Wide tissue distribution of axolotl class II molecules occurs independently of thyroxin

Immunogenetics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 339-349

  Völk, Heiner ^a,d   Charlemagne, Jacques ^b   Tournefier, Annick ^b,f   Ferrone, Soldano ^c   Jost, Roland ^a   Parisot, Ruth ^a   Kaufman, Jim ^a,e  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Axolotl; Class II; Development; Metamorphosis; Salamander

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; THYROXINE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COLD; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLOBINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; THYROXINE;

EID: 0031891368     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050368     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Armstrong, J. B. and Malacinski, G. M. (eds.): Developmental Biology of the Axolotl, Oxford University Press, New York, 1989
2. Charlemagne, J. Thymus independent anti-horse erythrocyte antibody response and suppressor T cells in the Mexican axolotl (Amphibia, Urodela, Ambystoma mexicanum). Immunology 36: 643-648, 1979
3. Charlemagne, J. Antibody diversity in amphibians. Noninbred axolotls used the same unique heavy chain and a limited number of light chains for their anti-2.4-dinitrophenyl antibody responses. Eur J Immunol 17: 421-424, 1987
4. Charlemagne, J. and Tournefier, A. Anti-horse red blood cells antibody synthesis in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Effect of thymectomy. In J. B. Solomon and J. D. Horton (eds.): Developmental Immunology, pp. 267-275, Elsevier/North Holland Biomedical Press, Amsterdam, 1977a
5. Charlemagne, J. and Tournefier, A. Humoral response to Salmonella typhimurium in normal and thymectomized urodele amphibian Pleurodeles waltii Michah. Eur J Immunol 7: 500-502, 1977b
6. Ching, Y.-C. and Wedgwood, R. J. Immunologic responses in the axolotl, Siredon mexicanum. J Immunol 99: 191-200, 1967
7. Cohen, N. Chronic skin rejection in the Urodela. I. A comparative study of first- and second-set allograft reactions. J Exp Zool 167: 37-48, 1968
8. Cohen, N. Immunogenetic and developmental aspects of tissue transplantation immunity in Urodele amphibians. In M. Mizel (ed.): Biology of Amphibian Tumors, pp. 153-168. Springer, New York B erlin Heidelberg, 1969
9. Cohen, N. Amphibian transplantation reactions: a review. Am Zool 11: 193-205, 1971
10. Cohen, N. Salamanders and the evolution of the major histocompatibility complex. In J. Marchalonis and N. Cohen (eds.): Contemporary Topics in Immunology (Vol. 9), pp. 109-139, Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, 1980
11. Cooper, D. S., Kieffer, J. D., Saxe, V., Mover, H., Maloof, F., and Ridgway, E. C. Methimazole pharmacology in the rat: studies using a newly developed radioimmunoassay for methimazole. Endocrinology 114: 786-793, 1984
12. Crone, M. and Simonsen, M. Avian Major Histocompalibility Complex. In A. Toivanen and P. Toivunen (eds.): Avian Immunology: Basis and Practise (Vol 2), pp. 25-41, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1987
13. Ducibella, T. The occurrence of biochemical metamorphic events without anatomical metamorphosis in the axolotl. Dev Biol 38: 175-186, 1974a
14. Ducibella, T. The influence of L-thyroxine on the change in red blood cell type in the axolotl. Der Biol 38: 187-194, 1974b
15. Du Pasquier, L., Schwager, J. and Flajnik, M. F. The immune system of Xenopus. Annu Rev Immunol 7: 251-275, 1989
16. Fache, B. and Charlemagne, J., Influence on allograft rejection of thymectomy at different stages of larval development in urodele amphibian Pleurodeles waltii Michah. (Salamandridae). Eur J Immunol 5: 155-157, 1975
