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. 2013 Jan 29;5(4):1117–1122. doi: 10.3892/etm.2013.931

Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides counteract inhibition on CD71 and FasL expression by culture supernatant of B16F10 cells upon lymphocyte activation

LI-XIN SUN 1, ZHI-BIN LIN 2, XIN-SUO DUAN 1, JIE LU 1,✉, ZHI-HUA GE 1, MIN LI 2, EN-HONG XING 1, TIAN-FEI LAN 1, MIAO-MIAO JIANG 1, NING YANG 1, WEI-DONG LI 2,✉
PMCID: PMC3628224  PMID: 23596479

Abstract

Immune responses to tumor-associated antigens are often detectable in tumor-bearing hosts, but they fail to eliminate malignant cells or prevent development of metastases. Tumor cells produce factors such as interleukin-10, transforming growth factor-β1 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) that suppress the function of immune cells or induce apoptosis of immune cells. Culture supernatant of tumor cells may contain these immunosuppressive factors which suppress lymphocyte activation. CD71 and FasL are two important molecules that are expressed upon lymphocyte activation. Counteraction against suppression CD71 and FasL expression upon lymphocyte activation may benefit tumor control. A potential component with this effect is Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (Gl-PS). In this study, Gl-PS was used on lymphocytes incubating with culture supernatant of B16F10 melanoma cells (B16F10-CS) in the presence of phytohemagglutinin. Following induction with phytohemagglutinin, B16F10-CS suppressed CD71 expression in lymphocytes (as detected by immunofluorescence and flow cytometry), proliferation in lymphocytes (as detected by MTT assay), and FasL expression in lymphocytes (as detected by immunocytochemistry and western blot analysis), while Gl-PS fully or partially counteracted these suppressions. Gl-PS showed counteractive effects against suppression induced by B16F10-CS on CD71 and FasL expression upon lymphocyte activation, suggesting the potential of Gl-PS to facilitate cancer immunotherapy.

Keywords: tumor, lymphocyte activation, Ganoderma lucidum, polysaccharides, FasL, CD71

Introduction

A number of findings in both mouse models of cancer and humans with cancer provide compelling evidence that, as a primary defense against cancer, the immune system specifically identifies and eliminates tumor cells on the basis of their expression of tumor-specific antigens or molecules induced by cellular stress (1). Nevertheless, various attempts to perform specific and nonspecific immunotherapy for human cancer in clinical trials have shown limited or no success (2). The immune suppression directly or indirectly induced by tumor cells may account in part for the reasons. Cancer cells display multiple immunosuppressive mechanisms to evade T-cell responses, either to avoid immune recognition or to disable effector T-cells (3). They produce and release factors to suppress the function or induce the apoptosis of immune cells (4). B16F10 cells as a melanoma cell line derived from C57BL mice may also produce and release the immune suppressing factors. The culture supernatant of B16F10 cells (B16F10-CS) may, therefore, contain the immune suppressing factors and thereby have the effects of suppression on lymphocyte activation. Antagonism of the suppression of lymphocyte activation may benefit tumor control, and Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (Gl-PS), with its multiple bioactivities may have this potential.

Gl-PS is the critical bioactive component of Ganoderma lucidum (Gl), a type of fungus commonly known as Lingzhi or Reishi mushroom which has been widely used as medicine to promote health and longevity in China for thousands of years (5,6). It has been shown that many natural products have immunomodulatory and antitumor effects (7–15), as well as Gl-PS. The multiple biological activities of Gl-PS include improvement of host immune function (16), prevention of oxidative damage (17), protection of liver and reduction of serum glucose levels, along with a lack of toxicity (18,19), modification of biological response and potentiation of immune effectiveness (20). Previous studies demonstrated the effects of Gl-PS on acceleration of wound repair in intestinal epithelial cells (21), antagonism against the tumor-induced immunosuppression (22), promotion of B16F10 cells to activate lymphocytes (23), induction of stronger cytotoxicity in cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs) with granzyme B and porforin by action on B16F10 cells (24), and enhancement of major histocompatability complex (MHC) class I and costimulatory molecules on B16F10 cells to induce stronger anti-B16F10 cytotoxicity in lymphocytes (25). Nevertheless, the effects of Gl-PS on the counteraction against the suppression of CD71 and FasL expression upon lymphocyte activation induced by B16F10-CS remain to be confirmed. In the present study, a mouse melanoma cell line, the B16F10 cell, was used to evaluate the role of Gl-PS on the counteraction against the suppression induced by B16F10-CS of CD71 and FasL expression upon lymphocyte activation.

