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. 1988 Sep;56(9):2407–2411. doi: 10.1128/iai.56.9.2407-2411.1988

Role of H-2 and non-H-2 genes in control of bacterial clearance from the spleen in Salmonella typhimurium-infected mice.

C Nauciel 1, E Ronco 1, J L Guenet 1, M Pla 1
PMCID: PMC259580  PMID: 3044998

Abstract

The ability of mice to clear Salmonella typhimurium from their spleens in the late phase of infection was studied after inoculation with a temperature-sensitive mutant. Clearance of bacteria was delayed in C57BL/6 mice compared with BALB/c, C3H/HeJ, DBA/2, A/J, and CBA mice. The responses of F1 hybrids, backcrosses, and recombinant inbred strains derived from C57BL/6 and BALB/c (both Itys) and of H-2 congenic mice were analyzed. The results showed that the low rate of bacterial clearance was recessive, that the rate of clearance was under polygenic control, and that an H-2-linked gene(s) plays a major role. Among H-2 congenic mice with a C57BL/10 background, three phenotypes of bacterial clearance could be distinguished: high (H-2j, H-2q, and H-2u), intermediate (H-2d, H-2f, H-2k, H-2p, H-2r, H-2s, and H-2v), and low (H-2b) rates. The effect of the H-2 complex was apparent with different genetic backgrounds (Itys and Ityr). In recombinant inbred strains derived from C57BL/6 (Itys) and A/J (Ityr) mice, the effect of the H-2b haplotype on bacterial clearance appeared to be fully expressed only in strains carrying the Itys allele.

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