title: An in vitro murine model of a penicillin specific IgE anamnestic response.
abstract: A new murine model system was developed to study hapten specific IgE anamnestic antibody forming cell (AFC) responses induced in vitro. BALB/c mice injected intraperitoneally with BPO-KLH (10 micrograms) in aluminum hydroxide gel (alum) on day 0 and 21 were killed on day 42. Spleen cells (4 X 10(7] were cultured for 0-8 days in the presence of BPO-KLH (0.25-2500 ng/ml), after which the numbers of BPO specific IgE AFC were enumerated in an ELISPOT assay at 37 degrees C using BPO-BSA coated plates. Peak BPO specific IgE anamnestic AFC responses (approximately 40 AFC/10(7) cultured cells) occurred when cells were cultured with 100 ng/ml BPO-KLH for 5 days; peak BPO specific IgG1 and IgA responses (approximately 3000 and approximately 280 AFC/10(7) cultured cells) were detected one day earlier with the same antigen concentration. No ELISPOTs of any isotype were detected if: cells were cultured in the absence of specific antigen; cells from alum treated or unsensitized mice were used; assay wells were coated with BSA alone; isotype specific antibodies were omitted; or assays were performed in the presence of cycloheximide or at 4 degrees C. Cellular interactions in IgE anamnestic AFC responses were studied using the newly developed model system. We found that these responses were partially T cell independent, and that spleens from sensitized and unsensitized adult mice, as well as neonatal mice, contained cells which suppressed these responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heusser
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Blaser
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Durkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000276:immunology; D000921:Antibody-Producing Cells / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D006241:Haptens; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000276:immunology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007156:Immunologic Memory / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000276:immunology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006241:Haptens; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D010400:Penicillin G