{"title":"[Adoptive transfer of immunity against Treponema of Fribourg-Blanc (TFB) in the hamster: role of T lymphocytes (author's transl)].","authors":"F T Tissot Guerraz, M Sepetjan, J C Monier","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This adoptive transfer was studied in an inbred strain of syrian hamsters. Spleen and lymph node lymphocytes, from TFB-infected hamsters, were injected to isogeneic recipients. Anti-TFB immunity was studied in the recipients either by looking for the apparition of cutaneous lesions after superinfection by TFB, or by counting of Listeria monocytogenes remaining in the liver and in the spleen 48 h after a mixture of TFB and L. monocytogenes had been inoculated. The first method indicated that a complete inhibition of cutaneous lesions was obtained only with hyperimmunized donors. Our results also indicate that anti-TFB immunity was not medicated by B lymphocytes but by sensitized T lymphocytes.</p>","PeriodicalId":75508,"journal":{"name":"Annales d'immunologie","volume":"131D 3","pages":"289-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17838247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Suppressive effect of synthetic polypeptide GT on the induction of delayed-type hypersensitivity to a complex GT + methylated bovine serum albumin (author's transl)].","authors":"G Drach, E Barbu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) to the random copolymers poly(Glu50Tyr50) (GT) or poly(Glu60Ala30Tyr10) (GAT) could be produced in BALB/c mice when the polymers were injected complexed to a methylated bovine serum albumin (mBSA). The pretreatment with GT or with mBSA 4 days before the immunisation with the complex GT-mBSA suppressed the induction of the DTH to both GT and mBSA moieties of the GT-mBSA complex. A similar pretreatment with GAT had no suppressor effect on the induction of DTH to GT-mBSA. Injection of cyclophosphamide 2 days before or 2 days after the pretreatment with GT eliminated the suppressor effect of GT on the induction of DTH with the complex GT-mBSA.</p>","PeriodicalId":75508,"journal":{"name":"Annales d'immunologie","volume":"131D 3","pages":"299-307"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18237903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Automatic sorting of cells by cytofluorography].","authors":"M E Goldberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75508,"journal":{"name":"Annales d'immunologie","volume":"131D 3","pages":"347-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17988528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The self-nonself discrimination and the nature and acquisition of the antibody repertoire.","authors":"A Coutinho","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Network ideas are confronted with current hypotheses for the origin of antibody diversity and self-nonself discrimination. The difficulties of reconciling the promethean evolution of the antibody system with \"germ line\" theories are discussed, as well as the problems of \"somatic\" hypotheses to explain the completeness of the antibody repertoire. The formal incompatibility of the network theory with ideas basing self-nonself discrimination on the elimination of self-reactive cells is demonstrated, as well as the difficulties of these and other environment-dependent hypotheses for lymphocyte activation, to encompass the internal activity in the immune system. It is argued, on the other hand, that the limitations of the network theory in providing a functional basis for the idiotypic network and in accounting for self-nonself discrimination, can be solved by finding in a complete repertoire of antibody-combining sites the complementary structures to growth receptors on B lymphocytes, and by using these as internal mitogens in the expansion of the precursor cell pools and in the maintenance of the mature steady states. Letting self-nonself discrimination be accounted for by such growth receptors, both the integrity of the antibody repertoire and the internal activity in the system can also be ensured. Moreover, by postulating a germ line origin for the antireceptor antibodies and by accepting idiotypic cross-reactivity between growth receptors and other germ line antibodies, the possibilities are set for a phylogenetically and ontogenically autonomous immune system embodied with the capabilities for self-expansion, diversification and selection of available repertoires. Its promethean characteristics are explained by its completeness, and this is achieved by idiotypic interactions between growth receptors and a limited number of complementary or cross-reactive germ line antibodies, naturally selected on the basis of their structural relationships with growth receptors.</p>","PeriodicalId":75508,"journal":{"name":"Annales d'immunologie","volume":"131D 3","pages":"235-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18061773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[A distinctive scheme of amino acid replacement was evolved for the generation of diversity, among hypervariable positions (author's transl)].","authors":"J J Bourgarit","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The diversity of amino acid residues, at a same position when comparing several aligned polypeptide sequences, may be translated as follows. The way along which a given amino acid, A, is replaced--in average--by another amino acid, B, is characterized by a coefficient linked with the pair A-B. Thus, one given amino acid is given a \"set\" of 19 coefficients, and the 20 different such sets may be analyzed. This method applies to the analysis of the diversity, among different sequences VH and VL of the variable regions of immunoglobulin heavy chains and light chains. From an observation of the alterations of those different sets, according to the sample of positions from which they were derived, it is possible to reach to the following conclusions. A) In the first approximation, all the amino acids present the same behaviour, whichever the sample. The frequency of replacement of an amino acid, A, by another amino acid B, is mainly a function of the proportion of B in the sample. B) In the second approximation, a more elaborate scheme of replacement is apparent, and is linked with an equivalent scheme in the genetic code; it is shown that hypervariable positions as well as random positions in VH and VL obey to this scheme. C) In the third approximation, a complementary structure is