J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 94(5): 442-448, 1993

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Original article

ANALYSIS OF ANTIGEN NON-SPECIFIC SUPPURESSOR T CELLS FACTOR（TsF）WHICH SUPPURESSES THE GENERATION OF CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTES

Anti-mouse melanoma suppressor T cells clone (F12) secreted a functional factor (TsF) which suppresses the generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Ts clone F12 secreted TsF into culture supernatant by stimulating for more than 12 hours with anti-CD3 monoclonal Ab.
In syngeneic CTL induction system, TsF suppresses the generation of both anti-melanoma and anti-lymphoma CTL. Moreover, TsF suppresses allogeneic CTL not only from C57BL/6 mice but also from C3H mice.
Analysis of the biochemical and physiochemical character of TsF shows that TsF is stable for variance of pH and freeze and thawing, but unstable for heat in region of 100°C, and in acetonitorile.
It is also suggested that the molecular weight of TsF is in the vicinity of 12,000 daltons on the analysis in high performance liquid chromatography.
F12 clone secretes other suppressive cytokine, TGF-β and INF-γ. However, TsF seems different from these suppressive cytokine, because anti-TGF-β serum which blocks the suppressive function of TGF-β1 for CTL generation does not block TsF function. Moreover, recombinant INF-γ does not suppress the generation of CTL.

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