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Chitosan promotes immune responses, ameliorates glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase, but enhances lactate dehydrogenase levels in normal mice in vivo

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    • Ming‑Yang Yeh
    • Yung‑Luen Shih
    • Hsueh‑Yu Chung
    • Jason Chou
    • Hsu‑Feng Lu
    • Chia‑Hui Liu
    • Jia‑You Liu
    • Wen‑Wen Huang
    • Shu‑Fen Peng
    • Lung‑Yuan Wu
    • Jing‑Gung Chung
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    Affiliations: Office of Director, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of School of Medicine, Fu‑Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Jen‑Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Miaoli, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Anatomical Pathology, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Clinical Pathology, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., The Center of General Education, Chia‑Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C., The School of Chinese Medicine for Post Baccalaureate, I‑Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Chitosan, a naturally derived polymer, has been shown to possess antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties; however, little is known about the effect of chitosan on the immune responses and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities in normal mice. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether chitosan has an effect on the immune responses and GOT, GPT and LDH activities in mice in vivo. BALB/c mice were divided into four groups. The negative control group was treated with a normal diet; the positive control group was treated with a normal diet plus orally administered acetic acid and two treatment groups were treated with a normal diet plus orally administered chitosan in acetic acid at doses of 5 and 20 mg/kg, respectively, every other day for 24 days. Mice were weighed during the treatment, and following the treatment, blood was collected, and liver and spleen samples were isolated and weighted. The blood samples were used for measurement of white blood cell markers, and the spleen samples were used for analysis of phagocytosis, natural killer (NK) cell activity and cell proliferation using flow cytometry. The results indicated that chitosan did not markedly affect the body, liver and spleen weights at either dose. Chitosan increased the percentages of CD3 (T‑cell marker), CD19 (B‑cell marker), CD11b (monocytes) and Mac‑3 (macrophages) when compared with the control group. However, chitosan did not affect the phagocytic activity of macrophages in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, although it decreased it in the peritoneal cavity. Treatment with 20 mg/kg chitosan led to a reduction in the cytotoxic activity of NK cells at an effector to target ratio of 25:1. Chitosan did not significantly promote B‑cell proliferation in lipopolysaccharide-pretreated cells, but significantly decreased T‑cell proliferation in concanavalin A‑pretreated cells, and decreased the activity of GOT and GPT compared with that in the acetic acid‑treated group,. In addition, it significantly increased LDH activity, to a level similar to that in normal mice, indicating that chitosan can protect against liver injury.
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Yeh MY, Shih YL, Chung HY, Chou J, Lu HF, Liu CH, Liu JY, Huang WW, Peng SF, Wu LY, Wu LY, et al: Chitosan promotes immune responses, ameliorates glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase, but enhances lactate dehydrogenase levels in normal mice in vivo. Exp Ther Med 11: 1300-1306, 2016.
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Yeh, M., Shih, Y., Chung, H., Chou, J., Lu, H., Liu, C. ... Chung, J. (2016). Chitosan promotes immune responses, ameliorates glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase, but enhances lactate dehydrogenase levels in normal mice in vivo. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 11, 1300-1306. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3057
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Yeh, M., Shih, Y., Chung, H., Chou, J., Lu, H., Liu, C., Liu, J., Huang, W., Peng, S., Wu, L., Chung, J."Chitosan promotes immune responses, ameliorates glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase, but enhances lactate dehydrogenase levels in normal mice in vivo". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 11.4 (2016): 1300-1306.
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Yeh, M., Shih, Y., Chung, H., Chou, J., Lu, H., Liu, C., Liu, J., Huang, W., Peng, S., Wu, L., Chung, J."Chitosan promotes immune responses, ameliorates glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase, but enhances lactate dehydrogenase levels in normal mice in vivo". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 11, no. 4 (2016): 1300-1306. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3057
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Yeh MY, Shih YL, Chung HY, Chou J, Lu HF, Liu CH, Liu JY, Huang WW, Peng SF, Wu LY, Wu LY, et al: Chitosan promotes immune responses, ameliorates glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase, but enhances lactate dehydrogenase levels in normal mice in vivo. Exp Ther Med 11: 1300-1306, 2016.
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Yeh, M., Shih, Y., Chung, H., Chou, J., Lu, H., Liu, C. ... Chung, J. (2016). Chitosan promotes immune responses, ameliorates glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase, but enhances lactate dehydrogenase levels in normal mice in vivo. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 11, 1300-1306. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3057
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Yeh, M., Shih, Y., Chung, H., Chou, J., Lu, H., Liu, C., Liu, J., Huang, W., Peng, S., Wu, L., Chung, J."Chitosan promotes immune responses, ameliorates glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase, but enhances lactate dehydrogenase levels in normal mice in vivo". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 11.4 (2016): 1300-1306.
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Yeh, M., Shih, Y., Chung, H., Chou, J., Lu, H., Liu, C., Liu, J., Huang, W., Peng, S., Wu, L., Chung, J."Chitosan promotes immune responses, ameliorates glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase, but enhances lactate dehydrogenase levels in normal mice in vivo". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 11, no. 4 (2016): 1300-1306. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3057
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