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  • Title: Anomalous reactions of mouse alloantisera with cultured tumor cells. II. Cytotoxicity is caused by antibodies to leukemia viruses.
    Author: Nowinski RC, Klein PA.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1975 Nov; 115(5):1261-8. PubMed ID: 170342.
    Abstract:
    Certain alloantisera prepared in mice against H-2 region membrane antigens were found to be unexpectedly cytotoxic for murine sarcoma and leukemia cells in culture. This anomalous cytotoxicity was shown to be the result of antibody in these alloantisera directed against the p15 and gp70 envelope proteins of Mu LV which were present on the surface of the tumor target cells. Sera from aged unimmunized mice of strains used for the preparation of alloantisera also contained antibodies against MuLV protein p15 and gp70 that were cytotoxic for sarcoma and leukemia cells, which indicates that these antibodies occurred naturally in mice. These results independently confirm earlier findings of the widespread occurrence in mouse serum of antibodies reactive with MuLV. The presence of antibody against MuLV in mouse serum which can cause cytotoxic reactions with tumor cells points to the fact that particular caution should be used during the typing of murine sarcomas or leukemias for cell surface antigens, since mouse antisera may yield cytotoxicity (or other serologic reactions) based on anti-MuLV specificities, rather than on anticipated antigens.
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