Effects of Chinese medicine on tumor inhibition and immune function in S180 tumor-bearing mice

Objective To study the inhibitory effect of the Chinese medicine on S180 tumor-bearing mice and the effect on the immune function of the mice by respiratory drug administration. Methods The S180 cells were inoculated into the abdominal cavity of Kunming mice. After the ascites was formed, the left anterior limb of mice was inoculated with ascites to establish the subcutaneous transplantation tumor model. Drug was administrated when the tumor volume reached 0.06cm3. The experimental grouping and intervention measures are as follows (n=6): mice in control group received no intervention, and fed normally. Mice in experiment group were treated with respiratory tract inhalation of Chinese medicine gas, daily administration 6h, once a day, continuous administration of 21 days. Mice in adriamycin (ADM) group were intraperitoneally injected 1mg/kg of ADM, once a week, a total of 3 times. General signs of the mice including activity and eating status were observed daily. The body weight of mice was measured every other day. Blood samples were taken 2 days after stopping drug inhalation by inner canthus vein bleeding for detection of CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocyte ratio by flow cytometry. The subcutaneous nodule was dissected and weighed, and some tumor tissues were pathologically observed. Part of tumor tissues was prepared into single cell suspension to detect the cell apoptosis by flow cytometry. Results The CD3+, CD4+ T lymphocytes ratio and the ratio CD4+/CD8+ were significantly higher in experiment group than in control group (P<0.05). The weight of subcutaneous transplantation tumor was significantly lower in experiment group and ADM group than in control group (P<0.01), but no significant difference existed between experiment group and ADM group (P>0.05). The apoptotic rate increased significantly in experiment group than in control group (P