Differences in immune responses to tumor induced in syngeneic hosts by injection of hybrid and parental tumor cells

Tohoku J Exp Med. 1994 Sep;174(1):71-83. doi: 10.1620/tjem.174.71.

Abstract

Immunization of C3H/He mice with L-FM3A#2 hybrid cells, made by fusion of ascitic mammary carcinoma FM3A#2 cells with 8-azaguanine resistant LAG cells, both of C3H/He mouse origin, resulted in spleen T cell-dependent resistance to the parental FM3A/R cells. These spleen T cells, purified by passing through a nylon fiber column, could be demonstrated to have Thy-1.2 and Lyt-2.1 antigens, and not L3/T4 antigens. After immunizing with irradiated FM3A/R cells, cytotoxic cells other than cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) appeared, these presumably being nonphagocytic macrophages or polymorphonuclear cells. In this case, anti MM antiserum was generated at an earlier stage than when mice were immunized with the L-FM3A#2 cells. The cytotoxic mechanism is discussed as to the significance of the surface antigen.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Ly / immunology
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology*
  • Female
  • H-2 Antigens / immunology
  • Hybrid Cells / immunology*
  • Immunization
  • Injections
  • Isoantigens / immunology*
  • Macrophages / immunology
  • Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C3H
  • Neutrophils / immunology
  • Spleen / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology*
  • Thy-1 Antigens / immunology
  • Transplantation, Isogeneic
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured / radiation effects

Substances

  • Antigens, Ly
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • H-2 Antigens
  • Isoantigens
  • Thy-1 Antigens