九里香蛋白多糖的抗生育及其它生物活性

九里香蛋白多糖有明显的抗生育作用,小鼠腹腔注射剂量2.08mg/kg,抗早孕率达72—83％。能增强小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞的吞噬功能,吞噬指数和吞噬百分数分别为对照组的5.42和1.70倍。能增加致敏动物血清中溶血素含量,小鼠HC_(50)为对照组的5.1倍。对大鼠新鲜红细胞有明显的促进凝集作用,凝集率为31.1％。能对抗环磷酰胺引起的白细胞减少,对照组和九里香蛋白多糖组白细胞下降率分别为42.7％和26.7％。对二甲苯所致小鼠耳部炎症也有对抗作用,抑制率达52％。有抗凝血作用,家兔静脉注射18mg/kg,凝血时间延长1.76分钟。毒性较低,小鼠腹腔注射LD_(50)为462±56.7mg/kg。     

马齿苋多糖对S180荷瘤小鼠免疫功能的影响

本文探讨马齿苋多糖对S180荷瘤小鼠免疫功能的影响。马齿苋采用水提醇沉法得到马齿苋多糖,分别以50、100、200mg／kg通过腹腔给药10d,观察马齿苋多糖对S180荷瘤小鼠的抑瘤作用及对小鼠淋巴细胞转化功能、腹腔巨噬细胞的吞噬能力、白介素-l（IL-1）和白介素-2（IL-2）生成量的影响。结果显示,马齿苋多糖对S180荷瘤小鼠有明显的抑瘤作用,抑瘤率分别为16．92％、51．45％和64．96％。不同剂量马齿苋多糖与对照组相比可明显促进淋巴细胞的转化、小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞吞噬能力,可有效的增加荷瘤小鼠脾淋巴细胞的转化和腹腔巨噬细胞的吞噬能力以及白介素-1（IL-1）和白介素-2（IL-2）的分泌。说明马齿苋多糖对S180荷瘤小鼠具有显著的抗肿瘤作用,其作用机制与增强小鼠免疫作用有关。     

内蒙古地产紫沙参多糖免疫功能

给小鼠灌胃口服紫沙参多糖 ４００ ｍｇ· ｋｇ－１、８００ ｍｇ· ｋｇ－１,观察其连续给药对免疫功能的影响。结果显示：在５ｄ后能显著地增加小鼠耳肿胀度,提示紫沙参多糖能够增强二硝基氯苯诱导的小鼠迟发性变态反应（ＤＴＨ）;在７ ｄ后能显著地增加碳粒廓清指数Ｋ和吞噬指数α,增强单核巨噬细胞的吞噬功能,能显著地增加免疫器官胸腺、脾脏重量,增强机体免疫作用。试验采用国家中药二类新药云芝多糖 １０００ ｍｇ· ｋｇ－１作为阳性对照组。     

细虫草胞外多糖对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞免疫功能研究

本实验在体外条件下,以人工发酵培养的细虫草胞外多糖OgE、OgE-F1和OgE-F2作用于小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞RAW264.7,通过测定其对巨噬细胞的增殖率、代谢MTT活力、NO分泌和吞噬能力的影响,评价细虫草胞外多糖的免疫调节活性。结果表明,细虫草多糖对巨噬细胞无细胞毒性,且能促进巨噬细胞代谢MTT活力;在0.2mg/mL^1.0mg/mL浓度范围内,多糖呈剂量依赖性的促进巨噬细胞分泌NO水平和吞噬能力。本研究表明,细虫草多糖能有效地增强小鼠巨噬细胞的活性,潜在地可改善小鼠的先天性免疫调节。     

红毛五加多糖不同组分对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞免疫功能的研究

本文研究红毛五加多糖不同组分(AHP-I、AHP-II、AHP-III)对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞免疫调节功能的影响,为进一步阐明红毛五加多糖对小鼠免疫调节作用机制奠定基础。采用不同浓度的3种多糖组分作用于小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞,测定其对巨噬细胞吞噬中性红、释放NO能力、分泌IL-6、TNF-α、IL-1β水平的影响。最后结果是红毛五加多糖的3种不同组分对小鼠免疫细胞有不同的刺激能力。其中,AHP-II可极其显著地增强吞噬细胞的吞噬功能,促进其合成NO,促进巨噬细胞细胞因子的分泌。因此红毛五加多糖能激活小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞,其中,AHP-II是最重要的作用组分。     

