Specific selection of antigen-reactive lymphocytes into antigenically stimulated lymph nodes in sheep

John Hopkins, I. McConnell, P J Lachmann

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Sheep were primed to a variety of antigens and the efferent lymphatic from a popliteal lymph node was cannulated. The cannulated node was challenged repeatedly with PPD and all the lymph and cells removed from the animal. During this time the PBL were monitored for reactivity to all antigens (purified protein derivative of tuberculin [PPD], johnin, and keyhole limpet hemocyanin [KLH]) by the vitro transformation assay. The response of these cells to PPD was found to be gradually eliminated after repeated challenge of the cannulated node with that antigen. The response to the other antigens was unimpaired. No depletion of this response to PPD occurred in cannulated sheep when the antigen was given into a noncannulated node. In vivo delayed-type hypersensitivity skin test and helper T cell assays confirmed that there is a specific selection of antigen-reactive cells from the recirculating lymphocyte pool into antigen-stimulated lymph nodes.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)706-19
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Experimental Medicine
Volume153
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 1981

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Animals
  • Antibody Formation
  • Catheterization
  • Epitopes
  • Hemocyanin/immunology
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Lymph Nodes/immunology
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Lymphocytes/immunology
  • Sheep
  • Trinitrobenzenes/immunology
  • Tuberculin/immunology

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