TY - JOUR
T1 - In situ kinetic analysis of thyroid lymphocyte infiltrate in mice developing experimental autoimmune thyroiditis
AU - Conaway, Dale H.
AU - Giraldo, Alvaro A.
AU - David, Chella S.
AU - Kong, Yi chi M.
N1 - Funding Information:
’ Supported by Grants DK 31827 and DK 40721 from the National Institute of Diabetes. and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and a Fogarty Senior International Fellowship to Y.M.K.; presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the Amer. Assoc. Immunologists (Fed. Proc. 46, 1375, 1987).
PY - 1989/11
Y1 - 1989/11
N2 - L3T4+ T cells from genetically susceptible mice developing experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT) were shown earlier to proliferate in response to restimulation with mouse thyroglobulin (MTg) in vitro and to mediate the adoptive transfer of EAT, whereas Lyt-2+ cells differentiated in vitro into cells cytotoxic for thyroid monolayers. Leukocyte suspensions from disrupted thyroid glands examined on Days 13-21 after immunization revealed the accumulation of both T cell subsets in the infiltrate at varying ratios. To characterize the in situ kinetics of cellular infiltration in chronic EAT, we extended the observation intervals after immunization to include Days 21 to 42. The leukocytes in thyroid sections were labeled immunohistochemically first with rat monoclonal antibodies to L3T4, Lyt-2. Thy-1, k light chain, or F4 80 macrophage antigen, then with biotinylated anti-rat IgG, utilizing the avidin-biotin-peroxidase technique. Throughout the 21- to 42-day interval, no significant variations were detected in the percentages of L3T4+ subset, but those of Lyt-2+ cells increased and then declined. The shift in the L3T4+:Lyt-2+ ratio, down from 2.4 to 1.6 and then up to 3.0, was directly related to changes in the Lyt-2+ subpopulation. The F4 80+ and B cell populations changed little during this period. These findings illustrate the changing kinetics of T cell subsets in situ in the development and perpetuation of EAT and MTg-immunized mice.
AB - L3T4+ T cells from genetically susceptible mice developing experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT) were shown earlier to proliferate in response to restimulation with mouse thyroglobulin (MTg) in vitro and to mediate the adoptive transfer of EAT, whereas Lyt-2+ cells differentiated in vitro into cells cytotoxic for thyroid monolayers. Leukocyte suspensions from disrupted thyroid glands examined on Days 13-21 after immunization revealed the accumulation of both T cell subsets in the infiltrate at varying ratios. To characterize the in situ kinetics of cellular infiltration in chronic EAT, we extended the observation intervals after immunization to include Days 21 to 42. The leukocytes in thyroid sections were labeled immunohistochemically first with rat monoclonal antibodies to L3T4, Lyt-2. Thy-1, k light chain, or F4 80 macrophage antigen, then with biotinylated anti-rat IgG, utilizing the avidin-biotin-peroxidase technique. Throughout the 21- to 42-day interval, no significant variations were detected in the percentages of L3T4+ subset, but those of Lyt-2+ cells increased and then declined. The shift in the L3T4+:Lyt-2+ ratio, down from 2.4 to 1.6 and then up to 3.0, was directly related to changes in the Lyt-2+ subpopulation. The F4 80+ and B cell populations changed little during this period. These findings illustrate the changing kinetics of T cell subsets in situ in the development and perpetuation of EAT and MTg-immunized mice.
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U2 - 10.1016/0090-1229(89)90063-9
DO - 10.1016/0090-1229(89)90063-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 2571437
AN - SCOPUS:0024452116
SN - 0090-1229
VL - 53
SP - 346
EP - 353
JO - Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology
JF - Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology
IS - 2
ER -