Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Predisposition of (/sup 125/I)5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine-labeled normal and neoplastic mouse fibroblasts to lysis by normal macrophages

Journal Article · · J. Natl. Cancer Inst.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6722869

During an investigation into the apparent natural cytotoxicity of normal peritoneal macrophages toward the murine MCA/76-9, MCA/76-45, and MCA/76-64 sarcoma cells in vitro, it was found that the peritoneal macrophages from nine different inbred strains of mice, as well as spleen and tumor-associated macrophages, preferentially lysed (/sup 125/I)5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine ((/sup 125/I)dUrd)-labeled target cells. However, unlabeled target cells were actively proliferating under the same conditions. Proliferation of target cells occurred independently of the lytic event, as measured by counting residual tumor cells at intervals or by pulsing cultures with tritiated thymidine (( 3H)dThd), both of which parameters were relatively the same in the presence or absence of macrophages. Moreover, macrophage-enhanced lysis of (/sup 125/I)dUrd-labeled cells was not confined to tumor cells since adherent labeled nontransformed C57BL/6J 3T3 cells, mouse embryo fibroblasts, and suspended concanavalin A-stimulated lymphoblasts were also induced to release /sup 125/I faster in the presence than in the absence of macrophages. Prelabeled L1210 lymphoma cells were not lysed by normal macrophages. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment of resident peritoneal macrophages did not induce a stronger lytic effect than that induced by untreated macrophages, but it did result in macrophage-mediated inhibition of DNA synthesis by tumor cells. LPS-treated thioglycollate-elicited macrophages induced a higher specific /sup 125/I release from tumor cells than the release from untreated macrophages. Tumor target cells prelabeled with the less radiotoxic (131I)dUrd were also more predisposed to the lytic action of normal macrophages, while (3H)dThd-labeled target cells were relatively unaffected by the presence of macrophages.

Research Organization:
Jackson Lab., Bar Harbor, ME
OSTI ID:
6722869
Journal Information:
J. Natl. Cancer Inst.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Natl. Cancer Inst.; (United States) Vol. 71:5; ISSN JNCIA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Enhanced lysis of (/sup 125/I)5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine-labeled target cells in the presence of normal macrophages: possible mechanisms of action
Journal Article · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1984 · J. of Leukocyte. Biol.; (United States) · OSTI ID:5726712

The specificity of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells in vitro: Fresh normal murine tissues are resistant to LAK-mediated lysis
Journal Article · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Journal of Surgical Research; (USA) · OSTI ID:6249521

Lysis of fresh human solid tumors by autologous lymphocytes activated in vitro with lectins
Journal Article · Sun Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1982 · Cancer Res.; (United States) · OSTI ID:5307053