title: Macrophage-induced cytotoxicity and anti-metastatic activity of a 43-kDa human urinary protein against the Lewis tumor.
abstract: Resident, inflammatory or bone-marrow macrophages from C57Bl/6 mice incubated in vitro with a pure human urinary protein (HGP.43) decreased the growth rate of Lewis tumor cells (3LL). This inhibition of 3LL growth was the result of a cytotoxic activity of these macrophages which was independent of oxygen metabolites and nitrous oxide. Murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against HGP.43 inhibited macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity. This cytotoxic activity was not due to the release of cytotoxic factors in the culture supernatant, showing that a contact between macrophages and tumor cells was required to express cytotoxicity. The presence of HGP.43 was absolutely necessary during the incubation of macrophages with target cells. In vivo, in HGP.43-treated mice, the growth of the primary tumor was not delayed but the size and number of lung metastases were significantly reduced 21 days after tumor inoculation.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'Immunophysiologie cellulaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fontan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saklani
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Fauve
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000276:immunology; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins