title: Cytotoxicity and proliferation of splenocytes and lymph node cells from adjuvant-treated nude mice. Studies of natural and in vitro activation.
abstract: The cytotoxicity of NK cells and lymphocytes derived from nonadherent splenocytes (SPL) and regional lymph node cells (LNC) from complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-treated athymic nude young (4-6 weeks) and aged (over 1 year) BALB/c nu/nu mice in vitro activated with rIL-2, anti-CD3 mAb or PPD was analyzed and compared to SPL and LNC from age-matched euthymic BALB/c mice. The high natural cytotoxicity to YAC-1 target cells of SPL or LNC could be augmented by 48 h stimulation in vitro with rIL-2, especially when derived from young nude BALB/c mice. The increase in cytotoxic activity was accompanied by increased proliferative activity of both SPL and LNC, which showed statistically significant differences between the rates of stimulation of cells from the young and aged groups. Anti-CD3 mAb strongly activated the cytotoxicity of BALB/c euthymic donor effector cells against P-815 target cells, corresponding to a very high proliferative activity of these cells, but anti-CD3 mAb did not lead to activation of effector cells from nude donors. FACS analyses of antigenic markers similarly showed an increased number of T cells in LNC from aged BALB/c nude donors, which, however, never reached the levels of those of euthymic animals.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Radzikowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rygaard
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Budzyński
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salwa
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Stenvang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schou
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lorenzen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zeuthen
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000276:immunology; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005620:Freund's Adjuvant / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000276:immunology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D017252:CD3 Complex; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014373:Tuberculin; D005620:Freund's Adjuvant