Processed Aloe vera Gel Ameliorates Cyclophosphamide-Induced Immunotoxicity
- Authors
- Im, Sun-A; Kim, Ki-Hyang; Kim, Hee-Suk; Lee, Ki-Hwa; Shin, Eunju; Do, Seon-Gil; Jo, Tae Hyung; Park, Young In; Lee, Chong-Kil
- Issue Date
- 11월-2014
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Keywords
- processed Aloe vera gel; polysaccharide; cyclophosphamide; lymphopenia; erythropenia; Peyer' s patch; immunomodulation; IgA
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, v.15, no.11, pp.19342 - 19354
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
- Volume
- 15
- Number
- 11
- Start Page
- 19342
- End Page
- 19354
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/96954
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijms151119342
- ISSN
- 1661-6596
- Abstract
- The effects of processed Aloe vera gel (PAG) on cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced immunotoxicity were examined in mice. Intraperitoneal injection of CP significantly reduced the total number of lymphocytes and erythrocytes in the blood. Oral administration of PAG quickly restored CP-induced lymphopenia and erythropenia in a dose-dependent manner. The reversal of CP-induced hematotoxicity by PAG was mediated by the functional preservation of Peyer's patch cells. Peyer's patch cells isolated from CP-treated mice, which were administered PAG, produced higher levels of T helper 1 cytokines and colony-stimulating factors (CSF) in response to concanavalin A stimulation as compared with those isolated from CP-treated control mice. PAG-derived polysaccharides directly activated Peyer's patch cells isolated from normal mice to produce cytokines including interleukin (IL)-6, IL-12, interferon-gamma, granulocyte-CSF, and granulocyte-macrophage-CSF. The cytokines produced by polysaccharide-stimulated Peyer's patch cells had potent proliferation-inducing activity on mouse bone marrow cells. In addition, oral administration of PAG restored IgA secretion in the intestine after CP treatment. These results indicated that PAG could be an effective immunomodulator and that it could prevent CP-induced immunotoxic side effects.
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