title: Effect of GM-CSF on cytokine induction by soluble beta-glucan SCG in vitro in beta-glucan-treated mice.
abstract: SCG is a 6-branched 1,3-beta-D-glucan, which are major cell wall structural components in fungi. Leukocytes from DBA/1 and DBA/2 mice are highly sensitive to SCG, producing cytokines such as GM-CSF, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha and IL-12p70, but not IL-6. GM-CSF plays a key biological role in this activity. In the present study, we examined the effect of giving i.p. SCG to DBA/2 mice on cytokine production in vitro. SCG was given i.p. to DBA/2 mice on day 0. Splenocytes were prepared on day 7 and cultured in the presence of SCG in vitro. The levels of cytokine production induced by SCG in vitro were lower in the cells from SCG-treated mice than in control mice. Expression of the beta-glucan receptor, dectin-1, in SCG-treated mice was comparable with that shown in control mice. However, the consumption of exogenously added rmGM-CSF in vitro was observed in SCG-treated mice. The addition of a large amount of rmGM-CSF to the culture medium resulted in larger amounts of TNF-alpha and IL-6 in SCG-treated mice than in normal mice. These results suggested that GM-CSF was closely related with the reactivity of beta-glucan. Giving SCG increased the number of macrophages and granulocytes in the spleen. These results suggested that in SCG-treated mice, a change of cell population would be related to modulation of the profile of cytokine production induced by SCG in vitro.
authors: School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan.
authors: Toshie H
authors: TH
authors: Hida
authors: Hiromi
authors: H
authors: Kawaminami
authors: Ken-Ichi
authors: K
authors: Ishibashi
authors: Noriko N
authors: NN
authors: Miura
authors: Yoshiyuki
authors: Y
authors: Adachi
authors: Toshiro
authors: T
authors: Yadomae
authors: Naohito
authors: N
authors: Ohno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D012995:Solubility; D013045:Species Specificity; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D047071:beta-Glucans / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D047071:beta-Glucans; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor