title: Immunologic studies with mouse mammary tumor viruses: comparative studies with spontaneous mammary tumor cell vaccines from five inbred mouse strains.
abstract: Vaccines were prepared from cells of primary spontaneous mammary tumors (MT) of RIII/Imr, GR/Imr, C3H/Imr, A/Imr, and C3HfC57BL/Imr mice. Each vaccine was used to immunize "murine mammary tumor virus (MuMTV)-free" BALB/c/Imr and C57BL/Imr mice before challenge with infectious RIII-MuMTV, GR-MuMTV, C3H-MuMTV, and A-MuMTV. RIII-MT and C3H-MT cells protected mice against tumorigenesis by all four MuMTV's; GR-MT cells protected against all but the RIII-MuMTV challenge; A-MT cells were ineffective against challenge by all four MuMTV's and significantly enhanced development of A-MuMTV-induced tumors. The activity of the C3H-MT cells was not seen when C3HfC57BL cells, free of the standard C3H-MuMTV, were used. The same cell vaccines were inoculated into the five donor strains of mice in attempts to prevent spontaneous MT in these high-incidence strains, which are naturally infected with MuMTV at birth. None of the vaccines prevented tumorigenesis in these mouse strains although delays in the appearance of tumors were observed in RIII and GR mice inoculated with either isologous MT cells or C3Hf-MT cells. The role of viral antigens acting alone or in concert with cellular antigens is discussed.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Girardi
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Dion
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Holben
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008324:Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D014612:Vaccines