Rich S S, Rich R R
J Exp Med. 1975 Dec 1;142(6):1391-1402. doi: 10.1084/jem.142.6.1391.
The mechanism of alloantigen-activated spleen cell suppression of mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) is explored in this report. Activated murine suppressor spleen cells elaborated a soluble noncytotoxic factor which suppressed MLR responses by 55-95%. Generation of suppressor factor required both in vivo alloantigen sensitization and specific in vitro restimulation. Suppressor factor was not produced by activated spleen cells which had been treated with anti-Thy-1.2 serum and complement. Antigenic specificity toward alloantigens of the stimulator cells was not demonstrable. In contrast, suppressor factor effectively inhibited MLR response only of responder cells of those strains that shared the D-end and the I-C subregion of the H-2 complex with the cells producing suppressor factor. Therefore, active suppression appears to require an MHC-directed homology relationship between regulating and responder cells in MLR.
本报告探讨了同种异体抗原激活的脾细胞对混合淋巴细胞反应(MLR)的抑制机制。活化的小鼠抑制性脾细胞产生一种可溶性非细胞毒性因子,该因子可将MLR反应抑制55%-95%。抑制因子的产生既需要体内同种异体抗原致敏,也需要特定的体外再刺激。用抗Thy-1.2血清和补体处理过的活化脾细胞不产生抑制因子。未证明对刺激细胞同种异体抗原具有抗原特异性。相反,抑制因子仅能有效抑制那些与产生抑制因子的细胞共享H-2复合体D端和I-C亚区的品系的反应细胞的MLR反应。因此,在MLR中,主动抑制似乎需要调节细胞和反应细胞之间存在MHC指导的同源关系。