Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate modifies human peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferation and cytokine production in vitro
Nunes, Everson A., Lomax, A.R., Noakes, Paul, Miles, Elizabeth A., Fernandes, L.C. and Calder, P.C. (2011) Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate modifies human peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferation and cytokine production in vitro. Nutrition, 27, (1), 92-99. (doi:10.1016/j.nut.2009.12.008 ). (PMID:20541366).
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Description/Abstract
Objective: the main objective was to investigate the potential immunomodulatory effects of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) in human cells.
Methods: peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from the blood of eight volunteers and assayed for proliferation, cell cycle progression, surface expression of CD25, intracellular expression of pERK1/2, and cytokine production after in vitro exposure to a range of HMB concentrations (0.1 to 10 mM).
Results: above 1 mM, HMB decreased the extent of proliferation normally observed after stimulation by concanavalin A. The decrease was evident at 10 mM HMB, when the proliferation index was 50% reduced when compared with the absence of HMB. Cell cycle analysis demonstrated an increase in the proportion of cells at the G0-G1 phase at 10 mM HMB. CD25 and pERK1/2 expression were not related to the observed effect on proliferation. HMB affected the concentrations of all five cytokines measured following stimulation. Tumor necrosis factor-α concentration in the culture medium was reduced by not, vert at all HMB concentrations. Th1/Th2 cytokine production was modified toward a Th2 profile when HMB was at 1 or 10 mM. Thus, HMB at 10 mM impairs lymphocyte proliferation and progression through the cell cycle. The lowest concentration used here (0.1 mM) exerted some actions on cytokine production, including decreasing TNF-α production, but not on proliferation and cell cycle progression.
Conclusion: HMB may be a useful agent to consider for modulation of immune function in specific situations
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0899-9007 |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Developmental Origins of Health and Disease |
| Item ID: | 180649 |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2011 14:18 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2012 07:51 |
| Contributors: | Nunes, Everson A. (Author) Lomax, A.R. (Author) Noakes, Paul (Author) Miles, Elizabeth A. (Author) Fernandes, L.C. (Author) Calder, P.C. (Author) |
| Date: | January 2011 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/180649 |
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