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Immunomodulation and antitumor activity of kappa-carrageenan oligosaccharides
Huamao Yuan1, Jinming Song, Xuegang Li
1Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanchi Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The modulation of carrageenan oligosaccharides from Kappaphycus striatum on the immune system in S180-bearing mice was investigated. The mice inoculated with S180 cell suspension were treated p.o. with carrageenan oligosaccharides (50, 100 and 200 microg/g) for 14 days. The effects of carrageenan oligosaccharides on transplantable tumors and macrophage phagocytosis, quantitative hemolysis of sheep red blood cells (QHS), lymphocyte proliferation, the activity of natural killer cells (NK), production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were studied. Carrageenan oligosaccharides could significantly inhibit the growth of transplantable sarcoma S180 and increase macrophage phagocytosis, the form of antibody secreted by spleen cells, spleen lymphocyte proliferation, NK cells activity, serumal IL-2 and TNF-alpha level in S180-bearing mice. Considering all these results, it is suggested that carrageenan oligosaccharides exert their antitumor effect by promoting the immune system.
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