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. 1976 Mar;116(3):800-6.

Regulation of the immune response to tumor antigens. II. The nature of immunosuppressor cells in tumor-bearing hosts

  • PMID: 1254955

Regulation of the immune response to tumor antigens. II. The nature of immunosuppressor cells in tumor-bearing hosts

S Fujimoto et al. J Immunol. 1976 Mar.

Abstract

Immunosuppressor (IS) cells were found to be generated in tumor-bearing animals (TBA) within 24 hr after inoculation of tumor cells of the methylcholanthrene-induced Sarcoma 1509a and appeared to persist in the hosts as long as the tumor was progressing. However, IS cells disappeared with 5 days after extirpation of the tumor. Increasing doses of thymus cells of TBA increased the degree of suppression of tumor rejection in immune syngeneic animals. Ten million thymus cells of TBA were capable of suppressing significantly the tumor rejection. The IS cells were detected in the thymus, spleens, and draining lymph nodes, as well as in bone marrow of TBA, but could not be detected in the peripheral circulating blood. Since immunosuppressive activity of bone marrow cells from TBA was entirely abolished by the in vitro treatment of the cells with anti-theta serum and complement, the observed immunosuppression appears to be mediated by the T cell population.

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