双歧杆菌和乳杆菌在诱发抗肿瘤免疫中的作用

双歧杆菌和乳杆菌给封闭群昆明小鼠腹腔注射,在体内激活后,胸腺细胞和脾细胞对ＣｏｎＡ刺激的增殖反应,脾贴附性细胞对ＹＡＣ－１,Ｌ９２９的细胞毒作用,以及脾贴附性细胞产生对上述二株瘤细胞的肿瘤坏死因子（ＴＮＦ）的活性都比对照动物明显增强。结果提示短双歧杆菌和嗜酸性乳杆菌给小鼠腹腔注射后,通过激活脾脏淋巴细胞和贴附性细胞（巨噬细胞）所介导的免疫功能而明显地增强宿主的抗肿瘤活性。     

双歧杆菌对裸鼠腹腔巨噬细胞NO形成的调节作用

给裸小鼠腹腔注射青春型双歧杆菌,每天一次,连续５天,以Ｇｒｉｅｓ试剂测定了裸鼠腹腔巨噬细胞分泌ＮＯ的含量。结果表明：双歧杆菌注射组其腹腔巨噬细胞产生ＮＯ的量显著高于对照组,具有显著的统计学意义（Ｐ＜００１）。提示青春型双歧杆菌可激活巨噬细胞,使之产生一定量的ＮＯ,ＮＯ在介导双歧杆菌的多种生理功能方面起重要作用     

双歧杆菌对小鼠单核吞噬细胞功能的影响

双歧杆菌是革兰氏阳性无芽胞厌氧菌,是人和动物肠道的正常菌群之一。我们研究了注射双歧杆菌对小鼠单核吞噬细胞功能的影响。注射婴儿双歧杆菌和青春双歧杆菌后小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞酸性磷酸酶含量增加、吞噬试验的吞噬率及吞噬指数明显提高,表明双歧杆菌能增加巨噬细胞吞噬消化功能,以婴儿双歧杆菌为启动剂可从DBA/2小鼠体内诱生肿瘤坏死因子,提示双歧杆菌可调节单核吞噬细胞分泌细胞因子。因此双歧杆菌能激活单核吞噬细胞,促进机体的免疫学反应。推测定居于肠道的双歧杆菌可能是通过移位到体内器官、释放免疫活性成分被肠道中Peryer氏淋巴结群内的巨噬细胞吞噬,从而作用于机体单核吞噬细胞系统。这一推测尚需进一步研究证实。     

双歧杆菌习腹腔巨噬细胞激活作用的初步观察

用青春型双歧杆菌注射于裸鼠腹腔,分别以中性红吞噬法以及ＭＴＴ法检测了裸鼠腹腔巨噬细胞的吞噬能力和能量代谢水平。结果显示双歧杆菌注射组裸鼠腹腔巨噬细胞的吞噬能力和能量代谢水平均显著高于对照组（Ｐ＜０．０１）。提示青春型双歧杆菌能激活巨噬细胞,增强其吞噬功能,提高其能量代谢水平。     

双歧杆菌对裸鼠腹腔巨噬细胞产生IL—1及IL—6的影响

给裸小鼠腹腔注射活的青春型双歧杆菌,并以小鼠胸腺细胞增殖法及ＥＬＩＳＡ法分别检测了裸鼠腹腔巨噬细胞分泌的ＩＬ１活性及ＩＬ６含量。结果表明：实验组裸鼠腹腔巨噬细胞分泌的ＩＬ１活性以及ＩＬ６含量均显著高于对照组,两者均具有统计学意义（ｐ＜００１）。这提示青春型双歧杆菌可激活巨噬细胞产生ＩＬ１以及ＩＬ６,它们在该菌调节机体免疫反应中可能起一定作用。     

