FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (21): 136-142.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-20190318-217

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Regulation of Cholesterol Metabolism by Sulfated Polysaccharides from Morchella angusticeps Peck

TANG Yuwan, ZHANG Yueqiao, LI Yao, LEI Lin, LI Fuhua, ZHAO Jichun, WU Surui, MING Jian   

  1. (1. College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; 2. Research Center of Food Storage & Logistics, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; 3. Kunming Edible Fungi Institute, All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, Kunming 650223, China)
  • Online:2019-11-15 Published:2019-12-02

Abstract: Polysaccharide extracted from Morchella angusticeps Peck (PMEP) has been proved to have a hypocholesterolemic effect. This study aimed to compare the cholesterol-lowering activity of PMEP and its sulfated derivative (SPMEP) in rats fed on a high-cholesterol diet. Results showed that PMEP at high dose and SPMEP could decrease serum total cholesterol by 15% and 23%, respectively, indicating that SPMEP had a stronger cholesterol-lowering potency than PMEP (P < 0.05). PMEP and SPMEP down-regulated the expression of hepatic 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase and up-regulated the expression of cholesterol-7α-hydroxylase (P < 0.05). Besides, both of them could decrease liver cholesterol, while significantly increasing the excretion of total fecal and intestinal bile acids (P < 0.05). Therefore, the cholesterol-lowering activity of PMEP in rats can be enhanced after being sulfated.

Key words: Morchella angusticepes Peck, polysaccharide, sulfation, cholesterol metabolism

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