参芝发酵产物的抗肿瘤活性及其对小鼠免疫功能的影响

为了探索红参水煎液的灵芝发酵产物对H22荷瘤小鼠的抗肿瘤活性及其对小鼠免疫功能的影响,通过体内抗肿瘤实验和增强免疫功能实验从抑瘤率、对免疫器官的影响指数、对非特异性免疫、体液免疫及细胞免疫的影响5个方面对该产物做了功能性评价。结果表明,在抗肿瘤实验中,参芝发酵产物高剂量组的抑瘤率达到51.65%,脾指数和胸腺指数均高于对照组和环磷酰胺(CTX)组;增强免疫功能实验中,3个实验的给药组小鼠和对照组小鼠相比都有显著性差异(P<0.01)。由此可见,将灵芝与人参在发酵层次上配伍具有显著的抑制荷瘤小鼠肿瘤生长及增强小鼠免疫功能的作用。     

胶原蛋白肽增强小鼠免疫力的实验研究

目的 探讨用生物酶提取的胶原蛋白肽增强小鼠免疫力的作用及相关机制.方法 80只清洁级昆明小鼠被随机分成正常对照组、胶原蛋白肽低剂量组[3 g/(kg·bw)]、中剂量组[7.5 g/(kg·bw)]和高剂量组[12 g/(kg·bw)],每日给药2次,连续2周.检测免疫器官重量、抗体生成细胞数(Jerne改良玻片法)、半数溶血值(HC50)的测定及小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞吞噬鸡红细胞实验.结果 高剂量组可提高脾脏指数、胸腺指数、半数溶血值及吞噬细胞吞噬率和吞噬指数、可增加抗体生成细胞数;中剂量组可提高胸腺指数、增加抗体生成细胞数、提高小鼠半数溶血值及吞噬细胞吞噬率和吞噬指数;低剂量组可增加抗体生成细胞数、提高吞噬细胞的吞噬率和吞噬指数.结论 三种剂量胶原蛋白肽对正常小鼠的细胞免疫、体液免疫均有显著的增强作用,高剂量组效果最强.     

摄入含嗜酸乳杆菌NCFM和乳双歧杆菌Bi-07的益生菌补充剂增强免疫功能的动物实验研究

目的测定与验证摄入含特定乳酸菌株组合（嗜酸乳杆菌NCFM和乳双歧杆菌Bi-07）一定剂量的益生菌补充剂对动物（小鼠）免疫功能的影响。方法SPF昆明种小白鼠经口连续分别给予0．25、0．50、1．50g／kgBW的益生菌补充剂4周,进行迟发型变态反应试验、溶血素滴度测定、NK细胞活性测定等。结果在小白鼠迟发型变态反应试验中,中、高剂量组足跖增厚值均高于对照组,差异有显著性（P〈0．05）;对受试动物血清溶血素抗体滴度水平的影响的实验中,中、高剂量组的抗体积数高于对照组,差异均有显著性（P〈0．05）。NK细胞活性测定中,高剂量组脾NK细胞活性增强,差异有非常显著性（P〈0．01）。结论含该两种特定乳酸菌株的益生菌补充剂被小自鼠摄入一定剂量后,起到了增强小白鼠细胞免疫、体液免疫功能及NK细胞活性的作用。     

西藏雪灵芝促进消化作用实验研究

目的：探讨雪灵芝是否具有促进消化的功效。方法：选用雄性大鼠和小鼠各一批：①大鼠灌胃给不同剂量的雪灵芝提取浓缩液和蒸馏水一个月后进行消化酶的测定;并计算体重增重量、摄食量及食物利用率。②小鼠灌胃给不同剂量的雪灵芝提取浓缩液和蒸馏水（2个对照组）15d后进行小肠运动实验。结果：①雪灵芝各剂量组大鼠体重增重量均高于阴性对照组,高、中剂量组与阴性对照组的差异具有显著性（P〈0.05）。各剂量组的食物利用率均高于阴性对照组,且高、中剂量组与阴性对照组的差异有显著性（P〈0.05）。②雪灵芝各剂量组小鼠的墨汁推进率均高于便秘模型对照组,且差异均显著或非常（P〈0.01或P〈0.05）。结论：雪灵芝具有促进消化功能的功效。     

