title: Inability of normal and activated thymus-derived cells to act as cytotoxic effector cells against antibody-coated targets.
abstract: Thymus lymphocytes activated in vitro by a T cell mitogen (concanavalin A (Con A)) did not form Fc rosettes nor were they cytotoxic against untreated or antiserum-coated target cells. Con A activated spleen cells were cytotoxic against target cells, but they did not display an increased cytotoxic effect against antibody-coated YAC targets, when compared to normal spleen cells. Con A-activated spleen cells as well as cells activated by a mixed lymphocyte culture did not form Fc rosettes. Thus, activated cytotoxic T cells did not form Fc rosettes nor did they cause cytotoxicity on antibody-coated target cells. Antibody coating of the target cells did not suppress expression of cytotoxicity of activated T cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000276:immunology; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D051379:Mice; D008805:Mice, Inbred A; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008979:Moloney murine leukemia virus; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments; D003208:Concanavalin A