Immunogenic Cell Death (ICD) of Murine H22 Cells Induced by Lentinan

Lentinan can lead to apoptosis of tumor cells and improve immune function. However, limited research focused on the immunogenic death regulation mechanism of lentinan on mouse H22 cells. The study aimed to explore the effect of Lentinan on the expression of immunogenic death-related proteins in mice H22 cells. MTT method was used to detect and evaluate the effect of 200–1000 μg/mL lentinan on the survival rate of H22 cells after 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h, respectively. Flow cytometry was employed to collect the apoptotic rate of lentinan at different concentrations (200–800μg/mL) on H22 cells for 48 h, and obtain the apoptotic rate of 600 μg/mL lentinan at different times (12–72 h). The effect of Lentinan on the expression of H22 Immunogenic Cell Death proteins was analyzed by ELISA and HPLC-MS afterward. Results suggest that lentinan cytotoxic and pro-apoptotic have a concentration-dependent manner with the H22 cells. Moreover, the rate of apoptosis increased significantly (P < 0.05) in 24 h. Lentinan can induce the expression of Calreticulin(CRT), High mobility protein 1(HMGB1), ATP and Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) .Therefore, the antitumor effect of lentinan may be related to the regulation of immunogenic death-related protein expression, which was beneficial to the future development of liver cancer vaccines.