17. Fellah, J. S., Vaulot, D., Tournefier, A., and Charlemagne, J. Ontogeny of immunoglobulin expression in the Mexican axolotl. Development 107: 253-263, 1989
18. Fellah, J. S., Kerfourn, F., and Charlemagne, J. Evolution of T-cell receptor genes: extensive diversity of Vβ families in the Mexican axolotl. J Immunol 153: 4539-4545, 1994
19. Flajnik, M. F. and Du Pasquier, L. MHC class I class antigens as surface markers of adult erythrocytes during the metamorphosis of Xenopus. Dev Biol 128: 198-206, 1988
20. Flajnik, M. F., Hsu, E., Kaufman, J. F., and Du Pasquier, L. Changes in the immune system during metamorphosis of Xenopus. Immunol Today 8: 58-64, 1987
21. Flajnik, M. F., Ferrone, S., Cohen, N., and Du Pasquier, L. Xenopus MHC class II molecules: III. Antigenicity and unusual tissue distribution. Mol Immunol 27: 451-462, 1990
22. Fox, H. Cytological and morphological changes during amphibian meatmorphosis. In L. I. Gilbert and E. Frieden (eds.): Metamorphosis: A Problem in Developmental Biology, pp. 327-362, Plenum, New York, 1981
23. Gasche, P. Zur Frage des Angriffspunktes des Thiouracils. Experientia 11: 24-26, 1946
24. Gasche, P. and Druey, J. Wirksamkeit schilddrüsenhemmender Stoffe auf die Xenopusmetamorphose. Experientia, 11: 26-27, 1946
25. Gould, S. J. Ontogeny and Phylogeny. The Belnap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1977
26. Gravenor, I., Horton, T. L., Ritchie, P., Flint, E., and Horton, J. D. Ontogeny and thymus-dependence of T cell surface antigens in Xenopus: flow cytometric studies on monoclonal antibody-stained thymus and spleen. Dev Comp Immunol 19: 507-523, 1995
27. Jotereau, F. V. and Le Douarin, N. M. Demonstration of a cyclic renewal of the lymphocyte precursor cells in the quail thymus during embryonic and perinatal life. J Immunol 129: 1869-1877, 1982
28. Jotereau, F. Heuze, F., Salomon-Vie, V., and Gascan, H. Cell kinetics in the fetal mouse thymus: precursor cell input, proliferation, and emigration. J Immunol 138: 1026-1030, 1987
29. Jurd, R. Haematological and immunological 'metamorphosis' in neotenous urodeles. In M. Balls and M. Bownes (eds.): Metamorphosis: British Society for Developmental Biologv (Symposium 8), pp. 313-331, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1985
30. Karlsson, S. and Nienhuis, A. W. Developmental regulation of human globin genes. Annu Rev Biochem 54: 1071-1108, 1985
31. Kaufman, J., Skjoedt, K., and Salomonsen, J. The MHC molecules of nonmammalian vertebrates. Immunol Rev 113: 83-117, 1990a
32. Kaufman, J., Skjoedt, K., Salomonsen, J., Simonsen, M., Du Pasquier, L., Parisot, R., and Riegert, P. MHC-like molecules in some nonmammalian vertebrates can be detected by some cross-reactive xenoantisera. J Immunol 144: 2258-2272, 1990b
33. Kaufman, J., Ferrone, S., Flajnik, M., Kilb, M., Volk, H., and Parisot, R. MHC-like molecules in some nonmammalian vertebrates can be detected by some cross-reactive monoclonal antibodies. J Immunol 144: 2273-2280, 1990c
34. Kaufman, J., Volk, H., and Wallny, H-J. A "minimal essential Mhc" and an "unrecognized Mhc": two extremes in selection for polymorphism. Immunol Rev 143: 63-88, 1995
35. Klein, J. Natural History of the Major Histocompatibility Complex, Wiley, New York, 1987
36. Kollmann, J. Das Ueberwintern von europäischen Frosch- und Tritonlarven und die Unwandlung des mexikanischen Axolotl. Verh Naturf Ges Basel 7: 387-398, 1885
37. Koniski, A. and Cohen, N. Reproducible proliferative responses of salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum) lymphocytes cultured with mitogens in serum-free medium. Dev Comp Immunol 16: 441-4-51, 1992