observed, which only pertains to the sample of hypervariable positions, and which might constitute a peculiar aspect of a selective process: this complementary structure is quite diverging from the genetic code. This analysis brings a strong argument against somatic theories, for the generation of diversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":75508,"journal":{"name":"Annales d'immunologie","volume":"131D 3","pages":"267-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17838246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence on macrophage functions as a possible basis of immunomodification by polyanions.","authors":"N Bloksma, M J de Reuver, J M Willers","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of the polyanions, carrageenan, dextran sulphate, polyanetholesulphonate and suramin, on macrophage functions and on the complement system were studied. The function of phagosomes and lysosomes in vitro was inhibited by all polyanions but carrageenan whereas phagocytosis in vitro was enhanced by small doses of all polyanions. Interaction with complement occurred already at very low doses polyanion. On intraperitoneal administration, the polyanions inhibited the mononuclear phagocytic system as measured with the carbon clearance test. In some instances this was followed within 72 h by a stimulation. While polyanion injections caused an increase in spleen weight, the effects on the liver weight diverged. Our results and data of other authors suggest that the immunomodifying properties of the polyanions studied can be explained partly by drug-macrophage interaction, partly by indirectly mediated modulation of macrophage function.</p>","PeriodicalId":75508,"journal":{"name":"Annales d'immunologie","volume":"131D 3","pages":"255-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17229576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response of the lymphoid organs of the mouse to the peptidoglycan of a gram-positive bacterium (Streptococcus pyogenes).","authors":"R Caravano, H Mauss, J Oberti, J Roux","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The response of the lymphoid organs of the mouse to the injection of a Gram-positive (Streptococcus pyogenes) bacterial peptidoglycan (PGL) has been investigated by several complementary techniques. Special cares were brought to: a) the extraction mode and the characterization of the bacterial fraction, b) the sanitary and microbiological status of the mice, and c) the lack of biologically active contaminants, even at a trace level. In these conditions, the local reaction at the site of inoculation was very moderate, transient and not very distinctive. No toxic reactions were observed, even with doses of several milligrams per mouse. Changes in lymphoid organs, as determined by changes in weight, incorporation of radioactive precursors and detailed histological study revealed that PGL did not induce the typical responses of ordinary antigens. Changes in the weight of organs were not significant and there was no dose-response relationship. In the lymph node, the response was confined to the paracortical area; the lymphocyte activation stood at an early stage and became characterized only after booster injection. There was no activation of antibody-producing cells. An important recruitment of active macrophages was observed; this could participate to the adjuvant activity of PGL, whose at least a part of the biological activity is therefore independent of the inflammatory and/or toxic response.</p>","PeriodicalId":75508,"journal":{"name":"Annales d'immunologie","volume":"131D 3","pages":"309-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18061775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Flash detection of anti-H-2 antibodies using chemiluminescence, without complement.","authors":"B Descamps, A T Nguyen, M N Feuillet-Fieux","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Within the first minute following their exposure to a specific anti-H-2 serum and in the absence of complement, murine spleen cells generate a chemiluminescence phenomenon which is precisely measurable by photometry in the presence of luminol. The reaction lasts approximately 10 to 20 minutes, it also generated by bone marrow and, although weakly, by peritoneal cells. In contrast, thymus cells remain totally unresponsive. The striking inhibition of the phenomenon in the presence of superoxide dismutase confirmed that it is indeed due to O2(-). This rapid, simple, inexpensive, extremely sensitive and reproducible technique offers the advantage of focusing on the histocompatibility antigens borne by monocytes, macrophages and granulocytes. Lastly, this O2(-) production triggered by anti-H-2 antibodies should be kept in mind when discussing the mechanism of vascular damage in allograft rejection.</p>","PeriodicalId":75508,"journal":{"name":"Annales d'immunologie","volume":"131D 3","pages":"337-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18239511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Immunity and tolerance induced by two antigens in individual B cells.","authors":"C Bleux, C Desaymard, J Couderc, P Liacopoulos","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75508,"journal":{"name":"Annales d'immunologie","volume":"131D 2","pages":"173-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17228246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lymphotoxin and chemotactic factor produced in vitro by human lymphocytes during their proliferative response in the presence of phytohaemagglutinin and Nocardia water-soluble mitogen.","authors":"A M Prieur, T Pham Huu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present investigation was initiated for the purpose of elucidating which cell type, T and/or B lymphocytes, were responsible for human lymphotoxin (LT) and human chemotactic factor (CF) production in vitro. T- and B-enriched subpopulations were tested for proliferative responses and lymphokine release in the presence of a human T mitogen, phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), and a human B-mitogen, Nocardia water-soluble mitogen (NWSM). We found that PHA-stimulated T cells produced LT and CF whereas NWSM-stimulated B-enriched subpopulation released LT and CF.</p>","PeriodicalId":75508,"journal":{"name":"Annales d'immunologie","volume":"131D 2","pages":"223-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18020229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}