Effects of streptococcal preparation OK-432 on cytokine induction in spleen and tumour tissues of mice bearing MH-134 tumour cells.
Streptococcal preparation OK-432 is a bacterial immunopotentiator extensively used in Japan for adjuvant cancer therapy. Using C3H/He mice bearing MH-134 tumour cells, cytokine inductions of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin 1 beta, interleukin 6 and interferon-gamma were determined in spleen and tumour tissues by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis. No significant induction of cytokine mRNA was observed after subcutaneous administration of OK-432 (OK-432, s.c.) or after intratumoural injection of IFN-gamma (IFN-gamma, i.t.), compared with controls, either in spleen or tumour tissues. In contrast, subcutaneous administration of OK-432 followed by intratumoural OK-432 injection (OK-432, s.c. + i.t.) was found to induce some cytokine mRNAs significantly. The mRNA levels of tumour necrosis factor alpha and interferon-gamma in spleen tissue and those of interleukin 1 beta and interferon-gamma in tumour tissues were significantly elevated in mice with OK-432, s.c. + i.t. treatment compared with controls. These results suggest that treatment with OK-432, s.c. + i.t. effectively induced splenic antitumour immunity as well as local immunity against tumour cells.
Nakatani
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First Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Iwagaki
H
H
Okabayashi
T
T
Matsubara
N
N
Isozaki
H
H
Takakura
N
N
Horimi
T
T
Tanaka
N
N
D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D010844:Picibanil / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D015854:Up-Regulation
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016207:Cytokines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D010844:Picibanil; D007371:Interferon-gamma