title: [Effect of avitaminosis B6 in mice on the function of the T-lymphocytes in vitro].
abstract: The influence of different degrees of avitaminosis B6 in mice on the cytolytic activity of T-lymphocytes measured by the amount of Na2Cr51O4 released from the lysed target cells was studied on a model of primary immune response in a mixed lymphocyte culture in vitro. Keeping of the animals for 3 weeks on pyridoxine-free diet failed to influence the capacity of lymphocytes to proliferate in vitro and their cytolytic activity. In animals on pyridoxine-free diet for 45 days the amount of pyridoxal 5(1)-phosphate in the spleen decreased by 55% in comparison with control. Lymphocytes obtained from these animals and cultivated in vitro had a markedly decreased capacity to 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA in response to alloantigen. The cytolytic activity of these lymphocytes also diminished. The capacity of various pyridoxine forms to restore T-lymphocyte functions disturbed by avitaminosis B6 was studied.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors; D026681:Vitamin B 6 Deficiency / Q000276:immunology*
vernacular_title: Vliianie avitaminoza B6 u mysheĭ na funktsiiu T-limfotsitov in vitro.