Materials and methods

Animals and drugs

Inbred strain C57BL/6 (H-2b) mice were purchased from the Department of Experimental Animals, Health Science Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China. The use of mice was approved by the ethics committee of The Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical College (Chengde, China). As previously described (26), Gl-PS was isolated from the boiling water extract of the fruit bodies of Gl by ethanol precipitation and dialysis, followed by deproteination with Sevag. The molecular weight of the Gl-PS was 584,900 Da, with a ratio of polysaccharides to peptides of 93.61:6.49. The polysaccharides were composed of D-rhamnose, D-xylose, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-mannose, D-glucose and uronic acid. The Gl-PS as water-soluble powder was dissolved in the B16F10-CS, filtered through a 0.22 μm filter and stored at 4°C before use.

Preparation of the B16F10-CS

As described previously, the B16F10-CS was prepared with B16F10 melanoma cells. Mouse B16F10 cells were grown at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere containing 5% CO2 in RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), penicillin (100 IU/ml) and streptomycin (100 μg/ml). The B16F10 cells were cultured in 6-well culture plates (1×105 cells/well at the start). The RPMI-1640 medium was replaced with a fresh solution when 80% confluency was reached, and incubated for a further 8 h. The supernatants of the cultures (B16F10-CS) were harvested, filtered through a 0.22-μm filter and stored at 4°C.

Preparation of splenic mononuclear lymphocytes

As described previously (22), mouse mononuclear lymphocytes were isolated from splenocytes of C57BL/6 mice in a Ficoll-Urografin density gradient and counted by light microscopy with few cells nonviable. Cells were placed into the wells of 96-well flat-bottomed microplates at 1×106 cells/well, with the B16F10-CS containing different concentrations of Gl-PS (0.2, 0.8, 3.2 and 12.8 μg/ml) and 20 μg/well of phytohemagglutinin (PHA). The total volume of each well was 200 μl. Two controls were RPMI-1640 medium alone (containing neither B16F10-CS nor Gl-PS) and B16F10-CS alone (without Gl-PS). The cells were cultured for 48 h for detection of CD71 (transferrin receptor) expression and 72 h for detection of cell proliferation as well as FasL expression.

Assay of splenic mononuclear lymphocyte proliferation

Cell proliferation was measured by 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay after 72 h incubation (27). A total of 20 μl (5 mg/ml) MTT (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) solution was added to each well 4 h before termination. After 4 h incubation, the cells were lysed and the purple formazan crystals were solubilized for detection of the optical density (OD) at 490 nm.

Determination of CD71 expression by immunofluorescence staining and flow cytometry

The immunofluorescence staining was performed as described previously (23). After 48 h incubation, splenic mononuclear lymphocytes were washed twice with washing buffer [2% FBS in phosphate-buffered saline, (PBS)]. Serum of mice and purified rat anti-mouse CD16/CD32 antibody (BD Pharmingen, San Jose, CA, USA) were used to block non-specific antibody binding. PE-conjugated anti-mouse CD71 (Beckman Coulter, Inc., Fullerton, CA, USA) antibody was added to the cells and left at 4°C for 45 min in the dark. The cells were then mounted on slides, and examined and photographed under a fluorescence microscope. Replacement of primary antibody with PBS was used as a negative control. Cells were also determined by flow cytometry analysis. Fluorescence profiles were generated on a FACSCalibur flow cytometer (Becton Dickinson, San Jose, CA, USA). Histogram and density plots were produced by the CellQuest software package (Becton Dickinson). Dead cells and debris were gated out.

Determination of FasL production by immunocytochemistry assay

The immunocytochemistry assay was performed as described previously (22). After 24 h incubation, splenic mono-nuclear lymphocytes were smeared on slides and fixed with cold acetone for 5 min. The endogenous peroxidase activity was quenched with 3% hydrogen peroxide. After blocking with 10% normal serum, goat primary antibody against FasL (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, USA) was used at a 1:50 dilution and incubated overnight at 4°C. The next day, the horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled secondary antibody was applied for 1 h and staining was finalized with a diaminobenzidine (DAB) solution to detect the target antigen. Slides were extensively washed with PBS between the different stages and counterstained with hematoxylin before mounting. Slides were examined and photographed under a light microscope. Replacement of primary antibody with PBS was used as a negative control.

SDS-polyacrylamide electrophoresis and western blot analysis

The protein levels of FasL in splenic mononuclear lymphocytes were determined by western blot analysis. The levels of total protein extracted from the splenic mononuclear lymphocytes were determined with the Bradford assay. Equal amounts of protein (50 μg) were subjected to SDS-PAGE and transferred to PVDF membranes. The membranes were subsequently pre-blocked in TBS containing 5% non-fat milk powder and then incubated with mouse polyclonal anti-FasL antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.) at a dilution of 1:100 followed by peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody for detection. The antigen-antibody complex was visualized with western blot analysis luminol reagent (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.). The bands were quantified with a Gel Doc 2000 system and Quantity One software (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA) and expressed as a ratio (FasL vs. β-actin) followed by standardization.

Statistical analysis

The results, except immunofluorescence and immunocytochemistry, are expressed as the mean (± SD) of triplicate experiments in western blot analysis, or octuplus experiments in cell proliferation assay with MTT, and statistical comparison between the experimental groups versus the control was performed using one-way ANOVA, followed by the Dunnett’s t-test. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant result.

Results

Suppression by B16F10-CS and antagonism by Gl-PS on CD71 expression in splenic mononuclear lymphocytes induced by PHA

During the activation of lymphocytes, some cluster of differentiation (CD) appears which may serve as activation markers, including early (CD69 and CD71) and late (CD25, CD26, HLA//DR) activation markers (28). Therefore, in addition to CD69, CD71 is an early activation marker which is useful in evaluating lymphocyte activation responses to antigens or mitogens. The suppression of lymphocyte activation may result in the suppression of CD71 expression. CD71 expression was detected on lymphocytes. The lymphocytes were stimulated with PHA and cultured with B16F10-CS and Gl-PS for 48 h. It was shown by immunofluorescence that the CD71 expression in mononuclear lymphocytes was reduced after 48 h induction by PHA in B16F10-CS wells (without Gl-PS), when compared with the RPMI-1640 medium control, while Gl-PS in the wells antagonized the reduction of the CD71 expression (Fig. 1). It was also shown by flow cytometry that the expression rate of CD71 in the lymphocytes was much lower in B16F10-CS wells (without Gl-PS) than that in RPMI-1640 medium control wells (P<0.05). The expression rate was higher in the wells with B16F10-CS and any amount of Gl-PS used in this study than that in wells with B16F10-CS without Gl-PS (all P<0.05, Fig. 2), showing the antagonism of Gl-PS on the reduction by B16F10-CS on the CD71 expression in lymphocytes after induction by PHA.

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Suppression by B16F10-CS and counteraction by Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (Gl-PS) on CD71 expression in splenic mono-nuclear lymphocytes induced by phytohemagglutinin (PHA) measured by immunofluorescence. After 48 h incubation, the responses of CD71 expression in splenic mononuclear lymphocytes to PHA were shown by immunofluorescence. (A) Control wells containing neither B16F10-CS nor Gl-PS. (B) Wells containing B16F10-CS. (C) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 0.2 μg/ml Gl-PS. (D) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 0.8 μg/ml Gl-PS. (E) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 3.2 μg/ml Gl-PS. (F) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 12.8 μg/ml Gl-PS.

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Suppression by B16F10-CS and counteraction by Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (Gl-PS) on CD71 expression in splenic mono-nuclear lymphocyte induced by phytohemagglutinin (PHA) measured by flowcytometry. After 48 h incubation, the rate of CD71 expressing cells in splenic mononuclear lymphocytes to PHA was shown by flowcytometry. (1) Control wells containing neither B16F10-CS nor Gl-PS. (2) Wells containing B16F10-CS. (3) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 0.2 μg/ml Gl-PS. (4) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 0.8 μg/ml Gl-PS. (5) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 3.2 μg/ml Gl-PS. (6) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 12.8 μg/ml Gl-PS. Open histograms represent the isotype control. Error bars indicate the SD. ★P<0.05, significantly different compared with the RPMI 1640 medium control (with neither B16F10-CS nor Gl-PS); ⋆P<0.05, significantly different compared with the B16F10-CS control (without Gl-PS); one-way analysis of variance followed by Dunnett’s t-test.

Suppression by B16F10-CS and antagonism by Gl-PS of splenic mononuclear lymphocyte proliferation induced by PHA

The activation of the lymphocytes can be disclosed by proliferation induced by mitogens such as PHA. Therefore, suppression of cell proliferation may reflect the suppression of lymphocyte activation. The lymphocyte proliferation by MTT assay after PHA stimulation was also detected. Compared with the RPMI-1640 medium control, 72 h after induction with PHA, the OD in B16F10-CS wells (without Gl-PS) was markedly reduced (P<0.05), while in the wells containing different concentrations of Gl-PS, the reduction of the OD was antagonized significantly (P<0.05, Fig. 3).

