title: [Effect of Phytolacca acinosa polysaccharides I on production of colony-stimulating factors of mouse splenocytes in vitro].
abstract: Phytolacca acinose polysaccharides I (PAP-I), M(r) = 10,000, activated mouse splenocytes to produce colony-stimulating factors (CSF) in vitro. The level of CSF was tested by [3H]TdR uptaken by bone marrow cells and rmGM-CSF was used as standard. PAP-I (10-500 micrograms.ml-1) increased CSF production of the splenocytes treated with or without concanavalin A. When the concentration of PAP-I was 100 micrograms.ml-1, the level of CSF was about equivalent to that of rmGM-CSF 11.8 +/- 1.8 ng.ml-1. After a 3-d incubation of PAP-I with the splenocytes, CSF was assayed. The longer the incubation, the higher were the CSF concentrations. The CSF type in supernants of splenocytes induced by PAP-I was determined by IL-3 McAb, GM-CSF McAb, and M-CSF PcAb. The type of CSF was found to be interleukin-3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007377:Interleukin-3; D011134:Polysaccharides