@article{MAKHILLRJBS201161111298, title = {Effects of the Crude Polysaccharides from Poria cocos on the Proliferation and Differentiation of 3T3-L1 Cells}, journal = {Research Journal of Biological Sciences}, volume = {6}, number = {11}, pages = {597-601}, year = {2011}, issn = {1815-8846}, doi = {rjbsci.2011.597.601}, url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1815-8846&doi=rjbsci.2011.597.601}, author = {Xun,Haifeng,Ling,Han,Chunyou,Xuewei and}, keywords = {Poria cocos,polysaccharides,3T3-L1,proliferation,differentiation,China}, abstract = {To study the effects of crude polysaccharides from Poria cocos (PCCP) on proliferation and differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocyte. 3T3-L1 cells were treated with culture medium contained different concentrations of PCCP (0, 50, 100 and 200 μg mL-1) for 48 h and subsequently cell proliferation was assayed by MTT Method. The extent of the differentiation was determined by fluescence spectrophotometry and Oil Red O staining on days 8 after treatment with culture medium supplemented with different concentration PCCP (0, 50, 100 and 200 μg mL-1). As the results, the different concentration PCCP (50, 100 and 200 μg mL-1) inhibited to some extent proliferation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes when compared with the control. But the difference is not significant (p>0.05). And PCCP stimulated cell differentiation into adipocyte at lower concentration (50 and 100 μg mL-1) (p<0.05) while it inhibited cell differentiation into adipocyte at high concentration (200 μg mL-1) (p>0.05). It can be concluded from the results that the PCCP was involved in regulation of adipogenesis and lipogenesis.} }