Immunomodulatory effects of Pteridium aquilinum on natural killer cell activity and select aspects of the cellular immune response of mice
| Autor: | Heidge Fukumasu, Maria Stella Furlan, Mônica Sakai, Silvana Lima Górniak, Isis Machado Hueza, Andréia Oliveira Latorre, Mitsue Haraguchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Cytotoxicity
Immunologic Male medicine.medical_treatment Immunology Immunotoxicology Toxicology Lymphocyte Activation chemistry.chemical_compound Interferon-gamma Mice Immune system medicine Cytotoxic T cell Animals Immunologic Factors Immunologic Surveillance Pteridium Immunosuppression Therapy biology Plant Extracts Immunosuppression Th1 Cells biology.organism_classification Killer Cells Natural Mice Inbred C57BL chemistry Pteridium aquilinum Fern Disease Susceptibility Bracken Ptaquiloside Immunocompetence Spleen |
| Zdroj: | Journal of immunotoxicology. 6(2) |
| ISSN: | 1547-6901 |
| Popis: | Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern) is one of the most common plants. Epidemiological studies have revealed a higher risk of certain types of cancers (i.e., esophageal, gastric) in people who consume bracken fern directly (as crosiers or rhizomes) or indirectly through the consumption of milk from livestock that fed on the plant. In animals, evidence exists regarding the associations between chronic bracken fern intoxication, papilloma virus infection, and the development of carcinomas. While it is possible that some carcinogens in bracken fern could be responsible for these cancers in both humans and animals, it is equally plausible that the observed increases in cancers could be related to induction of an overall immunosuppression by the plant/its various constituents. Under the latter scenario, normal tumor surveillance responses against nascent (non-bracken-induced) cancers or responses against viral infections (specifically those linked to induction of cancers) might be adversely impacted by continuous dietary exposure to this plant. Therefore, the overall objective of this study was to evaluate the immunomodulatory effects of bracken fern following daily ingestion of its extract by a murine host over a period of 14 (or up to 30) days. In C57BL/6 mice administered (by gavage) the extract, histological analyses revealed a significant reduction in splenic white pulp area. Among a variety of immune response parameters/functions assessed in these hosts and isolated cells, both delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) analysis and evaluation of IFNgamma production by NK cells during T(H)1 priming were also reduced. Lastly, the innate response in these hosts-assessed by analysis of NK cell cytotoxic functionality-was also diminished. The results here clearly showed the immunosuppressive effects of P. aquilinum and that many of the functions that were modulated could contribute to the increased risk of cancer formation in exposed hosts. |
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