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Regulation of cellular immune responses by selenium

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Selenium (Se) is an essential nutritional factor that affects the development and expression of cell-mediated immune responses directed toward malignant cells. These studies have shown that dietary (2 ppm for 8 wk) or in in vitro (1×10−7 M) supplementation with Se (as sodium selenite) results in a significant enhancement of the proliferative responses of spleen lymphocytes from C57B1/6J mice in response to stimulation with mitogen or antigen. Se deficiency (0.02 ppm for 8 wk) had the opposite effect. The alterations in the ability of the cells to proliferate, which occurred in the absence of changes in the endogenous levels of interleukin-2 (II2) or interleukin 1, were apparently related to the ability of Se to alter the kinetics of expression of high-affinity Il2 receptors on the surface of activated lymphocytes. This resulted in an enhanced or delayed clonal expansion of the cells, and in an increased or decreased frequency of cytotoxic cells within a given cell population. The changes in tumor cytotoxicity were paralleled by changes in the amounts of lymphotoxin produced by the activated cells. Dietary Se modulations had a comparable effect on macrophage-mediated tumor cytodestruction. The results also suggested that Se exerts its effect 8–24 h after stimulation, and that it most likely affects processes in the cytoplasmic and/or nuclear compartments of activated lymphocytes.

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  1. Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, New York University, Dental Center, 10010, New York, N.Y.

    L. Kiremidjian-Schumacher & M. W. Cohen

  2. Department of Histology and Cell Biology, New York University, Dental Center, 10010, New York, N.Y.

    M. Roy & H. I. Wishe

  3. Biology Department, New York University, 10003, New York, N.Y.

    G. Stotzky

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Kiremidjian-Schumacher, L., Roy, M., Wishe, H.I. et al. Regulation of cellular immune responses by selenium. Biol Trace Elem Res 33, 23–35 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02783989

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