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Mechanisms of contact photosensitivity in mice. IV. Antigen-specific suppressor T cells induced by preirradiation of photosensitizing site to UVB

Journal Article · · J. Immunol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5323097
Mice were successfully contact photosensitized with 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicyanilide (TCSA) plus black light irradiation. Pre-exposure of the photosensitizing site (ca 5 cm/sup 2/) to UVB (280 to 320 nm; 400 mJ/cm/sup 2/) rendered mice unresponsive to a challenge reaction. Cell transfer experiments demonstrated that the spleen from the nonreactive mice contained suppressor T cells (T/sub s/) that were antigen-specific and that blocked the afferent limb of contact photosensitivity to TCSA. To exert suppressive functions, T/sub s/ required another population of cyclophosphamide-sensitive T cells that resided in the spleens of nonsensitized mice. The results provide evidence that UVB-induced aberrant homeostasis of the skin caused a marked suppression of immune system that is associated with the generation of T/sub s/.
Research Organization:
Kyoto Univ., Japan
OSTI ID:
5323097
Journal Information:
J. Immunol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Immunol.; (United States) Vol. 132:3; ISSN JOIMA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English