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Immune relations between mother and foetus in the viviparous poeciliid fish Xiphophorus hellerii Haeckel
Authors:P. J. Hogarth
Affiliation:Biology Department, University of York, Heslington, York Y01 5DD, England
Abstract:Advanced embryos of the viviparous poeciliid fish Xiphophorus hellerii (swordtail) were removed from the site of gestation within the ovary and re-implanted into the peritoneal cavities of unrelated immunologically competent adults of the same species. Most of those transplanted with intact fertilization membranes were normal in appearance, and many were clearly still alive. Those transplanted without a fertilization membrane were all dead, with lymphocyte infiltration and other evidence of rejection as allografts. The integrity of the membrane in late pregnancy was indicated by swelling of follicles in hypoosmotic liquid. It was concluded that the fertilization membrane is capable of protecting an antigenically foreign embryo in an immunologically hostile environment, and that it probably serves this function during normal pregnancy.
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