title: Augmentation of mouse immune functions by dietary restriction: an investigation up to 1 year of age.
abstract: Mice fed a 40% restricted diet until 1 year of age showed a 35% drop in body weight and markedly lower weights in the central lymphoid organs such as spleen and thymus than those of unrestricted mice. In contrast, the percentage of splenic Thy 1.2+ T cells was dramatically increased by dietary restriction. Splenic Ly 1+ T cells were also increased in the restricted mice. Spleen cells of the restricted mice revealed significantly higher responses not only in macrophage (MP)-dependent responses such as concanavalin A response and mixed-lymphocyte reaction but also in MP-independent T cell responses to recombinant interleukin 2 even at 1 year of age. These results strongly suggest that dietary restriction causes an enrichment of Thy 1.2+ T cells in spleen and augments the functions of T cells in mice.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hishinuma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005508:Food Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D007109:Immunity / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009929:Organ Size; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2