Antigenic modulation in vitro. III. Failure to modulate H-2 antigens on several mouse tumors.
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| Abstract |
The capacity of various malignant and normal mouse cells to acquire resistance to lysis by guinea pig complement during exposure to H-2 antisera in vitro at 37 degrees C (antigenic modulation) was examined. All tumors tested, including cell lines of the TL+ leukemias RADA1, ASL1, and RLmale1, the TL- leukemia EL 4, myelomas MOPC-70A and S194, and the sarcoma Meth A, failed to modulate when incubated with multispecific or monospecific H-2 antisera up to 24 hours, even though under comparable conditions thymus-leukemia (TL) antigens and surface IgG molecules modulated within several hours. Indirect sensitization of RADA1 leukemia cells with H-2 antisera followed by antiserum against mouse IgG also failed to induce H-2 antigen modulation. Normal peritoneal cells from certain mouse strains were partially modulated with H-2D-specific or H-2K-specific and monospecific antisera within several hours, but normal thymus and lymph node cells did not modulate. Modulation of peritoneal cells occurred without a complete loss of sensitizing H-2 antibody from the cell surface and required a cobra venom factor-sensitive activity that could be restored by human complement component C3. Modulation of TL antigens in vitro had previously been shown to have similar characteristics.
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| Authors | J M Richards, J B Jacobson, C W Stackpole |
| Journal | Journal of the National Cancer Institute (J Natl Cancer Inst) Vol. 62 Issue 4 Pg. 825-32 (Apr 1979) ISSN: 0027-8874 [Print] United States |
| PMID | 311870 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.) |
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