内蒙古地产紫沙参多糖免疫功能药效实验研究

给小鼠灌胃口服紫沙参多糖４００ｍｇ·ｋｇ＾－１、８００ｍｇ·ｋｇ＾－１,观察其连续给药对免疫功能的影响。结果显示：在５ｄ后能显著地增加小鼠耳肿胀度,提示紫沙参多糖能够增强二硝基氟苯诱导的小鼠迟发性变态反应（ＤＴＨ）;在７ｄ后能显著地增加碳粒廓清指数Ｋ和吞噬指数α,增强单核巨噬细胞的吞噬功能,能显著地增加免疫器官胸腺、脾脏重量,增强机体免疫作用。试验采用国家中药二类新药云芝多糖１０００ｍｇ·ｋｇ＾－１作为阳性对照组。     

丹皮多糖PSM_(2b)体外对小鼠免疫细胞功能的影响

中药丹皮提取的丹皮多糖有效部位PSM2b在体外能直接促进小鼠脾细胞增殖 ,并能协同ConA诱导的脾细胞增殖作用。对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞亦有激活作用 ,可增强小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞吞噬中性红 ;诱导巨噬细胞合成一氧化氮。结论 :PSM2b可增强T淋巴细胞功能 ,并对巨噬细胞具有激活作用     

丹皮多糖PSM2b体外对小鼠免疫细胞功能的影响

中药丹皮提取的丹皮多糖有效部位PSM2b在体外能直接促进小鼠脾细胞增殖,并能协同ConA诱导的脾细胞增殖作用,对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞亦有激活作用,可增强小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞吞噬中性红,诱导巨噬细胞合成一氧化氮。结论：PSM2b可增强T淋巴细胞功能,并对巨噬细胞具有激活作用。     

鳞柄小奥德蘑多糖对巨噬细胞免疫功能的调节作用

研究鳞柄小奥德蘑多糖对小鼠巨噬细胞的免疫调节作用。采用灌洗腹腔法收集小鼠巨噬细胞,建立其体外培养体系;采用鸡血红细胞法、荧光探针标记、总一氧化氮检测和酶联免疫吸附试验等方法分别检测巨噬细胞吞噬能力、NO合成量、肿瘤坏死因子-α、白细胞介素-1、白细胞介素-6和白细胞介素-12等的分泌量。结果显示,与空白对照组相比,鳞柄小奥德蘑多糖能显著增强体外培养和腹腔内巨噬细胞的吞噬能力和NO合成量,增加体外培养的小鼠巨噬细胞对肿瘤坏死因子-α、白细胞介素-1、白细胞介素-6和白细胞介素-12等细胞因子的分泌量。因此,鳞柄小奥德蘑多糖可能通过提高细胞对NO和多种免疫相关信号分子的分泌量,增强细胞的吞噬能力,进而调节小鼠巨噬细胞的免疫功能。     

小鼠巨噬细胞吞噬功能测定方法的改进及应用(英文)

对巨噬细胞吞噬鸡红细胞活性的体内检测方法进行改进.收集小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞,加入不同浓度甘草多糖、鸡红细胞于37℃共同孵育1 h,在倒置显微镜下观察吞噬状态,统计吞噬百分率和吞噬指数.并将改进后的体外吞噬方法用于检测酵母多糖对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞形态和吞噬功能的影响.结果表明:改进后的体外吞噬法测定的结果与传统的体内吞噬法比较,两者具有显著的相关性(n=6,P<0.01).酵母多糖对巨噬细胞刺激1 h后,与对照组相比,其吞噬功能显著性增强;巨噬细胞形态上出现被活化的特征.应用改进后的方法研究巨噬细胞吞噬鸡红细胞,不需染色,在模拟生理条件下进行,保持了细胞活性,有简便、成本低以及准确率高的特点,适用于普通实验室的科研和教学.     

