title: Induction of endogenous cytokines in ascites of patients with ovarian cancer by OK-432, a streptococcal preparation.
abstract: To clarify the action mechanism of OK-432, OK-432 was intraperitoneally (i.p.) administered to 4 ovarian cancer patients with malignant ascites. In 2 of the 4 patients, 4 types of cytokines (tumor necrosis factor, interleukin 1 beta, interleukin 2, and interferon gamma) were induced in ascites after intraperitoneal injection of OK-432 (i.p. OK-432). In one of these patients, the ascitic supernatant after i.p. OK-432 significantly inhibited colony formation of autologous ascitic tumor cells; the amount of ascites decreased markedly, and the ascitic cytology became negative. In the other 2 patients, only interferon gamma was induced in ascites after i.p. OK-432. In these 2, ascitic supernatant did not inhibit colony formation of autologous ascitic tumor cells. These results indicated that i.p. OK-432 can induce various endogenous cytokines in malignant ascites and that these induced cytokines may contribute to the antitumor effect of i.p. OK-432.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamaya
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000378:metabolism*; D001688:Biological Products / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010844:Picibanil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D010844:Picibanil; D007371:Interferon-gamma