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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated both the effect and the mechanism of oral (p.o.) administration of PSK, a protein-bound polysaccharide derived from Basidiomycetes, on the anti-tumor T-cell response in gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT). The p.o. administration of PSK significantly suppressed the growth of colon 26 carcinoma (C-26) inoculated into the subserosal space of the cecum (i.c.), and augmented the tumor-neutralizing activity of the draining mesenteric lymph node (LN) cells. PSK treatment also significantly decreased the levels of immunosuppressive factors such as plasma transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta in the i.c. C-26-inoculated mice. We also evaluated the improving effect of PSK on the anti-tumor T-cell response in GALT by utilizing B7-transfected P815 mastocytoma (B7/P815). The PSK treatment promoted the rejection of i.c.-inoculated B7/P815 and restored the CD4+ T-cell-dependent proliferative response of the draining mesenteric LN cells against in vitro restimulation. Furthermore, the treatment also decreased the TGF-beta production but increased the IFN-gamma production of these cells. The p.o. administration of PSK, however, showed no effect in the CD8+ T-cell-dependent cytolytic activity of the draining mesenteric LN cells after in vitro restimulation. Overall, these results indicate that the p.o. administration of PSK can improve the impaired anti-tumor CD4+ T-cell response in GALT, mainly through a suppression of TGF-beta production and a restoration of IFN-gamma production.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
362-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Immunologic Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Immunosuppression, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Mesentery, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Proteoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, pubmed-meshheading:9033641-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Oral administration of PSK can improve the impaired anti-tumor CD4+ T-cell response in gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) of specific-pathogen-free mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Virology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. harada@bioreg.kyushu-u.ac.jo
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't