The relative capacity of corneal, heart, kidney and skin cells to stimulate allogeneic lymphocytes

Immunol Commun. 1979;8(3):303-11. doi: 10.3109/08820137909050044.

Abstract

In stimultaneous experiments, the ability of inbred Wistar-Furth rat corneal cells to stimulate inbred Fisher rat lymphocytes in mixed culture was compared with the stimulatory capacity of the same number of Wistar-Furth skin, kidney, heart and lymphocyte cells. The tissue cells were dissociated and after inhibition by mitomycin C cultured with an equal number of allogeneic spleen lymphocytes for 5 days. In all of these mixed cell cultures, the allogeneic lymphocytic response was mainly to the major Ag-B2 histocompatibility antigen. The stimulatory effect of corneal cells was found to be the same as that of heart, kidney and skin cells. The data indicate a lack of differences between the density of histocompatibility antigens on the surfaces of these cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cornea / immunology*
  • Female
  • Kidney / immunology*
  • Lymphocyte Activation*
  • Mercaptoethanol / pharmacology
  • Myocardium / immunology*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred F344
  • Rats, Inbred WF
  • Skin / immunology*

Substances

  • Mercaptoethanol