Several immune parameters--particularly T-cell dependent immune responses--are altered in aged subjects. To test the hypothesis that they may be the consequence of more general age-related lymphocyte biochemical alterations, and particularly of the energy producing system, the effect of L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine on cell proliferation was studied in peripheral blood lymphocytes from donors of different ages. The results showed that phytohaemagglutinin-induced peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation was markedly increased in L-carnitine- or acetyl-L-carnitine-preloaded lymphocytes from young and especially from old subjects. Cells from aged subjects considerably improved their defective proliferative capability. Preliminary observations suggest that L-carnitine-preloading also protected peripheral blood lymphocytes from old donors when such cells were exposed to an oxidative stress.

Immunological parameters in aging: studies on natural immunomodulatory and immunoprotective substances / C. Franceschi;A. Cossarizza;L. Troiano;R. Salati;D. Monti. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY RESEARCH. - ISSN 0251-1649. - STAMPA. - 10:(1990), pp. 53-57.

Immunological parameters in aging: studies on natural immunomodulatory and immunoprotective substances.

MONTI, DANIELA
1990

Abstract

Several immune parameters--particularly T-cell dependent immune responses--are altered in aged subjects. To test the hypothesis that they may be the consequence of more general age-related lymphocyte biochemical alterations, and particularly of the energy producing system, the effect of L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine on cell proliferation was studied in peripheral blood lymphocytes from donors of different ages. The results showed that phytohaemagglutinin-induced peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation was markedly increased in L-carnitine- or acetyl-L-carnitine-preloaded lymphocytes from young and especially from old subjects. Cells from aged subjects considerably improved their defective proliferative capability. Preliminary observations suggest that L-carnitine-preloading also protected peripheral blood lymphocytes from old donors when such cells were exposed to an oxidative stress.
1990
10
53
57
C. Franceschi;A. Cossarizza;L. Troiano;R. Salati;D. Monti
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