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Mechanism of action of a T suppressor factor (TsF) in contact sensitivity: the T cell target for TsF activity in adoptive transfer of immunity is not effector cell.

Abstract
The passive transfer of contact sensitivity (CS) by immune cells into normal animals requires the interaction of two distinct Ly-1+ T cells, one which is Vicia villosa lectin (VV)-nonadherent, the other which adheres to VV. Functional deletion of either cell type abrogates the adoptive transfer of CS into normal animals, whereas VV-nonadherent cells alone can transfer CS into animals pretreated with cyclophosphamide (Cy). An antigen-specific T suppressor factor, designated TNP-TsF, inhibits the transfer of CS into normal adoptive recipients. TNP-TsF mediates its suppressive activity by inducing an I-J+ subfactor (designated I-J2) from the assay population by the interaction of PC1-F (a TNP-binding subfactor of TNP-TsF) with antigen-primed Ly-2+ T cells. This I-J+ subfactor then complements TNBS-F (an antigen-nonbinding subfactor of TNP-TsF) to form an antigen-nonspecific effector molecule which suppresses DTH responses in an antigen-nonspecific fashion. We report here that TNP-TsF suppresses the adoptive transfer of CS into normal animals but not into animals pretreated with Cy. TNBS-F + I-J2, the effector complex of TNP-TsF, also suppresses the transfer of CS into normal but not Cy-treated animals. When the Ly-1 immune cells were separated into VV-adherent and -nonadherent populations, the TNBS-F + I-J2 suppressor complex suppressed the functional activity of the VV-adherent cell population, but not the VV-nonadherent cells. This suppressive activity correlates with the need for VV-adherent cells in the transfer of CS into normal but not Cy-treated recipients. When an I-J+ molecule (I-J1) from an SRBC-specific TsF was used in place of I-J2 to form a suppressor complex with TNBS-F, this TNBS-F + I-J1 TsF suppressed the transfer of CS into both normal and Cy-treated recipients. This difference in functional suppressive activity correlated with a difference in target cell specificity: TNBS-F + I-J1 suppressed the VV-nonadherent TDTH cell, whereas TNBS-F + I-J2 suppressed the VV-adherent T cell of CS. Immune cells which are transferred under conditions which do not require the VV-adherent cell for transfer are not suppressed by TNBS-F + I-J2 or TNP-TsF, but are suppressed by the TNBS-F + I-J1.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
AuthorsP Flood, W Ptak, D R Green
JournalJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) (J Immunol) Vol. 137 Issue 6 Pg. 1829-35 (Sep 15 1986) ISSN: 0022-1767 [Print] United States
PMID2943804 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
  • Antigens, Surface
  • Lectins
  • Plant Lectins
  • Suppressor Factors, Immunologic
  • Vicia lectins
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid
  • Picryl Chloride
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
  • Antigens, Surface (analysis)
  • Dermatitis, Contact (immunology)
  • Hypersensitivity, Delayed (immunology)
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Immunity, Cellular
  • Immunization, Passive
  • Lectins
  • Mice
  • Picryl Chloride (immunology)
  • Plant Lectins
  • Suppressor Factors, Immunologic (immunology)
  • T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory (immunology)
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid (immunology)

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