Echinacea purpurea modulates tumor progression,but the underlying mechanism is poorly defined.We isolated and purified a novel homogeneous polysaccharide from E.purpurea(EPPA),which was shown to be an arabinogalactan ...Echinacea purpurea modulates tumor progression,but the underlying mechanism is poorly defined.We isolated and purified a novel homogeneous polysaccharide from E.purpurea(EPPA),which was shown to be an arabinogalactan with a mean molecular mass(Mr)of 3.8×10^(4)Da and withα-(1→5)-L-Arabinan as the backbone and a-L-Araf-(1→,→6)-b-D-Galp-(1→,and →4)-α-D-GalpA-(1/as the side chains.Interestingly,oral administration of EPPA suppresses tumor progression in vivo and shapes the immune cell profile(e.g.,facilitating M1 macrophages)in tumor micro-environment by single-cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq)analysis.展开更多
基金supported by Key Realm R&D Program of Guangdong Province(2020B020221001)the Open Competition Program of Ten Major Directions of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation for the 14th Five-Year Plan of Guangdong Province(2022SDZG07)+1 种基金Chinese Academy of Science Key Project(QYZDY-SSW-SMC008)National Natural Science Foundation of China grants(32225047,31922079,32130099).
文摘Echinacea purpurea modulates tumor progression,but the underlying mechanism is poorly defined.We isolated and purified a novel homogeneous polysaccharide from E.purpurea(EPPA),which was shown to be an arabinogalactan with a mean molecular mass(Mr)of 3.8×10^(4)Da and withα-(1→5)-L-Arabinan as the backbone and a-L-Araf-(1→,→6)-b-D-Galp-(1→,and →4)-α-D-GalpA-(1/as the side chains.Interestingly,oral administration of EPPA suppresses tumor progression in vivo and shapes the immune cell profile(e.g.,facilitating M1 macrophages)in tumor micro-environment by single-cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq)analysis.