遗传背景对小鼠四倍体胚胎发育的影响

不同遗传背景的小鼠2-细胞期胚胎经过电融合后,胚胎的融合效率和四倍体胚胎的发育能力存在着一定的差异。本试验采用C57(C57×C57)、ICR(ICR×ICR)、BALB/c(BALB/c×BALB/c)、B6D2F2(B6D2F1×B6D2F1)、B6C3D2F2(B6C3F1×B6D2F1)品系的二倍体2-细胞期胚胎在相同的条件下经过电融合处理,结果表明:小鼠四倍体胚胎的获得效率受小鼠遗传背景的影响,远交系小鼠胚胎B6D2F2和B6C3D2F2的融合率显著高于近交系C57,ICR和BALB/c(P<0.05);四倍体胚胎在体外的发育情况也受其遗传背景的影响,在桑椹胚发育率和囊胚发育率上B6D2F2和B6C3D2F2品系的四倍体胚胎都显著高于C57和BALB/c品系的四倍体胚胎(P<0.05);杂合和纯系遗传背景的小鼠四倍体胚胎囊胚细胞数目相比具有显著差异(P<0.05或P<0.01);不同遗传背景的小鼠四倍体胚胎着床率间不存在显著差异(P>0.05);杂合背景的小鼠四倍体胚胎得到5只发育至13.5dpc(dayspostcoitum,dpc)的胎儿,纯合背景的小鼠四倍体胚胎得到0只发育至11dpc的胎儿。     

Listr1遗传位点影响小鼠对约氏疟原虫易感性的研究

探讨Listr1遗传位点影响小鼠对疟原虫易感性的可能性及其初步作用机制。致死型约氏疟原虫(Plasmodiumyoelii17XL,P.y17XL)感染C.B6By-Listr1小鼠(BALB/c小鼠基因背景下引入C57BL/6小鼠Lis-tr1遗传位点的同类系小鼠)和BALB/c小鼠,分析二者生存率和感染率的差异;HE染色分析P.y17XL感染后第5天C.B6By-Listr1小鼠和BALB/c小鼠肝脏组织损伤情况;定量PCR法检测P.y17XL感染后小鼠肝脏组织第1、2、5天IL-1β、IL-6、TNF-α、IFN-γ的表达含量。结果显示,P.y17XL感染后4~8dC.B6By-Listr1小鼠虫血症水平显著高于BALB/c小鼠(P<0.05)。C.B6By-Listr1小鼠于感染后7~9d全部死亡;而半数BALB/c小鼠于感染后8~9d死亡,其余BALB/c小鼠至感染后第13天仍存活,两种小鼠生存率差异具有统计学意义(P<0.01)。C.B6By-Listr1小鼠P.y17XL感染后第5天肝组织HE染色可见到明显的疟色素沉积;而BALB/c小鼠全片基本未见到疟色素的沉积。P.y17XL感染后第2天BALB/c小鼠肝组织IL-6(P<0.05)、TNF-α(P<0.05)mRNA水平显著高于C.B6By-Listr1小鼠。结果表明Listr1遗传位点可以影响小鼠对疟原虫的易感性,与肝脏固有免疫相关。     

潘氏细胞在昆明小鼠弓形虫病发病过程中的变化

每只昆明小鼠灌胃1×104个弓形虫卵囊,分别在灌胃后1,3,5,6 DAI(days after inoculation),采用HE方法和免疫组织化学方法对小鼠回肠潘氏细胞的变化以及弓形虫在回肠的分布和数量进行研究,探讨潘氏细胞(paneth cells,PCs)在小鼠弓形虫病感染期间的变化。结果发现,回肠隐窝总数、含PCs的隐窝数、PCs总数及颗粒总数呈先增加后迅速减少至消失的趋势,回肠后段表现明显,6 DAI各参数与对照组比较差异显著(P0.05)。弓形虫在回肠中的分布面积呈增大趋势,6 DAI与1 DAI、3 DAI相比差异显著(P0.05)。该研究结果表明,弓形虫卵囊感染昆明小鼠可减少回肠潘氏细胞及其分泌颗粒的数量,为以小肠潘氏细胞为基础的弓形虫病的防治提供了实验依据。     

