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. 1987 Jul;61(3):333–337.

Oral tolerance in protein-deprived mice. I. Profound antibody tolerance but impaired DTH tolerance after antigen feeding.

A G Lamont, M Gordon, A Ferguson
PMCID: PMC1453403  PMID: 3610214

Abstract

We have examined the effects of protein deprivation on the induction of oral tolerance for systemic antibody and DTH responses to the protein antigen ovalbumin (OVA). Mice were fed 4% or 24% protein diets from weaning and given a single feed of OVA 2 weeks later (short-term deprivation) or after 10 weeks (long-term deprivation). Tolerance for serum antibody responses was more profound in protein-deprived animals than in 24% protein-fed control groups. Conversely, tolerance for DTH responses was impaired in protein-deprived mice. This was demonstrated both for short-term deprivation, where nutritional rehabilitation after OVA feeding was necessary to demonstrate this effect on DTH, and for long-term deprivation. Furthermore, the effect of short-term deprivation on tolerance for DTH responses was similar to that observed after cyclophosphamide pretreatment of OVA-fed mice. Protein deprivation has disparate effects on the humoral and cell-mediated limbs of oral tolerance, and our results support the hypothesis that this regime selectively depletes a population of suppressor T cells responsible for the fine control of DTH tolerance.

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