title: [Immunoregulatory activity of polysaccharopeptide and Astragalus polysaccharides on EAC tumor-bearing mice].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the immunoregulatory activities of polysaccharopeptide and astragalus polysaccharides on EAC tumor-bearing mice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma (EAC) Kunming (KM) mice were used to establish the animal model for solid tumor. Mice were randomly divided into six groups (n = 10): NS group (NS, 10 mL x kg(-1) x d(-1)), AMD group (AMD, 4 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1), 0.2 mL, only for the first 3 days), PSP group (PSP, 250 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1), 0.2 mL), APS group (APS, 250 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1), 0.2 mL), complex prescription group (PSP + APS, 250 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1), 0.1 mL) and combined treat group (AMD + PSP + APS, same dosage as above). After thirty days of treatment, immunocytochemical method was employed to detect the changes of T-lymphocyte subsets in the PBMC of tumor-bearing mice. Subsequently, the organ indexes and tumor inhibition rate were calculated and compared with those of control group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Percentage of CD3+, CD4+ T-cell and the ratio of CD4+/CD8+ were obviously prominence in the PSP and PSP + APS groups compared with those of NS group (0.05), percentage of CD8+ T-cell was significantly decreased compared with that of AMD group; percentage of CD3+, CD4+ T-cell were obviously increased in AMD + PSP + APS group relative to that of AMD group; the thymus index of AMD group was significantly decreased compared with that of NS group, but the thymus index of AMD + PSP + APS group was obviously increased compared with that of AMD group; the weight of tumor in each administration group was significantly decreased compared with that of NS group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PSP and PSP + APS complex prescription showed the remarkable immunoregulation on EAC mice with chemotherapy or not.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi-Xi
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hong-Ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D027883:Astragalus Plant / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D011509:Proteoglycans; C093216:polysaccharide peptide