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The effect of in utero exposure to hexachlorobenzene on the developing immune response of BALB/c mice. 1987

J B Barnett, and L Barfield, and R Walls, and R Joyner, and R Owens, and L S Soderberg
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.

BALB/c mice were exposed to 0.0, 0.5 and 5.0 mg/kg maternal body weight hexachlorobenzene (HCB) throughout gestation by daily per os dosing of the females. At 45 days of age selected immune functions of the offspring were assessed. The delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to oxazolone was severely depressed in animals exposed to either 0.5 or 5.0 mg/kg HCB, however, only those animals exposed to 5.0 mg/kg HCB showed a significant decrease in their mixed lymphocyte response (MLR) levels. The ability of isolated spleen cells to undergo a blastogenic response to concanavalin A (ConA), phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) showed no significant changes due to HCB exposure. Similarly, no significant difference in the induction of direct hemolytic plaque-forming cells was seen. A significant increase in the relative distribution of splenic T cells and a significant decrease in splenic B cells was measured in the offspring of HCB-treated females. These results suggest that HCB is capable of affecting the development or maturation of the immune response in mice, perhaps at the T cell level.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006968 Hypersensitivity, Delayed An increased reactivity to specific antigens mediated not by antibodies but by sensitized T CELLS. Hypersensitivity, Tuberculin-Type,Hypersensitivity, Type IV,Tuberculin-Type Hypersensitivity,Type IV Hypersensitivity,Delayed Hypersensitivity,Delayed Hypersensitivities,Hypersensitivity, Tuberculin Type,Tuberculin Type Hypersensitivity,Tuberculin-Type Hypersensitivities,Type IV Hypersensitivities
D007109 Immunity Nonsusceptibility to the invasive or pathogenic effects of foreign microorganisms or to the toxic effect of antigenic substances. Immune Process,Immune Response,Immune Processes,Immune Responses,Process, Immune,Response, Immune
D007959 Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed Measure of histocompatibility at the HL-A locus. Peripheral blood lymphocytes from two individuals are mixed together in tissue culture for several days. Lymphocytes from incompatible individuals will stimulate each other to proliferate significantly (measured by tritiated thymidine uptake) whereas those from compatible individuals will not. In the one-way MLC test, the lymphocytes from one of the individuals are inactivated (usually by treatment with MITOMYCIN or radiation) thereby allowing only the untreated remaining population of cells to proliferate in response to foreign histocompatibility antigens. Leukocyte Culture Test, Mixed,Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Test,Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction,Mixed Leukocyte Culture Test,Mixed Leukocyte Reaction,Leukocyte Reaction, Mixed,Leukocyte Reactions, Mixed,Lymphocyte Reaction, Mixed,Lymphocyte Reactions, Mixed,Mixed Leukocyte Reactions,Mixed Lymphocyte Reactions
D008213 Lymphocyte Activation Morphologic alteration of small B LYMPHOCYTES or T LYMPHOCYTES in culture into large blast-like cells able to synthesize DNA and RNA and to divide mitotically. It is induced by INTERLEUKINS; MITOGENS such as PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS, and by specific ANTIGENS. It may also occur in vivo as in GRAFT REJECTION. Blast Transformation,Blastogenesis,Lymphoblast Transformation,Lymphocyte Stimulation,Lymphocyte Transformation,Transformation, Blast,Transformation, Lymphoblast,Transformation, Lymphocyte,Activation, Lymphocyte,Stimulation, Lymphocyte
D008214 Lymphocytes White blood cells formed in the body's lymphoid tissue. The nucleus is round or ovoid with coarse, irregularly clumped chromatin while the cytoplasm is typically pale blue with azurophilic (if any) granules. Most lymphocytes can be classified as either T or B (with subpopulations of each), or NATURAL KILLER CELLS. Lymphoid Cells,Cell, Lymphoid,Cells, Lymphoid,Lymphocyte,Lymphoid Cell
D008297 Male Males
D008807 Mice, Inbred BALB C An inbred strain of mouse that is widely used in IMMUNOLOGY studies and cancer research. BALB C Mice, Inbred,BALB C Mouse, Inbred,Inbred BALB C Mice,Inbred BALB C Mouse,Mice, BALB C,Mouse, BALB C,Mouse, Inbred BALB C,BALB C Mice,BALB C Mouse
D002722 Chlorobenzenes Aromatic organic compounds with the chemical formula C6H5Cln.
D005260 Female Females
D005333 Fetus The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. Fetal Structures,Fetal Tissue,Fetuses,Mummified Fetus,Retained Fetus,Fetal Structure,Fetal Tissues,Fetus, Mummified,Fetus, Retained,Structure, Fetal,Structures, Fetal,Tissue, Fetal,Tissues, Fetal

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