眼镜蛇毒细胞毒素的抗肿瘤作用

目的　研究眼镜蛇毒细胞毒素（ Ｃ Ｖ Ｃ Ｔ Ｘ）的体内抗肿瘤作用。方法　小鼠皮下、腹腔接种 Ｓ１８０ 、 Ｅ Ａ Ｃ后, 于接种部位注射不同剂量的 Ｃ Ｖ Ｃ Ｔ Ｘ, 每天 １ 次, 连续１０ 天, 观察瘤重抑制率和生命延长率。结果　适当剂量（０２～０８ｍ ｇ／ｋｇ） 的 Ｃ Ｖ Ｃ Ｔ Ｘ 能明显抑制肿瘤的生长 （ Ｐ＜ ００１）,小鼠的存活时间明显延长（ Ｐ ＜ ００１）。结论　 Ｃ Ｖ Ｃ Ｔ Ｘ 在小鼠体内对 Ｓ１８０ 、 Ｅ Ａ Ｃ有明显地抗肿瘤作用。     

短双歧杆菌和嗜酸性乳杆菌对小鼠抗肿瘤活性的激活作用

用活的短双歧杆菌,嗜酸性乳杆菌和BCG给昆明小鼠腹腔注射,在原位激活后,由肝脏分离的非实质性细胞(NPC)对YAC-1,P815和L929的细胞毒性作用,以及NPC和Kupffer(KC)培养上清中所显示出对三株瘤细胞的肿瘤坏死因子(TNF)活性都比对照组明显增强。其次,胸腺细胞和脾细胞对ConA刺激的增殖反应也明显增强。实验结果表明双歧杆菌和乳杆菌在小鼠体内诱发抗肿瘤活性的启动能力与BCG几乎相等。     

青春型双歧杆菌生态制品对小鼠肝癌抑制作用的初步研究

本文观察了青春型双歧杆菌(Bif.a)对小鼠肝癌移植瘤的抑制作用。结果发现,青春型双歧杆菌在瘤细胞移植前或移植后应用均显示了抑制肿瘤生长的作用。将青春型双歧杆菌注入肤腔可激活肤腔巨噬细胞,提高其吞噬功能和非特异性酯酶活性,而加入体外培养的小鼠肝癌细胞未显示有杀伤瘤细胞作用。认为青春型双歧杆菌的抑瘤作用可能是该菌刺激了宿主的免疫活性细胞杀伤了瘤细胞,而非直接杀伤作用。     

青春型双歧杆菌微生态制品对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞酸性磷酸酶含量的影响

我们观察了青春型双歧杆菌微生态制品ＤＭ８５０４,对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞酸性磷酸酶的影响。以青春型双歧杆菌ＤＭ８５０４,０．２ｍｌ（含活菌１８×１０９）。注入小鼠腹腔。每天１次连续５次,对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞酸性磷酸酶变化进行连续定量测定,并于终止注射后第３天取腹腔巨噬细胞涂片,以酶染色方法进行半定量观察。结果表明,于注射开始后第２天直至注射停止后第５夫,实验组小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞酸性磷酸酶含量均高于对照组,说明ＤＭ８５０４可激活小鼠巨噬细胞,提高酸性磷酸酶的含量及这种作用可维持的天数。     

双歧杆菌对裸鼠腹腔巨噬细胞激活作用的初步观察

用青春型双歧杆菌注射于裸鼠腹腔,分别以中性红吞噬法以及M TT 法检测了裸鼠腹腔巨噬细胞的吞噬能力和能量代谢水平。结果显示双歧杆菌注射组裸鼠腹腔巨噬细胞的吞噬能力和能量代谢水平均显著高于对照组(P< 0.01)。提示青春型双歧杆菌能激活巨噬细胞,增强其吞噬功能,提高其能量代谢水平     

DYNAMICS OF LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INTO THE MOUSE ASCITES TUMOR

There is a marked increase in the number of peritoneal leukocytes (lymphocytes, monocytes and granulocytes) during the growth of Ehrlich ascites tumor in mice. No local proliferation (as indicated by a labeling at 1 hr following a single ³H-TdR injection) was observed in the normal peritoneal leukocytes or those in the ascites tumor, except for a very minor labeling of some tumor macrophages. Kinetics of peritoneal leukocytes was studied with a series of twelve injections of ³H-thymidine (20 μCi every 8 hr) in normal mice as well as mice injected with 10⁶ tumor cells i.p. 2 hr after the last ³H-TdR injection. Animals were sacrificed at intervals up to 6 days. Granulocyte labeling in the blood as well as peritoneal space was near 100% in both groups of animals at all the intervals. Temporal changes in the labeling of lymphocytes (from 10% at 0 day to 22% at day 6), and monocytes (from 20% at 0 day to 57% at day 6) were identical in the blood and peritoneal space of normal animals, indicating a free exchange of cells between these compartments. Higher labeling indices than those in the controls were attained in the blood of tumor-bearing hosts (viz 40% for lymphocytes and 80% for monocytes at 6 days) suggesting an increased turnover of these cells in the circulation. In addition, peritoneal mononuclear cells of tumor-bearing mice showed even a higher labeling than those in the blood (viz 65% for lymphocytes and 92% for monocytes at 6 days) indicating a selective migration and/or retention of newly formed cells within the tumor, in contrast to a random migration into the normal peritoneal cavity. Furthermore, an identical labeling of macrophages to that of monocytes within the tumor indicated a short monocyte-macrophage transition. The preferential accumulation of young mononuclear cells into the tumor may be of functional importance.     

Pronounced antitumor effect of LAK-like cells induced in the peritoneal cavity of mice after intraperitoneal injection of OK-432, a killed Streptococcal preparation

Summary More than 80% of BALB/c mice bearing BAMC-1 ascites tumor were completely cured after five consecutive (once every 2 days) i. p. injections of a 0.1 mg dose of OK-432, beginning on day 2 after tumor implantation. The antitumor effect of OK-432 was abolished in athymic nu/nu mice and in anti-thymocyte globulin-treated euthymic BALB/c mice, so although OK-432 treatment did increase the length of survival, all animals eventually died as a result of tumor growth. When peritoneal exudate cells (PEC), obtained on day 12 from OK-432-treated BAMC-1-bearing euthymic mice were evaluated for in vivo tumor neutralization activity, all mice receiving an i. p. injection of the admixture of the nonadherent PEC (1×10⁷ cells) with BAMC-1 cells (1×10⁵) survived for more than 60 days. When the same nonadherent PEC (1×10⁷ cells) were i. p. transferred adoptively 1 day after the inoculation of 1×10⁵ BAMC-1 tumor cells, again all mice survived.When these in vivo active PEC were tested for cytotoxicity in vitro against fresh BAMC-1 tumor cells, natural killer (NK) sensitive syngeneic RL 1, NK-sensitive allogeneic YAC-1 cells, NK-resistant syngeneic Meth-A cells, allogeneic tumor cells (EL4, B16, and P815) and xenogenic human cells, the PEC were found to be capable of lysing BAMC-1 tumor cells together with almost all of the other tumor cells, including NK-resistant cells. Nonadherent PEC contained at least two subpopulations of killer cells. One, directed to syngeneic BAMC-1 cells, was both Thy1.2 and asialo GM1 positive, and another, directed to allogeneic YAC-1 cells, was asialo GM1 positive but Thy1.2 negative. A cold target inhibition assay also suggested the presence of more than two subpopulations.These results indicate that T cells play a determined role in the immunotherapeutic effect of OK-432 on BALB/c mice bearing BAMC-1 tumor, although the participation of activated macrophages could not be excluded. The cells responsible for killing BAMC-1 and other tumor cells appearing in the PEC on day 12 were characterized as containing at least two kinds of lymphokine-activated killer cells.     

Refractoriness to migration inhibitory factor of macrophages of LPS nonresponder mouse strains.

