Abstract

Injection of metallic tin powder causes intense proliferation of plasma cells in draining lymph nodes of Lewis rats. Pretreatment orally with soluble tin salts prevents this response to subsequently injected metallic tin. In the present work, pretreatment with tin salts by parenteral injection was just as effective as addition to the drinking water. This new approach made the following experiments possible. Poorly soluble tin compounds were found to be inhibitory when injected parenterally. Tin salts injected parenterally into one of two rats joined in parabiotic union prevented the plasma cell response to metallic tin in both parabionts. The transfer of the inhibitory effect via the cross-circulating blood represents significant progress toward understanding the mechanisms involved. The evidence suggests the possibility that tin salts elicit an intermediary substance or process that is responsible for inhibition of the plasma cell response to metallic tin.

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