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dc.contributor.authorValadares, M. C.
dc.contributor.authorKlein, S. I.
dc.contributor.authorGuaraldo, AMA
dc.contributor.authorQueiroz, MLS
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T15:27:04Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T15:27:04Z
dc.date.issued2003-07-25
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2999(03)01967-8
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Pharmacology. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 473, n. 2-3, p. 191-196, 2003.
dc.identifier.issn0014-2999
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/37127
dc.description.abstractIn the present work, we studied the effects of two titanocenes, biscyclopentadienyidichlorotitanium IV, (DDCT) and its derivative, biscyclopentadienylditiocianatetitanium IV (BCDT), on the activity of natural killer (NK) cells in Ehrlich ascites tumour (EAT)-bearing BALB/c mice. In order to investigate a more direct effect of these compounds on NK cell function, we performed experiments with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice, which exhibit a normal NK cell response in the absence of T and B cells. The treatment consisted of intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of 15 mg/kg/day of DDCT for 2 days or 10 mg/kg/day of BCDT for 3 days. In addition, to verify whether the effects produced by the titanocenes were compound specific or related to a direct antitumour effect, we also investigated the effects of a 3-day treatment with 100 mg/kg of cyclophosphamide cyclophosphamide on NK cell activity. Our results demonstrated that, in BALB/c and SCID mice, NK cell function declined to subnormal levels after inoculation of the tumour. In these animals, although treatment with DDCT and BCDT significantly enhanced NK cell function, only DDCT restored NK cell activity to normal values in all stages studied. Conversely, treatment with cyclophosphamide reduced NK cell function in nontumour bearing SCID mice and was also unable to restore the decreased NK activity of tumour-bearing SCID mice, thus demonstrating that the enhancement of NK cell function by titanocenes is compound specific. The same effect of cyclophosphamide was observed with BALB/c mice. In the present study, the up-modulatory effects of these two compounds on NK cell function reveal a new aspect of the mechanism of antitumoural action of titanocenes. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.format.extent191-196
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Pharmacology
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectnatural killer cellpt
dc.subjecttitanocenept
dc.subjectantitumouralpt
dc.subjectEhrlich ascites tumourpt
dc.titleEnhancement of natural killer cell function by titanocenes in mice bearing Ehrlich ascites tumouren
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/article-posting-policy
dcterms.rightsHolderElsevier B.V.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Campinas, Fac Ciências Med, Hemoctr, Dept Farmacol, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Quim, BR-14800900 Araraquara, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Campinas, CEMIB, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Quim, BR-14800900 Araraquara, SP, Brazil
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0014-2999(03)01967-8
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000184564900014
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