title: Nonspecific  Immunotherapy of Murine Solid Tumors With Corynebacterium granulosum.
abstract: A single intraperitoneal (ip) or intravenous (iv) injection of Corynebacterium granulosum into C3Hf/Bu mice shortly after subcutaneous (sc) injection of cells from a strongly antigenic syngeneic fibrosarcoma induced by 3-methylcholanthrene caused complete and lasting regressions of 100 and 70% of resulting tumors, respectively. Treatment with this bacterium sc only slightly inhibited the growth of some tumors. C. granulosum given iv to mice 3 days after the sc injection of fibrosarcoma cells caused complete regressions of 39 of 45 tumors; two iv injections with this immunostimulant given 1 month apart were no more effective than a single injection. Intralesional treatment of fibrosarcomas 8 mm in diameter induced complete regressions of tumors in 30% of the animals, whereas sc treatment contralateral to the growing tumor only slightly reduced tumor growth. Intraperitoneal growth of a fibrosarcoma was efficiently controlled (58-80% survival of mice) if C. granulosum was given ip, but not iv, 3 days after inoculation with tumor cells. Again, two injections of C. granulosum (given ip 4 days apart) were only as effective as a single injection. Treatment with C. granulosum iv at 3, 7, 14, or 21 days after sc inoculation of a weakly antigenic, spontaneously arising mammary carcinoma (MC-1) strongly inhibited tumor growth. Three complete but temporary tumor regressions were observed. The subcutaneous growth of another spontaneous mammary carcinoma (MC-2), which contained fairly strong tumor-specific antigen(s), was also significantly inhibited if C. granulosum was given 3,7, or 14 days after, but not 7 days before, tumor cell inoculation. However, pretreatment of mice with the immunostimulant significantly protected the mice against artifically induced pulmonary metastases of this tumor.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy*; D007167:Immunotherapy; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008297:Male; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000628:therapy; D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D051379:Mice; D012513:Sarcoma, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D008748:Methylcholanthrene