title: Influence of bacterial lectins on some reactions of nonspecific immunity in sarcoma 37 transplanted mice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study preventive effect of cytotoxic lectin from Bacillus subtilis B-7025 on the tumor growth and nonspecific immunity in sarcoma 37 transplanted mice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sarcoma 37 cells were transplanted in Balb/c mice. Cytotoxic lectin (CL) was isolated from cultural fluid of B.subtilis strain B-7025 and inoculated at a dose of 0.2 mg per animal in prophylactic or combined schedule. Functional activity of macrophages was evaluated by NBT-test and the level of cytotoxicity, cytotoxic activity of splenocytes was assayed against K562 cells.
  
  
  RESULTS
  CL administration in prophylactic or combined schedule results in inhibition of sarcoma 37 growth in mice. Stimulating effect of CL on peritoneal macrophages of sarcoma 37-bearing mice, especially at early stages of tumor growth, has been observed. At the late stage of tumor growth, the effect of lectin on cytotoxic activity of spleen mononuclear cells has been registered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Upon the use of lectin from B. subtilis B-7025, positive shifts of antitumor immunity reactions leading to tumor growth inhibition and elevation of average life span of tumor-bearing mice, have been detected.
authors.affiliation: R.E.Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Vasylkivska 45, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine. iris@onconet.kiev.ua
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Tanasienko
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Rudyk
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Pozur
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Potebnya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D037102:Lectins / Q000276:immunology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D012511:Sarcoma 37 / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D037102:Lectins