羧甲基茯苓多糖的制备及体内抗肿瘤作用的实验研究

目的 :探讨羧甲基茯苓多糖的制备方法及体内抗肿瘤作用。方法 :选择性氧化茯苓菌发酵液得羧甲基茯苓多糖 ,检测三个剂量的羧甲基茯苓多糖 (2 mg/ ml、4mg/ ml、6mg/ ml)对 H2 2 荷瘤小鼠淋巴细胞转化率和 NK细胞杀伤活性以及血清中 TNF-α含量的影响。结果 :羧甲基茯苓多糖三个剂量组均可提高荷瘤小鼠的淋巴细胞转化率和 NK细胞杀伤活性 ,与生理盐水组相比差异有显著性 (P<0 .0 5) ,中剂量组抗肿瘤的效果显著 ,与其他两组相比差异有显著性 (P<0 .0 5) ;羧甲基茯苓多糖三个剂量组均可提高荷瘤小鼠血清中 TNF-α的含量 ,与生理盐水组相比差异有显著性 (P<0 .0 5) ,但三个剂量组之间比较差异无显著性 (P<0 .0 5)。结论 :羧甲基茯苓多糖可改善荷瘤小鼠的免疫功能 ,具有抗肿瘤作用 ,且功效与作用剂量间有一定的关系 ,在最佳剂量时活性最高     

千斤拔多糖对小鼠免疫功能的调节作用

为研究千斤拔多糖对正常及免疫低下小鼠免疫功能的调节作用,该研究选用SPF级BALB/c小鼠,免疫抑制小鼠采用隔天皮下注射环磷酰胺(40 mg·kg~(-1))5次,通过测定脾脏、胸腺质量及计算脏器指数,采用碳粒廓清法计算单核巨噬细胞吞噬功能,在鸡红细胞免疫后测定小鼠血清溶血素抗体水平,同时观察高、低剂量千斤拔多糖(剂量分别为500、1 000 kg·d~(-1))对正常小鼠及免疫低下小鼠免疫调节的影响。结果表明:千斤拔多糖高、低剂量组对正常及免疫低下小鼠均有不同程度的增加脾脏指数、胸腺指数的作用;千斤拔多糖高、低剂量组对正常及免疫低下小鼠均能提高廓清指数,但没有统计学意义;千斤拔多糖高剂量组对正常及免疫低下小鼠的血清溶血素抗体水平都有显著性提高。这说明千斤拔多糖能有效提高正常及免疫低下小鼠免疫功能的作用。     

球花石斛多糖免疫调节作用的研究

本研究目的为评价球花石斛多糖对正常小鼠免疫功能的影响。球花石斛采用碱提醇沉法得到球花石斛多糖,分别以400、600、800mg/kg小鼠灌胃给药连续10d。通过免疫器官重量检测,碳廓清试验,脾脏T、B淋巴细胞转化试验来观察其对免疫功能的影响。结果显示低、中剂量组的脾脏指数与对照组比较有显著性差异(P<0.01),中、高剂量组的吞噬指数、校正吞噬指数和B淋巴细胞增殖能力与对照组比较有显著性差异(P<0.01,P<0.05),表明球花石斛多糖可显著增加脾脏重量,增强巨噬细胞的碳廓清能力和B淋巴细胞的增殖能力。提示球花石斛多糖具有免疫增强作用,是一种良好的免疫调节剂。     

灵芝发酵液多糖提取物对荷瘤小鼠细胞免疫的动态观察

目的:观察灵芝发酵液多糖提取物对S180荷瘤小鼠部分免疫指标的动态调节作用,探讨其抗肿瘤机制.方法:S180瘤细胞荷瘤昆明小鼠80只建立动物模型,生理盐水组(NS组)与灵芝发酵液多糖组(GFG组)各40只,分别于荷瘤后第4,7,10,13,16天每组各处死8只小鼠,检测GFG对NK细胞活性、淋巴细胞转化率的影响.结果:GFG能显著提高荷瘤小鼠NK细胞活性和淋巴细胞转化率.随荷瘤时间延长,GFG组较NS组能维持较高水平(P＜0.01),但总体呈下降趋势.结论:灵芝发酵液多糖提取物能显著提高NK细胞活性和淋巴细胞转化率,并维持一定水平.     

紫球藻及其胞外多糖对小鼠免疫功能的调节作用

探讨紫球藻及其胞外多糖对免疫低下小鼠免疫功能的调节作用,用环磷酰胺(CY)建立昆明种小鼠免疫功能低下的实验模型。小鼠随机均分6组,其中2组每天分别给予紫球藻藻粉1200、600 mg/kg灌胃,2组给予紫球藻胞外多糖300、150 mg/kg灌胃,正常对照组及CY组用等容积生理盐水灌胃,连续14 d。实验结果表明紫球藻及其胞外多糖均可显著提高免疫抑制小鼠的脾指数、胸腺指数、碳廓清能力、单核细胞吞噬功能,并可对抗环磷酰胺引起的外周血白细胞数目下降,因此紫球藻藻粉及其胞外多糖对小鼠免疫功能具有一定的正向调节作用。毒性实验表明,小鼠腹腔注射300、150 mg/kg紫球藻胞外多糖溶液和分别给予紫球藻藻粉1200、600 mg/kg灌胃,小鼠未出现死亡,也未有明显毒性反应出现的一些指标变化,说明紫球藻藻粉及胞外多糖的安全性较高。     

植物乳杆菌P-8对小鼠免疫功能的调节作用研究

摘要 目的：不同类型的益生菌株免疫调节功能各异。本文旨在评价植物乳杆菌P-8（Lactobacillus plantarum P-8）对小鼠免疫功能的调控作用及机制。方法：C57BL/6J小鼠每日灌胃给予不同剂量的植物乳杆菌P-8（0. 25 mg/kg、0.5 mg/kg、1.5 mg/kg）,连续30天,记录小鼠一般情况。给药结束后处死动物,测定小鼠脏器/体重比;小鼠碳廓清实验、小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞吞噬鸡红细胞实验评价各组小鼠的单核-巨噬细胞功能;血清溶血素测定、抗体生成细胞实验评价各组小鼠的体液免疫功能;脾淋巴细胞转化实验、迟发型变态反应实验评价各组小鼠的细胞免疫功能;NK细胞的活性测定实验评价小鼠的NK细胞活性。结果：与对照组相比,低、中、高剂量组植物乳杆菌P-8对小鼠脏器/体重比值差异无统计学意义（P>0.05）;且植物乳杆菌P-8可显著提高小鼠的碳廓清能力、小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞吞噬鸡红细胞能力、半数溶血值、二硝基氟苯诱导的小鼠迟发型变态反应及NK细胞活力（P均<0.05）。结论：植物乳杆菌P-8可通过提高单核-巨噬细胞功能、体液免疫功能、细胞免疫功能及NK细胞活力增强小鼠的免疫功能。     

西藏灵菇胞外多糖组分对小鼠免疫调节作用及机制的研究

摘要：【目的】研究数均分子量为0.1×105~3.0×105（组分1）及1.8×103（组分2）的西藏灵菇胞外多糖组分对正常小鼠免疫功能的影响,并探讨其影响机制。【方法】依据卫生部保健食品功能学评价程序和检验方法,灌胃给药,剂量分别120 mg/kg体重、80 mg/kg体重、40 mg/kg体重,检测脏器／体重比值、半数溶血值（HC50）、自然杀伤细胞（NK）活性、迟发型变态反应（DTH）、腹腔巨噬细胞吞噬功能。采用免疫印迹法,测定小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞中Erk蛋白及COX-2酶的表达量。【结果】组分1能够明     