The responsiveness to macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) of peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) from the LPS unresponsive C3H/HeJ and C57BL/10ScCR mice was assessed by the indirect agarose microdroplet macrophage migration inhibition assay. No migration inhibition with PEC from C3H/HeJ nor C57BL/10ScCR mice was detected, whereas PEC from both C3H/HeN and C57BL/10Sn mice were significantly inhibited by even a 1/32 dilution of MIF-containing supernatants. Responsiveness to MIF of C3H/HeJ PEC could, however, be induced. In vivo inoculations of Mycobacterium bovis, strain BCG, 7 days before in vitro assay rendered C3H/HeJ PEC responsive to MIF. The lack of responsiveness to MIF by C3H/HeJ PEC appeared related to some form of suppression, since a mixture of PEC from C3H/HeN mice with 10 to 15% PEC from C3H/HeJ mice resulted in undetectable migration inhibition at any MIF dilution. In contrast to the usual lack of responsiveness of their macrophage to MIF, C3H/HeJ mice were able to produce MIK in response to PPD as well as their counterpart C3H/HeN mice after BCG sensitization. These results demonstrate that macrophages from C3H/HeJ and C57BL/10ScCR mice are unable to be inhibited in their in vitro migration of MIF (possibly being directly or indirectly influenced by a suppressor cell), whereas lymphoid cells from at least one of these strains, the C3H/HeJ mice, can produce MIF in response to antigenic stimulation.     

Flow cytometric analysis of recombinant murine GM-CSF (rmuGM-CSF) induced changes in the distribution of specific cell populations in vivo

The changes in the distribution of granulocytes, monocytes, and lymphocytes in various tissue compartments following subcutaneous (SC) administration of recombinant murine GM-CSF (rmuGM-CSF) in vivo was determined by flow cytometry in time course studies. Balb/c mice were given single, daily SC injections of 1 or 4 micrograms of rmuGM-CSF for 10 days. Flow cytometric analysis was performed on bone marrow (BMC), peritoneal exudate (PEC), and peripheral blood (PBC) cell preparations from mice treated for 1, 3, and 10 days. Dual fluorescence was employed to gate on leukocytes (T200+) and analyze for Ig+, Thy 1.2+, MAC+, and 8C5+ (granulocytes) cells. The analyses indicated that SC-rmuGM-CSF increased the percentage of 8C5+ cells in PBC after 1 day of treatment. However, significant changes in the cell composition of PEC and BMC were not observed until day 10 of treatment and included increases in 8C5+ cells and the myeloid cell population, respectively. Side scatter analysis (cell density) of PBC and PEC indicated that the percentage of the granulocytic cell population increased significantly in rmuGM-CSF treated mice. The changes observed in PEC and BMC appeared to be dose-related whereas those observed in PBC were not. These data clearly demonstrate the utility of flow cytometric analyses for detecting selective effects of cytokines on cell populations that are involved in host defense mechanisms.     

Antitumor effect induced by a hot water extract of Chlorella vulgaris (CE): Resistance to meth-A tumor growth mediated by CE-induced polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Summary When a hot water extract of Chlorella vulgaris (CE) was injected into the peritoneal cavity of BALB/c mice inoculated with syngeneic Meth-A tumor cells, the survival times were strikingly prolonged. Furthermore, peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) rich in polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) obtained from normal mice 24 h after CE injection exhibited an antitumor effect in a Winn-type assay using normal recipients. Such an activity of PEC remained almost intact after T cell or macrophage depletion. However, such PEC did not express an antitumor effect in a Winn-type assay using irradiated recipients. It was suggested that CE-induced PEC, presumably PMN, expressed an antitumor effect in cooperation with a host- or recipient-derived element(s) sensitive to irradiation. The anti-tumor mechanism of CE may be different from that of OK-432, one of the biological response modifiers.     

