title: Dissociation of natural killer activity and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity in spleen cells of tumor bearing mice.
abstract: Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) increased with the development of tumors in C3H/He mice bearing spontaneous breast cancer or the syngeneic hepatoma MH-134 and in C57BL/6 mice bearing the syngeneic Lewis lung carcinoma 3LL. This cytotoxicity decreased after treatment with guinea pig, monoclonal IgM anti-Thy 1.2 serum and complement to the non-cancer level thus indicating that the increased ADCC in mice with cancer seems mainly attributable to cells with the Thy 1 antigen. On the other hand, NK activity decreased greatly when mice had tumors. Treatment with monoclonal IgM anti-Thy 1.2 serum and complement showed no significant influence on the natural killer (NK) activity of spleen cells of mice bearing MH-134 cancer, but in the 3LL-bearing mice the activity decreased significantly.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D005260:Female; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology