Abstract:
SPG
1 and SPG
2 are polysaccharides extracted respectively from fermented cultural mycelium and fermentation fluid of
Schizophyllum commune. This paper reports the effect of SPG
1 and SPG
2 on concanavalin A (Con A) induced proliferation of lymphocyte from C
57BL/6J mice in vitro. SPG
1 (10, 25, 50 and 100 μg/ml) and SPG
2 (10, 50 and 100μg/ml) was found to significantly increase lymphocyte proliferation. In addition, SPG
1 (10, 25, 50 and 75μg/ml) antagonized the suppressive effect of hydrocortisone on proliferation of mouse spleen cells, while SPG
2 did not.
In vivo, at the dose of 2.5 and 5.0 mg/kg ip for 9 days, SPG
1 and SPG
2 remarkably enhanced the delayed-type hypersensitivity to 2, 4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) in mice. SPG
1 (1.25, 2.5 and 5.0mg/kg, ip for 1 day) and SPG
2 (2.5 and 5.0 mg/kg, ip for 1 day) promoted the plaque forming cell(PFC) response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) in mice. The effects of SPG
1 and SPG
2 on immune function were studied in aged immunodeficient mice. SPG
1 (10 and 25 μg/ml) and SPG
2 (25 μg/ml) was found to enhance the Con A induced lymphocyte proliferation in 14 months aged mice. At the dose of 2.5 mg/kg, SPG
1 and SPG
2 produced respectively 162.1 and 136.0% increase in PFC response in 14 months aged mice.