title: Tolerance and contact sensitivity to DNFB in mice. V. Induction of tolerance with DNP compounds and with free and membrane-associated DNFB.
abstract: Immunologic unresponsiveness (tolerance) was induced in a mouse model of contact sensitization to DNFB. The ability to induce tolerance varied with the chemical reactivity of the tolerogen; DNFB was highly tolerogenic, DNBSO3 was moderately tolerogenic, and DNP-lysine was not tolerogenic. Although DNFB is considered a highly reactive compound, tracer studies of injected DNFB showed that it was rapidly excreted. Further studies were therefore done with DNFB attached to mouse erythrocytes. Tolerance to DNFB-RBC was highly specific in vivo; mice tolerant to DNFB showed normal reactivity to TNCB (picryl chloride.) Cells of mice tolerant to DNFB-RBC were also unresponsive to DNBSO3 in vitro. Tolerance to DNFB, DNBSO3, and DNFB-RBC all required time to develop, suggesting that an active process was involved.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000276:immunology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009578:Nitrobenzenes