The Inhibitory Effect of Staphylococcus epidermidis Slime on the Phagocytosis of Murine Peritoneal Macrophages Is Interferon-Independent

The extracellular slime produced by Staphylococcus epidermidis has been shown to interfere with several human neutrophil functions in vitro, such as chemotaxis, degranulation and phagocytosis. Slime production has been suggested as a useful marker for clinically significant infections with coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. Since the main role of macrophages in defense mechanisms is phagocytosis, the effect of slime on the phagocytic activity of macrophages was investigated. The phagocytic activity of murine peritoneal macrophages treated with slime in vitro decreased in a dose-dependent fashion. A similar decrease was also observed in macrophages isolated from mice that had previously received intraperitoneal injection of slime. To investigate whether interferon also plays a role in this process, mice were treated with interferon or an interferon inducer, polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:C), together with slime before macrophage isolation. The slime-suppressed phagocytic activity of macrophages was partially relieved by both agents, and the recovery effect of poly I:C in slime-suppressed phagocytosis of macrophages in vivo might be attributed to the increased interferon level in peritoneal fluid and sera. However, when slime was given to poly I:C-pretreated mice, the phagocytic activity remained suppressed. Thus, it appears that slime is able to suppress the phagocytic activity of macrophages regardless of the state of macrophage activation by poly I:C. The results suggest that the inhibition of phagocytosis by S. epidermidis slime may be independent from the activation of interferon.     

Poly(I):poly(C)-enhanced alveolar and peritoneal macrophage phagocytosis: quantification by a new method utilizing fluorescent beads

Phagocytosis is an important immune function to quantify. This immune response may be modulated by exposure to biological response modifiers or by exposure to pollutants. A new technique for quantifying nonspecific phagocytosis of alveolar and peritoneal macrophages in the same animal has been developed that utilizes fluorescent polystyrene beads. When incorporated into inhalation studies, this technique can be used to determine whether the toxic effect of an inhaled pollutant is local (effect on alveolar macrophages), systemic (effect on peritoneal macrophages), or both local and systemic. This method results in a determination of both the level of phagocytosis (the percentage of phagocytic macrophages) and the macrophage specific activity (the number of beads phagocytized per macrophage). This method also allows a determination of adherence by quantifying the number of particles in contact with, but not phagocytized by, the macrophage. Macrophage preparations were incubated with fluorescent beads for 2 hr and cyto-centrifuged onto a glass slide. Fluorescent beads present on the slide or cell-associated but not ingested by phagocytosis were removed by immersing the slide containing the macrophage preparation in methylene chloride for 15-30 sec. Fluorescent beads ingested by phagocytosis were then easily quantified with a fluorescence microscope. This technique was used to assess the baseline levels of phagocytosis for rat alveolar and peritoneal macrophages from the same animal and the kinetics and level of enhanced phagocytosis for alveolar and peritoneal macrophages after injection with the interferon inducer polyinosinate-polycytidylate (poly(I):poly(C)). The kinetics of enhanced alveolar and peritoneal macrophage phagocytosis by poly(I):poly(C) were similar; however, stimulated phagocytic levels of peritoneal macrophages never reached the phagocytic activity observed for the resident, highly phagocytic alveolar macrophages. This elevated phagocytic activity is most likely due to interferon stimulated by particulate matter in the large volume of air processed by the lungs and is important for host defense against a number of different inhaled microorganisms.     

Extracellular ATP perturbs transmembrane ion fluxes, elevates cytosolic [Ca2+], and inhibits phagocytosis in mouse macrophages

In addition to its important role in intracellular metabolic pathways, ATP appears to function as a neurotransmitter in mammalian neurones. The extracellular effects of ATP are not restricted to neurones. We describe the effects of ATP on transmembrane fluxes of monovalent and divalent cations and on phagocytosis in the J774 mouse macrophage cell line and in mouse macrophages elicited by intraperitoneal injection of thioglycollate broth. Of all nucleotides tested, only ATP is capable of depolarizing the macrophage plasma membrane potential, promoting Na+ influx and K+ efflux, effecting an increase in intracellular free Ca2+, and inhibiting phagocytosis. Nonhydrolyzable ATP analogs had no effect on membrane permeability or phagocytosis. The effect mediated by ATP is not accompanied by an increase in membrane permeability to nucleotides, indicating that the action of ATP is restricted to the external surface of macrophages.     

