Effect of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, Kanzo-bushi-to, on the production of interleukin-4 from a clone of burn-associated CD8+ suppressor T cells

Makiko Kobayashi, Tokuichiro Utsunomiya, David Herndon, Richard B. Pollard, Fujio Suzuki

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Abstract

Effect of Kanzo-bushi-to (TJS-038), one of the Japanese Kampo medicines originating from traditional Chinese herbal medicine, on the activity of a clone of burn-associated CD8+ suppressor T cells (T6S cells) was investigated. The suppressor cell activity of T6S cells in the mixed lymphocyte-tumor cell reaction (MLTR) was not changed when various concentrations of TJS-038 were added to the MLTR. The suppressor cell activity of T6S cells was greatly inhibited by CD3+ CD4+ CD28+ TCRα/β+ Vicia villosa lectin-adherent cells (TJS cells) purified from spleen cells of mice treated with TJS-038 at an oral dose of 50 mg/kg. The suppressor cell activity of T6S cells was not demonstrated in the MLTR assay when anti-IL-4 monoclonal antibody was added. Also the production of IL-4 from T6S cells was not detected, when they were co-cultured with TJS cells. These results suggest that TJS-038 stimulates the generation of contrasuppressor T cells (TJS cells) that inhibit the suppressor cell activity of T6S cells and the production of IL-4 from T6S cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13-20
Number of pages8
JournalImmunology Letters
Volume40
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1994

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Kampo Medicine
Neoplasms

Keywords

  • Contrasuppressor T cell
  • Interleukin-4
  • Mixed lymphocyte-tumor cell reaction
  • Suppressor T cell clone
  • Thermal injury
  • Traditional Chinese herbal medicine

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  • Immunology
  • Immunology and Allergy

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Effect of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, Kanzo-bushi-to, on the production of interleukin-4 from a clone of burn-associated CD8+ suppressor T cells. / Kobayashi, Makiko; Utsunomiya, Tokuichiro; Herndon, David; Pollard, Richard B.; Suzuki, Fujio.

In: Immunology Letters, Vol. 40, No. 1, 1994, p. 13-20.

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Kobayashi, M, Utsunomiya, T, Herndon, D, Pollard, RB & Suzuki, F 1994, 'Effect of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, Kanzo-bushi-to, on the production of interleukin-4 from a clone of burn-associated CD8+ suppressor T cells', Immunology Letters, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-2478(94)90199-6
Kobayashi M, Utsunomiya T, Herndon D, Pollard RB, Suzuki F. Effect of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, Kanzo-bushi-to, on the production of interleukin-4 from a clone of burn-associated CD8+ suppressor T cells. Immunology Letters. 1994;40(1):13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-2478(94)90199-6
Kobayashi, Makiko ; Utsunomiya, Tokuichiro ; Herndon, David ; Pollard, Richard B. ; Suzuki, Fujio. / Effect of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, Kanzo-bushi-to, on the production of interleukin-4 from a clone of burn-associated CD8+ suppressor T cells. In: Immunology Letters. 1994 ; Vol. 40, No. 1. pp. 13-20.
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