Suppression of in vitro lymphocyte stimulation in mice bearing primary Moloney sarcoma virus-induced tumors |
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Authors: | H Kirchner R B Herberman M Glaser D H Lavrin |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland U.S.A.;2. Litton Bionetics, Inc., Kensington, Maryland U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A marked depression of phytohemagglutinin (PHA) reactivity was observed in spleen cell cultures of C57B1/6N mice bearing primary Moloney sarcoma virus (MSV)-induced tumors. This defect was most pronounced 14 days after virus inoculation (MSV 14) and was reversed after regression of the tumor. Spleen cells from mice with primary methylcholanthrene-induced sarcomas were similarly deficient while no such effect was observed during the first weeks after inoculation of Moloney leukemia virus. The responses of MSV 14 spleen cells to Concanavalin A (Con A) were as consistently depressed as those to PHA, but reactivity to bacterial lipopolysaccharide was affected to a lesser degree. Stimulation by pokeweed mitogen (PWM) was not significantly lower in tumor-bearing mice than in control animals. Passage of MSV 14 spleen cells over rayon adherence columns which removed about 75% of the initial cell population led to an almost complete restoration of their PHA and Con A responses on a per cell basis. This may indicate that within MSV 14 spleens, T lymphocytes reactive to PHA and Con A are diluted out by a majority of unreactive cells. However, the possibility also exists that column passage removes a suppressor cell that actively inhibits these responses. |
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