title: In vitro generation of secondary cell-mediated cytotoxic response against a syngeneic Gross virus-induced lymphoma in rats.
abstract: Cell-mediated cytotoxic responses against a syngeneic Gross virus-induced lymphoma, (C58NT)D, in W/Fu rats were generated in vitro by using mixed lymphocyte-tumor cell cultures. The source of responding cells was either spleens from normal rats or spleens from rats carrying or having rejected (C58NT)D tumors. Mitomycin C-treated (C58NT)D tumor cells were used as stimulating cells. The secondary anti-tumor cytotoxic response occurred more rapidly and reached higher levels than the primary response, and it was antigen specific. T cells, but nor B cells or macrophages, were essential for both the induction and the effector phases of the secondary anti-tumor responses. These data suggest that specific memory T cells persist for long periods of time in the lymphoid organs of (C58NT)D immune rats, which can rapidly become cytotoxic upon re-exposure to antigen.
mesh_terms: D000406:AKR murine leukemia virus; D000818:Animals; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum / Q000494:pharmacology; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000276:immunology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008805:Mice, Inbred A; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum