Effect of a novel antineoplastic drug olipifat on antitumor immunity in mice

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2001 Oct;132(4):993-5. doi: 10.1023/a:1013635815586.

Abstract

Olipifat is an antineoplastic drug containing pyrophosphate and a product of special lignin processing. Donor C57Bl/6J mice with syngeneic B16 melanoma received a single 5-day course of olipifat. Effect of olipifat on antitumor resistance was evaluated by local neutralization test [3]. In animals with rapid melanoma growth, splenic cells from intact donors stimulated tumor growth. Olipifat abolished this growth-stimulating effect of splenocytes. In animals with slow melanoma growth, splenocytes had no effect on the growth of melanoma or Lewis lung cancer. In this case, splenocytes from olipifat-treated donors completely arrested the growth of melanoma B16 and decelerated the growth of Lewis lung carcinoma.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Lewis Lung
  • Lignin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Lignin / therapeutic use*
  • Lymph Nodes / drug effects
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Melanoma, Experimental
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Spleen / drug effects
  • Thymus Gland / drug effects
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • olipifat
  • Lignin