小鼠脾细胞凋亡释放RNA与自身免疫病的相关性

在经放射线照射诱导的凋亡小鼠脾细胞培养上清中 ,可以提取到大量RNA ,用流式细胞仪检测发现凋亡细胞内的RNA量与正常细胞比较有所下降 .甲基绿 派若宁Y染色小鼠脾脏 ,脾细胞间质呈派若宁Y染色阳性 ,提示小鼠脾细胞也可能释放RNA .将小鼠脾脏研磨后 ,发现脾脏上清中也存在大量的RNA .采用小鼠脾脏上清RNA与脾脏细胞悬液总RNA的比值作为指标来衡量细胞凋亡释放的RNA量 ,并比较了BALB c及BXSB小鼠的差异 ,发现该比值在 3周 (72 % )、3月(5 8 4 % )、6月 (4 5 % )龄BALB c小鼠中呈下降趋势 ,而BXSB小鼠一直保持较高水平 (75 %～83% ) ,该比值在 3月龄、6月龄显著高于BALB c小鼠 (P <0 0 5 ) .同时 ,采用单相酶扩散的方法检测小鼠脾脏上清中RNA酶的活性 .6月龄BXSB小鼠的RNA酶活性显著低于同龄BALB c小鼠 (P<0 0 5 ) ,而 3周及 3月龄小鼠在这两种品系中无显著性差异     

ToxoDB#17型弓形虫感染小鼠引起小肠潘氏细胞溶菌酶缺失

为探究Toxo DB#17型弓形虫对昆明小鼠小肠潘氏细胞(Paneth cells,PCs)溶菌酶的表达及小肠病理损伤特点,该研究以8周龄小鼠为研究对象,灌胃1×106个Toxo DB#17型弓形虫卵囊,分别在灌胃后6 HAI(hours after inoculation)、1 DAI(day after inoculation)、3 DAI、8 DAI取小肠各段,常规方法制作石蜡切片,HE和免疫组化染色,研究小肠病理损伤、虫体分布、潘氏细胞及溶菌酶表达特点。结果显示,小鼠弓形虫感染率为100%,弓形虫虫体抗原分布随时间延长呈增多趋势(P0.05),小肠的病理损伤随着弓形虫感染时间的延长,未见明显变化。小肠隐窝数、含潘氏细胞隐窝数、PCs总数和颗粒总数的变化总趋势呈现先减少后增加再减少的趋势,3 DAI数量较多(P0.05),潘氏细胞颗粒未观察到溶菌酶阳性染色反应。以上结果表明,Toxo DB#17型弓形虫抑制潘氏细胞溶菌酶的表达,对肠道损伤较轻,潘氏细胞及其分泌颗粒对弓形虫有应答反应,溶菌酶的缺失与Toxo DB#17型弓形虫成功入侵肠道有关。     

