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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 134, Issue 3 1545-1550, Copyright © 1985 by American Association of Immunologists

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Pokeweed mitogen-induced immunoglobulin secretion by peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with primary intracranial tumors. Characterization of T helper and B cell function

TL Roszman, WH Brooks, C Steele and LH Elliott

We have previously demonstrated that patients with primary malignant brain tumors have impaired in vivo and in vitro cell-mediated immunity. The purpose of the present research was to employ pokeweed mitogen (PWM)-induced secretion of immunoglobulin (Ig) by peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) to further investigate impaired lymphocyte function in these patients. The PWM response of PBL from normal individuals averaged 8384 plaque-forming cells (PFC) per 10(6) cells, whereas the response of PBL from patients averaged 1590 PFC/10(6). The decreased PWM response of PBL patients could not be improved by varying the number of PBL placed in culture or employing different concentrations of PWM. Co-culture experiments to detect the presence of suppressor cells in PBL and purified T cell preparations from patients demonstrated that enhanced suppressor cell activity was not evident. Next, experiments were performed to assess the T-helper cell activity present in purified T cell preparations obtained from patients. The results demonstrated that T cells from patients lacked the ability to provide adequate helper activity in the PWM response. Moreover, studies with monoclonal antibodies directed against T cell subsets revealed that PBL from patients have a reduced percentage of T-helper cells (40%) as compared with normal values (55%). In concert with T-helper cell anomalies, B cell function in these patients also is diminished. Thus, these observations indicate that a combined T-helper and B cell defect may contribute to the broad impairment of host immunocompetence observed in patients with primary gliomas.


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