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  • Title: [Effects of Phytolacca acinosa polysaccharide on splenic lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine secretion from splenic lymphocyte and macrophage].
    Author: Wang HB, Zheng QY, Ju DW, Fang J.
    Journal: Yao Xue Xue Bao; 1993; 28(10):732-7. PubMed ID: 8009984.
    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.
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