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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
Malignant rabbit fibroma virus (MV) is a potent oncogenic poxvirus that produces a rapidly progressive syndrome of disseminated myxosarcoma, immunosuppression, and fatal gram-negative infection. MV is probably a recombinant between Shope fibroma virus (SFV) and rabbit myxoma virus, and is capable of preventing or aborting the in vitro proliferative responses of rabbit lymphocytes to B and T lymphocyte mitogens. Proliferative responses to sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) are similarly affected, although MV does not alter ongoing antibody responses to SRBC. Splenic lymphocytes from MV tumor-bearing rabbits suppress antibody and proliferative responses to SRBC when added to lymphocytes from SRBC-primed rabbits. Finally, lysates of cultured splenic lymphocytes from rabbits given MV suppress both proliferative and antibody-forming responses to SRBC. When MV is removed from these lysates by UV inactivation or by centrifugation, the suppressive activity remains. We therefore conclude that MV induces immunologic unresponsiveness in rabbits by at least two mechanisms. First, a direct suppressive effect of added virus on in vitro lymphocyte proliferation is seen. There is no effect in this situation if an antibody response is already in progress. Second, spleen cells exposed to MV in vivo produce one or more soluble factors capable of suppressing both proliferative and antibody responses of normal lymphocytes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
131
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2595-600
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunologic dysfunction during viral oncogenesis. I. Nonspecific immunosuppression caused by malignant rabbit fibroma virus.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't