title: Immunotoxic effect of low dose cisplatin in mice.
abstract: The immunosuppressive effects of cisplatin at relatively low doses were investigated in CD-1 mice. Mice were injected intraperitoneally with 8, 40 and 200 micrograms/kg cisplatin for 10 days. A decrease in body and thymus weights was observed at 200 micrograms/kg. Though there were no dose-related effects on the IgM antibody response to sheep erythrocytes, a statistically significant reduction of the contact hypersensitivity response (CHR) was seen at 200 micrograms/kg. In vivo and in vitro effects of cisplatin on T- and B-lymphocyte function were assessed by proliferative response to concanavalin A and lipopolysaccharide, respectively. Cisplatin inhibited splenic T-lymphocyte function more than splenic B-lymphocyte function. These data indicate that a relatively low dose of cisplatin induce immunosuppressive effects in mice with a greater effect on T-lymphocytes than the B-lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Drug Safety Research Laboratory, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kouchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohuchida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000187:drug effects; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000188:drug therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000187:drug effects*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D002945:Cisplatin