Influence of Th1/Th2 Cytokines and Nitric Oxide in Murine Systemic Infection Induced by Sporothrix schenckii

In an attempt to elucidate the effects of Sporothrix schenckii infection on the immune response, our laboratory has developed a murine model of disseminated sporotrichosis. Helper T cells can be further subdivided into Th1 and Th2 phenotypes. The differentiation of two subsets of T lymphocytes is driven by IL-12 and IL-4 cytokines, respectively. Th1 cells produce IFN-γ that activate macrophages and promote cell-mediated immunity. In addition, we found low levels of iNOS and NO production in the initial (1st and 2nd weeks) and final (9th and 10th weeks) periods of the infection, in contrast with the period of week 4 to 7 of elevated values. The determination of IFN-γ and IL-12 are in agreement with NO/iNOS detection, showing the presence of cellular immune response throughout the infectious process. However, the production of IL-4 shows an increase in levels after the 5th and 6th weeks suggesting a participation of Th2 response in this period as well. Regarding these results, the study demonstrated that in experimental sporotrichosis infection the cellular immune response participated throughout the period analyzed as a nitric oxide dependent mechanism. In contrast, the presence of Th2 response began in the 5th week, suggesting the participation of humoral immune response in advanced stages of sporotrichosis.     

The effect of molecular weight and beta-1,6-linkages on priming of macrophage function in mice by (1,3)-beta-D-glucan.

1,3-beta-D-glucans (glucans) are structural elements in the cell walls of yeast and fungi with immunomodulatory properties, mediated through their ability to activate macrophages. This study assessed the activation of cells of the peritoneal cavity between 3 and 90 days after i.p. injection of particulate yeast glucan differing in molecular weight (MW) and degree of (1,6)-linkages. Female QS mice, 7-9 weeks of age, were injected, i.p., with varying doses of low (< 5 x 10(5)), medium (1-2 x 10(6)) or high (> 3 x 10(6)) MW glucans, all with low (< 5%) beta-(1,6)-linkages, or high MW (> 3 x 10(6)) glucan with high 1,6-linkages (> 20%). All glucans induced a transient increase in the proportion of neutrophils and eosinophils and a reduction in mast cell numbers in the peritoneal cavity. Peritoneal macrophages showed an altered morphology, increased intracellular acid phosphatase, increased LPS-stimulated NO production and increased PMA-stimulated superoxide production. There were no significant changes in serum lysozyme levels. Most macrophage activities returned to control levels by 28 days post injection of 1, 3-beta-D-glucan. There was a trend for higher MW or (1,6)-linked, (1, 3)-beta-D-glucans to be more stimulatory. It was concluded that particulate yeast (1,3)-beta-D-glucan is an effective stimulator of immune function, the efficiency of which may be influenced by the MW and degree of (1,6)-linkages.     

Immune response to the Rhodococcus equi infection in high and low antibody-producing mice (Selection IV-A)

