Hapten-specific B cell blockade of the immune response to a thymus-independent-1 antigen produced by concomitant administration of a thymus-independent-2 antigen.
CBA/N mice harbour an X-linked B cell defect which is transmitted by CBA/N female mice to their hybrid male progeny. These mice mount normal responses to thymus-dependent (TD) and some thymus-independent (TI-1) antigens, while the response to TI-2 antigens is absent. Hapten-specific plaque-forming cell (PFC) responses to TD antigens can be blockaded by concomitant exposure of these mice to TI-2 antigens bearing the same hapten. This paper investigates in defective mice the blockade of their response to TNP3-LPS (trinitrophenylated lipopolysaccharide, a TI-1 antigen), imposed by DNP59-Ficoll (dinitrophenylated Ficoll, a TI-2 antigen). The effectiveness of the blocking agent, DNP59-Ficoll, differed in various inbred mouse strains: CBA/N X C3H/HeN F1 male greater than CBA/N female greater than CBA/N X C3H/HeN F1 female. The role of T cells in the observed hapten-specific blockade phenomenon was investigated using athymic CBA/N nude mice and a B cell tolerogen. Our findings indicate that T cell participation is not essential for the blockade of CBA/N PFC responses and they suggest that direct blockade of TI- and TD-responsive B cell populations is likely to occur.
D000818:Animals; D000921:Antibody-Producing Cells / Q000276:immunology; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D004140:Dinitrophenols / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D005362:Ficoll / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000276:immunology; D006241:Haptens / Q000276:immunology*; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008819:Mice, Nude; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology*
D000941:Antigens; C031007:DNP-Ficoll; D004140:Dinitrophenols; D000939:Epitopes; D006241:Haptens; D005362:Ficoll