title: Protective immunity in BALB/c mice against the simian virus 40-induced mKSA tumor resulting from injection of recombinant large T antigen. Requirement of CD8+ T lymphocytes.
abstract: BALB/c mice are often considered "low responders" or even "nonresponders" with regard to cytolytic CD8+ T lymphocytes and SV40 large T Ag (TAg). Large TAg and fragments thereof were produced by recombinant technology and injected into BALB/c mice that were subsequently challenged by i.p. injection of syngeneic TAg-expressing mKSA tumor cells. Two portions of the TAg were found to induce protective immunity, one stretching from amino acid residues 1-272 and the other from amino acid residues 683-708. In mice thus protected, the spleens were virtually free of cytotoxic T cells but CD8+ T lymphocytes obtained from the peritoneal cavity during rejection of the mKSA cells were directly lytic for TAg-expressing target cells. Depleting immune mice of CD4+ or CD8+ T lymphocytes by treatment with mAb abolished their ability to resist tumor development. We conclude that immunity against SV40 TAg-expressing tumor cells in BALB/c mice is dependent on both CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Heinrich-Pette-Institute for Experimental Virology and Immunology, University of Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zerrahn
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Utermöhlen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Warnecke
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Deppert
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lehmann-Grube
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000276:immunology; D008212:Lymphocyte Depletion; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic