Direct action of a protein-bound polysaccharide, PSK, on transforming growth factor-β

We investigated the action of a protein-bound polysaccharide, PSK, on transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β). (1) In in vitro-mixed culture of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy human and mitomycin C-treated human colon cancer cells, PSK or polyclonal antibody to TGF-β significantl...

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Published in:Immunopharmacology 1998-11, Vol.40 (3), p.219-230
Main Authors: Matsunaga, Kenichi, Hosokawa, Atsuko, Oohara, Minoru, Sugita, Norifumi, Harada, Mamoru, Nomoto, Kikuo
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animals
Antibodies - immunology
Biological and medical sciences
Cell Line
Humans
Immunologic Factors - metabolism
Immunologic Factors - pharmacology
Immunomodulators
Inactivation of growth factor
Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed
Medical sciences
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Protein-bound polysaccharide
Proteoglycans - metabolism
Proteoglycans - pharmacology
Rats
Transforming Growth Factor beta - drug effects
Transforming Growth Factor beta - immunology
Transforming Growth Factor beta - metabolism
Transforming growth factor-β
Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Summary:We investigated the action of a protein-bound polysaccharide, PSK, on transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β). (1) In in vitro-mixed culture of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy human and mitomycin C-treated human colon cancer cells, PSK or polyclonal antibody to TGF-β significantly enhanced incorporation of 3H-thymidine into PBMC, and apparently decreased TGF-β1 levels of acid-treated culture supernatant. (2) PSK or the antibody interfered with the quantitation by enzyme immunoassay of TGF-β1 in acid-treated supernatant of the mixed culture. (3) PSK was suggested to form a complex with 125I-human recombinant TGF-β1 standard, when changes in molecular weight of radioactivities were assessed by gel filtration. Recombinant human TGF-β1 inhibited growth of mink lung epithelial cell line Mv1Lu and promoted collagen synthesis in rat kidney fibroblast cell line NRK49F, but the complex did not have such activities. (4) In addition to TGF-β1, PSK bound with TGF-β2 and platelet-derived growth factor; however, PSK did not bind with 22 other species of cytokines and growth factors. (5) Protein moiety of PSK is suggested to play an important role in the expression of the activity. These results suggest that PSK modulates the biological activity of TGF-β1 by binding to its active form.
ISSN:0162-3109
DOI:10.1016/S0162-3109(98)00045-9