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. 1990 Dec;71(4):523–529.

Characterization of suppressor T cells for antibody production by chicken spleen cells. II. Comparison of CT8+ cells from concanavalin A-injected normal and bursa cell-injected agammaglobulinaemic chickens.

P Quere 1, B S Bhogal 1, G J Thorbecke 1
PMCID: PMC1384873  PMID: 2149123

Abstract

The phenotypes of two different types of suppressor T cells in the chicken, both capable of inhibiting secondary antibody responses in vitro, were determined. The first of these, induced by injection of concanavalin A (Con A) into normal chickens, was CT8+, TcR2+ (alpha beta), CT4-, TcR1- (gamma delta). These cells appeared to exhibit histamine type 2 (H2) receptors, as they adhered to cimetidine-BSA-coated dishes. Moreover, cimetidine added to the medium at 2 x 10(-4) M completely prevented the suppression induced by these suppressor cells. The second type of 'suppressor' T-cell studied, induced in agammaglobulinaemic (A gamma) chickens by injection of bursa cells, exhibited the same phenotype, but was insensitive to cimetidine and did not adhere to cimetidine-BSA-coated dishes, indicating heterogeneity with respect to H2 receptor expression on CT8+ chicken T cells with suppressor activity. The results also showed that a relatively larger proportion of CT8+ than of CT4+ cells adhered to cimetidine-BSA-coated dishes and thus appeared to be H2 receptor positive. TcR1 (gamma delta) cells did not contribute significantly to the antigen non-specific suppressor effects examined in this study.

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