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- Title
Leukocyte activation by (1->3)-beta-D glucans.
- Authors
Adachi, Yoshiyuki; Okazaki, Mitsuhiro; Ohno, Naohito; Yadomae, Toshiro
- Abstract
We studied the activities of several kinds of beta-glucans, including sonifilan, grifolan, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum glucan, laminarin and zymosan, on macrophages. Preculture of macrophages with inactive beta-glucans rendered the cells unresponsive to subsequent stimulation with grifolan, suggesting a specific pathway in the beta beta -glucan structure. The importance of protein C and phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase was demonstrated in the activation with grifolan or zymosan. Immunoprecipitation of complement receptor (CR3), coprecipitated other proteins carrying phosphotyrosine residues in stimulation with grifolan. These data suggest that protein kinase C and tyrosine kinases are essential for signal transduction, and that CR3 might participate in the activation through interaction with other intracellular proteins.
- Subjects
GLUCANS; LEUCOCYTES; MACROPHAGES
- Publication
Mediators of Inflammation, 1997, Vol 6, Issue 4, p251
- ISSN
0962-9351
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/09629359791569