title: Effects of swainsonine on the humoral immune response of lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: Effects of swainsonine (SW; 8alpha, beta-indolizidine-1alpha, 2alpha, 8-triol from Locoweed) on the humoral immune responses of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were studied in ICR mice. Mice were divided into 4 groups (10mice/group), and LPS was given to each mouse 1 hr after i.p. injection with 3.7 mg/kg of swainsonine, by i.p. injection twice a week for 14 days at a dose of 2 mg/kg. Humoral immune responses were evaluated by hemagglutination (HA) titer and splenic plaque forming cells (PFC). The results of this study were summarized as follows: Mice administrated each of LPS and SW showed significant enhancement of the weight ratios of spleen to body, HA titer, 2-mercaptoethanol-resistant HA (MER-HA) titer and PFC compared with those in controls. However, the LPS plus SW treatment decreased HA titer, MER-HA titer and PFC corresponding to humoral immunity, as compared with those in the mice treated with LPS alone. These findings indicated that LPS significantly enhanced humoral immune responses, but their enhancement effects were lowered somewhat by SW.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Woosuk Univercity, 565-800, Samrae-Up, Korea.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim