of 0.29–4.69 mg/mL (r2 = 0.9999). FTX and a series of degradation products were isolated from F. velutipes using 35% saturated ammonium sulfate on a DEAE cellulose column. The complete identification of FTX and a series of degradation products were carried out by precipitation of various ammonium sulfate concentrations (0–45%, 45–65% and 65–90%), in-gel trypsin digestion, and MS analysis with combined database search. The molecular weights of FTX and a series of degradation products were 29,957.2 Da, 27,480.2 Da, 26,512.5 Da, and 21,912.5 Da.
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The Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin perturbs the barrier function in Caco-2 epithelial cell monolayers by altering junctional integrity. Infect Immun 2012; 80:1670-80. [PMID: 22354024 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00001-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Increased microvascular permeability is a hallmark of sepsis and septic shock. Intestinal mucosal dysfunction may allow translocation of bacteria and their products, thereby promoting sepsis and inflammation. Although Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin significantly contributes to sepsis and perturbs the endothelial barrier function, little is known about possible effects of S. aureus alpha-toxin on human epithelial barrier functions. We hypothesize that S. aureus alpha-toxin in the blood can impair the intestinal epithelial barrier and thereby facilitate the translocation of luminal bacteria into the blood, which may in turn aggravate a septic condition. Here, we showed that staphylococcal alpha-toxin disrupts the barrier integrity of human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells as evidenced by decreased transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) and reduced cellular levels of junctional proteins, such as ZO-1, ZO-3, and E-cadherin. The Caco-2 cells also responded to alpha-toxin with an elevated cytosolic calcium ion concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)), elicited primarily by calcium influx from the extracellular environment, as well as with a significant reduction in TER, which was modulated by intracellular calcium chelation. Moreover, a significantly larger reduction in TER and amounts of the junctional proteins, viz., ZO-3 and occludin, was achieved by basolateral than by apical application of the alpha-toxin. These experimental findings thus support the hypothesis that free staphylococcal alpha-toxin in the bloodstream may cause intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction and further aggravate the septic condition by promoting the release of intestinal bacteria into the underlying tissues and the blood.
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Isolation and characterization of a novel two-component hemolysin, erylysin A and B, from an edible mushroom, Pleurotus eryngii. Toxicon 2010; 56:1436-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2010] [Revised: 08/09/2010] [Accepted: 08/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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