Immunostimulatory principles from Chlorella pyrenoidosa--part 1: isolation and biological assessment in vitro

Phytomedicine. 2007 Jan;14(1):57-64. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2005.09.002. Epub 2005 Nov 2.

Abstract

Our proprietary preparation obtained by extraction of Chlorella pyrenoidosa cells, ONC-107 (Respondin), was recently found to selectively boost antibody response to the influenza vaccine in a human clinical trial. Respondin is a potent stimulator of mouse B cell proliferation and an activator of macrophages. Bioactivity-guided resolution concluded that Respondin is composed of a mixture of immunostimulatory principles of different chemical nature. A combination of size exclusion, anion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatography revealed that the bulk of the immunostimulatory activity resides in polysaccharide/protein complexes with molecular masses larger than 100 kDa that are composed primarily of galactose, rhamnose and arabinose.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects*
  • Chlorella*
  • Cytokines / biosynthesis
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / administration & dosage
  • Immunologic Factors / chemistry
  • Immunologic Factors / pharmacology*
  • Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
  • Spleen / cytology
  • Spleen / drug effects

Substances

  • Cytokines
  • Immunologic Factors
  • ONC-107
  • Plant Extracts