缺氧诱导因子在新生儿坏死性小肠结肠炎中的作用机制研究

该文探讨了缺氧诱导因子-1α(hypoxia inducible factor-1α,HIF-1α)在新生儿坏死性小肠结肠炎(neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis,NEC)中的作用机制。收集8例NEC患儿小肠组织作为疾病组和6例胃肠道畸形患儿小肠组织作为对照组。将40只7日龄的C57BL/6新生鼠(WT)分为NEC组(WT/NEC,n=20)和对照组(WT/DF,n=20),40只7日龄C57BL/6背景的谷氧还原蛋白1(glutaredoxin1,Grx1)基因敲除鼠(Grx1~(–/–))分为NEC组(Grx1~(–/–)/NEC,n=20)和对照组(Grx1~(–/–)/DF,n=20)。Western blot检测人和小鼠肠组织HIF-1α、小鼠肠组织血管内皮生长因子A(vascular endothelial growth factor A,VEGFA);qRT-PCR检测小鼠肠道血管内皮生长因子VEGFA mRNA,免疫荧光染色检测人和小鼠肠组织HIF-1α。结果显示,NEC患儿小肠组织中HIF-1α表达量较对照组显著降低(P0.05);WT/NEC小鼠小肠组织HIF-1α和VEGFA蛋白表达量较WT/DF显著降低(P0.05);WT/NEC组小肠组织中VEGFA表达量较WT/DF组显著降低(P0.05),Grx1~(–/–)/NEC组VEGFA表达量较WT/NEC组显著升高(P0.05);HIF-1α主要表达于小肠上皮细胞,NEC患儿肠组织和NEC小鼠肠组织中HIF-1α免疫荧光染色强度均较各自对照组显著降低,而Grx1基因敲除显著提高了NEC小鼠肠组织HIF-1α免疫荧光染色强度。该研究结果表明,HIF-1α在NEC患儿和NEC小鼠中有重要作用,其机制可能与肠道微血管的发育相关。     

两品系小鼠食物过敏模型的比较

目的比较两种不同品系小鼠食物过敏模型的敏感性和肠道菌群变化的差异,旨在为食物过敏模型的建立提供依据。方法分别对30只4~5周龄BALB/c和KM雌鼠用卵清蛋白(ovalbumin,OVA)致敏建立食物过敏模型,ELISA法检测小鼠血清OVA特异性IgE水平;HE染色观察空肠组织形态;采用DGGE技术检测粪便菌群的变化。结果 (1)30只致敏的BALB/c小鼠中有27只血清OVA特异性IgE水平明显升高(P0.001),而30只致敏的KM小鼠中有21只,且BALB/c小鼠空肠绒毛炎症细胞浸润、上皮脱落及坏死比KM小鼠明显;(2)食物过敏造模后,BALB/c小鼠肠道菌群的改变明显(P0.001),而KM小鼠中仅有均匀度改变显著(P0.05);(3)BALB/c小鼠和KM小鼠对照组肠道菌群的丰富度、Shannon指数及均匀度都有差异。结论 BALB/c小鼠对OVA的敏感性高于KM小鼠,不同品系小鼠肠道菌群结构不同,OVA处理后,BALB/c小鼠菌群的改变比KM小鼠更明显。     

IL-10在输血相关性移植物抗宿主病小鼠模型中的免疫调节作用

目的:IL-10在输血相关性移植物抗宿主病小鼠模型中的免疫调节作用。方法:取BALB/c实验小鼠免疫活性淋巴细胞,分别输注于BALB/c小鼠(设为A组)及BALB/c裸鼠(设为B组),建立TA-GVHD模型,观察小鼠症状,HE染色判断小鼠肝、肺、小肠、皮肤病理变化情况;采用双夹心酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)检测两组小鼠血清IL-10浓度;用逆转录聚合酶链反应法RT-PCR检测移植后外周血单个核细胞中IL-10的表达。结果:A组中2只死亡(12.5%),B组中3只死亡(18.75%),共5只死亡,29只存活,两组死亡率比较无明显差异(P>0.05)。B组小鼠累及肝、肺、小肠和皮肤病理损伤程度较A组严重;存活小鼠IL-10浓度较死亡小鼠明显升高(P2<0.05);存活小鼠IL-10 mRNA表达阳性率96.55%明显高于死亡小鼠(20.00%)。结论:IL-10在输血相关的移植物抗宿主病小鼠模型中发挥负向免疫调节--免疫抑制作用。     