Rhodococcus equi is a gram-positive, facultative intracellular bacterium which infects macrophages and causes rhodococcal pneumonia and enteritis in foals. Recently, this agent has been recognized as an opportunistic pathogen for immunocompromised humans. Several murine experimental models have been used to study R. equi infection. High (H(IV-A)) and Low (L(IV-A)) antibody (Ab)-producers mice were obtained by bi-directional genetic selections for their ability to produce antibodies against sheep and human erythrocytes (Selection IV-A). These lines maintain their phenotypes of high and low responders also for other antigens than those of selection (multispecific effect). A higher macrophage activity in L(IV-A) mice has been described for several intracellular infectious agents, which could be responsible for their intense macrophage antigens (Ag)-handling and low Ab production. Due to these differences, L(IV-A) mice were found to exhibit a better performance to trigger an effective immune response towards intracellular pathogens. The objective of this work was to characterize the immune response of Selection IV-A against R. equi. H(IV-A) and L(IV-A) mice were infected with 2.0x10(6) CFU of ATCC 33701+R. equi by intravenous route. With regards to bacterial clearance and survival assays, L(IV-A) mice were more resistant than H(IV-A) mice to virulent R. equi. L(IV-A) mice presented a higher hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitric oxide (NO) endogenous production by splenic macrophages than H(IV-A) mice. L(IV-A) expressed the most intense cellular response, available by the Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction, which activated macrophages and produced more H2O2 and NO. The three times higher specific antibodies titres in H(IV-A) indicated that Selection IV-A maintained the multispecific effect and the polygenic control of humoral and cellular responses also to R. equi.     

Irradiation Enhances the Ability of Monocytes as Nanoparticle Carrier for Cancer Therapy

The tumor-homing ability of monocytes renders them a potential cellular delivery system for alternative cancer therapies, although their migratory ability can be impaired following reagent uptake. Approaches that enhance monocyte tumor homing and promote their migration will improve the clinical value of these cells as cellular carriers. Previous studies have shown that irradiation (IR) can promote macrophage aggregation in hypoxic regions. To investigate whether IR enhances the infiltration of bone marrow-derived monocytes (BMDMs) into tumors, the infiltration of BMDMs from GFP-transgenic mice in a murine prostate adenocarcinoma TRAMP-C1 model was examined by fluorescence microscopy. IR did not increase the number of BMDMs that infiltrated initially, but did increase monocyte retention within IR-treated tumors for up to 2 weeks. We also showed that BMDMs can take up various imaging and therapeutic agents, although the mobility of BMDMs decreased with increasing load. When BMDMs were differentiated in IR-treated tumor-conditioned medium (IR-CM) in vitro, the nanoparticle load-mediated inhibition of migration was attenuated. These IR-CM-differentiated BMDMs delivered polymer vesicles encapsulating doxorubicin to radiation therapy (RT)-induced hypoxic tumor regions, and enhanced the efficacy of RT. The prolonged retention of monocytes within irradiated tumor tissues and the ability of IR-CM to enhance the migratory ability of cargo-laden BMDMs suggest that monocytes pre-conditioned by IR-CM can potentially act as cellular carriers for targeted therapy following conventional RT.     

A Globin Domain in a Neuronal Transmembrane Receptor of Caenorhabditis elegans and Ascaris suum: MOLECULAR MODELING AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES*

We report the structural and biochemical characterization of GLB-33, a putative neuropeptide receptor that is exclusively expressed in the nervous system of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. This unique chimeric protein is composed of a 7-transmembrane domain (7TM), GLB-33 7TM, typical of a G-protein-coupled receptor, and of a globin domain (GD), GLB-33 GD. Comprehensive sequence similarity searches in the genome of the parasitic nematode, Ascaris suum, revealed a chimeric protein that is similar to a Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide neuropeptide receptor. The three-dimensional structures of the separate domains of both species and of the full-length proteins were modeled. The 7TM domains of both proteins appeared very similar, but the globin domain of the A. suum receptor surprisingly seemed to lack several helices, suggesting a novel truncated globin fold. The globin domain of C. elegans GLB-33, however, was very similar to a genuine myoglobin-type molecule. Spectroscopic analysis of the recombinant GLB-33 GD showed that the heme is pentacoordinate when ferrous and in the hydroxide-ligated form when ferric, even at neutral pH. Flash-photolysis experiments showed overall fast biphasic CO rebinding kinetics. In its ferrous deoxy form, GLB-33 GD is capable of reversibly binding O₂ with a very high affinity and of reducing nitrite to nitric oxide faster than other globins. Collectively, these properties suggest that the globin domain of GLB-33 may serve as a highly sensitive oxygen sensor and/or as a nitrite reductase. Both properties are potentially able to modulate the neuropeptide sensitivity of the neuronal transmembrane receptor.     

