PMID- 6950201 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19820521 LR - 20190821 IS - 0385-5600 (Print) IS - 0385-5600 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 12 DP - 1981 TI - Cell surface expression of I-A products is required for contact sensitivity induction by trinitrophenyl-coupled epidermal cells. PG - 1335-44 AB - Trinitrophenyl (TNP)-couple epidermal cells (EC) injected subcutaneously (s.c.) were more capable of inducing contact sensitivity (CS) to 2, 4, 6-trinitro-1-chlorobenzene (TNCB) than similarly substituted spleen cells (TNP-SC). Furthermore, the intravenous (i.v.) or intraperitoneal (I.P) injection of TNP-EC also induced CS response, whereas the i.v. or i.p. injection of TNP-SC failed to induce them. Treatment of mice with cyclophosphamide (Cy; 50 mg/kg) or anti- I-J serum allowed animals injected with TNP-SC i.v. to develop significant CS responses, suggesting that Cy-sensitive and I-J positive regulatory cells were involved in the induction of unresponsiveness by the I.V. injection of TNP-SC. Mapping studies o the major histocompatibility gene complex (MHC) region demonstrated that identity at the I-A subregion alone between EC donor and recipient mice was sufficient for the induction of CS by TNP-EC given i.v. Blocking experiments using antisera in the absence of complement indicated that I-A subregion-encoded antigens on the surface of TNP-EC apparently are involved in the induction of CS, and are not simply phenotypic markers on the surface of accessory cells. FAU - Ikezawa, Z AU - Ikezawa Z FAU - Sato, M AU - Sato M FAU - Nagai, R AU - Nagai R FAU - Okuda, K AU - Okuda K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Australia TA - Microbiol Immunol JT - Microbiology and immunology JID - 7703966 RN - 0 (Antilymphocyte Serum) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) RN - 0 (Nitrobenzenes) RN - 0 (Trinitrobenzenes) RN - 8N3DW7272P (Cyclophosphamide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antilymphocyte Serum/pharmacology MH - Cyclophosphamide/pharmacology MH - Dermatitis, Contact/*immunology MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics/*immunology MH - Injections, Intraperitoneal MH - Injections, Intravenous MH - Injections, Subcutaneous MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C/genetics MH - Mice, Inbred C3H/genetics MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL/genetics MH - Nitrobenzenes/*immunology MH - Phenotype MH - Skin/immunology MH - Spleen/immunology MH - Trinitrobenzenes/*immunology EDAT- 1981/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1981/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1981/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1981/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1981/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1981/01/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1981.tb00142.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Microbiol Immunol. 1981;25(12):1335-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1981.tb00142.x.