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Suppression by B16F10-CS and counteraction by Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (Gl-PS) on splenic mononuclear lymphocyte proliferation induced by phytohemagglutinin (PHA). After 72 h incubation, the proliferative responses of splenic mononuclear lymphocytes to PHA were measured by MTT assay. (1) Control wells containing neither B16F10-CS nor Gl-PS. (2) Control wells containing B16F10-CS. (3) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 0.2 μg/ml Gl-PS. (4) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 0.8 μg/ml Gl-PS. (5) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 3.2 μg/ml Gl-PS. (6) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 12.8 μg/ml Gl-PS. Error bars indicate the SD. ★P<0.05, significantly different compared with the RPMI-1640 medium control (with neither B16F10-CS nor Gl-PS); ⋆P<0.05, significantly different compared with the B16F10-CS control (without Gl-PS); one-way analysis of variance followed by Dunnett’s t-test.

Suppression by B16F10-CS and antagonism by Gl-PS of FasL expression in splenic mononuclear lymphocytes induced by PHA

FasL expression appears upon lymphocyte activation for the maintenance of immune homeostasis as well as a pathway of killing target cells. The FasL expression in splenic mononuclear lymphocytes induced by mitogen such as PHA is also closely associated with the activation of the lymphocytes to kill target cells. The suppression of lymphocyte activation may, therefore, lead to the suppression of FasL expression. The FasL expression in the lymphocytes was detected. Immunocytochemistry showed that FasL expression in mononuclear lymphocytes was markedly reduced after 24 h incubation with PHA in B16F10-CS wells (without Gl-PS), when compared with the RPMI-1640 medium control. Gl-PS in the wells antagonized the reduction of the FasL expression (Fig. 4). Western blot analysis showed that FasL expression in mononuclear lymphocytes induced by PHA was markedly reduced after 72 h in B16F10-CS wells (without Gl-PS), when compared with the RPMI-1640 medium control (P<0.05), while 0.8, 3.2 and 12.8 μg/ml Gl-PS statistically antagonized the reduction of FasL expression (P<0.05, Fig. 5).

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Suppression by B16F10-CS and counteraction by Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (Gl-PS) on FasL expression in splenic mononuclear lymphocytes induced by phytohemagglutinin (PHA) for 72 h measured by immunocytochemistry. (A) Control wells containing neither B16F10-CS nor Gl-PS. (B) Control wells containing B16F10-CS. (C) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 0.2 μg/ml Gl-PS. (D) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 0.8 μg/ml Gl-PS. (E) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 3.2 μg/ml Gl-PS. (F) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 12.8 μg/ml Gl-PS.

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Suppression by B16F10-CS and counteraction by Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (Gl-PS) on FasL expression in splenic mononuclear lymphocyte induced by phytohemagglutinin (PHA). After 72 h incubation, the FasL expression in splenic mononuclear lymphocytes responses to PHA was measured by western blot analysis. (1) Control wells containing neither B16F10-CS nor Gl-PS. (2) Control wells containing B16F10-CS. (3) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 0.2 μg/ml Gl-PS. (4) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 0.8 μg/ml Gl-PS. (5) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 3.2 μg/ml Gl-PS. (6) Wells containing B16F10-CS and 12.8 μg/ml Gl-PS. The experiment was performed in triplicate and the means and SD were calculated and showed in the histogram. Error bars indicate the SD. ★P<0.05, significantly different compared with the RPMI-1640 medium control (with neither B16F10-CS nor Gl-PS); ⋆P<0.05, significantly different compared with the B16F10-CS control (without Gl-PS); one-way analysis of variance followed by Dunnett’s t-test.

Discussion

Immune responses to tumor-associated antigens (TAs) are often detectable in tumor-bearing hosts, but they fail to eliminate malignant cells or prevent the development of metastases (29). Human tumors use many different mechanisms of immuno-suppression to prevent immune cells from exercising their antitumor activity, which enables the tumor to escape from the host’s immune system and progress (30). The production and secretion of soluble factors suppressing the functions of immune cells or inducing the apoptosis of immune cells comprise part of the immunosuppressive mechanisms (31). The IL-10, TGF-β, VEGF and prostaglandins (PGs) are common immunosuppressive factors produced by tumors which may directly or indirectly suppress the immune response and obstruct immunotherapy (32). One of the most important aims of tumor immunotherapy is, therefore, to counteract tumor-induced immunosuppression. B16F10 cells are melanoma cells derived from C57BL mice, which may produce immunosuppressive factors as well so that the B16F10-CS may have the immunosuppressive effects (22).

