title: H-2 antigen requirements in the in vitro induction of SV40-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
abstract: T cytotoxic cells generated to syngeneic SV40 virus transformants lyse only SV40 target cells that are syngeneic at the H-2 locus. In contrast, SV40-specific tumor transplantation immunity shows no requirements for syngeneic H-2. Inoculation of allogeneic or even xenogeneic transformants will confer immunity to a challenge of syngeneic SV40 tumor cells. The experiments described here represent an attempt to reconcile these apparently conflicting observations. In our hands, generation of SV40-specific T cytotoxic cells in vitro requires both in vivo priming and secondary in vitro sensitization. We have found that priming for a secondary syngeneic-restricted response requires only that the cell employed be SV40 transformed. That is, priming may be accomplished with syngeneic, allogeneic, or xenogeneic SV40 transformants. Thus, the apparent lack of H-2 restriction in vivo immunity does not eliminate a role for the H-2-restricted cytotoxic T cell in tumor transplantation immunity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D006183:H-2 Antigens; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011247:Pregnancy; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006183:H-2 Antigens