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  • Title: In vitro tumoricidal activity of resting and glucan-activated Kupffer cells.
    Author: Sherwood ER, Williams DL, McNamee RB, Jones EL, Browder IW, Di Luzio NR.
    Journal: J Leukoc Biol; 1987 Jul; 42(1):69-75. PubMed ID: 3474334.
    Abstract:
    Kupffer cells compose 80-90% of fixed tissue macrophages and have been suggested to play an important role in hepatic antitumor resistance. In the present study, the ability of resting and activated Kupffer cells to lyse syngeneic mammary adenocarcinoma BW10232 cells was evaluated. Activated Kupffer cells were isolated from C57Bl/6J mice following single of multiple intravenous (IV) injections of glucan (0.45 mg/mouse), a potent macrophage-activating agent. Mice receiving 5% (w/v) dextrose served as control. Resting Kupffer cells induced significant (P less than .05) 4% and 12% specific lysis of adenocarcinoma cells at target:effector ratios of 1:10 and 1:50, respectively. Kupffer-cell-mediated tumoricidal activity was depressed on day 1 following a single IV injection of glucan. By day 3 postglucan, the antitumor activity of Kupffer cells returned to control levels and was enhanced on days 5 and 10. Following multiple IV injections of glucan on days -5, -3, and -1, Kupffer-cell-mediated cytotoxicity was elevated on days 1 and 4. These observations demonstrate that resting Kupffer cells are significantly cytotoxic to adenocarcinoma cells at T:E ratios of 1:10 and 1:50 and following a transient inhibition of Kupffer-cell-mediated tumoricidal activity, glucan was effective in significantly enhancing the antitumor activity of Kupffer cells.
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