ISSN:
1432-1211
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract A search was made for lymphocyte antigens associated with resistance or susceptibility to the T-cell lymphoma induced by the herpes virus of Marek's disease (MD), the experimental model for Burkitt's lymphoma of humans. Antisera were produced by reciprocal immunization with whole blood between an MD-resistant and susceptible line of chickens compatible at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), and were tested against lymphocytes of both lines. The lymphocytes were not agglutinated, immobilized, or lysed, but their ability to evoke graft-versus-host (GVH) splenomegaly was reduced. This inhibitory activity was line-specific, and these sera had a maximum limiting effect on GVH splenomegaly at a dilution of 1/50 and a minimum at 1/800 dilution. A test based on the differential limitation of GVH splenomegaly by a pair of alloantisera was used to identify the antigens in F1 and F2 generations. The segregation results established a locus,Ly-4, with two codominant alleles,Ly- 4a andLy-4 b .Ly-4 is distinct from theA, B, orC blood group loci and from theBu-1 locus determining B-cell antigens, but may be linked to theTh-1 locus determining T-cell antigens (recombination frequency of 32 percent). Tentative evidence was obtained from comparisons of homozygous F2 and F3 progeny for association of theLy-4 allele characteristic of the susceptible line with increased incidence of MD.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01570512
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