title: The differential inhibitory effect of lymphotoxin and immune interferon on normal and malignant lymphoid cells.
abstract: Supernatants containing lymphotoxin (LT) and immune interferon (IFN-gamma) or IFN-gamma alone were produced by antigen-stimulated murine T cell clones. These lymphokine preparations as well as cloned recombinant murine IFN-gamma (Genentech) were tested for antiproliferative activity on a variety of murine T, B, macrophage, and mastocytoma tumors and on T cell clones and LPS-stimulated B cells. The growth of every cell line tested was susceptible to the LT-containing supernatants. Cloned recombinant murine IFN-gamma inhibited the growth of A9 fibroblasts but not L929 cells. Neither the cloned murine IFN-gamma nor that produced by a T cell clone had any appreciable effect on the lymphoid cells except for one B cell lymphoma, A20. The sensitivity of nontransformed T and B cells to LT indicates that this lymphokine may play an immunoregulatory role. Indeed, the T cells that produce LT are sensitive to its cytotoxic activity and, therefore, regulate themselves. The differential inhibitory effects of LT and IFN-gamma on lymphoid target cells allow us to distinguish between preparations that contain IFN-gamma alone and those that contain LT and IFN-gamma. The susceptibility of lymphoid tumors to the antiproliferative activity of the LT-containing preparations indicates that LT either alone or together with IFN-gamma may be useful in tumor therapy.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Conta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horowitz
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Ruddle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000502:physiology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology; D014721:Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / Q000254:growth & development; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D007376:Interleukin-2; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma