title: Antibody is responsible for the passive transfer of immunity to mice from rabbits, rats or mice vaccinated with attenuated Schistosoma japonicum cercariae.
abstract: Sera from rabbits, rats and mice multiply-vaccinated with attenuated cercariae of Schistosoma japonicum conferred high levels of resistance against challenge to naive recipient mice (up to 97, 64 and 60% respectively). Vaccinated rabbit and rat sera were given before challenge and vaccinated mouse serum 5 days after challenge. To show that the protective factors in these sera were antibodies, vaccinated rabbit and mouse sera were fractionated by protein A-Sepharose and the fractions precipitated by 50% ammonium sulphate. The protein A-Sepharose binding or non-binding fractions in vaccinated rabbit serum transferred approximately equal levels of significant resistance to mice, suggesting that both the IgG and non-IgG components of vaccinated rabbit serum are protective. The major part of the protective activity in vaccinated mouse serum was transferred to recipients by the protein A-Sepharose binding fraction, i.e. the IgG antibodies. Heat inactivation of sera at 56 degrees C for 3 h affected the protective capacity of vaccinated rat sera, but not that of vaccinated rabbit or mouse sera.
authors.affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Moloney
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Webbe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000276:immunology*; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000276:immunology*; D014611:Vaccination; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D007106:Immune Sera; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated