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ADULT TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE INDUCED BY LENTIL LECTIN: III. INDUCTION OF TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE BY LENTIL LECTIN IN MOUSE STRAIN COMBINATIONS WITH DIFFERENT H‐2 DISPARITIES: TOLEROGENIC EFFECT OF H‐2D REGION ANTIGENS
Author(s) -
Hilgert I.,
Krištofová H.,
Angelisová P.,
Kinský R.,
Hořejší V.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of immunogenetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1744-313X
pISSN - 1744-3121
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-313x.1983.tb01025.x
Subject(s) - allotransplantation , transplantation , lectin , antigen , biology , strain (injury) , immunology , immune tolerance , histocompatibility , medicine , human leukocyte antigen , anatomy
SUMMARY The survival time of skin allografts was investigated in 28 combinations of mouse strains differing at various loci, in adult recipients treated with lentil seed lectin (LCA). The recipients were given 1 mg of LCA daily (i.v. or i.p.) after transplantation of the skin graft. The immunosuppressive effect of LCA was generally inversely related to the conventional strength of the allotransplantation reaction, i.e. the rate of rejection of allografts on untreated recipients. In the case of H‐2D antigenic disparities, the grafts usually survived for more than 100 days. The H‐2A or H‐2K disparity appeared to be relatively resistant to induction of tolerance by LCA treatment. The relative resistance of various H‐2 antigens toward the induction of tolerance by LCA differs to some extent from that observed in experiments on the induction of neonatal tolerance by semiallogeneic lymphocytes as described in literature.