H-2 antigenicity of Leydig cells

Folia Biol (Praha). 1981;27(3):163-70.

Abstract

Partial absorption of oligospecific reagents by the particulate membrane fraction prepared from isolated interstitial cells grown in culture (the harvested cell population contained about 80% Leydig cells)suggests that membranes of Leydig cells carry antigenic specificities H-2K (11,25) and H-2D (4) but not antigens controlled by the I region. The results of absorption experiments have been confirmed by the methods at the level of individual cells; the native Leydig cells gave a positive reaction in the dye exclusion cytotoxic and immunofluorescent tests with he polyvalent regent B10D2 and B10 (directed against antigens of the regions H-2K through H-2I-E).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • H-2 Antigens / immunology*
  • Immunosorbent Techniques
  • Leydig Cells / immunology*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains

Substances

  • H-2 Antigens