Anti-tumor cytostatic mechanism and delayed-type hypersensitivity against a syngeneic murine tumor. Comparison between neonatally thymectomized mice and congenitally athymic nude mice

We studied the anti-tumor mechanism against a syngeneic tumor using a BALB/c-MA tumor system by cytolysis and cytostasis assays in vitro comparing mice neonatally thymectomized at 1 day or 7 days after birth (NTx-1, NTx-7), sham-operated (sham) mice, and congenitally athymic nude BALB/c mice. NTx-1 mice showed more rapid tumor growth and a slightly lower degree of strong cytostatic activity in peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) than NTx-7 or sham mice. Nude mice showed more rapid MA growth than NTx-1 mice and no cytostatic activity in PEC. After immunization with mitomycin C-treated MA (MMC-MA), NTx-1 mice acquired an immunoprophylactic capacity against MA and showed cytostatic activity and delayed footpad reaction (DFR) to MA, however, nude mice showed no acquisition of such an immunity, or cytostatic activity, or DFR to MA. These differences between NTx-1 and nude mice could be well-explained by less capacity of nude mice to produce a macrophage-activating factor, which activates macrophages to exert cytostasis and DFR. However, NTx-1 mice could not reject MA by immunization with MMC-MA in CFA (MMC-MA/CFA), although such immunized sham mice could eliminate MA completely. Both PEC and spleen cells from Sham mice immunized with MMC-MA/CFA showed cytostatic activity, whereas NTx-1 mice showed cytostatic activity of the same level in PEC and less in spleen cells compared to Sham mice. Cytolytic activity was never detected throughout this study in a BALB/c-MA system. These data suggest that cytostasis plays an important role in antitumor immunity against a syngeneic MA tumor and that two types of cytostasis is included from the standpoint of thymus-dependency of ontogenic development, relatively low and high.     

Interleukin-5 induces tumor suppression by peritoneal exudate cells in mice

The antitumor activity of peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) induced by murine interleukin-5 (mIL-5) was examined using Meth-A sarcoma cells transplanted into the peritoneal cavity of mice. Although in vitro treatment of Meth-A sarcoma cells with mIL-5 did not result in inhibition of their growth, treatment of mice intraperitoneally with mIL-5 (1 g/day) from day –5 to +5 (tumor cells were inoculated on day 0) led to a significant increase in survival or even rejection of tumor cells. This antitumor effect depended on the dose of mIL-5. Interestingly, there was identical therapeutic activity when the protocol of days –10 to –1 was used as opposed to –5 to +5. In addition, post-treatment with mIL-5 from day +1 to +10 was ineffective. This suggests that the therapeutic activity of IL-5 is largely prophylactic. Under the former condition, the number of PEC was found to increase over 50-fold when compared to levels in control mice. Moreover, the antitumor effect of mIL-5 was completely abolished by subcutaneous injection of anti-mIL-5 monoclonal antibodies. The treatment of mice injected intraperitoneally with human IL-2 also resulted in an increase in survival. Winn assay experiments using PEC recovered from mIL-5-treated mice (1g/day, from day –10 to –1) revealed that these PEC could mediate antitumor activity against Meth-A sarcoma cells. Furthermore, when the cured mice were re-injected with Meth-A sarcoma cells or syngeneic MOPC 104E cells, they could reject Meth-A sarcoma cells but not MOPC 104E cells, indicating that immune memory had been generated. These results suggest that IL-5 augumented the PEC tumoricidal activity but we have no indication that the tumoricidal activity was mediated through a mIL-5-dependent mechanism.     

Induction of tumor cytotoxic immune cells using a protein from the bitter melon (Momordica charantia)

The fruit and seeds of the bitter melon (Momordica charantia) have been reported to have anti-leukemic and antiviral activities. This anti-leukemic and antiviral action was associated with an activation of murine lymphocytes. A partially purified protein factor from the bitter melon caused an infiltration and activation of peritoneal exudate cells in C57B1/6J, C3H/HeJ, and C3H/HeN mice. When the extract was injected twice a week at 8 micrograms of protein per ip injection for 0-4 weeks, the peritoneal exudate cells from the treated mice were cytotoxic in a long-term (18-hr) 51Cr-release assay against a range of labeled targets: L1210, P388, and MOLT-4 tumor cells. Cytotoxicity was also observed against YAC-1 targets in a short-term (4-hr) assay. Fractionation of the cytotoxic immune cells implicated a nonadherent cell population which was capable of killing an NK-sensitive cell line in a 4-hr 51Cr-release assay. Unit gravity sedimentation studies indicated that the cytotoxicity was due to either a neutrophil or a large lymphocyte. Antibody depletion experiments using antibody to asialo GM1, an NK cell-specific antibody, depleted cytotoxicity observed in nonadherent, Ficoll/Hypaque-separated PEC. This suggests that at least part of the anti-leukemic activity of the bitter melon extract is due to the activation of NK cells in the host mouse.     

Induction of antitumor L3T4-positive T cells by OK-432 at tumor sites in mice

We have previously reported the development of antitumor effector cells by day 12 after tumor implantation using a murine malignant ascites model with BAMC-1 tumor, which could be cured completely by five consecutive i.p. injections of OK-432 starting on day 2. In contrast, the OK-432 treatment with the same protocol failed to cure the tumor-bearing athymic mice, though it could suppress tumor growth temporarily. The results suggest that T cells may play a critical role in achieving a therapeutic effect. The present study was designed to clarify the nature of the antitumor effector cells induced by OK-432 in euthymic mice. The number of tumor cells in the pertioneal cavity of OK-432-treated euthymic mice increased gradually up to day 12 and dropped suddenly on day 14, while in the athymic mice the tumor cells transiently decreased in the first 7 days then started to expand drastically on day 8. The timing of the appearance of the effector cells was examined by adoptive-transfer experiments. The peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) obtained from BAMC-1 bearing euthymic mice on various days during the treatments with OK-432 were passively transferred intraperitoneally on the respective days (synchronous transfer) or on day 7 (convergent transfer) to BAMC-1-bearing athymic mice, which were treated similarly with OK-432. More than 85% of the recipient athymic mice survived when an adoptive transfer was made on and after day 7. These results indicated that the effector cells developed before day 8 in euthymic mice. The effector cells detectable on day 7 in the PEC represent plastic- or nylon-wool-column-nonadherent cells, which could cure the tumor-bearing athymic mice. Furthermore, the effector cells were destroyed when the nylon-wool-column-nonadherent cells were treated with an anti-L3T4 antibody and complement whereas the same treatment with anti-Lyt2 antibody had no effect. These L3T4⁺ cells did not possess asialo-GM1 antigen. Although the exact mechanism of action of the effector cells is yet to be clarified, the induction of human equivalents of this type of effector cell would be a good parameter indicative of clinical effects induced by OK-432 or other biological response modifiers in an individual cancer patient.     

Potentiation of the cytolytic activity of peripheral blood monocytes by lymphokines and interferon

Human peripheral blood monocytes obtained by EDTA-reversible adherence to plastic surfaces precoated with autologous serum can rapidly lyse a variety of tumor cells. That the effector cells in this system are indeed monocytes has been demonstrated (1). Using a short-term (3 to 4 hr) 51Cr-release assay and the single cell conjugate cytotoxic assay, we studied the effects of lymphokine-rich supernatants containing gamma-interferon and partially purified fibroblast interferon on the monocyte cytolytic activity. Overnight incubation of the monocytes in fetal bovine serum-containing medium resulted in a relatively small decrease in cytotoxic activity compared to the one obtained with monocytes incubated in autologous serum. The addition of lymphokines or interferon under both incubation conditions resulted in augmented activity as measured in the 51Cr-release assay. However, the proportions of binding and cytotoxic monocytes, determined in the single cell conjugate assay, did not increase. These results suggest that augmented activity is not due to recruitment of inactive cells. Kinetics studies of tumor cell lysis indicate the increase in killing efficiency is probably due to both an increase in the rate of killing and in the recycling ability of the cytotoxic cells. Using the conjugate/agarose technique, we also demonstrated that excess tumor cells could impair the lytic machinery of freshly isolated monocytes, whereas monocytes treated with lymphokines or interferon partially lost their sensitivity to this inhibitory effect. The ability of tumor cells to impair the lytic machinery of monocytes could be one of the mechanisms by which tumors escape immunosurveillance.