The induction of cell-mediated immunity and tolerance to insulin with insulin coupled to syngeneic lymphoid cells |
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Authors: | Neil E. Reiner Henry N. Claman |
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Affiliation: | Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Immunology, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The induction of delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) and tolerance to DTH against bovine insulin in mice were explored. DTH was induced with insulin in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and was assessed by ear swelling in vivo and by antigen-driven cell proliferation in vitro. Using the concept that thymus cell unresponsiveness is most easily accomplished via antigen on syngeneic membranes, tolerance was induced by iv injection of syngeneic lymphoid cells which had been coupled to insulin with carbodiimide. Mice tolerized with insulin-coupled cells and then sensitized with insulin-CFA had diminished ear swelling in vivo and decreased insulin-driven cell proliferation in vitro. This unresponsiveness was antigen specific but was also inconstant in degree with regard to suppression of ear swelling, most likely because of variability in coupling of insulin to cells. Proliferative responses were more uniformly suppressed, suggesting the possibility that two target cells were being tolerized. Thus, as with other proteins, the biologically active insulin can be used to induce tolerance. |
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Keywords: | To whom requests for reprints should be set at: Division of Clinical Immunology (B-164) University of Colorado Medical School 4200 E. 9th Ave. Denver Colo. 80262. |
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