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Biomacromolecules ; 11(5): 1212-6, 2010 May 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20415471

ABSTRACT

In view of the interesting properties of branched polysaccharides occurring in nature, biological activities of nonnatural branched chitins having beta-1,6-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine branches on the poly(beta-1,4-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) backbone have been studied. The immunostimulatory activities of the branched chitins were determined and compared with those of lentinan, a beta-1,3-D-glucan having beta-1,6-D-glucose branches, using the mouse macrophagelike cell line RAW264.7 in vitro. The secretions of the tumor necrosis factor and nitric oxide proved to be significantly higher with the branched chitins than with lentinan. Moreover, when interferon-gamma was used in conjunction with the branched chitins on macrophage treatment, a marked augmentation of nitric oxide production was observed. These results are interpreted as the direct stimulation of macrophages by the branched chitins, and the distinctive activities suggest the possibility of developing new types of polysaccharide antitumor agents.


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Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology , Biopolymers/pharmacology , Chitin/pharmacology , Macrophages/drug effects , Nitric Oxide/metabolism , Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism , Adjuvants, Immunologic/chemistry , Animals , Biopolymers/chemistry , Carbohydrate Sequence , Chitin/chemistry , Macrophages/metabolism , Mice , Molecular Sequence Data
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