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Immunopharmacological actions of an extract isolated from inflamed skin of rabbits inoculated with Vaccinia virus (Neurotropin)--II. Restorative effect on immune responses through the recovery of IL-2 production in aging mice.

Abstract
To examine the immunopharmacological actions of an extract isolated from inflamed skin of rabbits inoculated with Vaccinia virus (Neurotropin), its effect on the immune responses in aging BALB/c mice was examined. Neurotropin clearly restored the decreasing T-cell-dependent immune responses such as delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response and plaque-forming cells (PFC) response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) when administered i.p. from 13 months old (mo) to 16 mo. However, Neurotropin administration from 2 to 5 mo had no effect on the immune responses of young animals. Neurotropin administration from 13 to 16 mo restored not only the T-cell proliferation of spleen cells induced by concanavalin A (Con A) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA), but also the interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by spleen cells activated with Con A. However, Neurotropin did not affect the responsiveness of Con A-activated spleen cells to exogenous recombinant IL-2. An absence of suppressor cells capable of inhibiting the IL-2 production in the spleens was confirmed in the 16 mo mice. Neurotropin administration also restored IL-1 production by peritoneal macrophages stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). These results suggest that long-term administration of Neurotropin restores the decreasing T-cell-dependent immune responses through the recovery of IL-2 and in part IL-1 production, but not the responsiveness to IL-2 in aging BALB/c mice.
AuthorsH Yoshii, S Tatsumi, T Matsuoka, S Suehiro, J Konishi, Y Yanagihara, S Negoro, S Kishimoto
JournalInternational journal of immunopharmacology (Int J Immunopharmacol) Vol. 11 Issue 5 Pg. 543-50 ( 1989) ISSN: 0192-0561 [Print] England
PMID2681005 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Interleukin-1
  • Interleukin-2
  • Polysaccharides
  • neurotropin
Topics
  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Aging (immunology)
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Hemolytic Plaque Technique
  • Hypersensitivity, Delayed
  • Immunity, Cellular (drug effects)
  • Interleukin-1 (biosynthesis)
  • Interleukin-2 (biosynthesis)
  • Lymphocyte Activation (drug effects)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Polysaccharides (pharmacology)
  • T-Lymphocytes (drug effects)
  • Time Factors

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