Responses in Xenopus to the thymus independent antigen polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and its haptenated derivative, trinitrophenylated PVP (TNP-PVP).
Xenopus laevis (the South African clawed toad) can respond to thymus dependent (TD) and thymus independent (TI) antigens. However, the response to trinitrophenylated Ficoll (TNP-Ficoll), a TI-2 antigen in mammals, is thymus dependent in Xenopus. Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), classed as a TI antigen in mammals, is also a TI antigen in Xenopus, but responses to PVP and TNP-PVP are thymus regulated. As with TNP-Ficoll, capacity to respond to TNP-PVP diminishes during metamorphosis, and tolerance can be induced via the stimulation of TD suppression with trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid. Animals treated with N-methyl-N-nitrosourea and adult-thymectomised Xenopus, which lack certain TD responses, can nevertheless respond to TNP-PVP. Based on this and other information, it is concluded that TNP-PVP should be classed as a TI-2 antigen in Xenopus.
Clothier
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Department of Human Morphology, University of Nottingham Medical School, U.K.
Kandola
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Mirchandani
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Ellis
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Wood
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Balls
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D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000955:Antigens, T-Independent / Q000276:immunology*; D006241:Haptens / Q000276:immunology; D011205:Povidone / Q000276:immunology*; D013934:Thymectomy; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000276:immunology*
D000955:Antigens, T-Independent; D006241:Haptens; D011205:Povidone