Experimental study on the enhancement of murine splenic lymphocyte proliferation byLycium Barbarum glycopeptide

Abstract

In order to investigate the immunoactivity ofLycium Barbarum glycopeptide (LBG), the routinely prepared murine splenic lymphocyte suspension was separately added into the samples with different concentrations (500, 100, 10, 1 μg/ml) of LBG as LBG groups. Blank control group in the absence ofLycium Barbarum glycopeptide or ConA and positive control group in the presence of 0.5 ml Cona but in the absence of LBG were created, 0.5 ml LBG samples with different concentrations in combination with 0.5 ml ConA (10 μg/ml) into each well to observe the synergic effects of LBG and ConA as LBG+ConA groups. After incubation for 72 h at 37 °C, the samples were analyzed by CFSE-labeled cells combined with flow cytometry, and MTT. Flow cytometry revealed that both LBG could enhance the murine splenic lymphocyte proliferative reaction. Combined use of LBG and ConA had synergic effects. MTT demonstrated that sample A could obviously promote the murine splenic lymphocyte proliferative reaction as compared with control group (P<0.01), while sample B could also enhance the lymphocyte proliferation at a high dose. In combination with ConA, sample A had synergic effects at high dose, while sample B showed obviously synergic effects (P<0.05). It was concluded that both samples (A and B) had strong immunocompetence.

Keywords

Lycium Barbarum glycopeptide / flow cytometer / CFSE / MTT / immunocompetence

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