Figure 3.
Transplanted TAg+B cells are tumorigenic and immunogenic. (A) Splenocytes (1 × 106) of lymphoma bearing CD19-Cre × LoxP-Tag mice (n = 4) or age-matched tumor free LoxP-Tag control littermates (n = 3) were injected IV into Rag2−/− × γc−/− mice. Recipient mice were euthanized when lymphoma burden was palpable. Tumor burden manifested mainly as splenomegaly, depicted as exemplary images of a lymphoma-free (upper panel) and lymphoma-bearing (lower panel) Rag2−/− × γc−/− recipient. (B-C) Splenocytes (1 × 106) of Rag passaged lymphoma cells were injected IV into indicated recipient mice. Recipient mice were euthanized when tumor burden was palpable. Shown are combined data of 2 independent experiments for 1 out of 2 representative lymphomas (#24) isolated from CD19-Cre × LoxP-Tag mice. The log-rank test and Bonferroni post hoc test were performed. Adjusted P values are indicated.