Immunologic tolerance in the chicken. I. Isolation of two suppressive fractions from serum of chickens tolerant to bovine serum albumin
Morgan, E.L.; Rodrick, M.L.; Tempelis, C.H.
Journal of Immunology 121(1): 225-230
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1767 PMID: 670700 Document Number: 125898
Serum from 14-day-old chickens rendered tolerant at hatching with 1250 mg bovine serum albumin (BSA)/KBW was found to suppress an adoptive secondary response to BSA and an in vitro response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC). Chromatographic separation resulted in three fractions: I, II, and III. The suppressive activity was found to be contained in fraction I (m.w. greater than 1 X 10(6)) and fraction III (m.w. less than 2.5 X 10(4)). Analysis of fraction I by affinity chromatographic techniques revealed that it was composed of soluble BSA-antibody complexes and their removal removed the suppressive activity. Analysis of peak III revealed that the suppressive activity could only be removed by BSA and anti-Line 3 antiserum columns.