title: Induction of platelet-activating factor in mice by intravenous administration of a neutral fraction of bakers' yeast mannan.
abstract: A neutral subfraction of mannan of bakers' yeast (WNM) was found to show a lethal effect in mice when administered intravenously. Symptoms caused by intravenous (i.v.) administration of WNM resembled those resulting from the administration of platelet-activating factor (PAF). CV-3988 and ONO-6240, selective PAF antagonists, prevented hypotension and death caused by the administration of WNM or PAF. A beta-adrenoceptor agonist was shown to prevent death caused by WNM, whereas propranolol increased the lethal activity of WNM. Intravenous administration of WNM into mice produced PAF in gall bladder fluid which was determined by platelet aggregation assay. The findings indicate that WNM is able to induce PAF in mice and that the resultant PAF may participate in the WNM-induced lethal activity observed in mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tohoku College of Pharmacy, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukushi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishitani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishitani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000420:Albuterol / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D007022:Hypotension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D008351:Mannans / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010742:Phospholipid Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D011817:Rabbits; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D013844:Thiazoles
chemical_list: D008351:Mannans; D010742:Phospholipid Ethers; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D013844:Thiazoles; C037913:CV 3988; C048549:ONO 6240; D000420:Albuterol