THE ENHANCEMENT OF TWEEN-80 ON THE ANTITUMOR EFFECT OF THE HYPERTHERMIA 41°C IN TUMOR-BEARING MICE

Bl6 melanoma cells were inoculated into the BALB/C mice to establish melanoma-hearing models. The antitumor effect of Twecn-80 in combination with hyperthermia 41°C was studied. We observed the changes of the mortality of tumor-bearing mice, the tumor growth curves, activities of serum tumor necrosis factor (STNF) and the level of serum sialic acid (SSA) in minor-bearing mice. The number of pulmonary metastatic tumor loci from blood flow was also detected. The results showed that combined with Tween-80, hyperthermia 41°C could dramatically suppress the growth of the melanoma in the feet of mice, survive the tumor-bearing mice and decrease the number of pulmonary metastatic tumor foci but no significant effects were observed by treatment with Tween-80 or hyperthermia at 41°C(2 alone. The activities of STNF and the level of SSA of the melanoma-bearing mice kept at higher levels than those of normal BALB/C mice. Twecu-80 combined with heating 41°C significantly decreased activities of STNF, but the level of SSA still kept high level within 1 to 2 weeks and decreased 10 weeks later with the tumor regression. These results demonstrate that Tween-80 may make hyperthermia exert effective antitumor effect below the critical temperature and increase the safety of hyperthermia in treatment. It is one of the most ideal synergist with hypcrthermia. The changes of STNF and SSA suggest that the synergetic effect coald involve in facilitating the exposure of tumor antigen and activation of immune system.