Novel Medicinal Mushroom Blend as a Promising Supplement in Integrative Oncology : A Multi-Tiered Study using 4T1 Triple-Negative Mouse Breast Cancer Model

Although medicinal mushroom extracts have been proposed as promising anti-cancer agents, their precise impacts on metastatic breast cancer are still to be clarified. For this purpose, the present study exploited the effect of a novel medicinal mushroom blend, namely Micotherapy U-care, in a 4T1 triple-negative mouse breast cancer model. Mice were orally administered with Micotherapy U-care, consisting of a mixture of Agaricus blazei, Ophiocordyceps sinensis, Ganoderma lucidum, Grifola frondosa, and Lentinula edodes. The syngeneic tumor-bearing mice were generated by injecting 4T1 cells in both supplemented and non-supplemented mice. After sacrifice 25 days later, specific endpoints and pathological outcomes of the murine pulmonary tissue were evaluated. (i) Histopathological and ultrastructural analysis and (ii) immunohistochemical assessment of TGF-ß1, IL-6 and NOS2, COX2, SOD1 as markers of inflammation and oxidative stress were performed. The QoL was comparatively evaluated. Micotherapy U-care supplementation, starting before 4T1 injection and lasting until the end of the experiment, dramatically reduced the pulmonary metastases density, also triggering a decrease of fibrotic response, and reducing IL-6, NOS, and COX2 expression. SOD1 and TGF-ß1 results were also discussed. These findings support the valuable potential of Micotherapy U-care as adjuvant therapy in the critical management of triple-negative breast cancer.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

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International journal of molecular sciences - 21(2020), 10 vom: 14. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Roda, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Luca, Fabrizio De [VerfasserIn]
Iorio, Carmine Di [VerfasserIn]
Ratto, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Siciliani, Stella [VerfasserIn]
Ferrari, Beatrice [VerfasserIn]
Cobelli, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Borsci, Giuseppina [VerfasserIn]
Priori, Erica Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Chinosi, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Ronchi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Franco, Renato [VerfasserIn]
Di Francia, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]
Berretta, Massimiliano [VerfasserIn]
Locatelli, Carlo Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Gregori, Andrej [VerfasserIn]
Savino, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Bottone, Maria Grazia [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, Paola [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Agaricus blazei
Breast cancer
Complementary medicine
Ganoderma lucidum
Grifola frondosa
In vivo
Journal Article
Lentinula edodes
Lung metastasis
Mycotherapy
Ophiocordyceps sinensis

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Date Completed 11.02.2021

Date Revised 11.02.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms21103479

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310057345