Taxonomic group: fungi / Basidiomycota
(Phylum: Basidiomycota)
Organ / tissue: fruiting bodies
The structure was elucidated in this paperNCBI PubMed ID: 37839837Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121367Journal NLM ID: 8307156Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: C.F. Ellefsen <c.f.ellefsen

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Institutions: Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Sem S?lands vei 3, 1068 Blindern, NO-0371 Oslo, Norway, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem S?lands vei 6/8, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Fungal β-glucans have received a lot of interest due to their proinflammatory activity towards cells of the innate immune system. Although commonly described as (1➔3)-β-glucans with varying degree of (1➔6)-branching, the fungal β-glucans constitute a diverse polysaccharide class. In this study, the alkali-soluble β-glucans from the edible mushroom Pleurotus eryngii were extracted and characterized by GC, GC-MS and 2D NMR analyses. The extracts contain several structurally different polysaccharides, including a (1➔3)-β-d-glucan with single glucose units attached at O-6, and a (1➔6)-β-d-glucan, possibly branched at O-3. The immunomodulatory activities of the P. eryngii extracts were assessed by investigating their ability to bind to the receptor dectin-1, and their ability to induce production of the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β in LPS-differentiated THP-1 cells. Although the samples were able to bind to the dectin-1a receptor, they did not induce production of significant levels of cytokines in the THP-1 cells. Positive controls of yeast-derived (1➔3)-β-d-glucans with branches at O-6 induced cytokine production in the cells. Thus, it appears that the P. eryngii β-glucans are unable to induce production of proinflammatory cytokines in LPS-differentiated THP-1 cells, despite being able to activate the human dectin-1a receptor.
NMR, THP-1, Dectin-1, dispersion, mushroom glucans
Structure type: homopolymer
Location inside paper: Fig. 2C, table 4, structure 1
Trivial name: glucan, β-1,3-glucan, curdlan, curdlan-type polysaccharide 13140, paramylon, curdlan, laminarin, β-glucan, curdlan, β-(1,3)-glucan, β-(1,3)-glucan, curdlan, curdlan, β-1,3-glucan, paramylon, reserve polysaccharide, b-glucan, β-1,3-D-glucan, laminaran, botryosphaeran, laminaran type β-D-glucan, latiglucan I, pachymaran, Curdlan, zymosan A, β-glucan, curdlan, laminarin, zymosan, zymosan, glucan particles, zymosan, β-(1-3)-glucan, β-(1,3)-glucan, β-(1,3)glucan, pachymaran, D-glucan (DPn)540, pachyman, laminaran, curdlan, zymosan, zymosan, β-(1,3)-glucan, zymosan A, zymosan, β-1,3-glucan, curdlan, β-1,3-glucan, curdlan, β-1,3-glucan, curdlan, pachyman, β-(1,3)-glucan, curdlan, callose, a water-insoluble β-(1→3)-glucan, fermentum β-polysaccharide, water-insoluble glucan, alkali-soluble β-glucan (PeA3), alkali-soluble polysaccharide (PCAP), callose, laminarin
Compound class: EPS, O-polysaccharide, cell wall polysaccharide, lipophosphoglycan, glycoprotein, LPG, glucan, polysaccharide, glycoside, β-glucan, β3-glucan, cell wall glucan
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_1397514,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146664,IEDB_153543,IEDB_158555,IEDB_161166,IEDB_2278476,IEDB_2278477,IEDB_558869,IEDB_857743,IEDB_983931,SB_192
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, GC-MS, sugar analysis, GC, cytokine analysis, extraction, statistical analysis, elemental analysis, cell viability assay, DEPT, DLS, bioassays, dispersion method
Related record ID(s): 41405, 41406, 41407
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 5323Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G51056AN, GlycomeDB:
157, CCSD:
50049, CBank-STR:4225, CA-RN: 51052-65-4, GenDB:FJ3380871.1
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NMR conditions: in DMSO-d6 at 333 K
[as TSV]
13C NMR data:
Linkage Residue C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
bDGlcp 99.8 70.9 82.9 69.6 72.1 60.5
1H NMR data:
Linkage Residue H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6
bDGlcp 5.07 3.41 3.64 3.41 3.83 3.50-3.63
1H/13C HSQC data:
Linkage Residue C1/H1 C2/H2 C3/H3 C4/H4 C5/H5 C6/H6
bDGlcp 99.8/5.07 70.9/3.41 82.9/3.64 69.6/3.41 72.1/3.83 60.5/3.50-3.63
1H NMR data:
| Linkage | Residue | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 |
| | bDGlcp | 5.07 | 3.41 | 3.64 | 3.41 | 3.83 | 3.50 3.63 |
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13C NMR data:
| Linkage | Residue | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 |
| | bDGlcp | 99.8 | 70.9 | 82.9 | 69.6 | 72.1 | 60.5 |
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There is only one chemically distinct structure: