PMID: 6982871Jan 1, 1982Paper

Effector mechanisms in the spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis of obese strain (OS) chickens: analysis of cytotoxic cells

International Archives of Allergy and Applied Immunology
R Boyd, G Wick

Abstract

Different forms of cellular cytotoxicity that may constitute potential effector mechanisms in the spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis (SAT) arising in Obese strain (OS) chickens have been investigated. A microcytotoxicity assay (MCA) employing 51Cr-labelled-, thyroglobulin (Tg) coated-chicken red blood cells (Tg-CRBC) was used to detect cells mediating Tg-specific direct cellular cytotoxicity (DCC). Tg-CRBC presensitized with anti-Tg autoantibody (Tg-AAB) obtained from high titer OS sera served as targets for antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). Tannic acid-only treated CRBC (TA-CRBC) were used simultaneously as specificity controls for DCC and also as targets for cells eliciting spontaneous cellular cytotoxicity (SCC) to surface-modified normal cells. The results demonstrated that Tg-specific cytotoxic cells exist in the OS and thus represent an effector mechanism in SAT, in addition to the previously well-documented role of antibody. This DCC appears to be unrelated to the presence and titer of circulating Tg-AAb. It is present in highest levels in the peripheral blood of OS chickens, but in only 55% of the animals tested, indicating either a secondary importance to humoral immunity in the disease process or t...Continue Reading

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