Gl-PS, the critical component of Gl, has multiple bio activities. In this study, the effects of Gl-PS on the counteraction against the suppression induced by B16F10-CS of CD71 and FasL expression upon lymphocyte activation was examined. The proliferation, CD71 expression and FasL expression were detected in the lymphocytes which were activated by PHA to determine the suppression induced by B16F10-CS and the counteraction by Gl-PS against the suppression.

The expression of activation markers on the cell surface is useful in evaluating the lymphocyte response to antigens or mitogens. CD71 is a lymphocyte activation marker, as are CD69 and CD25. CD71 expression on the cell surface represents the state of metabolic activity in the cell and must be increased in order to internalize the iron required for T-cell DNA synthesis and proliferation (33). It was shown in this study that CD71 expression in lymphocytes after activation by PHA was suppressed by B16F10-CS, while the suppression was antagonized by Gl-PS. CD71 is a transferrin receptor, a membrane receptor involved in the control of iron supply to the cell through the binding of transferrin, the major iron-carrier protein. This receptor plays a key role in the control of cell proliferation since iron is essential for sustaining ribonucleo-tide reductase activity, and is the only enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides (34). Suppression of the CD71 expression in lymphocytes may, therefore, lead to suppression of the proliferation and function of lymphocytes, while counteraction of this suppression by Gl-PS may benefit the lymphocyte activation and function.

T-cell activation is a very tightly regulated process resulting in the production of cytokines as well as clonal expansion and differentiation of effector T lymphocytes (35). Upon activation, T-cells undergo complex structural and cytoskeletal changes leading to cell cycle progression (36). The end result is the activation and expansion of a pool of effector cells that participate in cancer destruction. Proliferation is, therefore, a common feature of lymphocyte activation. It was shown in this study that after activation by PHA the proliferation of lymphocytes was suppressed by the B16F10-CS, while the suppression was counteracted by Gl-PS.

FasL is an inductive molecule expressed in T-cells, and weighs 40 kDa (37). It is homologous to the cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and is a member of the TNFR-II type family (38). FasL expression depends on the transcription factor levels. The positive regulators are NFAT, Egr2/Egr3, NFκB, AP-1, c-myc SP1 and B1/Cdk1, while the negative regulators are c-Fos and CIITA (39–41). Binding of Fas with FasL causes trimerization and recruitment of Fas-associated death domain (FADD) proteins through homotypic death domain interactions. In turn, trimerized FADD recruits either procaspase 8 or 10, which then becomes an activated caspase through a process of autoproteolysis (42). Assembly of these components results in the formation of a death-inducing signaling complex (DISC), which is pivotal in the receptor-dependent apoptosis (42). Caspase 8 interacts with procaspases 3, 6, or 7 and, after a process of transproteolysis, they become activated caspases. Finally, these effector caspases cleave DNA. Caspase 8 can also hydrolyze Bid, which causes damage to the mitochondrial outer membrane and triggers cytochrome-C release (43,44). FasL expression is, therefore, also an event in lymphocyte activation. In addition to maintaining immune homeostasis, FasL expressed on activated lymphocytes contributes to killing target cells by providing death signals. FasL crosslinks Fas, a death receptor expressed on the target cells, which causes the apoptosis of the target cells by triggering the apoptosis pathway (45). It was shown in this study that the expression of FasL in the lymphocytes after activation by PHA was suppressed by the B16F10-CS, while the suppression was antagonized by Gl-PS, especially at higher concentrations, indicating the suppression of lymphocyte activation by the B16F10-CS as well as the counteraction by Gl-PS.

In conclusion, counteraction against the suppression by tumor cells on CD71 expression, cell proliferation, FasL expression in lymphocytes after induction with PHA denotes a counteraction against the suppression by tumor cells on the function of lymphocytes, which is important to facilitate cancer immunotherapy, therefore, Gl-PS showing the effects of counteraction against the suppression induced by B16F10-CS on CD71 expression, cell proliferation, as well as FasL expression after induction with PHA, fully or partially, indicated the potential of Gl-PS to facilitate cancer immunotherapy.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Professor Shuqian Lin of the Fuzhou Institute of Green Valley Bio-Pharm Technology for providing the Gl-PS.

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