Project description:LZ-8 is an immunomodulatory protein derived from the large edible fungus Ganoderma lucidum. LZ-8 has therapeutic effects on several disorders of the immune system. T lymphocytes are considered to be one of the target cells of LZ-8. In order to comprehensively and systematically study the immunomodulatory effect of LZ-8 on T lymphocytes at the transcriptome level, we used RNA-seq technology to sequence the transcriptome of mouse T lymphocytes treated with LZ-8 for 10 hours and 0 hour. Differential gene analysis showed that 1275 genes were up-regulated and 2273 genes were down regulated after LZ-8 treatment for 10h. The pathway enrichment analysis showed that differential genes were enriched in terms of "Th1 and Th2 cell differentiation", "Th17 cell differentiation" and "IL-17 signaling pathway". RT-qPCR experiment confirmed that LZ-8 could upregulate the transcription level of Il4, Il13, Il17f and Csf2 in T lymphocytes, and the inhibitor Bay 11-7082 which inhibited NF κ B signaling pathway can reverse the transcriptional upregulation of Il2, Il17a and Irf4 by LZ-8. In conclusion, transcriptome sequencing data combined with RT-qPCR confirmed the promoting effect of LZ-8 on Th17 differentiation.
Project description:Pea (Pisum sativum) is one of the most abundant and inexpensive alternate sources of protein. Pea proteins have a good distribution of essential amino acids, but they contain relatively low amounts of sulfur-containing amino acids (methionine and cysteine) and tryptophan in comparison to cereal crops. Pea isolate samples from different time-points during fermentation with Aspergillus oryzae, were used for shotgun mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis to identify the proteome matrix changes.
Project description:Ganoderma lucidum is a traditional medicinal herb that has commonly been used for treating virus infections. Protein LZ-8 comes from Ganoderma lucidum and has immunomodulatory and antiviral activities. However, the potential molecular antiviral mechanism of LZ-8 is still unclear. In this study transcriptome analysis was used to gain a deeper insight into the antiviral effects of LZ-8 on T lymphocytes. Deseq analysis showed that 2724 genes were upregulated and 3314 genes were downregulated after LZ-8 treatment for 5 hours. GO enrichment analysis showed that the upregulated genes were significantly enriched in biological processes including defense response to virus, ribosome biosynthesis, RNA processing, etc. The downregulated genes were significantly enriched in biological processes including cell cycle, signal transduction, etc. Pathway enrichment analysis indicated that NF- κB signaling pathway was closely related to LZ-8. RT-qPCR confirmed that inhibition of the NF-κB signaling pathway reversed the elevated transcriptional level of antiviral genes including Ifit1, Isg15, Mx1, Ifit3, and Ifih1 in T lymphocytes triggered by LZ-8. In a word, our study demonstrated that LZ-8 triggered the antiviral innate immunity of T lymphocytes through the NF-κB signaling pathway.
Project description:LZ-8 is a dimeric protein isolated from Ganoderma lucidum. It has immunomodulatory activity on T cells. In order to fully analyze the immunomodulatory effect of LZ-8 on CD4 + T cells and CD8 + T cells, we first sequenced the transcriptome of mouse T lymphocytes treated with LZ-8 for 15 hours, then compared the differential genes regulated by LZ-8 with those activated in CD4 + T cells and CD8 + T cells in GSE126116 data, and finally obtained the core biological process and signal pathway induced by LZ-8 to regulating the activation state of CD4 + T cells and CD8 + T cells.
