Abstract
The spontaneous tumoricidal abilities of alveolar and peritoneal macrophages from C57B1/6 mice bearing a metastatic or a nonmetastatic cloned variant of Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) were measured. Cytotoxicity by alveolar macrophages was enhanced during the first few weeks after subcutaneous (s.c.) or intravenous (i.v.) injection of metastatic LLC-C3 cells, but not after injection of nonmetastatic LLC-C8 cells. Alveolar macrophages from mice with s.c.-injected metastatic tumors, but not with nonmetastatic tumors, could be further activated in vitro, but not beyond the maximal level of spontaneous cytotoxicity. Late in tumor growth, the spontaneous cytotoxicity by alveolar macrophages of metastatic LLC-C3 tumor bearers was suppressed and could not be increased by in vitro activation. The tumoricidal abilities of peritoneal macrophages from mice bearing either LLC-C3 or LLC-C8 tumors were modulated in a similar way, as were alveolar macrophages. The reduced cytotoxicity by alveolar macrophages from mice with nonmetastatic tumors or from mice bearing large metastatic tumors was not due to suppression by macrophage-derived prostaglandins. The loss of tumoricidal capabilities by macrophages from mice with large metastatic LLC-C3 tumors was not caused by elevated systemic prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) levels. These results suggest that alveolar and peritoneal macrophages are activated to be cytotoxic during development of pulmonary metastases and do not need to be functionally depressed for successful establishment of metastases.
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