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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2005.34.6.805

Protective Effect of a Herbal Preparation (HemoHIM) on the Self-Renewal Tissues and Immune System against γ-Irradiation  

Jo, Sung-Kee (Radiation Food and Biotechnology Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Park, Hae-Ran (Radiation Food and Biotechnology Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Jung, Uhee (Radiation Food and Biotechnology Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Oh, Heon (Radiation Food and Biotechnology Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Sung-Ho (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
Yee, Sung-Tae (Dept. of Biology, Sunchon National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.34, no.6, 2005 , pp. 805-813 More about this Journal
Abstract
In our previous study, a novel herb mixture (HIM-I) of Angelim gigas radix, Cnidium officinale rhizoma, and Paeonia japonica radix was developed to protect the intestinal and immune systems and promote its recovery against radiation damage. In this study, a new herbal preparation (HemoHIM) with the high immune modulating activity was developed from HIM-I. HIM-I was fractionated into ethanol fraction (HIM-I-E) and polysaccharide fraction (HIM-I-P). And HemoHIM was prepared by adding HIM-I-P to HIM-I. The protective activities against $\gamma$ -irradiation were compared among HemoHIM, HIM-I and the fractions. HemoHIM and HIM-I significantly decreased the radiation-induced DNA damage in vitro, and scavenged hydroxyl radicals in a dose-dependent manner. HemoHIM showed similar activity to HIM-I. In vitro proliferation assay with mouse lymphocytes and bone marrow cells showed that HIM-I-P was remarkably higher than HIM-I and HIM-I-E in cell proliferating activity. HemoHIM showed higher activity than HIM-I and this might be associated with the higher polysaccharide content. The in vivo protective effects of HemoHIM and HIM-I were investigated in $\gamma$-irradiated mice. HemoHIM increased the surviving intestinal crypts to a similar extent compared with HIM-I. In contrast, HemoHIM appeared to be more effective than HIM-I in endogenous spleen colony formation assay. The recovery of white blood cells and lymphocytes in irradiated mice were significantly enhanced by the administration of HemoHIM. Also HemoHIM administration prolonged the survival of irradiated mice. These results showed that the novel herbal preparation, HemoHIM, effectively protected the self-renewal tissues and immune system, and promoted the survival of irradiated mice. Moreover, in comparison with HIM-I, HemoHIM maintained similar activity in the reduction of oxidative damage of self-renewal tissue but exhibited the higher activity in protection and proliferation of immune and hematopoietic cells. These results suggested that HemoHIM might be more effective than HIM-I in immune modulation as well as radioprotection.
Keywords
radioprotection; immune; hematopoiesis; self-renewal tissue; Angelim gigas Nakai;
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