title: Pyrimidinone (bropirimine) mediated alteration of T lymphocyte subsets during murine cytomegalovirus infection.
abstract: Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection of mice resulted in suppression of mitogen induced proliferation and interleukin 2 (IL-2) responses of splenic cells. This suppression was also evident as a reduction in the number of cells expressing Thy-1 or L3T4 and a reduction in the ratio of T helper/T suppressor cells. The pyrimidinone compound, bropirimine, when administered to MCMV infected mice was able to restore mitogen-induced proliferative and IL-2 responses of splenic cells, to increase the number of cells expressing Thy-1 or L3T4, to restore the ratio of T helper/T suppressor cells and to increase the number of cells inducible for expression of IL-2 receptors.
authors.affiliation: Cancer and Viral Diseases Research, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI 49001.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Brideau
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nicholas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D003596:Cytosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000187:drug effects*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D003208:Concanavalin A; D003596:Cytosine; C033560:bropirimine