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The Suppressive Effect of Immunization on the Proliferative Responses of Rat T Cells in Vitro¹

From the Department of Microbiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510

Abstract

DNA synthesis (³H-thymidine incorporation) of DA rat spleen and lymph node cells cultured with PHA or (DA x Lewis)F₁ lymph node cells was profoundly inhibited by pretreatment with large i.v. doses of antigen (;100 mg OA or ; 10¹⁰ SRBC) 24 hr before culture. This effect, seen as early as 3 to 6 hr after antigen administration, had disappeared within 7 days. Similar depressed spleen cell responses were seen 9 days after footpad injection of 200 µg OA in complete adjuvant. Lymph node responses showed a similar inhibiton only in the presence of specific antigen in culture. In all experiments in which antigen administration resulted in decreased responses, removal of glass wool adherent cells restored responsiveness to normal. The failure of purified macrophages to reestablish inhibition favored the interpretation that an adherent suppressor cell distinct from the macrophage is activated by antigen in vivo to regulate T cell responses in vitro.

Footnotes

¹ This work was supported by U. S. Public Health Service Research Grant AI-00291.