[Change in the strength of DNA-protein binding in T- and B-lymphocytes of the spleen of C3HA mice during chemical hepatocarcinogenesis].

The tightness of DNA-protein binding in the nuclei of mouse spleen T- and B-lymphocytes was assessed, using nucleoprotein celite chromatography, and changes in the number of T- and B-suppressors in the course of o-AAT-induced chemical hepatocarcinogenesis were studied. Attenuation of DNA-protein bonds in T-lymphocytes at the early stages (up to 3 months) was observed, and by the time of hepatoma formation (8 months) about 50% of T-lymphocyte DNA was loosely bound to proteins, which is a typical feature of quiescent cells. In B-lymphocytes attenuation of DNA-protein interaction was only observed by the 8th month of carcinogenesis. By the time of hepatoma formation the number of T-suppressors in mouse spleen increased 2.8-fold, while the number of B-suppressors in lymph nodes remained unchanged.