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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Dioscorea bulbifera polysaccharide and cyclophosphamide combination enhances anti-cervical cancer effect and attenuates immunosuppression and oxidative stress in mice |
Author: | Cui, H. Li, T. Wang, L. Su, Y. Xian, C.J. |
Citation: | Scientific Reports, 2016; 6(1):19185-1-19185-9 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 2045-2322 2045-2322 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Hongxia Cui, Ting Li, Liping Wang, Yan Su, Cory J. Xian |
Abstract: | Cyclophosphamide (CTX) is commonly used in cancer chemotherapy, which causes immunosuppression and tissue oxidative stress at high doses. As potential protective agents, some polysaccharides were shown to have anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory and/or anti-oxidant properties. This study explored potential effects of oral treatment of Dioscorea bulbifera polysaccharides (DBLP at 100 or 150 mg/kg) in U14 cervical tumor-bearing mice treated with CTX (25 mg/kg). While CTX suppressed tumor growth (65.4% inhibition) and DBLP alone also inhibited tumor (25.6% at 100 mg/kg or 37.6% at 150 mg/kg), CTX + DBLP combination produced tumor inhibition rates of 5.6 (for 100 mg/kg DBLP) or 9% (for 150 mg/kg) higher than CTX alone. While tumor itself and CTX treatment reduced thymus and/or spleen/body weight indices, DBLP alone or CTX + DBLP combination attenuated this reduction. DBLP lowered peripheral blood T-cell subpopulation CD⁴⁺/CD⁸⁺ ratio, and DBLP + CTX combination attenuated CTX effect in lifting CD⁴⁺/CD⁸⁺ ratio. Tumor itself and CTX treatment heightened oxidative stress (with decreased superoxide dismutase but increased lactate dehydrogenase and malondialdehyde levels in serum and tissues), which was attenuated by DBLP treatment, and DBLP + CTX combination suppressed CTX-induced oxidative stress. Combination use of DBLP with CTX can potentially enhance CTX anti-tumor effect and can attenuate CTX-induced immunosuppression and oxidative stress in U14 cervical tumor-bearing mice. |
Keywords: | Cancer therapy; chemotherapy |
Rights: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
DOI: | 10.1038/srep19185 |
Grant ID: | NHMRC NHMRC |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19185 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Medicine publications |
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