title: Effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the thymocyte response to PHA: strain difference.
abstract: Thymocytes responded well to PHA in terms of [3H]-TdR incorporation if they were precultured in the presence of LPS, whereas fresh thymocytes or thymocytes pre-cultured in the absence of LPS responded poorly to PHA. The PHA response of thymocytes pre-cultured with LPS for several hours was similar to that of fresh spleen cells in the kinetics and dose-response profiles. The effect of LPS was found on thymocytes from BALB/c.Cr, AKR/Jms, and DDD/1 mice, but was not observed on those from C3H/HeJms and C57Bl/6J mice, indicating that there is a strain difference in the PHA responsiveness of LPS-pre-cultured thymocytes. In contrast to thymocytes, the response of spleen cells to PHA was enhanced in both C57Bl/6J and BALB/c.Cr mice by pre-culture with LPS.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins