HISTOINCOMPATIBILITIES FOUND BETWEEN CONGENIC STRAINS WHICH DIFFER AT LOCI DETERMINING DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGENS

Abstract
The study of mouse congenic strains, which differ at loci determining differentiation antigens, has led to the discovery of six previously unreported histocompatibility loci— H(Ly-1), H(Ly-2-N8), H(Ly-2-N16), H(Ly-2, Ly-3), H(Ea-2), and H(Tla). Each of these loci determines skin graft rejection and most have been shown to determine tumor graft rejection as well. Two of these loci, H(Ly-2-N16) and H(Ea-2), were detectable only after preimmunization procedures were employed. A synergistic interaction was found between two of the loci, where preimmunization with both an H(Ly-2-N8)- and H(Ly-2-N16)-incompatible graft was necessary in order for animals to respond to an H(Ly-2-N16) difference alone. H(Ly-1) and H(Tla) caused unusual rejection patterns. First skin grafts were often rejected where later ones were accepted. The H(Tla) locus should be very close to the H-2 complex of the mouse and is an example of a histocompatibility gene whose presence is not revealed by hemagglutination or cytotoxicity tests.