Laskin C A, Smathers P A, Reeves J P, Steinberg A D
J Exp Med. 1982 Apr 1;155(4):1025-36. doi: 10.1084/jem.155.4.1025.
NZB mice manifest a defect in tolerance induction by deaggregated heterologous gamma globulins. We have used an adoptive transfer system to study the defect. Thymectomized, intact, or thymectomized recipients given thymic epithelial grafts were studied after lethal irradiation and reconstitution with NZB, DBA/2, or (NZB x DBA(F1 marrow depleted of mature T cells. NZB thymocytes were responsible for the tolerance defect of NZB mice. The information for the defect was present in the NZB marrow prethymocyte. That defect could only be expressed when there was further maturation in association with a thymus. However, the normal DBA/2 thymic epithelium served as well as the abnormal NZB thymic epithelium. These studies resolve existing conflicts as to whether the NZB marrow or thymus is responsible for the loss of tolerance in association with autoimmunity.
新西兰黑鼠(NZB)在通过解聚的异源γ球蛋白诱导耐受性方面表现出缺陷。我们采用了一种过继转移系统来研究该缺陷。对经致死性照射并用去除成熟T细胞的NZB、DBA/2或(NZB×DBA)F1骨髓进行重建后的去胸腺、完整或接受胸腺上皮移植的受体进行了研究。NZB胸腺细胞导致了NZB小鼠的耐受性缺陷。该缺陷的信息存在于NZB骨髓前体细胞中。只有在与胸腺相关的进一步成熟过程中,该缺陷才能表达。然而,正常的DBA/2胸腺上皮与异常的NZB胸腺上皮发挥的作用相同。这些研究解决了关于NZB骨髓或胸腺是否与自身免疫相关的耐受性丧失有关的现有争议。