RADIOSENSITIVITY OF T AND B-LYMPHOCYTES .2. EFFECT OF IRRADIATION ON RESPONSE OF T-CELLS TO ALLOANTIGENS
RADIOSENSITIVITY OF T AND B-LYMPHOCYTES .2. EFFECT OF IRRADIATION ON RESPONSE OF T-CELLS TO ALLOANTIGENS
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DOI:
10.1002/eji.1830040310
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
MILLER, JFAP
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作者:
SPRENT, J;ANDERSON, RE;MILLER, JFAP
The radiosensitivity of T cells was investigated by studying the effect of irradiationin vitroin suppressing the capacity of parental strain thoracic duct lymphocytes (a) to induce splenomegaly in newborn F1mice, and (b) to proliferate in adult irradiated F1mice as measured by incorporation of tritiated thymidine ([3H]dThd) 4 days after transfer. By these parameters, small T lymphocytes were found to be highly radiosensitive. It was calculated that, of cells with the reactivity to the alloantigens studied, 0.3 % were capable of a proliferative response after exposure to 500 r. Radiosensitivity was considered to be a reflection of lymphocyte death in interphase.The radiosensitivity of H‐2‐activated T cells (T. TDL) differed from that of small T cells. Thus, [3H]dThd incorporation by T. TDL measured 1 day after transfer to irradiated F1hosts was not abolished, although lowered, by exposure to doses as high as 5000 r; [3H]dThd incorporation measured at 2 days, however, was greatly reduced by much smaller doses of irradiation. In view of evidence obtained elsewhere that the response of T. TDL to alloantigens involves DNA synthesis but not cell division, the present studies were interpreted in terms of irradiation causing death of T. TDL in interphase before entry into DNA synthesis. It was concluded that T. TDL were far more resistant to irradiation‐induced interphase death than were small T cells.The small numbers of lymphocytes obtained from thoracic duct lymph of mice exposed to whole body irradiation 4 days before consisted almost entirely of T cells; these cells, although viable, were found incapable of mounting a proliferate response when exposed to alloantigens on transfer.