Immunologic tolerance in the chicken. I. Isolation of two suppressive fractions from serum of chickens tolerant to bovine serum albumin.
Serum from 14-day-old chickens rendered tolerant at hatching with 1250 mg bovine serum albumin (BSA)/KBW was found to suppress an adoptive secondary response to BSA and an in vitro response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC). Chromatographic separation resulted in three fractions: I, II, and III. The suppressive activity was found to be contained in fraction I (m.w. greater than 1 X 10(6)) and fraction III (m.w. less than 2.5 X 10(4)). Analysis of fraction I by affinity chromatographic techniques revealed that it was composed of soluble BSA-antibody complexes and their removal removed the suppressive activity. Analysis of peak III revealed that the suppressive activity could only be removed by BSA and anti-Line 3 antiserum columns.
D000818:Animals; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000941:Antigens; D002645:Chickens / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D012756:Sheep
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000941:Antigens; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine