INTRAPERITONEAL SENSITIZATION AND THE TRANSPLANTED MOUSE HEART

Autor: G Hisatake, Ernst J. Eichwald, K Bishop, Yuanlin Shao, John J. Sullivan, Jane Shelby
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Transplantation. 51:858-861
ISSN: 0041-1337
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199104000-00023
Popis: Intradermal or skin-graft sensitization always results in accelerated rejection of subsequent MHC-disparate mouse heart transplants; intravenous or intrasplenic sensitization almost always results in prolonged survival. The survival time after intraperitoneal sensitization is unpredictable: hyperacute or accelerated rejection, as well as normal or prolonged survival, occurs suggestive of a delicate balance between suppressive and rejecting immune responses. We have observed a positive correlation between transplant survival and the distribution of 51Cr-labeled antigenic cells early after i.v., i.d., i.p., and intrasplenic injection. Label recovery from the viscera was already high 2 hr after i.v. injection, while after i.d. injection virtually all label was still confined to the carcass, even at the end of a 24-hr period. After i.p. injection label recovery varied significantly from mouse to mouse, from very low to a level approximating that seen after i.v. injection. This close correlation suggests that the fate of a subsequent transplant is decided within a few hours after antigen deposition, well before placement of the transplant itself.
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