title: Role of cytokines in termination of the B cell lymphoma dormant state in AKR mice.
abstract: The high incidence of spontaneous T cell lymphomas in AKR mice (affected by sustained viremia) can be greatly reduced by experimental manipulations including thymus removal at young age or by genetic manipulation changing the Fv-1 allele that controls replication and spread of viruses (establishing the congenic AKR.Fv-1b mice). Although T cell lymphomagenesis is prevented, all these mice were shown to carry endogenous ecotropic provirus-induced potential lymphoma cells (PLCs) in a dormant state. The termination of the dormant state, leading to a high incidence of CD5+ IgM+ B cell lymphomas, was triggered by interference with T cell functions (optimal effect observed following in vivo administration of anti-CD8 moAb), administration of T cell growth factors or by injecting the MCF-247 recombinant virus isolate (from AKR origin) that affects T cell functions. The assumption that the PLC dormant state is maintained through specific immunological mechanisms (involving T cells or antibodies recognizing PLCs) could not be substantiated experimentally. The results of the present studies suggest that T cells provide immunoregulatory signals or factors that contribute to the maintenance of the B cell lymphoma arrest and/or proliferation. Analysis of cytokine levels produced by splenocytes taken from mice during PLC dormancy or its breakdown indicated reduced levels of IL-2 and IL-4 and marked elevation of IL-1 and IL-6 associated with the termination of the dormant state. The effect of IL-1 and IL-6 on terminating the dormant state was demonstrated by injecting these cytokines into PLC carriers, thymectomized 12-month-old AKR mice, yielding 80-85% CD5+ IgM+ B cell lymphomas. The role of IL-6 on B cell lymphoma proliferation was also indicated in MCF-247 mediated termination of dormancy, by inhibiting significantly its effect via in vivo administration of anti IL-6 moAbs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peled
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tzehoval
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haran-Ghera
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008806:Mice, Inbred AKR; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013934:Thymectomy
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2; D015850:Interleukin-6; D015847:Interleukin-4