38. Le Douarin, N. and Jotereau, F. Tracing of cells of the avian thymus through embryonic life in interspecific chimeras. J Exp Med 142: 17-40, 1975
39. Maclean, N. and Jurd, R. D. Electrophoretic analysis of the haemoglobins of Ambystoma mexicanum. Comp Biochem Physiol 40B: 751-755, 1971
40. Manning, M. and Horton, J. RES structure and function of the amphibia. In N. Cohen and M. Sigel (eds.): The Reticuloendothetial System (Vol 3): Phylogeny and Ontogeny, pp. 424-459, Plenum Press, New York, 1982
41. Mason, M. M., Lee, E., Westphal, H., and Reitman, M. Expression of the chicken β-globin gene cluster in mice. Mol Cell Biol 15: 407-414, 1995
42. Pflugfelder, O. Weitere Untersuchungen über die thyreostatische Wirkung von Kaliumperchlorat bei Amphibien. Roux' Arch Entwickl-Mech 153: 236-254, 1961
43. Plytycz, B. Strong histocompatibility antigens in urodele amphibians (Trituras alpestris/T. vulgaris). Folia Biol (Praha) 23: 72-75, 1977
44. Radka, S. F., Charron, D. J., and Brodsky, F. M. Review: class II markers of the major histocompatibility complex considered as differentiation markers. Hum Immunol 16: 390-400, 1986
45. Rollins-Smith, L. A. and Blair, P. J. Expression of class II major histocompatibility antigens on adult T cells in Xenopus is metamorphosis-dependent. Dev Immunol 1: 97-104, 1990
46. Rollins-Smith, L. A., Blair, P. J., and Davis, A. T. Thymus ontogeny in frogs: T-cell renewal at metamorphosis. Dev Immunol 2: 207-213, 1992
47. Rovera, G., Magarian, C., and Buron, T. W. Resolution of hemoglobin subunits by electrophoresis in acid urea polyacrylamide gels containing Triton X-100. Anal Biochem 85: 506-518, 1978
48. Sammut, B., Laurens, V., and Tournefier, A. Isolation of Mhc class I cDNAs from the axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum. Immunogenetics 45: 285-294, 1997
49. Shaffer, H. Evolution in a paedomorphic lineage. I. An electrophoretic analysis of the Mexican ambystomoid salamanders. Evolution 38: 1194-1206, 1984a
50. Shaffer, H. Evolution in a paedomorphic lineage. II. Allometry and form in the Mexican ambystomoid salamanders. Evolution 38: 1207-1218, 1984b
51. Tahan, A. and Jurd, R. Effect of temperature on transplantation immunity in Ambystoma mexicanum. Dev Comp Immunol 2: 435-442, 1978
52. Tomkins, R. and Townsend, J. K. Control of metamorphic events in a neotenous urodele, Ambystoma mexicanum. J Exp Zool 200: 197-198, 1977
53. Tournefier, A. Développement des organes lymphoïdes chez l'Amphibien urodèle Triturus alpestris Laur.; tolerance des allogreffes après la thymectomie larvaire. J Embryol Exp Morph 29: 383-396, 1973
54. Tournefier, A. Incomplete antibodies and immunoglobulin characterization in adult urodeles, Pleurodeles waltii Michah and Triturus alpestris Laur. Immunology 29: 209-217, 1975
55. Tournefier, A. Corticosteroid action on lymphocyte subpopulations and humoral immune response of axolotl (Urodele amphibian). Immunology 46: 155-162, 1982
56. Tournefier, A. and Charlemagne, J. Antibodies against Salmonella and SRBC in urodele amphibians: synthesis and characterization. Adv Exp Med Biol 64: 161-171, 1975
57. Tournefier, A., Fellah, S., and Charlemagne, J. Monoclonal antibodies to axolotl immunoglobulins specific for different heavy chain isotypes expressed by independent lymphocyte subpopulations. Immunol Lett 18: 145-148, 1988
58. Turpen, J. B. and Smith, P. B. Precursor immigration and thymocyte succesion during larval development and metamorphosis in Xenopus. J Immunol 142: 41-47, 1989
59. Volk, H. Expression and function of major histocompatibility complex class II antigens in the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Diploma thesis, University of Kaiserslautern, 1990