title: Effects of dietary retinyl palmitate and selenium on tumoricidal capacity of macrophages in mice undergoing tumor promotion.
abstract: Dietary retinyl palmitate was administered for 22-30 weeks in CD-1 mice which had been initiated with 0.15 mumol of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and promoted with 8 nmol of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) twice weekly thereafter. This treatment resulted in a dose response in both the tumoricidal capacity of a selected number of isolated peritoneal macrophages (PM) and in skin tumor prevention. At 350 I.U./g of diet, retinyl palmitate (RP) also resulted in a 3-fold increase in the number of DM. RP significantly increased the total capacity of macrophage host defenses by increasing the number and individual capacity for cytotoxicity. Selenium (Se), at 2 parts/million in the drinking water, did not enhance PM tumoricidal capacity, although it did result in 60% reduction of mouse tumor burden.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D004032:Diet; D004224:Diterpenes; D005260:Female; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000084562:Retinyl Esters; D012643:Selenium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D000084562:Retinyl Esters; D014801:Vitamin A; C014794:retinol palmitate; D012643:Selenium