Total parenteral nutrition in mice bearing a metastatic carcinoma: tumor growth, metastasis and immunologic parameters.
Clin Exp Metastasis
; 4(4): 245-57, 1986.
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ABSTRACT
The role of dietary manipulation of tumor growth, metastasis and immunologic parameters was studied in mice bearing Lewis lung carcinoma. Fourteen days following subcutaneous tumor implant, groups with tumor and their non-tumor bearing counterparts were assigned to one of the following feeding protocols total parenteral nutrition (TPN), per oral (PO) intake of the parenteral diet, an oral casein diet (CAS), or electrolyte infusion plus the casein diet (ELECT). Intakes of energy and nitrogen were similar among all groups. Mice were killed 12 days later and peritoneal macrophages were tested for phagocytic activity. Tumor growth and metastasis were decreased from both infusion regimens with minimal loss of body weight as compared with casein fed mice. PO mice also showed lower tumor weight but metastasis was as great as in the casein group. Non-tumor-bearing infused mice showed depressed thymic weight, but thymic weight was not further reduced in tumor-bearing infused mice. PO feeding afforded no such protection in the presence of the carcinoma. Splenomegaly was observed in tumor-bearing mice on all regimens, but mice maintained on the parenteral diet demonstrated the largest proportion of macrophages containing nuclear debris. Analysis of free macrophages indicated no effect of diet regimen on non-immune phagocytic activity in both tumor-free and tumor-bearing mice. Possible alteration of splenic macrophage intracellular digestive capacity or phagocytic activity was suggested as a result of TPN.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Carcinoma de Células Escamosas
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Nutrição Parenteral Total
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Article