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Activation of antitumor immune responses by Ganoderma formosanum polysaccharides in tumor-bearing mice.

[severe combined immunodeficiency]

Fungi of the genus Ganoderma are basidiomycetes that have been used as traditional medicine in Asia and have been shown to exhibit various pharmacological activities. We recently found that PS-F2, a polysaccharide fraction purified from the submerged culture broth of Ganoderma formosanum, stimulates the maturation of dendritic cells and primes a T helper 1 (Th1)-polarized adaptive immune response in vivo. In this study, we investigated whether the immune adjuvant function of PS-F2 can stimulate antitumor immune responses in tumor-bearing mice. Continuous intraperitoneal or oral administration of PS-F2 effectively suppressed the growth of colon 26 (C26) adenocarcinoma, B16 melanoma, and sarcoma 180 (S180) tumor cells in mice without adverse effects on the animals' health. PS-F2 did not cause direct cytotoxicity on tumor cells, and it lost the antitumor effect in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). CD4(+) T cells, CD8(+) T cells, and serum from PS-F2-treated tumor-bearing mice all exhibited antitumor activities when adoptively transferred to naïve animals, indicating that PS-F2 treatment stimulates tumor-specific cellular and humoral immune responses. These data demonstrate that continuous administration of G. formosanum polysaccharide PS-F2 can activate host immune responses against ongoing tumor growth, suggesting that PS-F2 can potentially be developed into a preventive/therapeutic agent for cancer immunotherapy.

Diseases presenting "melanoma" symptom

  • achondroplasia
  • carcinoma of the gallbladder
  • cowden syndrome
  • cutaneous mastocytosis
  • cystinuria
  • dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex
  • erdheim-chester disease
  • erythropoietic protoporphyria
  • esophageal adenocarcinoma
  • esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
  • hirschsprung disease
  • hodgkin lymphoma, classical
  • inclusion body myositis
  • lamellar ichthyosis
  • liposarcoma
  • lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • oculocutaneous albinism
  • papillon-lefèvre syndrome
  • pleomorphic liposarcoma
  • proteus syndrome
  • severe combined immunodeficiency
  • werner syndrome
  • wiskott-aldrich syndrome

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