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. 1987 Aug;61(4):421–428.

Immunosuppressive activity of serum from liver-grafted rats: in vitro specific inhibition of mixed lymphocyte reactivity by antibodies against class II RT1 alloantigens.

M Tsurufuji 1, K Ishiguro 1, T Shinomiya 1, T Uchida 1, N Kamada 1
PMCID: PMC1453439  PMID: 2450830

Abstract

The immunosuppressive activity of serum from PVG rats following orthotopic transplantation of DA liver has been examined in vitro. Liver grafts in this combination are never rejected, but induce a state of specific transplantation tolerance in the recipient. Serum from such tolerant animals was able to inhibit proliferation of normal PVG lymph node cells in response to DA stimulators in the mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR); inhibition was specific for donor (DA) antigens. Interleukin-2 (IL-2) production during the MLR was also reduced. The production of anti-DA cytotoxic T cells developing in the MLR was not affected, but the total yield of such cells was reduced. Evidence was obtained that part of the inhibitory serum activity was due to IgG antibody against class II RT1a alloantigens. Thus, a purified IgG fraction retained much of the inhibitory activity which could be removed by an anti-IgG absorbent. Studies of MLR inhibition in different rat strains indicated the anti-class II specificity of the inhibitory IgG. Lymph node cells from DA-liver-grafted PVG rats responded normally against DA stimulators in vitro, and this MLR was also blocked by the inhibitory IgG. Our results suggest that anti-class II allo-antibody may play a role in immunosuppression and long-term graft survival following liver transplantation in this combination.

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