Failure of Immunological Memory in DMBA-treated Mice |
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Authors: | YUJI MATSUOKA HACHIRO SENOH TAKAKO KAWAMOTO TAKASHI KOHMO TOSHIYUKI HAMAOKA MASAYASU KITAGAWA |
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Institution: | 1.Institute for Cancer Research,Osaka University Medical School,Dojimahamadori |
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Abstract: | SEVERAL chemical carcinogens show immunosuppressive activity in various experimental systems1–4. Stjernswärd5 reported a remarkable correlation between carcinogenic activity and immunosuppressive capacity of chemicals, that is, potent carcinogens such as 3-methylcholanthrene (MCA), benz(a)pyrene and 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA) suppressed the immune response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) but noncarcinogenic analogues did not. Stutman2 showed that administration of MCA depressed the immune response to SRBC in mice (C3Hf/Bi strain) sensitive to oncogenic effect of the drug, but the drug was not immunosuppressive in the I strain, which is relatively resistant to its oncogenic effect. These suggest an important role of immunosuppressive activity of the carcinogens on the process of carcinogenesis, perhaps by weakening the immune surveillance capacity of the host. On the other hand, many potent carcinogens, such as urethane, do not seem to have an immunosuppressive effect6. Here we have analysed the effect of DMBA on the antibody response of C3H/He mice to soluble protein antigen, bacterial α-amylase (BαA). Our findings suggest a marked effect of DMBA on the immunological memory. |
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