饥饿和交配对小地老虎飞行肌发育的影响

小地老虎Agrotis ypsilon(Rottemburg)成虫飞行肌的发育常受一些因素影响而发生变化,为探讨饥饿和交配行为对飞行肌发育的影响,通过电子显微镜对雌虫飞行肌(背纵肌)的肌原纤维、线粒体结构进行观察,结果显示:4日龄饥饿雌虫,肌原纤维直径、肌节长度、肌原纤维体积均显著(P<0.05)小于取食的。7日龄饥饿雌虫肌原纤维直径、肌节长度、肌原纤维体积分数较4日龄的差异均不显著(P≥0.05),而7日龄饥饿的肌原纤维直径显著(P<0.05)大于7日龄取食的;羽化10 d后,饥饿雌虫肌节长度显著(P<0.05)大于取食雌虫的,而肌纤维体积分数和线粒体体积分数均却小于后者。7、10、13日龄交配雌虫肌原纤维横切直径分别显著(P<0.05)小于同日龄非交配的;7、10、13日龄交配雌虫肌原纤维体积分数显著(P<0.05)小于非交配的,线粒体体积分数虽然无差异(P≥0.05),但是交配雌虫的早在4日龄便已明显(P<0.05)减小。上述结果表明:正常取食的小地老虎飞行肌4日龄后会发生降解现象;饥饿抑制飞行肌前期发育和中期的降解,而促进成虫末期肌原纤维的分解;交配能促进飞行肌的降解。     

T淋巴细胞在小鼠肾缺血再灌注损伤中的作用

目的研究T淋巴细胞在肾缺血再灌注损伤(IRI)导致的急性肾损害中的作用。方法BALB/c小鼠和BALB/c裸小鼠各24只,分别随机分为A1-4组和B1-4组,每组6只。双肾蒂阻断45 min后恢复血流建立肾IRI模型,假手术对照组I、RI后24、48和72 h时检测Scr、尿蛋白定量及肾病理学,A组检测脾T细胞亚群;对比BALB/c小鼠和BALB/c裸小鼠的肾功能下降、组织学损害程度以及脾T淋巴细胞亚群变化。结果A2-4组和B2-4组均有Scr和尿蛋白定量明显升高(P<0.05),且A组损害程度明显重于B组(P<0.05);A2-4组出现典型的IRI组织损害表现(P<0.05),B2-4组无明显IRI组织损害(P>0.05);A2-3组脾CD3 T细胞百分比较A1组升高(P<0.05),而CD4 /CD8 比值无明显变化(P>0.05)。结论T淋巴细胞是小鼠肾IRI导致急性肾损害的重要病理生理学因素。     

GFP转基因裸鼠脾脏组织学观察

目的探讨GFP基因导入对BALB/c荧光裸鼠脾脏组织学及免疫功能的影响。方法取不同日龄（14日龄、28日龄、49日龄、70日龄）BALB/c荧光裸鼠及BALB/c普通裸鼠各32只,雌雄各半,处死取脾脏,对脾脏的绝对重量、脾脏指数进行测量分析,对脾脏的组织学改变进行观察,并对脾脏淋巴细胞数进行统计分析。结果与14日龄荧光裸鼠相比,28日龄荧光裸鼠脾脏指数明显较高（P〈0.05）。与14日龄荧光裸鼠相比,49日龄、70日龄荧光裸鼠淋巴细胞数明显变少（P〈0.05）。与普通裸鼠（14日龄、28日龄、49日龄、70日龄）相比较,相同日龄荧光裸鼠（14日龄、28日龄、49日龄、70日龄）淋巴细胞数明显减少（P〈0.05）。结论 GFP基因对不同日龄荧光裸鼠的脾脏发育及其功能有一定影响。     