In vitro cytochemical and cytophysiological study of in vivo BCG-activated mouse peritoneal macrophages

The morphological, cytochemical (acid phosphatase activity) and cytophysiological (phagocytosis) features of mouse peritoneal macrophages activated in vivo by BCG, were investigated in vitro. BCG induced an increase in cytochemical and phagocytic activities of the activated peritoneal macrophages.     

Concanavalin A mediated attachment and ingestion of red blood cells by macrophages.

The interaction of red blood cells and macrophages mediated by Concanavalin A (ConA) was studied using mouse peritoneal macrophages and fresh, homologous red cells. Erythrocytes exposed to ConA at 0.5 μg/ml, a condition that leads to a saturation of 3% of the ConA sites, were bound by macrophages at 22 °C. The ConA inhibitor, α-methylmannoside, prevented this attachment of red cells and largely reversed it when added to preformed macrophage-red cell rosettes up to 90 min. However, red cell attachment was essentially irreversible by 3 h. Electron microscopy showed a progressive increase in the degree of contiguity between red cells and macrophages with time, some macrophage projections distorting and partially encircling red cells at 3 h. Macrophages pretreated with high concentrations of ConA (25 μg/ml) also bound red cells. However, phagocytosis of adherent red cells did not occur at either 22 or 37 °C, even when both red cells and macrophages were pretreated with ConA. In contrast, phagocytosis of attached red cells was observed when preformed rosettes were exposed to ConA at a concentration of 5 μg/ml, and it was complete with ConA at a concentration of 25 μg/ml. These studies demonstrate that ConA in low concentration on red cells is detected by macrophages which form a progressively tighter bond with the red cell surface. However, it appears that phagocytosis can occur only under conditions in which a high density of ConA is established on the surface of the red cell.     

Regulation of the endosomal SNARE protein syntaxin 7 by colony-stimulating factor 1 in macrophages

Colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) is the main growth factor controlling the development of macrophages from myeloid progenitor cells. However, CSF-1 also regulates some of the key effector functions of macrophages (e.g., phagocytosis and cytokine secretion). The endosomal SNARE protein syntaxin 7 (Stx7) regulates vesicle trafficking events involved in phagocytosis and cytokine secretion. Therefore, we investigated the ability of CSF-1 to regulate Stx7. CSF-1 upregulated Stx7 expression in primary mouse macrophages; it also upregulated expression of its SNARE partners Vti1b and VAMP8 but not Stx8. Additionally, CSF-1 induced the rapid serine phosphorylation of Stx7 and enhanced its binding to Vti1b, Stx8, and VAMP8. Bioinformatics analysis and results from experiments with kinase inhibitors suggested the CSF-1-induced phosphorylation of Stx7 was mediated by protein kinase C and Akt in response to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activation. Based on mutagenesis studies, CSF-1 appeared to increase the binding of Stx7 to its SNARE partners by inducing the phosphorylation of serine residues in the Habc domain and/or “linker” region of Stx7. Thus, CSF-1 is a key regulator of Stx7 expression and function in macrophages. Furthermore, the effects of CSF-1 on Stx7 may provide a mechanism for the regulation of macrophage effector functions by CSF-1.     

The effect of a mannose binding protein on macrophage interactions with Candida albicans.

A soluble mannose binding protein (MBP), obtained from rabbit serum, was found to inhibit phagocytosis of Candida albicans by bone marrow derived, cultured murine macrophages. During in vitro incubation of yeast with lymphocyte-free macrophage populations uptake of the yeast was significantly reduced at MBP concentrations of 5 micrograms/ml. A similar reduction in yeast phagocytosis was produced by dextrose, d-fucose, l-fucose, d-mannose and alpha-methyl-d-mannoside but required saccharide concentrations of 25-50 mg/ml. Inhibition of phagocytosis of the yeast also resulted from pretreatment of either the macrophages or the yeasts with MBP followed by washing. As expected, the addition of mannan to the assay medium blocked the inhibitory effect of MBP for uptake of C. albicans. These findings suggest that both cell bound and soluble mannose receptors may be important modulators of macrophage-Candida interactions.     

