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Pharmacological Study of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Ostreatus) Extract on Isolated Guinea Pig Trachea Smooth Muscle

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Mushroom farm workers suffer from respiratory symptoms during the farming of mushrooms. The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) extract (OME) on isolated guinea pig tracheal smooth muscle in vitro. Isolated guinea pig tracheal tissue from 27 nonsensitized guinea pigs were studied. The OME was obtained from indoor mushroom growing fields and prepared as a 1:10 w/v aqueous solution. Dose-related contractions of nonsensitized guinea pig trachea were demonstrated using these extracts. The OME contained significant quantities of bacterial components (eg., endotoxin: 43,072.92 EU/mg). Parallel, pharmacological studies were performed by pre-treating the tissues with mediator-modifying agents including atropine, indomethacin, pyrilamine, BPB, acivicin, NDGA, captopril, TMB8 and capsaicin. Atropine consistently and strikingly reduced the contractile effects of this extract. These observations suggest an interaction of the OME with parasympathetic nerves or more directly with muscarinic receptors. Pretreatment with TMB8 (inhibitor of intracellular calcium mobilization) also significantly blocked the constrictor effect of OME, indicating a role of calcium mobilization in the constricting effect of OME. Inhibition of contraction by blocking of other mediators was less effective and varied depending on the drug. We conclude that OME causes a dose-related airway smooth muscle constriction by nonimmunological mechanisms involving a variety of airway mediators and possibly cholinergic receptors. This effect is not dependent on pre-sensitization of the guinea pigs.

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  1. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York, 10029-6574, USA

    E.N. Schachter, S. Goswami, U. Arumugam, A. Chiarelli & J. Fainberg

  2. Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia

    E. Zuskin

  3. Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

    V. Castranova, M. Whitmer & P. Siegel

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Schachter, E., Zuskin, E., Goswami, S. et al. Pharmacological Study of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Ostreatus) Extract on Isolated Guinea Pig Trachea Smooth Muscle. Lung 183, 63–71 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-004-2527-y

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