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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
卷 92, 期 -, 页码 185-193出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.06.079
关键词
Plant polysaccharide; Solanum nigrum; Immunomodulation
资金
- Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) [FP001-2011A]
- University of Malaya Postgraduate Research Funds (PPP) [PG087-2014, PG057-2012B]
A polysaccharide fraction from Solanum nigrum, SN-ppF3 was shown previously to have an immunomodulatory activity where it could possibly be used to enhance the host immune response in fighting cancer. The non-toxic SN-ppF3 was fed orally to breast tumor bearing-mice with concentrations of 250 and 500 mg/kg for 10 days. During the treatment period, size of the tumor and weight of the mice were monitored. At the end of the treatment, blood, tumor, spleen and thymus were harvested for physiological and immunological analyses. After the treatment, the tumor volume and tumor weight were significantly inhibited by 65% and 40%, respectively. Based on the histological observation, the treatment of SN-ppF3 resulted in the disruption of tumor cells morphology. The increase in infiltrating T cells, NK cells and macrophages were observed in tumor tissues of the treated mice, which partly explained the higher apoptosis tumor cells observed in the treated mice. Moreover, the level of TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma and IL-4 were elevated, while the level of IL-6 was decreased significantly, in serum of the treated mice. These results suggested that tumor suppression mechanisms observed in SN-ppF3-treated mice were most probably due through enhancing the host immune response. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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