J Vet Sci.  2008 Dec;9(4):359-365. 10.4142/jvs.2008.9.4.359.

Radioprotective effects of fucoidan on bone marrow cells: improvement of the cell survival and immunoreactivity

Affiliations
  • 1College of Veterinary Medicine, Cheju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea. jooh@cheju.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Cheju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea.
  • 3Applied Radiological Science Research Institute, Cheju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea.
  • 4The Research Institute for Subtropical Agriculture and Biotechnology, Cheju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea.

Abstract

Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide purified from brown algae including Fucus vesiculosus and has a variety of biological effects including mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells. Recently, we demonstrated that fucoidan stimulates the antigen-presenting functions of dendritic cells. In this study, we investigated the radioprotective effects of fucoidan on bone marrow cells (BMCs), which are the main cellular reservoir for the hematopoietic and immune system. To evaluate the effects of fucoidan, we assayed cell viability and immune responses. In a viability assay, fucoidan significantly increased the viability of BMCs. Based on the results of flow cytometric analysis, the increased viability of fucoidan-treated BMCs was attributed to the inhibition of radiation-induced apoptosis. Furthermore, fucoidan altered the production of immune-related cytokines from BMCs and increased the capability of BMCs to induce proliferation of allogeneic splenocytes. Taken together, our study demonstrated that fucoidan has radioprotective effects on BMCs with respect to cell viability and immunoreactivity. These results may provide valuable information, useful in the field of radiotherapy.

Keyword

bone marrow cells; fucoidan; immunoreactivity; radioprotection

MeSH Terms

Animals
Bone Marrow Cells/*drug effects/*radiation effects
Cell Death/drug effects/radiation effects
Cell Proliferation
Cell Survival/drug effects
Cells, Cultured
Female
Gamma Rays/*adverse effects
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Polysaccharides/*pharmacology
Radiation-Protective Agents/*pharmacology
Spleen/cytology

Figure

  • Fig. 1 Fucoidan increases bone marrow cell (BMC) viability. Asterisks (*, **, ***) indicate p < 0.05, 0.01, 0.001 vs Non-irradiation (NO-IR) control (fucoidan 0 µg/ml) and ##, ### indicate p < 0.01, 0.001 vs irradiation (IR) control (fucoidan 0 µg/ml), respectively.

  • Fig. 2 Inhibition of bone marrow cell (BMC) apoptosis by fucoidan treatment. (A) Numbers indicate the cell percentage of quadrant. (B) Numbers indicate the mean fluorescence intensity of all cells and brackets include the percentage of high expressed cells (M1).

  • Fig. 3 The altered expression of apoptosis-related molecules in fucoidan-treated bone marrow cells. (A) Western blot. (B) Densitometry of western blot.

  • Fig. 4 Surface marker expression was up-regulated on bone marrow cells. (A) Numbers indicate the percentage of high expressed cells (M1) compared to that of fluorescence control. (B) Percentages of high expressed cells were analyzed statistically. An asterisk (*) indicate p < 0.05 vs control. A sharp (#) indicate p < 0.05 vs IR control.

  • Fig. 5 Fucoidan treatment enhances cytokine production of bone marrow cells (BMCs). The supernatants of BMCs were collected and ELISA was performed to quantify cytokine concentrations. N/D: non-detectable level of cytokine. Asterisks (***) indicate p < 0.001 vs control. Sharps (###) indicate p < 0.001 vs IR control.

  • Fig. 6 Fucoidan-treated bone marrow cells (BMCs) increases the proliferation of allogeneic splenocytes. Allogeneic splenocytes (2 × 105 cells/well) were co-cultured with BMCs in 96-well culture plates. Asterisks (**, ***) indicate p < 0.01, 0.001 vs control, respectively. Sharps (###) indicate p < 0.001 vs IR control.


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