Regulatory mechanisms in cell-mediated immune responses. II. Comparison of culture-induced and alloantigen-induced suppressor cells in MLR and CML.

Two antigen-nonspecific T cell-dependent suppressor systems were compared for their effects upon CML and MLR. Suppressor cells generated by an in vitro culture of spleen cells were compared with suppressor cells generated by in vivo priming with alloantigen. Culture-induced suppressor cells were themselves unable to respond in CML or MLR; were able to suppress actively the CML and MLR responses of untreated responding cells; were mitomycin-sensitive; and, produced no easily demonstrable suppressive supernatant. Alloantigen-primed cells were able to respond in CML and LR; could suppress proliferation in MLR, but were able to suppress CML only after mitomycin treatment; and, produced suppressive supernatants active in suppressing both CML and MLR. In addition to cataloging the differences and similarities between these suppressor populations, the data have been employed to analyze the mechanisms by which suppression occurs in CML and MLR.