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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
High frequencies of CD5+TcR alpha/beta- T cells were induced in the peritoneal cavity of rats immunized with syngeneic W439 lymphoma cells. These TcR alpha/beta- cells expressed TcR delta mRNA as analyzed by the polymerase chain reaction technique. The delta + (TcR gamma/delta +) T cells were of the CD2+, CD3+, CD4-, CD8+, CD45RB+ phenotype and showed stronger anti-tumor cytotoxicity compared to the TcR alpha/beta + T cells. The cytotoxic effects of both alpha/beta and gamma/delta T cells were selective for the W439 lymphoma cells and were not directed to other syngeneic tumors, natural killer targets and syngeneic or allogeneic normal cells. T cells, including both alpha/beta and gamma/delta cells, were induced when WF rats were immunized with allogeneic BN spleen cells. In this case the gamma/delta T cells showed allo-selective cytotoxicity, although weaker compared to the TcR alpha/beta + T cells. The gamma/delta T cells, induced by immunization with either W439 cells or BN spleen cells, were selective for the immunogen used and had no effect on irrelevant target cells, indicating that these effector cells were not activated by a shared gamma/delta T cell-related superantigen. Since highly potent tumor-selective gamma/delta cytotoxic T lymphocytes could be induced by syngeneic lymphoma cells, we suggest a role for gamma/delta T cells in the defense against certain types of tumors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2797-802
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Antigens, CD5, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Ascitic Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Rats, Inbred BN, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Rats, Inbred WF, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:1718760-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo induction of gamma/delta T cells with highly potent and selective anti-tumor cytotoxicity.
pubmed:affiliation
Wallenberg Laboratory, Department of Tumor Immunology, University of Lund, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't