Immunoregulating effects of peptidoglycan monomer linked with zinc in adult mice. 1995

B Radoŝević-Staŝić, and Z Trobonjaĉa, and M Petković, and C Milin, and M Cuk, and D Muhvić, and J Ravlić-Gulan, and I Marić, and D Rukavina
Department of Physiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Croatia.

Since it is well known that both zinc ions and bacterial immunostimulants influence the function of the immune system, in the present study we investigated the immunomodulating activity of a new analog of peptidoglycan monomer (PGM), in which the basic molecule was linked to zinc (PGM-Zn). Its effects in BALB/c mice, aged 10-12 months, were compared with the effects of equimolar doses of PGM and ZnCl2. The treatment lasted 26 days (one i.p. injection every fifth day). The results showed that PGM-Zn may markedly enhance antibody production to sheep red blood cells, as well as spontaneous and concanavalin A (ConA)-induced blastogenesis. The generation of plaque-forming cells in individual mouse was positively correlated with the expression of class II antigens in the liver and negatively correlated with the total quantity of hepatic proteins. PGM-Zn also induced the appearance of peritoneal macrophages, which in cocultures with syngeneic splenocytes were less able to enhance the spontaneous, and particularly the ConA-induced blastic transformation. The enhancing activities of PGM-Zn were in some respects more closely correlated with the action of PGM, whereas the induction of suppressive macrophages resembled more the activity of ZnCl2. The data emphasize that PGM-Zn may both stimulate and inhibit immunoregulative pathways by mechanisms which are not identical to those of PGM or ZnCl2.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008213 Lymphocyte Activation Morphologic alteration of small B LYMPHOCYTES or T LYMPHOCYTES in culture into large blast-like cells able to synthesize DNA and RNA and to divide mitotically. It is induced by INTERLEUKINS; MITOGENS such as PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS, and by specific ANTIGENS. It may also occur in vivo as in GRAFT REJECTION. Blast Transformation,Blastogenesis,Lymphoblast Transformation,Lymphocyte Stimulation,Lymphocyte Transformation,Transformation, Blast,Transformation, Lymphoblast,Transformation, Lymphocyte,Activation, Lymphocyte,Stimulation, Lymphocyte
D008807 Mice, Inbred BALB C An inbred strain of mouse that is widely used in IMMUNOLOGY studies and cancer research. BALB C Mice, Inbred,BALB C Mouse, Inbred,Inbred BALB C Mice,Inbred BALB C Mouse,Mice, BALB C,Mouse, BALB C,Mouse, Inbred BALB C,BALB C Mice,BALB C Mouse
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D010457 Peptidoglycan A structural polymer of the bacterial cell envelope consisting of sugars and amino acids which is responsible for both shape determination and cellular integrity under osmotic stress in virtually all bacteria. Murein,Pseudomurein
D002240 Carbohydrate Sequence The sequence of carbohydrates within POLYSACCHARIDES; GLYCOPROTEINS; and GLYCOLIPIDS. Carbohydrate Sequences,Sequence, Carbohydrate,Sequences, Carbohydrate
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D002712 Chlorides Inorganic compounds derived from hydrochloric acid that contain the Cl- ion. Chloride,Chloride Ion Level,Ion Level, Chloride,Level, Chloride Ion
D003208 Concanavalin A A MANNOSE/GLUCOSE binding lectin isolated from the jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis). It is a potent mitogen used to stimulate cell proliferation in lymphocytes, primarily T-lymphocyte, cultures.
D004797 Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay An immunoassay utilizing an antibody labeled with an enzyme marker such as horseradish peroxidase. While either the enzyme or the antibody is bound to an immunosorbent substrate, they both retain their biologic activity; the change in enzyme activity as a result of the enzyme-antibody-antigen reaction is proportional to the concentration of the antigen and can be measured spectrophotometrically or with the naked eye. Many variations of the method have been developed. ELISA,Assay, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent,Assays, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent,Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay,Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays,Immunosorbent Assay, Enzyme-Linked,Immunosorbent Assays, Enzyme-Linked

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