title: L-rhamnose inhibits proliferation of murine splenocytes by the lipopolysaccharide and polysaccharide moiety of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: The induction of proliferation of murine splenocytes by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and its polysaccharide (PS) and lipid A fractions was investigated. The LPS-induced proliferation reached a maximum at a concentration of 30 ng/ml. The PS and lipid A induced proliferation of murine splenocytes at similar concentrations. Preincubation of murine splenocytes with varying concentrations of L-rhamnose blocked LPS- and PS-induced proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. The lipid A-induced stimulation, on the contrary, was not affected by preincubation of the cells with L-rhamnose. These data suggest that activation of splenocytes by LPS and PS is mechanistically different from that induced by lipid A and is presumably involved in the specific recognition of carbohydrate structures on LPS and PS.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008050:Lipid A / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012210:Rhamnose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012762:Shigella dysenteriae; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D008050:Lipid A; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D012210:Rhamnose