Abstract
Structural similarity between antigens and self molecules could be responsible for low antibody responses in different immunogenetic (IR-gene) systems. B10.M and B10.D2 strains are high responders, whilst A. Thy-1-1 mice are low responders, following primary immunization with ferritin in saline. Cross-reactivity between mouse-self antigens and ferritin was tested by antigen excess and radioimmunoassay techniques, using cells obtained from normal, unimmunized high- and low-responder mice, to compete for specific antibody. Low-responder A.Thy-1-1 mouse cells consistently displaced more anti-ferritin antibodies than did high-responder B10.M and B10.D2 mouse cells at varying antibody and cell concentrations and these differences were statistically significant (P less than 0.001). It is suggested that the responder status of different strains of mice, following primary immunization with ferritin in saline, could be explained by the degree of cross-activity between self determinants and antigen, such that low responders cross-react to a greater degree with the test antigen than do high-responder mice. A similar mechanism of cross-reactivity could operate in the pathogenesis of HLA-linked diseases.
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