BALB/c小鼠作为单纯疱疹病毒1型感染模型的免疫学分析

在单纯疱疹病毒1型(herpes simplex virus type 1,HSV-1)小鼠感染及其相关研究中,临床病理和免疫学指标对其分析具有重要技术意义。本研究观察了HSV-1在不同条件下感染BALB/c小鼠后的多个免疫学指标,包括外周血单核细胞(peripheral blood mononuclear cell,PBMC)群体中树突细胞比例及功能、血清中和抗体水平、PBMC中HSV-1抗原特异性T细胞水平,以及潜伏感染期小鼠神经组织中CD8^＋ T细胞浸润情况。结果显示,HSV-1毒株Mckrae、17＋以角膜及滴鼻途径感染3周龄及6周龄BALB/c小鼠后,小鼠PBMC中树突细胞数量增加,并显示出刺激病毒抗原特异性T细胞增殖的能力。病毒感染后35 d,小鼠PBMC中未检测到白细胞介素4(interleukin 4,IL-4)^＋抗原特异性T细胞,但能检测到低水平的γ干扰素(interferon γ,IFN-γ)^＋抗原特异性T细胞;小鼠血清中未检测到或仅能检测到低水平的中和抗体。HSV-1以皮下及足垫注射途径感染BALB/c小鼠90 d后,足垫感染途径较皮下感染诱导出更高水平的血清中和抗体,PBMC中可检测到IL-4^＋及IFN-γ^＋抗原特异性T细胞,但不同毒株及小鼠周龄之间出现T细胞反应程度差异。组织病理学结果表明,各组小鼠三叉神经组织中均有CD8^＋ T细胞浸润。这些结果提示,不同HSV-1毒株以不同途径感染不同周龄BALB/c小鼠后,均可刺激树突细胞成熟及呈递病毒抗原,但血清中和抗体及PBMC中病毒抗原特异性T细胞水平在不同毒株、感染途径及小鼠周龄之间有差异。     

Genetic Ablation of Afadin Causes Mislocalization and Deformation of Paneth Cells in the Mouse Small Intestinal Epithelium

Afadin is an actin filament-binding protein that acts cooperatively in cell adhesion with the cell adhesion molecule nectin, and in directional cell movement with the small G protein Rap1 in a nectin-independent manner. We studied the role of afadin in the organization of the small intestinal epithelium using afadin conditional gene knockout (cKO) mice. Afadin was localized at adherens junctions of all types of epithelial cells throughout the crypt-villus axis. Paneth cells were localized at the base of the crypt in control mice, but not confined there, and migrated into the villi in afadin-cKO mice. The distribution of other types of epithelial cells did not change significantly in the mutant mice. The Paneth cells remaining in the crypt exhibited abnormal shapes, were buried between adjacent cells, and did not face the lumen. In these cells, the formation of adherens junctions and tight junctions was impaired. Rap1 and EphB3 were highly expressed in control Paneth cells but markedly down-regulated in the afadin-deficient Paneth cells. Taken together, the results indicate that afadin plays a role in the restricted localization of Paneth cells at the base of the crypt by maintaining their adhesion to adjacent crypt cells and inhibiting their movement toward the top of villi.     

Regional variations in the distributions of small intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) in BALB/c +/+, nu/+, and nu/nu mice

Regional variations in intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) in the small intestine were examined in BALB/c +/+, nu/+, and nu/nu mice. The small intestine was obtained from 11- to 12-week-old mice and divided equally into three (proximal, middle, and distal) parts. The IELs were isolated from each part of the intestine, and the total numbers of IELs in nu/+ and nu/nu mice were about a fifth of those in +/+ mice. Regional variations in the distribution of the IEL alphabeta, but not the gammadelta T-cell subset were found by use of flow cytometry in +/+ and nu/+ mice. On the other hand, such differences were not found in nu/nu mice, suggesting that thymus-independent development of T cells is not different among regions. Different local expansion of thymus-dependent alphabeta T cells may cause the regional variations seen in the distribution of alphabeta T cell IELs in +/+ and nu/+ mice.     

Polyclonal activation of the murine immune system by an antibody to IgD. X. Evidence that the precursors of IgG1-secreting cells are newly generated membrane IgD+B cells rather than the B cells that are initially activated by anti-IgD antibody

Injection of BALB/c mice with an affinity-purified goat antibody to mouse IgD (GaM delta) stimulates T cell-independent B cell activation as well as later T cell activation. Activated T cells then induce polyclonal differentiation of B cells into IgG1-secreting cells, which results in an approximately 100-fold increase in serum IgG1 level. It is not known whether the same B cells that are initially activated by GaM delta are the progenitors of the IgG1-secreting cells. To investigate this issue a system was developed in which CB20 mice, which are congenic to BALB/c mice but express Ig of the beta allotype rather than the BALB/c alpha allotype, were injected with GaM delta and simultaneously or subsequently also received BALB/c B cells. The IgG1 response generated by the donor BALB/c B cells was quantitated by an assay specific for IgG1 of the alpha allotype. Our experiments with this system indicate that: 1) BALB/c B cells transferred 2 days after CB20 mice were injected with GaM delta generate a much larger IgG1 response than do BALB/c B cells transferred simultaneously with GaM delta antibody; 2) B cells that express membrane IgD generate the great majority of this response; 3) differences in the magnitudes of the responses of BALB/c B cells transferred at different times after CB20 mice were injected with GaM delta antibody cannot be explained by differences in homing of the donor B cells to the host spleen or by short survival of donor BALB/c B cells after their transfer; and 4) the response made by donor BALB/c B cells transferred 2 days after CB20 mice were injected with GaM delta is proportionate to donor cell representation in the host spleen 1 day after their transfer, whereas the response made by donor cells transferred simultaneously with GaM delta is disproportionately small. These observations suggest that most of the IgG1 antibody made by GaM delta-injected mice is generated by newly produced, mIgD+ B cells that appear approximately 2 days after GaM delta injection, rather than by those B cells that are present in the spleen at the time of GaM delta injection, and support the view that signals that induce B cell secretion of Ig require an interaction with at least partially activated Th cells.     

Role of CD1d in coxsackievirus B3-induced myocarditis

The myocarditic (H3) variant of Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) causes severe myocarditis in BALB/c mice and BALB/c mice lacking the invariant J alpha 281 gene, but minimal disease in BALB/c CD1d(-/-) animals. This indicates that CD1d expression is important in this disease but does not involve the invariant NKT cell often associated with CD1d-restricted immunity. The H3 variant of the virus increases CD1d expression in vitro in neonatal cardiac myocytes whereas a nonmyocarditic (H310A1) variant does not. V gamma 4(+) T cells show increased activation in both H3-infected BALB/c and J alpha 281(-/-) mice compared with CD1d(-/-) animals. The activated BALB/c V gamma 4(+) T cells from H3-infected mice kill H3-infected BALB/c myocytes and cytotoxicity is blocked with anti-CD1d but not with anti-MHC class I (K(d)/D(d)) or class II (IA/IE) mAbs. In contrast, H3 virus-infected CD1d(-/-) myocytes are not killed. These studies demonstrate that CD1d expression is essential for pathogenicity of CVB3-induced myocarditis, that CD1d expression is increased early after infection in vivo in CD1d(+) mice infected with the myocarditic but not with the nonmyocarditic CVB3 variant, and that V gamma 4(+) T cells, which are known to promote myocarditis susceptibility, appear to recognize CD1d expressed by CVB3-infected myocytes.     

