Abstract
AbstractFour different lymphocyte antigens were solubilized from chickens homozygous at the B locus. The antigens were identified by immunoelectrophoresis with rabbit anti‐lymphocyte sera.1. A bursa‐specific cell surface antigen was extracted with 3 M potassium chloride and partially purified. The antigen was excluded from Sephadex G‐200 gels, was heat labile and was a potent immunogen. The antigen could be detected on all bursa cells by immunofluorescence but not on thymus, spleen or blood lymphocytes. The findings do not exclude, however, the possibility that a small number of lymphocytes (e.g. plasma cells) possess the antigen.2. A thymus‐specific antigen was obtained by papain treatment of thymus cells. It migrated cathodically in immunoelectrophoresis.3. A surface antigen which was specific for lymphocytes from both central lymphoid organs (thymus and bursa) was solubilized by pestle homogenization.4. A fourth lymphocyte surface antigen was present on lymphocytes from blood, spleen, bursa and thymus. It was best solubilized by 3 M potassium chloride extraction and did not migrate under the conditions of immunoelectrophoresis.Studies did not reveal a stable antigenic marker with specificity for thymus or bursa cells and their progeny in the peripheral lymphocyte pool.
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