title: Hemopoietic effects of intravenous soluble glucan administration.
abstract: A soluble form of the reticuloendothelial- and immune modulating agent glucan (glucan-F) has been evaluated for its effects on hemopoiesis. A single 5.0 mg intravenous injection of glucan-F into C3H/HeN mice increased peripheral white blood cellularity, bone marrow and splenic cellularity, bone marrow and splenic granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cell numbers (GM-CFC), and splenic pluripotent stem cell (CFU-s) and erythroid progenitor cell (CFU-e) numbers. Serum levels of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating activity (CSA) were also elevated following glucan-F administration. These hemopoietic responses correlate well with those previously shown to be induced by intravenous administration of particulate glucan (glucan-P). In contrast to glucan-P, however, intravenous glucan-F administration has been shown not to induce granuloma formation and severe hepatosplenomegaly, thus the potential clinical use of glucan-F as a hemopoietic stimulant is more likely than that of glucan-P.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005260:Female; D005936:Glucans / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006400:Hematocrit; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000187:drug effects; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans