Abstract
The studies described show that functional Mls specific tolerance, which we previously reported in peripheral spleen cells of mice injected within 24 h of birth with Mls incompatible spleen cells, is observable in the thymus on day 6. At this time a significant positive response is not detectable in spleen cells of normal mice. In the limiting dilution assay, we are able to detect a more profound depletion than others have found with anti-TCR antibodies. The tolerance in the thymus is not due to active suppression or simple dilution of responders by nonresponsive cells of the neonatal inoculum. By tolerizing BALB/c (Mls(b,c] mice with spleen cells from Mls(a) congenic mice, we show that Mls(a) incompatibility alone is sufficient for tolerance induction. Data from these experiments also show that the T cells seen responding at high frequency to stimulators from mice expressing Mls(a) determinants, as well as many other non-H-2 encoded incompatibilities, are indeed responding to Mls(a) determinants. In addition, experiments involving neonatal injection of Mls(b) mice with Mls(a) and Mls(c) spleen cells show no cross-reactivity of tolerance between Mls(a) and Mls(c) haplotypes. Our findings also show coexpression of determinants common to both Mls(a) and Mls(c) haplotypes by the Mls(d) haplotype. In all, the described experiments elucidate a pattern of Mls determinant specific hyporesponsiveness, in mice neonatally injected with appropriate allogeneic spleen cells, which bears all the hallmarks of functional, alloantigen specific, clonal deletion type tolerance.
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