Age-dependent difference in susceptibility to IgE antibody- and IgG1 antibody-mediated passive anaphylactic shock in the mouse.
The age dependence of the susceptibility to passive anaphylactic shock was studied in the mouse. Anti-BPO IgE monoclonal antibody produced potent systemic sensitization sufficient for provocation of lethal shock in most aged (6 to 10 months) CTS, DS and C57BL/6J mice but only in a very few young (1.5 to 2.5 months) mice. A similar trend was found in the NOD strain, though it was not as definite as in the above three strains. Age-dependent potentiation of the IgE antibody-mediated anaphylactic shock was not found in both sexes of five other strains, C3H/He, DBA/2, NON, BALB/c and B6D2F1. However, the potentiation became obvious even in these strains, when they were treated with Bordetella pertussis before the antigen challenge. Age-dependent potentiation was also clear with IgG1 antibody-mediated anaphylactic shock in DS females and NON males. In contrast, no age-dependent difference was seen for the shock induced by PAF which is estimated to be the main mediator for anaphylactic shock in the mouse. This suggests that the age-dependent potentiation of anaphylactic shock does not seem to be due to elevated susceptibility to the mediator but to its increased release. The sex-dependent differences was also studied and found to be particularly clear in the case of IgG1 antibody-mediated anaphylactic shock in young DS and aged NON mice.
Harada
M
M
Shionogi Research Laboratories, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Nagata
M
M
Takeuchi
M
M
Ohara
T
T
Makino
S
S
Watanabe
A
A
D000375:Aging; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000276:immunology; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000276:immunology*; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000276:immunology*; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000276:immunology; D012737:Sex Factors
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; C030990:benzylpenicilloic acid; D010400:Penicillin G