Abstract
Xenogenized variant cells (L5178Y/DTIC) of a murine lymphoma line confer a high degree of specific protection against subsequent challenge of mice with parental L5178Y cells. In an attempt to better define the effect of DTIC-induced determinants on parental antigen recognition and the mechanisms involved in this protection, we evaluated the frequency of anti-parental tumor cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursors following priming of mice with xenogenized cells in vivo. In addition, we tested the effect of host sensitization with the immunogenic, retrovirus-related proteins that are precipitated from the surface of L5178Y/DTIC cells by means of specific antibody. Our results indicated that the novel determinants induced by DTIC treatment on L5178Y cells do not act as helper determinants for the generation of tumor-specific cytotoxic responses. Therefore, increased frequency of tumor-specific cytotoxic lymphocytes does not seem to be a major mechanism of anti-parental tumor immunity induced by xenogenized variant cells.
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