Hes1-deficient mice show precocious differentiation of Paneth cells in the small intestine

We have previously shown that Hes1 is expressed both in putative epithelial stem cells just above Paneth cells and in the crypt base columnar cells between Paneth cells, while Hes1 is completely absent in Paneth cells. This study was undertaken to clarify the role of Hes1 in Paneth cell differentiation, using Hes1-knockout (KO) newborn (P0) mice. Electron microscopy revealed premature appearance of distinct cells containing cytoplasmic granules in the intervillous region in Hes1-KO P0 mice, whereas those cells were absent in wild-type (WT) P0 mice. In Hes1-KO P0 mice, the gene expressions of cryptdins, exclusively present in Paneth cells, were all enhanced compared with WT P0 mice. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated increased number of both lysozyme-positive and cryptdin-4-positive cells in the small intestinal epithelium of Hes1-KO P0 mice as compared to WT P0 mice. Thus, Hes1 appears to have an inhibitory role in Paneth cell differentiation in the small intestine.     

Neonatal tolerance induction in the thymus to MHC-class II-associated antigens. II. Significance of MHC antigens in anti-Mls tolerance

Specificity of anti-Mlsa tolerance induced in BALB/c (H-2d, Mlsb) neonates was investigated by a popliteal lymph node (PLN)-swelling assay for the local graft-versus-host (GVH) reaction by injecting tolerant thymus cells into the footpads of several types of F1 hybrid mice. When thymus cells were obtained from 1-week-old normal BALB/c, they evoked enlargement of PLNs of (BALB/c X DBA/2)F1 (H-2d, Mlsb/a) [CDF1] recipients and of other hybrid recipients, heterozygous in Mlsa,c,d alleles, irrespective of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) haplotypes. The same thymus cells did not cause the response in MHC-heterozygous F1 hybrids when the hybrids were homozygous in Mlsb, identical with BALB/c mice. Therefore, the PLN response to Mls antigens, known to be closely associated with MHC-class II antigens, was not directed to the class II antigens themselves. This enabled us to examine the effects of MHC on tolerance induction to the Mls antigens. When BALB/c neonates were injected with CDF1 bone marrow cells, complete tolerance to Mlsa-H-2d antigens of CDF1 cells was induced in the thymus, while responsiveness to Mlsa antigens in the context of H-2k and H-2b antigens, was not affected. This indicates MHC-restriction of neonatal tolerance to Mls antigens. Furthermore, when Mls and H-2-heterozygous (BALB/c X AKR)F1 (H-2d/k, Mlsb/a) bone marrow cells served as the tolerogen, thymus cells of BALB/c neonates were also tolerized to Mlsa-H-2k antigens as well as to Mlsa-H-2d antigens, which suggests the involvement of MHC, probably class II antigens of tolerance-inducing cells.     

Macrophage-mediated suppression of immune responses in Toxoplasma-infected mice. II. Both H-2-linked and -nonlinked control of induction of suppressor macrophages

The suppressive effect of Toxoplasma infection on initiation of memory cells to dinitrophenylated keyhole limpet hemocyanin (DNP-KLH) was drastically different among inbred strains of mice. C57BL/6 (B6), C57BL/10 (B10), and SJL mice showed markedly suppressed secondary anti-DNP responses when infected. In contrast, the suppression did not occur in BALB/c mice. The infected DBA/2 and C3H/He mice produced moderately suppressed responses. In B6 mice, an injection with 1 X 10(2) organisms of T. gondii induced a suppressed elicitation of the memory cells to DNP-KLH. However, in BALB/c mice, the responses were not affected even by inoculation with 1 X 10(4) organisms. The difference in the suppressive effect of infection between B6 and BALB/c mice was also observed in the primary anti-DNP antibody responses to DNP-KLH. Both H-2-linked and -nonlinked genes appeared to be responsible for the regulation of the immunosuppression, since the suppressive effect of infection in B10.D2 mice, which have the B10 background and the same H-2 haplotype as BALB/c, was weaker than that of B10 mice, but stronger than in BALB/c mice. In vitro studies using a primary anti-sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) antibody response system demonstrated that the activation of plastic-adherent suppressor cells by Toxoplasma infection, in which suppressor macrophages have been proved to be the responsible cells for the suppressive activity, was controlled by both H-2-linked and -nonlinked genes.