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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-30
pubmed:abstractText
A substance from Taenia solium metacestodes that decreases lymphocyte proliferation induced by concanavalin A was isolated. The molecular weight of this substance was estimated to be slightly more than 1,450 Da. Crude metacestode factor was fractionated through a Bio-gel P-6 column. Peak 1 showed suppressive activity. After incubation with RNase the substance lost its activity. Incubation of this material with trypsin or papain increased its suppressive activity. It was stable at boiling temperature for 10 min. The incubation of this substance with murine macrophages had no effect on [3H]-thymidine uptake by cocultured fresh splenic lymphocytes stimulated with concanavalin A. Conversely, cocultures of lymphocytes pretreated with the substance and fresh splenic lymphocytes showed a decreased incorporation of [3H]-thymidine. These results suggest that this substance is a RNA-peptide molecule whose RNA moiety accounts for its suppressive activity. The findings also suggest that in vivo the factor may be a modulator of the immune response.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0932-0113
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
181-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Growth Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Papain, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-RNA, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Ribonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Taenia, pubmed-meshheading:7770422-Trypsin
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Suppression of murine lymphocyte proliferation induced by a small RNA purified from the Taenia solium metacestode.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, México, D.F.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article