Abstract
A set of I-J-bearing murine splenic antigen-presenting cells (APC) has been found to be responsible for first order suppressor cell (Tsl, afferent suppressor cell) activation in the azobenzenearsonate (ABA) hapten system after intravenous administration. Suppressor cells induced by this set of hapten-coupled cells do not function in the efferent phase of the delayed hypersensitivity (DTH) response. The functional activity of this novel APC to activate afferent suppressor cells was resistant to a dose of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) sufficient to largely abrogate the ability of splenic APC to immunize for a DTH response. It was also found that the previously described splenic I-J-bearing APC needed for third-order suppressor cell (Ts3, effector-suppressor cell) activation is adherent and UVR resistant. The sets of I-J-bearing APC appear to be crucial elements in the activation of suppression and thus in determining the balance between immunologic reactivity and unresponsiveness. Furthermore, the UVR resistance of this set of novel APC may be relevant to the in vivo effects of UVR exposure to mice.
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