title: [Effects of Phytolacca acinosa polysaccharide on splenic lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine secretion from splenic lymphocyte and macrophage].
abstract: The effects of Phytolacca acinosa polysaccharides I (PAP-I), a polysaccharide extracted from Phytolacca acinosa Roxb: on splenic lymphocyte proliferation and cytokines production from splenic lymphocyte and macrophage were studied. Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and PAP-I were found to significantly augment splenic lymphocyte proliferation of normal BALB/c, nude BALB/c and NC mice in vitro, but concanavalin A (Con A) was shown to stimulate only normal BALB/c and nude BALB/c splenic lymphocyte proliferation. Also, PAP-I significantly enhanced Con A or LPS-induced lymphocyte proliferation and mixed lymphocyte reaction. Significant enhancement of colony stimulating factor (CSF) production was observed from splenic lymphocyte of normal BALB/c and nude BALB/c mice but not from NC mice when treated with PAP-I for 5 d. PAP-I was shown to significantly enhance interleukin-2 (IL-2) production from normal mice splenocyte and Con A stimulated normal mice splenocyte in a concentration-dependent fashion. Supernatant of PAP-treated macrophage (M phi) were collected and CSF activity was tested. The results confirmed that PAP-I can significantly stimulate M phi to secret CSF activity on d 1. The supernatant also contained a cytokine which exhibited a synergistic action with recombinant murine granular-macrophage CSF (RMGM-CSF) to stimulate mice bone marrow cell proliferation. PAP-I, 5-50 mg.kg-1, ip can enhanced splenic lymphocyte proliferation and IL-2 production. These findings indicate that PAP-I can augment immunologic function in vitro and in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008819:Mice, Nude; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011134:Polysaccharides