Effect and mechanism of superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin therapy for mouse gastric tumor

Abstract

The anti-tumor effect and mechanism of the staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) were studied. The mouse gastric tumor model was produced by subcutaneously inoculating gastric tumor cells (MGC80-3). The experimental group was treated with SEA, and the control group was treated with normal saline. The percentage of tumor generation and tumor mass was measured. The results showed that the percentage of the tumor generation in the SEA-treated mice was lower than in the control group, but there was no significant difference (P>0.05). However, the tumor mass in the experimental group was significantly lighter than in the control group, with the difference being very significant (P<0.001). There were more CD₄⁺ T cells and CD_s⁺ T cells in the tumor of the mice treated with SEA than those of the control group. SEA has an obvious anti-tumor effect on mice gastric tumor. The mechanism might be that SEA induces the effect of superantigen-dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity to the tumor cells.

Keywords

superantigen / staphylococcal enterotoxin A / gastric tumor

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