The Immune Response and the Therapeutic Effect of Metronomic Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide

Metronomic chemotherapy (MCT) is a novel therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment endowed with an antiangiogenic effect. It refers to regular administration of low doses of cytotoxic drugs, with minimal or no drug-free breaks. Previously, we demonstrated the immunomodulating activity of a single...

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Autores principales: Rozados, Viviana R., Mainetti, Leandro Ernesto, Rico, María José, Zacarías Fluck, Mariano, Matar, Pablo, Scharovsky, O. Graciela
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Publicado: Cognizant Communication Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2133/2011
http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/096504010X12777678141662
http://hdl.handle.net/2133/2011
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topic Metronomic chemotherapy
Immune response
Lymphoma
Cyclophosphamide
spellingShingle Metronomic chemotherapy
Immune response
Lymphoma
Cyclophosphamide
Rozados, Viviana R.
Mainetti, Leandro Ernesto
Rico, María José
Zacarías Fluck, Mariano
Matar, Pablo
Scharovsky, O. Graciela
The Immune Response and the Therapeutic Effect of Metronomic Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide
topic_facet Metronomic chemotherapy
Immune response
Lymphoma
Cyclophosphamide
description Metronomic chemotherapy (MCT) is a novel therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment endowed with an antiangiogenic effect. It refers to regular administration of low doses of cytotoxic drugs, with minimal or no drug-free breaks. Previously, we demonstrated the immunomodulating activity of a single low-dose of cyclophosphamide (Cy) and the antitumor effect of MCT with Cy on established rat lymphomas and sarcomas. Here, we examined whether the immune response is responsible for the antitumor effect of MCT with Cy on L-TACB lymphoma. Inbred e rats and nude mice were subcutaneously challenged with L-TACB. After 7 days, they were distributed into two experimental groups: 1) treated animals, which were injected IP with Cy (10 mg/kg body weight) three times per week, and 2) control animals, which received IP saline injections. Exponential growth and decay and tumor doubling time were calculated. Also, serum IL-10 levels were measured. One hundred percent of treated rats showed tumor regression versus 0% of control rats. The increase of tumor-induced IL-10 levels was reverted by the treatment with Cy. On the other hand, there were no tumor regressions, in treated or control nude mice. However, the tumor doubling times of treated nude mice were significantly higher than those of control mice, implying that other antitumor mechanism(s), independent of the adaptive immune response, might be taking place. Our present results indicate that modulation of the immune response would be involved in the antitumor effect of MCT with Cy, because the absence of the specific immune response impairs, at least in part, its therapeutic effect in a lymphoma tumor model.
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author Rozados, Viviana R.
Mainetti, Leandro Ernesto
Rico, María José
Zacarías Fluck, Mariano
Matar, Pablo
Scharovsky, O. Graciela
author_facet Rozados, Viviana R.
Mainetti, Leandro Ernesto
Rico, María José
Zacarías Fluck, Mariano
Matar, Pablo
Scharovsky, O. Graciela
author_sort Rozados, Viviana R.
title The Immune Response and the Therapeutic Effect of Metronomic Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide
title_short The Immune Response and the Therapeutic Effect of Metronomic Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide
title_full The Immune Response and the Therapeutic Effect of Metronomic Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide
title_fullStr The Immune Response and the Therapeutic Effect of Metronomic Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide
title_full_unstemmed The Immune Response and the Therapeutic Effect of Metronomic Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide
title_sort immune response and the therapeutic effect of metronomic chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide
publisher Cognizant Communication Corporation
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/2133/2011
http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/096504010X12777678141662
http://hdl.handle.net/2133/2011
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