ISSN:
1432-069X
Keywords:
Contact photosensitivity
;
Photohaptenmodified cells
;
Tetrachlorosalicylanilide
;
Delayed-type hypersensitivity
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary We investigated the induction and transfer of contact photosensitivity (CPS) to the photohapten 3,3′,4′,5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide (TCSA) using photo-TCSA-coupled syngeneic cells in mice. Photo TCSA-modified spleen cells (photo TCSA-SC) with efficient immunogenicity were prepared with ultraviolet A (UVA) irradiation of spleen cells suspended in TCSA solution. Subcutaneous inoculation of photoTCSA-SC into syngeneic mice induced a highly specific CPS response detected by ear swelling upon epicutaneous challenge with TCSA painting plus UVA irradiation. The sensitivity was determined to be a cell-mediated, delayedtype hypersensitivity reaction from the time course of the reactivity, the characteristic histology, and the successful transfer of the sensitivity into syngeneic naive recipients by immune lymph node T cells with the phenotype of L3T4+, Lyt-2-. In contrast to the conventional TCSA painting plus UVA irradiation method, this immunization procedure did not evoke an ordinary contact sensitivity reaction to TCSA. The present procedure represented a new way to induce CPS.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00513959
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