Harada Toshie, Miura Noriko N, Adachi Yoshiyuki, Nakajima Mitsuhiro, Yadomae Toshiro, Ohno Naohito
Laboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan.
J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2002 Dec;22(12):1227-39. doi: 10.1089/10799900260475759.
Sparassis crispa Fr. in an edible mushroom recently cultivable in Japan. A branched beta-glucan from S. crispa (SCG) is a major 6-branched 1,3-beta-D-glucan showing antitumor activity. In this study, we examined interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) induction by SCG from splenocytes in DBA/2 mice in vitro. In the splenocytes derived from almost all inbred strains of mice except for DBA/1 and DBA/2 mice, IFN-gamma production was not induced by SCG. The breeder and genders of DBA/2 mice showed no influence on IFN-gamma induction by SCG. On the other hand, the magnitude of IFN-gamma induction was lower in young mice than in their older counterparts. IFN-gamma was induced by SCG in adherent splenocytes, but IFN-gamma production was most significantly increased by SCG in instances involving coexistence of adherent and nonadherent splenocytes. In fact, inhibition of cell-cell contact reduced IFN-gamma induction by SCG. In addition, interleukin-12 p70 (IL-12p70) was induced by SCG in DBA/2 mice. It was suggested that soluble factors and cell-cell contact mediate synergistic effects on SCG-induced IFN-gamma production.
皱盖乌芝是一种最近在日本可人工栽培的食用蘑菇。从皱盖乌芝中提取的一种分支β-葡聚糖(SCG)是一种主要的6分支1,3-β-D-葡聚糖,具有抗肿瘤活性。在本研究中,我们在体外检测了DBA/2小鼠脾细胞中SCG对干扰素-γ(IFN-γ)的诱导作用。除DBA/1和DBA/2小鼠外,几乎所有近交系小鼠的脾细胞中,SCG均未诱导IFN-γ的产生。DBA/2小鼠的饲养者和性别对SCG诱导IFN-γ的作用没有影响。另一方面,年轻小鼠中IFN-γ的诱导幅度低于老年小鼠。SCG在贴壁脾细胞中诱导IFN-γ,但在贴壁和非贴壁脾细胞共存的情况下,SCG使IFN-γ的产生增加最为显著。事实上,抑制细胞间接触可降低SCG对IFN-γ的诱导作用。此外,SCG在DBA/2小鼠中诱导白细胞介素-12 p70(IL-12p70)。提示可溶性因子和细胞间接触介导了对SCG诱导IFN-γ产生的协同作用。