Feedback suppression of the immune response in vivo. III. Lyt-1+ B cells are suppressor-inducer cells |
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Authors: | T Shimamura S Habu K Hashimoto S Sasaki |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Microbiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara 259-11, Japan;2. Department of Cell Biology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara 259-11, Japan |
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Abstract: | We previously demonstrated that injection of a high dose (4 X 10(9] of sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) into C57BL/6 mice results in the generation of splenic B cells (plastic nonadherent, Thy-1- and Ig+) which, when transferred to normal syngeneic recipients, subsequently induce antigen-specific suppressor T cells to suppress the recipient's plaque-forming cell (PFC) responses to SRBC. In the present study we characterized the suppressor-inducer B cells phenotypically. Cytotoxic treatment of the donor's immune spleen cells with anti-Lyt-1 antibody plus complement (C'), but not with anti-Lyt-2 antibody plus C', relieved the suppression of PFC responses in recipients. The FcRr+ population separated by EA-rosette formation showed enriched suppressor-inducing activity, whereas the FcRr- population showed no activity. Our findings, taken together with the previous ones, suggest that suppressor-inducer cells are Thy-1-, Lyt-1+, Lyt-2-, FcRr+, and Ig+. |
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