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Reversal of immunological tolerance by aclacinomycin through inhibition of suppressor cell activity
The elimination of suppressor cells by aclacinomycin, which could be the mechanism by which immune responses are enhanced after its administration, was studied in mice in which tolerance had been induced by the injection of high doses of sheep red blood cells (SRBC). We observed that tolerance could not be induced in aclacinomycin-treated mice, and that aclacinomycin inhibited the expression of tolerance to SRBC. This drug also diminished the capacity of spleen cells from SRBC-tolerant mice to inhibit the response of normal animals upon adoptive transfer, indicating that suppressor cells had been eliminated from the tolerant spleen cell population. The efficiency of the elimination of suppressor cells for DTH reactions appears greater than that of suppressor cells for plaque-forming cell responses.
The elimination of suppressor cells by aclacinomycin, which could be the mechanism by which immune responses are enhanced after its administration, was studied in mice in which tolerance had been induced by the injection of high doses of sheep red blood cells (SRBC). We observed that tolerance could not be induced in aclacinomycin-treated mice, and that aclacinomycin inhibited the expression of tolerance to SRBC. This drug also diminished the capacity of spleen cells from SRBC-tolerant mice to inhibit the response of normal animals upon adoptive transfer, indicating that suppressor cells had been eliminated from the tolerant spleen cell population. The efficiency of the elimination of suppressor cells for DTH reactions appears greater than that of suppressor cells for plaque-forming cell responses.
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