title: Suppression of genetic resistance to bone marrow grafts and natural killer activity by administration of fat emulsion.
abstract: Graft rejection is one of the major obstacles to successful bone marrow transplantation (BMT). If resistance to marrow grafting could be avoided, BMT could be used widely in treatment of hematological and immunological disorders. There has been evidence that natural killer (NK) cells play a major role in genetic resistance to BMT and that macrophages are also involved in genetic resistance. Agents toxic to macrophages such as silica and carrageenan have been found to have a suppressive effect on genetic resistance to BMT. Parenteral fat emulsions are known to accumulate in macrophages and to impair various functions of macrophages and those of the reticuloendothelial system. We show here that the administration of a fat emulsion, Intralipos 20%, to recipient mice can suppress genetic resistance to bone marrow grafts and NK cell activity probably through the impairment of the macrophage function. The administration of the fat emulsion might be a new tactic in conditioning protocols for human BMT in the future.
authors.affiliation: First Division of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tezuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakoda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishikori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amagai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D005217:Fat Emulsions, Intravenous / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000187:drug effects*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D011828:Radiation Chimera; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D005217:Fat Emulsions, Intravenous