<i<Astragalus</i< Polysaccharide RAP Induces Macrophage Phenotype Polarization to M1 via the Notch Signaling Pathway

Macrophages occur in polarized phenotypes, whose characteristics determine the role they play in tumor growth. The M1 phenotype macrophages promote tumoricidal responses and suppress tumor growth. Our previous study showed that a polysaccharide isolated from Radix Astragali, named RAP, was itself non-cytotoxic but induced RAW264.7 cells’ cytotoxicity against cancer cells. The current study was undertaken to determine its mechanism. Series studies was conducted to show that RAP is able to induce much higher gene expression of M1 markers, including iNOS, IL-6, TNF-a, and CXCL10, compared with the control group. When RAP-induced BMDMs were transplanted together with 4T1 tumor cells in BALB/c mice, both tumor volume and tumor weight decreased. Further studies indicated that RAP induces the Notch signaling pathway in RAW264.7 cells. The function of Notch signaling in macrophage polarization was confirmed by using γ-secretase inhibitor. These results suggested that <i<Astragalus</i< polysaccharide RAP induces macrophage’s polarization to M1 phenotype via the Notch signaling pathway..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Molecules - 24(2019), 10, p 2016

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wei Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhi-Peng Li [VerfasserIn]
Zhao-Xiang Bian [VerfasserIn]
Quan-Bin Han [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Astragali Radix
M1 markers
Macrophages
Notch signaling
Organic chemistry
Polysacchairdes
Tumoricidal responses

doi:

10.3390/molecules24102016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ076514463