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  • Title: Mannan decelerates the clearance of human red blood cells in SCID mouse.
    Author: Ishihara C, Hiratai R, Tsuji M, Yagi K, Nose M, Azuma I.
    Journal: Immunopharmacology; 1998 Jan; 38(3):223-8. PubMed ID: 9506821.
    Abstract:
    Mannans and its related compounds decelerated human (Hu) red blood cell (RBC)-clearance in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice by inhibiting erythro-phagocytosis of macrophages. Chimeric SCID mice for Hu-RBC which are generated by repeated transfusions with mature Hu-RBCs are described recently as a model for Plasmodium falciparum infection, though the Hu-RBC clearance in the mice at present is very rapid and the parasitemia in the mice is only erratic. Here, we aimed to study the method to decelerate Hu-RBC clearance in SCID mice, to establish a suitable mouse model for malaria parasites. Yeast and Candida mannans as well as lactoferrin, a glycoprotein containing both oligomannoside- and N-acetyllactosamine-type glycans, decelerated Hu-RBC clearance, but instead other saccharides such as carboxymethyl chitin, N-acetylglucosamine, and D-glucose did not. Yeast mannan and lactoferrin interfered significantly with in vitro Hu-RBC-phagocytosis which was also inhibited by mannopentaose and mannotoriose. D-mannose exhibited a moderate inhibitory activity. N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, however, showed only a slight inhibitory activity, but D-glucose had no inhibitory activity on Hu-RBC phagocytosis. These results may postulate that Hu-RBC clearance in SCID mouse might be mediated by receptor-ligand binding by a macrophage lectin like receptor with mannose specificity.
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