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. 1987 May;68(2):375–383.

The effect of experimental iron-overload on splenic T cell function: analysis using cloning techniques.

M F Good 1, D E Chapman 1, L W Powell 1, J W Halliday 1
PMCID: PMC1542722  PMID: 2958185

Abstract

The effect of iron-overload on cell-mediated immunity was examined in C57 mice. Two methods of iron-loading were used: (i) dietary carbonyl iron which produced iron-loading primarily of parenchymal cells or (ii) intraperitoneal administration of iron-dextran which produced iron-loading predominantly of Kupffer cells. Both methods of iron-loading resulted in a diminished capacity of spleen cells to generate an allo-specific cytotoxic response in the absence of exogenous interleukin 2 (IL-2). Exogenous IL-2, however, restored the ability of spleen cells from iron-loaded mice to generate allo-specific cytotoxicity in bulk culture. Clonal assays for the precursor cells of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL-P), performed in the presence of added IL-2, demonstrated that iron-loaded mice contained normal numbers of CTL-P. However, cultures of spleen cells from carbonyl iron-loaded mice generated less IL-2 following Concanavalin A stimulation, apparently as a result of a reduction in the number of IL-2-secreting cells amongst the spleen cell population. This work presents further evidence that iron-overload is associated with defective immunoregulatory control.

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