title: Induction of tumouricidal macrophages by MTP-PE: its enhancement by a factor produced spontaneously by tumour cells.
abstract: Tumouricidal activity of rat alveolar macrophages is induced by MTP-PE in vitro. This tumouricidal activity is enhanced by a factor (tumour cell derived immunostimulating factor, TCIF) contained in tumour cell culture supernatants. TCIF is not species specific, since culture supernatants of rat MADB-200 as well as mouse B16 or Meth A tumour cells showed similar effects on rat alveolar macrophages. TCIF is not produced in cultures of normal cells, e.g. rat embryo cells. TCIF produced by MADB-200 tumour cells is relatively heat-stable and dialyzable. It is destroyed by treatment at pH 2 for 24 hrs. These results suggest that TCIF can participate in macrophage activation and could be of potential therapeutic value.
mesh_terms: D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts; D007700:Kinetics; D008262:Macrophage Activation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; C037144:mifamurtide; D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine