title: Mouse strain difference in the expression of antitumor activity of PS-K.
abstract: Effect of PS-K on tumor growth and antibody production was studied in inbred C57BL/6, SL, C3H/He, and AKR mice, and in colony-bred ICR mice. (1) PS-K exhibited antitumor activity on sarcoma-180 in ICR mice, but not in AKR mice. Growth of sarcoma-180 was suppressed to the intermediate extent in other strains. (2) In ICR strain, antibody production against trinitrophenyl was depressed in mice bearing sarcoma-180 and restored by PS-K. In AKR mice, on the other hand, antibody production was not depressed in tumor-bearing state and was not augmented by PS-K. Other strains showed intermediate degrees of suppression of antibody-producing capacity by sarcoma-180 and its restoration by PS-K.CR strain, the growth of Ehrlich tumor as the challenge tumor was enhanced in mice bearing sarcoma-180 as compared to that in controls. After the treatment with PS-K in this strain, however, not only the growth of sarcoma-180 but also of Ehrlich tumor was inhibited completely. On the other hand, the growth of Ehrlich tumor in AKR strain was neither enhanced in mice bearing sarcoma-180 nor inhibited by PS-K.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051379:Mice; D008806:Mice, Inbred AKR; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012510:Sarcoma 180 / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D011509:Proteoglycans