RESUMEN
We performed a morphometric analysis of mesenteric lymph nodes in rats with breast cancer induced by administration of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea. The volume of the paracortical zone and the number of mature plasma cells in the medullary sinuses were increased and the volume of lymphoid nodules with germinal centers and the number of macrophages were decreased in the group with tumor resection and chemotherapy in comparison with untreated rats with breast cancer. In rats receiving fragmented human double-stranded DNA in combination with adjuvant therapy, the volume of marginal and medullary sinuses and the number of small lymphocytes and macrophages in the paracortical zone increased in comparison with the group receiving chemotherapy without DNA preparation; the volume of lymphoid nodules with germinal centers returned to the level observed in the intact group; the volume of medullary substance and proliferative activity of cells in the germinal centers and medullary substance decreased, the number of mature plasma cells returned to normal in the medullary substance and decreased in the medullary sinuses.
Asunto(s)
ADN/uso terapéutico , Ganglios Linfáticos/patología , Neoplasias Mamarias Experimentales/terapia , Animales , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapéutico , Terapia Combinada , Ciclofosfamida/administración & dosificación , ADN/química , Fragmentación del ADN , Femenino , Fluorouracilo/administración & dosificación , Humanos , Metástasis Linfática , Neoplasias Mamarias Experimentales/inducido químicamente , Neoplasias Mamarias Experimentales/patología , Mastectomía , Mesenterio , Metotrexato/administración & dosificación , Metilnitrosourea , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
The morphometric analysis of mesenteric lymph nodes was carried out in female Wistar rats with chemically induced breast cancer. In control rats with untreated breast cancer, the volume of the system of sinuses increased in parallel with the appearance of morphological signs of suppression of cell-mediated immunity, inhibition of humoral immunity, and macrophage reaction. Against the background of chemotherapy, we observed a decrease in the volume of paracortex and lymphoid nodules, suppression of proliferative activity of lymphoid cells in paracortical and B-cell zone, and a decrease in macrophage content. After resection of breast cancer followed by chemotherapy course, lymph transport activation, widening of the paracortex, enhanced proliferative activity of cells in the paracortex and B-cell zone, and reduced volumes of lymphoid nodules with and without germinal centers and medullary substance were revealed in comparison with rats subjected neoadjuvant chemotherapy.