title: Regulation of intestinal immunoglobulin production in response to dietary ovalbumin.
abstract: The effects of oral administration of ovalbumin (OVA) on intestinal immunoglobulin production was examined. Balb/c mice, bred and reared on an OVA-free diet, received either one dose or 14 consecutive daily intragastric doses of 25 mg OVA/dose. Single dose administration of OVA resulted in significant suppression of total immunoglobulins in the intestinal mucosa, particularly of the IgA isotype, although a very low titre anti-OVA IgG class antibody response was induced. After multiple peroral immunisations, there was more intestinal anti-OVA antibody induction and less suppression of total immunoglobulins. However, all the anti-OVA antibody was of the IgG isotype. In vitro production of mucosal immunoglobulins was not significantly reduced over 5 days, compared with controls, in either single or multiple administration groups, suggestive of a loss of T suppressor cell function in culture. Prior adoptive transfer of splenic and lymph node cells from mice preimmunised with OVA was capable of abrogating the local suppression of immunoglobulin production in vivo. Although adoptive transfer of bovine serum albumin-sensitised cells could also overcome some of the local suppression, complete restoration of normal immunoglobulin levels was not achieved. These data suggest that single oral administration of a novel dietary antigen induces a transient, non-specific suppression of intestinal immunoglobulin production, which can be overcome by antigen-specific T cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Leeds, St. James's Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugita-Konishi
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Trejdosiewicz
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D004064:Digestive System / Q000276:immunology; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D010047:Ovalbumin