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In the last years numerous investigations of the preferentially neurotropic carcinogenic action of different indirectly alkylating N-nitroso-compounds have been reported. Contrary to these the nuber of experiments, in which the effect of directly alkylating methyl methanesulphonate (MMS) and ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS) was studied is relatively small. Therefore, in own investigations on 4 groups of hooded rats of the inbred strain E the postnatal and prenatal effects of MMS and EMS were studied.

The influence of allogeneic blood transfusions (BT) on experimental tumor growth was investigated in three syngeneic, one allogeneic and one autochthonous tumor model in the rat. Con A induced T-cell response, relative distribution of lymphocyte subsets using flow cytometry and cytotoxic antibodies were determined. No differences in take rate, induction time, incidence and growth rate of tumors were observed in the different models. A significant decrease of cell-mediated immunity and a significant increase of peripheral Ia-positive cells could be observed. The relative distribution of T-cell subsets showed no differences between BT-groups and controls.