Immunostimulatory Effect of Postbiotics Prepared from Phellinus linteus Mycelial Submerged Culture via Activation of Spleen and Peyer’s Patch in C3H/HeN Mice

Min Geun Suh, Hyun Young Shin, Eun Jin Jeong, Gaeuleh Kim, Se Bin Jeong, Eun Ji Ha, Sang Yong Choi, Sung Kwon Moon, Kwang Won Yu, Hyung Joo Suh, Hoon Kim

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    Abstract

    Medicinal mushrooms are an important natural resource promoting health benefits. Herein, Phellinus linteus mycelia were prepared under submerged cultivation, the mycelium-containing culture broth was extracted as a whole to obtain the postbiotic materials (PLME), and its effect on the immune system was evaluated in normal C3H/HeN mice. Oral administration of PLME for 4 weeks was well tolerated and safe. In the PLME-administered groups, in addition to the production of immunostimulatory cytokines, such as interferon gamma (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interleukin 6 (IL-6), the mitogenic activity was significantly increased. PLME administration also significantly increased the levels of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA in the small intestinal fluid and Peyer’s patches and enhanced Peyer’s patch-mediated bone marrow cell proliferation activity and cytokine production (IL-2, IL-6, and IFN-γ). Histomorphometric analyses showed an increase in immune cells in the spleen and small intestinal tissues of mice administered PLME, supporting the rationale for its immune system activation. PLME mainly contained neutral sugar (969.1 mg/g), comprising primarily of glucose as a monosaccharide unit. The β-glucan content was 88.5 mg/g. Data suggest that PLME effectively promote immune function by stimulating the systemic immune system through the spleen and intestinal immune tissues. PLME can thus be developed as a functional ingredient to enhance immune functions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number1215
    JournalPharmaceuticals
    Volume15
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2022 Oct

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was carried out with the support of the “Jeollabuk-do Leading Companies Development Project (No. 2020-Na-6)” of Jeonbuk Techno Park and Neo Cremar Co., Ltd., Korea.

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    © 2022 by the authors.

    Keywords

    • intestinal immune system-modulating activity
    • medicinal mushroom
    • polysaccharide
    • spleen-mediated immunity
    • submerged culture-derived postbiotics

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Molecular Medicine
    • Pharmaceutical Science
    • Drug Discovery

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