THE IMPACT OF VITAMIN-A-DEFICIENCY AND REPLETION WITH RETINOL AND BETA-CAROTENE ON CONCANAVALIN-A-INDUCED LYMPHOCYTE-PROLIFERATION

被引:2
作者
KANTHA, SS
TAYLOR, CE
ROSS, AC
机构
[1] MED COLL PENN,DEPT PHYSIOL & BIOCHEM,DIV NUTR,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19129
[2] MED COLL PENN,DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19129
关键词
BETA-CAROTENE; CONCANAVALIN-A; MITOGEN; VITAMIN-A DEFICIENCY; SPLENOCYTES; THYMIDINE INCORPORATION;
D O I
10.1016/S0271-5317(05)80193-9
中图分类号
R15 [营养卫生、食品卫生]; TS201 [基础科学];
学科分类号
100403 ;
摘要
Concanavalin A (Con A)-induced splenic lymphocyte proliferation was studied in young rats during vitamin A deficiency and after oral repletion with 1500 retinol equivalents (R.E.) of either retinyl palmitate (RP) or betaC-carotene (betaC). Initial studies, designed to optimize the proliferation assay, showed that the response of vitamin A-deficient rats was consistently delayed in comparison to control rats fed a vitamin A-adequate diet. The overall magnitude of the proliferative response in vitamin A-deficient rats was also somewhat reduced (approximately 34% less than that of the control group). After vitamin A-deficient rats were repleted with RP, the Con A-induced proliferative response of splenic lymphocytes resembled that of the control group in both magnitude and kinetics. However, in vitamin A-deficient rats repleted with betaC, the delayed response to Con A persisted in some animals and the overall response was intermediate between that of vitamin A-deficient rats and either control rats or rats repleted with RP.
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