title: Stimulation of interferon-gamma-induced human myelogenous leukemic cell differentiation by high molecular weight PSK subfraction.
abstract: PSK, a protein-bound polysaccharide extracted from the mycelia of Coriolus versicolor (Fr.) Quel, stimulated tumor necrosis factor-induced cytotoxicity against mouse L-929 fibroblast. PSK also stimulated interferon-gamma-induced differentiation of human myelogenous leukemic U-937 and THP-1 cells. The differentiated cells had higher proportions of cells that expressed NBT-reducing activity and alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase activity. Among four PSK subfractions, the highest molecular weight fraction (MW greater than 200 kD) had the most potent stimulating activity. This is the first report regarding direct PSK modulation of cytokine action.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakagami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanuma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D011509:Proteoglycans; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C010770:polysaccharide-K; D007371:Interferon-gamma