Suppression of the Macrophage Proteasome by Ethanol Impairs MHC Class I Antigen Processing and Presentation

Alcohol binge-drinking (acute ethanol consumption) is immunosuppressive and alters both the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system. Antigen presentation by macrophages (and other antigen presenting cells) represents an important function of the innate immune system that, in part, determines the outcome of the host immune response. Ethanol has been shown to suppress antigen presentation in antigen presenting cells though mechanisms of this impairment are not well understood. The constitutive and immunoproteasomes are important components of the cellular proteolytic machinery responsible for the initial steps critical to the generation of MHC Class I peptides for antigen presentation. In this study, we used an in-vitro cell culture model of acute alcohol exposure to study the effect of ethanol on the proteasome function in RAW 264.7 cells. Additionally, primary murine peritoneal macrophages obtained by peritoneal lavage from C57BL/6 mice were used to confirm our cell culture findings. We demonstrate that ethanol impairs proteasome function in peritoneal macrophages through suppression of chymotrypsin-like (Cht-L) proteasome activity as well as composition of the immunoproteasome subunit LMP7. Using primary murine peritoneal macrophages, we have further demonstrated that, ethanol-induced impairment of the proteasome function suppresses processing of antigenic proteins and peptides by the macrophage and in turn suppresses the presentation of these antigens to cells of adaptive immunity. The results of this study provide an important mechanism to explain the immunosuppressive effects of acute ethanol exposure.     

Electron transfer function versus oxygen delivery: a comparative study for several hexacoordinated globins across the animal kingdom

Caenorhabditis elegans globin GLB-26 (expressed from gene T22C1.2) has been studied in comparison with human neuroglobin (Ngb) and cytoglobin (Cygb) for its electron transfer properties. GLB-26 exhibits no reversible binding for O(2) and a relatively low CO affinity compared to myoglobin-like globins. These differences arise from its mechanism of gaseous ligand binding since the heme iron of GLB-26 is strongly hexacoordinated in the absence of external ligands; the replacement of this internal ligand, probably the E7 distal histidine, is required before binding of CO or O(2) as for Ngb and Cygb. Interestingly the ferrous bis-histidyl GLB-26 and Ngb, another strongly hexacoordinated globin, can transfer an electron to cytochrome c (Cyt-c) at a high bimolecular rate, comparable to those of inter-protein electron transfer in mitochondria. In addition, GLB-26 displays an unexpectedly rapid oxidation of the ferrous His-Fe-His complex without O(2) actually binding to the iron atom, since the heme is oxidized by O(2) faster than the time for distal histidine dissociation. These efficient mechanisms for electron transfer could indicate a family of hexacoordinated globin which are functionally different from that of pentacoordinated globins.     

Abrogation of resistance to severe mousepox in C57BL/6 mice infected with LP-BM5 murine leukemia viruses.

Strain C57BL/6 (B6) mice infected with LP-BM5 murine leukemia virus (MuLV) develop a disease which combines abnormal lymphoproliferation with profound immunosuppression and has many features in common with human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome induced by HTLV-III/LAV retroviruses. To determine whether this LP-BM5 MuLV infection would affect the innate resistance of B6 mice to a naturally occurring, highly virulent murine pathogen, mice were exposed to ectromelia virus at various times after treatment with LP-BM5 viruses. At week 4 after infection with LP-BM5, mice challenged with ectromelia virus were unable to generate a humoral immune response to this virus, and between weeks 8 and 10 after infection, challenged mice lost the ability to generate an ectromelia virus-specific cytotoxic-T-cell response. Loss of the cellular immune responses to ectromelia virus was associated with an increased susceptibility to the lethal effects of the virus.