Positive selection of major histocompatibility complex-restricted suppressor T cells bearing the predominant idiotype in the immune response to lysozyme.
AUTOR(ES)
Araneo, B A
RESUMO
The lysozyme system provides an excellent model for studying the role of multiple major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes in the induction and regulation of Ir-gene controlled immune responses. Immunization of H-2b mice leads to concomitant activation of helper and suppressor activities by different epitopes on hen egg-white lysozyme (HEL) and thus phenotype unresponsiveness to native HEL. HEL-specific suppressor T cells in C57BL/10 nonresponder mice show MHC restriction, because their enrichment on antigen-pulsed macrophage monolayers requires syngeneic macrophages as well as HEL. The expression of the selected suppressor function requires interaction between the restricted suppressor precursor cell and an HEL-triggered, suppressor-inducer T cell. The MHC-restricted suppressor precursors bear the predominant idiotype found on anti-HEL antibodies, whereas MHC-restricted helpers do not.
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