Further studies on the use of mouse epidermal cells for the in vitro induction and detection of cell-mediated cytotoxicity

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Publication Type dissertation
School or College School of Medicine
Department Pathology
Author Esplin, David Glen
Contributor Rodman, Santee, Linda; Chiquette, Linda
Title Further studies on the use of mouse epidermal cells for the in vitro induction and detection of cell-mediated cytotoxicity
Date 1978-08
Description Mouse epidermal cells (EC) and lymphoid cells (LC) were compared as targets of cell-mediated cytotoxicity (CMC) in short-term chromium release assays where attacker cells were generated in primary mixed cultures using irradiated allogeneic EC or LC as stimulators. Three patterns of relative susceptibility to lysis of the two types of target cells were observed: 1. Significantly greater lysis of LC than of EC targets; 2. Significantly greater lysis of EC than LC targets; and 3. Approximately equal susceptibility to lysis of the two targets. The first pattern was primarily associated with LC stimulators, whereas the second and third patterns were almost invariably associated with EC stimulators. Factors possibly contributing to the differences in in vitro immunogenicity and susceptibility to CMC of EC and LC were investigated, including the alteration of EC surface antigens during the trypsinization required to prepare EC suspensions, the differential expression of shared alloantigens, or the restricted expression of tissue specific alloantigens on the two types of cells. Tests with intact and trypsinized LC on the one hand and fresh and short-term cultured EC on the other, indicated that trypsinization is not responsible for the basic differences between EC and LC detected in the jLn vitro assays. Antibody absorption tests demonstrated that although EC and LC express approximately equal quantities of the cell surface antigens determined by the H-2D region of the H-2 complex, LC express significantly greater quantities of the antigens determined by the H-2K and I regions. In addition, the results of cold target inhibition tests suggest that tissue-specific antigens on both EC and LC also influence their relative immunogenicity and susceptibility to lysis.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Mouse; Cell Cultures
Subject MESH Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name PhD
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Further studies on the use of mouse epidermal cells for the in vitro induction and detection of cell-mediated cytotoxicity." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Further studies on the use of mouse epidermal cells for the in vitro induction and detection of cell-mediated cytotoxicity." available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. QR 6.5 1978 E8
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