Abstract
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice are largely devoid of functional T and B lymphocytes but have normal antigen presenting cell (APC) capacity. The authors have examined the requirements for cutaneous delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) in SCID recipients by i.p. transfer of freshly isolated naive mature. T cells or non-fractionated spleen cells of H-2 compatible or incompatible origin. Recipient SCID mice were epicutaneously sensitized with oxazolone (OXA) within 24 h after cell transfer. SCID mice injected with as few as 10(5) H-2 compatible BALB/c (H-2d) spleen cells were able to mount DTH ear swelling reaction upon sensitization and challenge with OXA. Non-fractionated spleen cells from H-2 incompatible B6 or NZW mice were also able to restore DTH capacity in SCID recipients. However, when thymocytes were transferred, only donor mice expressing H-2d, but not H-2b and H-2z, haplotype restored DTH reactivity. Serum levels of IgM and IgM anti-OXA antibodies in SCID mice 27 days post-transfer with 10(7) BALB/c spleen cells were similar to that of intact donor mice. In contrast, specific antibodies of IgG isotype were approximately only one-tenth of that found in BALB/c controls. The results of this study show that for the development of cutaneous DTH, in SCID mice transferred with T cells, H-2 restricted APC-T cell interaction is required, whereas B cells are not mandatory. Also, SCID mice transferred with splenocytes show signs of defect immunoglobulin switch function. The authors believe that this model of DTH will be useful in delineating the effects of immunomodulatory substances in vivo on distinct host versus donor cell populations.
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