title: Gangliosides suppression of murine lymphoproliferation and interleukin 1 production.
abstract: Studies were carried out to determine whether inhibition of gangliosides on lymphoproliferation was related to interleukin (IL)-1. The results showed that gangliosides, GM1 and GT1b were able to inhibit the proliferation of spleen lymphocytes from C57BL/6J mice in dose-dependent fashion, whereas asialo-GM1 was not inhibitory. However, gangliosides, GM1 and asialo-GM1 did not suppress the production of IL-1 in Salmonella typhosa lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced peritoneal adherent cells. Various types of LPS including S. enteritidis, S. minnesota and Escherichia coli 055:B5 were used to stimulate the production of IL-1 in adherent cell cultures. The IL-1 production was not affected by gangliosides, GD1a and GD1b. Although GT1b suppressed IL-1 production of human monocytes to 82% of control level it did not, however, affect the IL-1 production of murine adherent cells. Thus, the inhibitory mechanism of gangliosides on murine immune cells remains unclear, and warrants further study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Jeng
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside / Q000494:pharmacology; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL
chemical_list: D005732:Gangliosides; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C021298:ganglioside, GD1a; C033851:ganglioside, GD1b; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside; C016481:trisialoganglioside GT1