Protein-bound polysaccharide-K reduces the proportion of regulatory T cells in vitro and in vivo.

Abstract:

:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an important role in maintaining immunological tolerance. However, this mechanism is one of the major obstacles to overcome when attempting to improve antitumor immunity. Protein-bound polysaccharide‑K (PSK) has been used clinically as an antitumor drug, and one of its antitumor mechanisms involves improvement of the tumor-induced immunosuppressive state. Therefore, we investigated whether PSK affects Tregs in vitro and in vivo. In the in vitro study, CD4⁺CD25⁻ cells were separated from normal mouse spleen and cultured with or without PSK in the presence of TGF-β. Although TGF-β induced CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁺ Tregs, PSK reduced the proportion of TGF-β-induced Tregs. In the in vivo study, BALB/c mice were injected subcutaneously with methylcholanthrene-induced fibrosarcoma (Meth A) cells on day 0, and were administered PSK (50 mg/kg) intraperitoneally from day 1, three times per week. After 4 weeks, the tumor volume, the proportion of Tregs and the CD8+/Treg ratio in the spleen, plasma TGF-β concentration, and IFN-γ production by spleen cells were measured. PSK significantly reduced tumor growth, the proportion of Tregs in the spleen and the plasma TGF-β concentration, and significantly increased the CD8+/Treg ratio in the spleen and IFN-γ production by spleen cells. The reduction of the TGF-β concentration in blood by PSK appears to decrease the proportion of Tregs in lymphoid organs and to augment antitumor immunity.

journal_name

Oncol Rep

journal_title

Oncology reports

authors

Aoki R,Iijima H,Kato M,Uchida M,Wada T,Murata M,Ogawa K,Naritaka Y,Yoshimatsu K

doi

10.3892/or.2013.2834

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-01-01 00:00:00

pages

50-6

issue

1

eissn

1021-335X

issn

1791-2431

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31

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