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      Production and Enhanced Anti‐tumor Activity of Tumor Necrosis Factor in Mice Treated with Cyclophosphamide

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          We demonstrated recently that the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is induced in normal mice and in the immunosuppressed nude mouse model by the administration of muramyl dipeptide (MDP) derivatives followed by endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide). In the present study, the ability of this treatment to induce the production of TNF in mice receiving cyclophosphamide (CY) was examined. Two days following treatment with high‐dose CY (250 mg/kg), mice exhibited leukocytopenia and drastically reduced splenic weight. However, these animals remained capable of producing TNF, albeit at lower levels, when treated with MDP derivatives and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), particularly when the lipophilic analogue MDP‐dipalmitoyl glycerol (GDP) was utilized. TNF was also induced by the administration of MDP‐GDP and LPS to Meth A sarcoma‐bearing mice treated with this dose of CY. Furthermore, in all animals receiving this combination therapy, sarcoma necrosis and complete regression were obtained without any sign of tumor regrowth. A dose of 100 mg/kg CY was not effective for inhibiting tumor regrowth under the same experimental conditions. These results demonstrated that the anti‐tumor activity of endogenously induced TNF is potentiated by combined therapy with a high dose of CY.

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          An endotoxin-induced serum factor that causes necrosis of tumors.

          In studying "hemorrhagic necrosis" of tumors produced by endotoxin, it was found that the serum of bacillus Calmette--Guerin (BCG)-infected mice treated with endotoxin contains a substance (tumor necrosis factor; TNF) which mimics the tumor necrotic action of endotoxin itself. TNF-positive serum is as effective as endotoxin itself in causing necrosis of the sarcoma Meth A and other transplanted tumors. A variety of tests indicate that TNF is not residual endotoxin, but a factor released from host cells, probably macrophages, by endotoxin. Corynebacteria and Zymosan, which like BCG induce hyperplasia of the reticulo-endothelial system, can substitute for BCG in priming mice for release of TNF by endotoxin. TNF is toxic in vitro for two neoplastic cell lines; it is not toxic for mouse embryo cultures. We propose that TNF mediates endotoxin-induced tumor necrosis, and that it may be responsible for the suppression of transformed cells by activated macrophages.
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            Shock and tissue injury induced by recombinant human cachectin.

            Cachectin (tumor necrosis factor), a protein produced in large quantities by endotoxin-activated macrophages, has been implicated as an important mediator of the lethal effect of endotoxin. Recombinant human cachectin was infused into rats in an effort to determine whether cachectin, by itself, can elicit the derangements of host physiology caused by administration of endotoxin. When administered in quantities similar to those produced endogenously in response to endotoxin, cachectin causes hypotension, metabolic acidosis, hemoconcentration, and death within minutes to hours, as a result of respiratory arrest. Hyperglycemia and hyperkalemia were also observed after infusion. At necropsy, diffuse pulmonary inflammation and hemorrhage were apparent on gross and histopathologic examination, along with ischemic and hemorrhagic lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, and acute renal tubular necrosis. Thus, it appears that a single protein mediator (cachectin) is capable of inducing many of the deleterious effects of endotoxin.
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              Recombinant tumor necrosis factor induces procoagulant activity in cultured human vascular endothelium: characterization and comparison with the actions of interleukin 1.

              Human recombinant tumor necrosis factor (rTNF) was found to act directly on cultured human vascular endothelium to induce a tissue factor-like procoagulant activity (PCA). After a 4-hr incubation in rTNF (100 units/ml), serially passaged endothelial cells isolated from umbilical veins, saphenous veins, iliac arteries, and thoracic aortae demonstrated a dramatic increase (4- to 15-fold, 21 experiments) in total cellular PCA as measured with a one-stage clotting assay. rTNF-induced PCA was also expressed at the surface of intact viable endothelial monolayers. Induction of PCA by rTNF was concentration dependent (maximum, 500 units/ml), time dependent, reversible, and blocked by cycloheximide and actinomycin D, and it occurred without detectable endothelial cell damage. Actions of rTNF were compared with those of natural human interleukin 1 (IL-1) derived from stimulated monocytes and two distinct species of recombinant IL-1, each of which also induced endothelial PCA. The use of recombinant polypeptides and specific neutralizing antisera established the distinct natures of the mediators. The kinetics of the endothelial PCA responses to TNF and IL-1 were similar, demonstrating a rapid rise to peak activity at approximately equal to 4 hr, and a decline toward basal levels by 24 hr. This characteristic decline in PCA after prolonged incubation with TNF or IL-1 was accompanied by selective endothelial hyporesponsiveness to the initially stimulating monokine. Interestingly, the effects of TNF and IL-1 were found to be additive even at apparent maximal doses of the individual monokines. Endothelial-directed actions of TNF, alone or in combination with other monokines, may be important in the initiation of coagulation and inflammatory responses in vivo.
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                Journal
                Jpn J Cancer Res
                Jpn. J. Cancer Res
                10.1111/(ISSN)1349-7006a
                CAS
                Japanese Journal of Cancer Research : Gann
                Blackwell Publishing Ltd (Oxford, UK )
                0910-5050
                1876-4673
                September 1990
                : 81
                : 9 ( doiID: 10.1111/cas.1990.81.issue-9 )
                : 942-948
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ]Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, at University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33682–0179, USA
                Author notes
                [*] [* ]To whom requests for reprints should be addressed. Present address: Department of Surgery, Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Hiroshima University, 1–2‐3, Kasumi, Minami‐ku, Hiroshima 734.
                Article
                CAE942
                10.1111/j.1349-7006.1990.tb02671.x
                5918104
                2121696
                88d447ac-b789-4c75-acb3-6058c60d72e3
                History
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                References: 27, Pages: 7
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                September 1990
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                anti‐tumor activity,tumor necrosis factor,cyclophosphamide,mouse

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