title: Induction of tumor necrosis factor production and antitumor effect by cabbage extract.
abstract: The effect of cabbage extract on the production of tumor necrosis factor and its implication in the antitumor effect were examined in vitro and in vivo. Cabbage extract stimulated the production of tumor necrosis factor by rat spleen cells and showed cytotoxic activity in a rat ascites hepatoma cell line (AH109A) when hepatoma cells were cultured with cabbage-stimulated spleen cells. When the extract was adminstered orally to AH109A-bearing rats in combination with lipopolysaccharide injection, the hepatoma weights were reduced to one-half of the vehicle control. The cytotoxic activity of tumor-infiltrating macrophages was induced by simultaneous treatment with cabbage extract and lipopolysaccharide. These results indicate that cabbage extract contains macrophage-stimulating component(s) and can implement the antitumor effect by stimulating the cytotoxicity of tumor-infiltrating macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo Noko University, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Kazumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagasaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D001937:Brassica; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000637:transplantation; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha