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01-01-2012 | Original Paper

Adjuvant immunotherapy of C6 glioma in rats with pertussis toxin

Authors: Mario Orozco-Morales, Francisco-Javier Sánchez-García, Patricia Guevara-Salazar, Oscar Arrieta, Norma Y. Hernández-Pedro, Aurora Sánchez-García, Rodolfo Perez-Madrigal, Edgar Rangel-López, Benjamín Pineda, Julio Sotelo

Published in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology | Issue 1/2012

Abstract

Purpose

In spite of the recent advances in surgery and antitumor drugs, the brain tumors, like glioblastoma, have shown a poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of pertussis toxin (PTx) as immunomodulatory molecule on glial tumors induced by C6 glioma cells.

Methods

Given the pleiotropic effect of PTx on the immune system, we analyzed the effect of PTx on CD4+/CD25+/FoxP3+ (Treg) cells like as immunotherapeutic adjuvant. Thirty rats with a glial tumor of 1.5 cm in diameter were separated in two groups: the first group was treated with PTx and the second group was non-treated (controls). Tumoral volume was measured weekly; tumor, blood and spleen were taken for analysis of subpopulations of T cells, apoptotic index and cytokine contents, in both groups.

Results

We observed a significant decrease in tumor volume in the PTx group; this was associated with a decreased in the number of Treg cells, in both spleen and tumor. The percentage of apoptotic cells was increased as compared with that of controls. The production of proinflammatory cytokines was increased in mRNA for IL-6 as well as a small increase in the mRNA expression of perforin and granzime in tumors from rats treated with PTx. No changes were found in the mRNA expression of MCP-1 and MIP-1α.

Conclusion

These results suggest that PTx could be an immunotherapeutic adjuvant in the integral therapy against glial tumors.

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Title: Adjuvant immunotherapy of C6 glioma in rats with pertussis toxin
Authors: Mario Orozco-Morales
Francisco-Javier Sánchez-García
Patricia Guevara-Salazar
Oscar Arrieta
Norma Y. Hernández-Pedro
Aurora Sánchez-García
Rodolfo Perez-Madrigal
Edgar Rangel-López
Benjamín Pineda
Julio Sotelo
Publication date: 01-01-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0171-5216
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1335
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-011-1069-y

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