title: Particulate 1,3-beta-D-glucan, carboxymethylglucan and sulfoethylglucan--influence of their oral or intraperitoneal administration on immunological respondence of mice.
abstract: The effect of orally or intraperitoneally administered particulate 1,3-beta-D-glucan (PBG), carboxymethylglucan (CMG) or sulfoethylglucan (SEG), obtained from the culture filtrate of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, on the functions of murine peritoneal adherent cells (PC) (peroxidase activity, nitric oxide synthesis), on relative organ mass and on proliferation of splenocytes was determined. The modulating activities after parenteral and non-parenteral administration of these polysaccharides were compared. Significant enhancement of NO production was observed only after in vitro cultivation of PC in the presence of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in groups of mice treated repeatedly orally with CMG, PBG and SEG at a dose of 50 mg/kg body mass. Peroxidase activity increased significantly after repeated oral administration of CMG and PBG at doses 150 and 50 mg/kg, SEG 150 mg/kg body mass. The peroxidase activity and NO synthesis in mice given a single intraperitoneal injection of glucans (15 mg/kg body mass) were slightly higher than those after oral administration. Neither a significant enhancement of relative organ mass nor enhancement of the proliferative response of splenocytes to in vitro added stimuli (LPS, phytohemagglutinin) after repeated oral or single intraperitoneal administration of beta-glucans was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, BIOPHARM, Research Institute of Biopharmacy and Veterinary Drugs, 254 49 Jílové near Prague, Czechia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mucksová
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Babícek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pospísil
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005936:Glucans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000276:immunology*; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D047071:beta-Glucans
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D047071:beta-Glucans; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C033363:beta-1,3-glucan; D009195:Peroxidase