CD14 is a component of multiple recognition systems used by macrophages to phagocytose apoptotic lymphocytes.

Expression of the aminophospholipid phosphatidylserine (PS) on the surface of apoptotic lymphocytes and lipid-symmetric erythrocytes triggers their phagocytosis by macrophages. Phagocytosis by both activated and unactivated macrophages, which utilize different recognition systems, can be blocked by certain monoclonal antibodies directed against the LPS receptor, CD14. Here we investigate the requirement for CD14 in the phagocytosis of both apoptotic thymocytes and lipid-symmetric erythrocytes by both activated and unactivated macrophages. We show that phagocytosis of lipid-symmetric erythrocytes by both activated and unactivated macrophages is completely abolished when CD14 is removed from macrophages by cleaving its glycosylphosphatidylinositol tether with phospholipase C. This treatment also substantially reduces phagocytosis of apoptotic lymphocytes by both types of macrophages. Unactivated LR-9 mouse macrophages which are deficient in CD14 expression are completely unable to phagocytose either apoptotic thymocytes or lipid-symmetric erythrocytes. These results argue that CD14 is an absolute requirement for the phagocytosis of lipid-symmetric erythrocytes by both activated and unactivated macrophages, despite their different recognition systems, that CD14 contributes at least substantially to the phagocytosis of apoptotic lymphocytes by both activated and unactivated macrophages, and that activated macrophages may also possess an alternate, CD14-independent mechanism for phagocytosis of apoptotic lymphocytes.     

Helical apolipoproteins of high-density lipoprotein enhance phagocytosis by stabilizing ATP-binding cassette transporter A7

We previously reported that the endogenous ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABC)A7 strongly associates with phagocytic function rather than biogenesis of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), being regulated by sterol-regulatory element binding protein (SREBP)2. Phagocytic activity was found enhanced by apolipoprotein (apo)A-I and apoA-II more than twice the maximum in J774 and mouse peritoneal macrophages. Therefore we investigated the molecular basis of this reaction in association with the function of ABCA7. Similar to ABCA1, ABCA7 was degraded, likely by calpain, and apoA-I and apoA-II stabilize ABCA7 against degradation. Cell surface biotinylation experiments demonstrated that endogenous ABCA7 predominantly resides on the cell surface and that the apolipoproteins increase the surface ABCA7. The increase of phagocytosis by apolipoproteins was retained in the J774 cells treated with ABCA1 siRNA and in the peritoneal macrophages from ABCA1-knockout mice, but it was abolished in the J774 cells treated with ABCA7 siRNA and in the peritoneal macrophages from ABCA7-knockout mice. Phagocytosis was decreased in the cells in the peritoneal cavity of the ABCA7-knockout mouse compared with the wild-type control. We thus concluded that extracellular helical apolipoproteins augment ABCA7-associated phagocytosis by stabilizing ABCA7. The results demonstrated direct enhancement of the host defense system by HDL components.     

Exposure of phosphatidylserine is a general feature in the phagocytosis of apoptotic lymphocytes by macrophages

Although different macrophages exploit different cell surface receptors to recognize apoptotic lymphocytes, indirect evidence suggested that the phosphatidylserine (PS) that appears on the surface of lymphocytes undergoing apoptosis participates in specific recognition by all types of macrophages. To test this possibility directly, annexin V, a protein that specifically binds to PS, was used to mask this phospholipid on the apoptotic cell surface. Preincubation of apoptotic lymphocytes with annexin V blocked phagocytosis by elicited mouse peritoneal macrophages, macrophages of the mouse J774 cell line and mouse bone marrow macrophages. Similarly, annexin V was able to inhibit phagocytosis of lipid-symmetric erythrocytes, another target cell upon which PS is exposed. Together these results demonstrate directly that macrophages of all types depend on the PS exposed on the surface of apoptotic lymphocytes for recognition and phagocytosis.