title: A modified method of mixed lymphocyte reaction: establishment of the assay system and its application to extracts of fungal cultures.
abstract: A modified mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) assay was developed to screen immunosuppressive agents. In the MLR, irradiation of splenocytes with UV light was employed for the preparation of stimulator cells, and the highest response was observed with the combination of splenocytes of C3H/He mice as a stimulator and those of C57BL/6 as a responder. The blastogenesis of the responder cells was quantified by a colorimetric method using MTT in 96-well microculture plates. For screening immunosuppressive substances, the MLR in combination with a cytotoxicity test can distinguish immunosuppressors from cytotoxic agents. The applications of this assay system to extracts of fungal culture was also described.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Toxicology and Microbial Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Irikura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Horie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects*; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D013045:Species Specificity; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents