title: Response to parenteral stimulation in earthworms L. terrestris and E. foetida.
abstract: Injection of different protein molecules into the coelomic cavity of Eisenia foetida (E.F.) and Lumbricus terrestris (L.T.) markedly stimulated proteosynthesis. A similar but less pronounced increase of coelomic proteins was induced by phosphate buffered saline (PBS). In the coelomic fluids of stimulated animals a protein was detected which significantly bound to the 125I or peroxidase labelled protein molecules used for stimulation. The maximal binding occurred on day 8 after primary stimulation. A greater increase was observed after secondary stimulation. The degree of binding specificity appeared to be much lower than that of vertebrate lymphocyte receptors or antibodies.
authors: Dept. Immunology, Czech. Acad. Sci., Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Tucková
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Rejnek
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Síma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001147:Arsanilic Acid / Q000276:immunology; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000032:analysis; D007114:Immunization; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007267:Injections; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000276:immunology*; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000276:immunology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D012709:Serum Albumin; D001147:Arsanilic Acid