Study on the Action Mechanism of Isodon suzhouensis Stems in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer Based on UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS Combined with Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking

[Objectives]This study was conducted to explore the action mechanism of chemical components from stems of Isodon suzhouensis on prostate cancer based on UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS technique,network pharmacology,and molecular docking validation.[Methods]UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS was applied to search active components in stems of I.suzhouensis,and SwissTargetPrediction and PharmaMapper databases were used to predict their potential targets.The GeneCards database was adopted to screen the targets of prostate cancer,and the targets of the active components and the targets of prostate cancer were intersected to obtain common targets.A protein-protein interaction network was constructed,and also,an"active component-target-disease-pathway"network was constructed using Metascape for gene ontology function and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analysis.Moreover,AutoDock was adopted to perform molecular docking verification on key active components and core targets.[Results]Sixty three active components were screened from stems of I.suzhouensis,and they had 233 common targets with prostate cancer,mainly involving biological processes such as protein phosphorylation,response to hormones,active regulation of cell movement,cell response to lipids,and response to oxidative stress,as well as pathways in cancer,prostate cancer,micro ribonucleic acids in cancer,p53 signaling pathway,NF-κB signaling pathway and other signaling pathways,exerting anti-tumor effects.Molecular docking showed that the top 5 key active components had good binding ability with the top 5 core targets.[Conclusions]Active components from stems of I.suzhouensis can exert therapeutic effects on prostate cancer through multiple targets and pathways.

Molecular and morphological data confirmed the presence of the rare species Mattirolomyces terfezioides in China

Although the species Mattiwlomyces terfezioides(≡ Terfezia terfezioides) has been recorded from China several times but it is really rare taxon with important ecological and economic value,the conspecihcity with European material has never been tested by molecular data.We re-examined three specimens labelled as T.terfezioides,one as T.leonis and one as Terfezia sp.in the herbarium HMAS and obtained five ITS and three LSU sequences.Our morphological observation and DNA sequences show that one specimen(HMAS 83766) labelled as M.terfezioides turns out to be Choiromyces sp.and the other four are M.terfezioides.The ITS and(or) LSU sequences of the Chinese samples are identical with or with 99%similarity to those from the European samples,which fully confirms the presence of M.terfezioides in China.The species is currently known from northern China(Hebei Province,Beijing and Shanxi Province).This study shows that M terfezioides has a Euroasia distribution other than European endemism and such distribution might be explained by the co-occurrence with the potential host tree Robinia pseudoacacia.

Contribution to Confirmed &Synthesized on Mycorrhizae of <i>Tuber indicum</i>s.l. with Two Dominated &Subalpine Broadleaf Trees in Southwestern China

The ascomata and mycorrhizae of Tuber indicum s.l. were collected under the forest of broad-leaf species Populus yunnanensis and Quercus pannosa in the field respectively. The symbiotic relationships of both trees with T. indicum were examined and affirmed based on morphology and ITS-rDNA sequences. These two mycorrhizal combinations were successfully produced on artificially controlled substrates and cultural condition. This is the first report of a mycorrhizal association and synthesis between Chinese black truffles and poplars. A hyphal net covering the mantle’s surface of the mycorrhizae was detected in both mycorrhizal combinations. The mycorrhizal colonization of P. yunnanensis and Q. pannosa suggests that T. indicum s.l. has a broader host range and that additional corresponding wood species would be used as candidates for the cultivation of T. indicum. The nuclear-ITS sequences of the mycorrhizae included in the phylogeny of the T. indicum complex revealed that the two clades within the complex do not markedly differ with respect to their preferences for host species or geographical origin. Our results help to explain the wide distribution of both clades of the T. indicum complex. It would be more important for truffle conservation and Chinese black truffle plantation development with these two dominated & alpestrine Populus yunnanensis and Quercus pannosa at subalpine limestone areas in China.