Rat thymic epithelium positively selects mouse T cells with specificity for rat MHC class II antigens but fails to induce detectable tolerance in the mouse T cells to the rat MHC antigens
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Rat thymic epithelium positively selects mouse T cells with specificity for rat MHC class II antigens but fails to induce detectable tolerance in the mouse T cells to the rat MHC antigens
Abstract
BALB/c (H-2d) nude mice were grafted with allogeneic AKR/J (H-2k) or xenogeneic (ACI-N rat, RT1av1) fetal thymuses which were depleted of hemopoietic cells by incubating with 2'-deoxyguanosine (2'dGuo) in vitro prior to grafting. The nylon-wool-passed LN T cells from nude mice grafted with 2'dGuo-treated AKR/J thymus showed a poor proliferative response to B10BR (H-2k) stimulator cells, confirming that mouse thymic epithelium has the capacity to induce tolerance against the mouse MHC antigens on the thymic epithelium. On the other hand, the nylon-wool-passed LN T cells from nude mice grafted with untreated or 2'dGuo-treated ACI/N rat thymus showed significant proliferative responses to ACI/N, which can be blocked by anti-rat MHC class II mAb, whereas the nylon-wool-passed LN T cells from nude mice grafted with syngeneic thymus hardly responded to the xenogeneic stimulator cells. These results suggest that rat thymic stromal cells including thymic epithelium can not induce detectable tolerance in mouse T cells to rat MHC antigens; but rat thymic epithelium may positively select mouse T cells with specificity for rat MHC class II antigens, resulting in a mouse T cell repertoire with strong xeno-reactivity.
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