Genetic control of murine hemagglutinin formation to H-2.5 |
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Authors: | Klaus Peters Burghard Schreiber Helga Gleichmann Ernst Gleichmann |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Laboratory Animal Science and Division of Experimental Pathology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany |
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Abstract: | When B10.D2 (H-2d) mice are immunized with lymphoid cells from C57B1/10 (H-2d) and their antisera tested against B10.A (H-2a) target cells, only antibodies to H-2.5 are measured. The same is true for immunization of DBA/2 (H-2d) mice when their antisera are absorbed with B10.D2 cells prior to testing. Irrespective of the dose of immunogen administered, the primary hemagglutinin response of B10.D2 mice is significantly lower than that of DBA/2 mice and (B10.D2 × DBA/2)F1 hybrids, but the secondary responses are similar. The low responsiveness of B10.D2 mice appears to be determined by a single dominant gene with incomplete penetrance; the gene is not linked to eitherH- 2, Hc, or the immunoglobulin allotype loci. In addition, the H-2.5 hemagglutinin response is susceptible to nongenetic influences. When antisera from B10.D2, devoid of H-2.5 hemagglutinins, were assayed in a complement-mediated cytotoxic test, they contained almost as much anti-H-2.5 activity as did the antisera from DBA/2 mice or (B10.D2 × DBA/2)F1 hybrids. The possibility is discussed that the locus responsible for the deficient primary hemagglutinin response of B 10.D2 may not be determinant-specific but may affect hemagglutinin responses in general. |
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