简介：Inthepresentstudy,theeffectsofPleurotusnebrodensispolysaccharide(PN-S)ontheimmunefunctionsofimmunosuppressedmiceweredetermined.Theimmunosuppressedmousemodelwasestablishedbytreatingthemicewithcyclophosphamide(40mg/kg/2d,CY)throughintraperitonealinjection.TheresultsshowedthatPN-SadministrationsignificantlyreversedtheCY-inducedweightloss,increasedthethymicandsplenicindices,andpromotedproliferationofTlymphocyte,Blymphocyte,andmacrophages.PN-SalsoenhancedtheactivityofnaturalkillercellsandincreasedtheimmunoglobulinM(IgM)andimmunoglobulinG(IgG)levelsintheserum.Inaddition,PN-Streatmentsignificantlyincreasedthephagocyticactivityofmouseperitonealmacrophages.PN-Salsoincreasedthelevelsofinterleukin-6(IL-6),tumornecrosisfactor-α(TNF-α),interferon-γ(INF-γ),andnitricoxide(NOS)insplenocytes.qRT-PCRresultsalsoindicatedthatPN-SincreasedthemRNAexpressionofIL-6,TNF-α,INF-γ,andnitricoxidesynthase(iNOS)inthesplenocytes.TheseresultssuggestthatPN-Streatmentenhancestheimmunefunctionofimmunosuppressedmice.Thisstudymayprovideabasisfortheapplicationofthisfungusinadjacentimmunopotentiatingtherapyagainstcancerandinthetreatmentofchemotherapy-inducedimmunosuppression.

简介：AnovelPleurotusnebrodensispolysaccharide(PN-S)waspurifiedandcharacterized,anditsimmune-stimulatingactivitywasevaluatedinRAW264.7macrophages.PN-SinducedtheproliferationofRAW264.7cellsinadose-dependentmanner,asdeterminedbytheMTTassay.AfterexposuretoPN-S,thephagocytosisofthemacrophageswassignificantlyimproved,withremarkablechangesinmorphologybeingobserved.FlowcytometricanalysisdemonstratedthatPN-SpromotedRAW264.7cellstoprogressthroughSandG2/Mphases.PN-Streatmentenhancedtheproductionsofinterleukin-6(IL-6),nitricoxide(NO),interferongamma(INF-γ),andtumornecrosisfactor-α(TNF-α)inthemacrophages,withup-regulationofmRNAexpressionsofinterleukin-6(IL-6),induciblenitricoxidesynthase(iNOS),interferongamma(INF-γ)andtumornecrosisfactor-α(TNF-α)beingobservedinadose-dependentmanner,asmeasuredbyqRT-PCR.Inconclusion,theseresultssuggestthatthepurifiedPN-Scanimproveimmunitybyactivatingmacrophages.