title: Enhancement of the antitumor effect by the concurrent use of a monoclonal antibody and the protein-bound polysaccharide PSK in mice bearing a human cancer cell line.
abstract: The antitumor effects of a monoclonal antibody against a human cancer cell line and a protein-bound polysaccharide, PSK, obtained from cultured mycelia of Coriolus versicolor in basidiomycetes were examined. The IgG2a monoclonal antibody against the human colon cancer cell line colo 205 induced in vitro antibody-dependent macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity against the cancer cells, but only slightly suppressed the in vivo growth of the cancer cells. Concurrent use of PSK with the antibody enhanced the in vitro antibody-dependent macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity as well as the in vivo antitumor activity. These findings suggest that the combined use of a monoclonal antibody and PSK, which have different modes of action, may be useful in the treatment of cancer.
authors.affiliation: Kureha Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd., Biomedical Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Endoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yoshikumi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D011509:Proteoglycans; C010770:polysaccharide-K