ABSTRACT
Objective To determine the effect of diffusion chamber for immune isolation and the proliferation of allogenic hybridoma within diffusion chamber in mice. Methods The hybridoma cell strain was established from SP2/0 cells and the splenocytes of BALB/c mouse by PEG mediate technique. The cells were injected peritoneally into BALB/c ( n =5) and C57 BL/6 (B6, n =5) mice. Diffusion chambers with microporous membrane containing hybridoma cells were implanted peritoneally into 5 BALB/c and 5 B6 mice. Results Within two months after peritoneal injection of the cell strain, four BALB/c mice developed bloody ascites and one developed abdominal tumor, but the B6 mice developed neither ascites nor tumor. After 30 and 101 days of the chamber implantation, the chambers were coated by omentum or mesenterium in all the animals of both strain groups and freshly formed blood vessels to the chamber membrane could be observed. Within the chambers, tumor developed, but the tumor could not fully fill the inner space of the chamber during the whole observation period. Conclusion The hybridoma cells established from SP2/0 cells and the splenocytes of BALB/c mouse may carry BALB/c MHC antigen. The diffusion chambers can effectively isolate immune rejection. Freshly formed blood vessels to the chamber membrane can support the cells within the chambers.