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Abstract
The effect of antigen-induced stimulation on acid deoxyribonuclease (DNase) activity in BALB/c mouse lymphoid cells was determined. Increase in acid DNase activity was found in intact spleen cell populations of mice from the second or fourth day after immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide type III and from the fourth day after immunization with SRBC. DNase determinations performed with spleen cell fractions prepared from SRBC-immunized mice, showed that the rise in the enzyme activity was confined to the fraction containing the antibody-forming cells. The DNase activity was also increased in spleen cell cultures, stimulated with SRBC in vitro. Rise in the activity of this enzyme was also observed in peritoneal cell populations taken from SRBC-immunized mice. This change was maximal on the second day after immunization, when no appreciable increase in DNase activity of spleen cells was yet detected. The results obtained suggest, that acid DNase is an enzyme involved in the proliferative/maturation response to antigenic stimulation. It is a consequence of antigenic stimulation rather than being involved in the process of afferent stimulation.
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