title: Enhancing effect of coenzyme, Q10 on immunorestoration with Mycobacterium bovis BCG in tumor-bearing mice.
abstract: Effect of the additional treatment with coenzyme Q10 on immunorestoration with Mycobacterium bovis BCG in tumor-bearing mice was investigated. Cell-mediated cytotoxicity in tumor-bearing mice against alloantigenic tumor cells was determined by 51Cr release assay using spleen cells of C57BL/6N mice which had been inoculated subcutaneously with syngeneic melanoma-B16 and immunized intraperitoneally with alloantigenic mastocytoma P815-X2 cells. The cell-mediated cytotoxicity against mastocytoma P815-X2 cells was gradually depressed with the growth of melanoma-B16. The depressed, cell-mediated cytotoxicity in tumor-bearing mice recovered slightly by the treatment with BCG. The recovery effect of BCG on the depressed, cell-mediated cytotoxicity was significantly enhanced by the additional treatment with coenzyme Q10. Coenzyme Q10 did not have an apparent effect on the depressed, cell-mediated cytotoxicity in tumor-bearing mice. These results show that coenzyme Q10 enhances the immunorestoration with BCG in tumor-bearing mice.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects*; D012515:Mast-Cell Sarcoma / Q000276:immunology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology*; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine; D014451:Ubiquinone