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The effects of mitomycin C (MMC) on the generation of cell-mediated cytotoxicity in primary stimulation culture of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) with the B lymphoblastoid Raji cell line were assessed. The cell-mediated cytotoxicity induced in culture was significantly augmented when MMC was added to cultures on day −1 to day 3 for 24 h at concentrations of 2.5×10−2 μg/ml and 2.5×10−3 μg/ml. To identify the cell populations affected by MMC, PBM were separated by adherence to plastic after treatment with MMC for 24 h (day −1). The two populations were recombined with untreated separated cells and stimulated with antigen. The ability to develop an augmented cell-mediated cytotoxicity was associated with the adherent cell fraction of MMC-treated PBM. Therefore, the ability of MMC-treated adherent cells to produce interleukin 1 (IL 1) was examined. Significantly higher levels of IL 1 were produced by treated cells as compared to untreated adherent cells. The results appear to indicate that the selective effects of MMC on the adherent cell fraction, especially the modification of IL 1 production, may be involved in the mechanisms of MMC-induced augmented cell-mediated cytotoxicity.
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Akiyoshi, T., Arinaga, S. & Tsuji, H. Augmentation of the generation of cell-mediated cytotoxicity in culture by mitomycin C. Cancer Immunol Immunother 24, 259–262 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00205640
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