[Systemic immunological memory in enteral immunization with the O antigen from S. sonnei].
Mice received S. sonnei O-antigen at various concentrations (0.01-20,000 micrograms/ml) in drinking water. Systemic immunological memory, induced by feeding with O-antigen, was manifested by secondary immune response to parenteral boosting with homologous O-antigen or ribosomal vaccine. A pronounced priming effect was also produced by O-antigen at concentrations as low as 0.01 micrograms/ml after courses of feeding as short as 1-3 days. Even high doses of the antigen had no tolerogenic activity. The state of immunological memory was formed at least 12 days after the first feeding and lasted for a long period (at least 4 months after the last feeding). The specificity of immunological memory was proved in experiments with heterologous O-antigen (Salmonella typhimurium): the insignificant stimulating action of this antigen was revealed only when high concentrations of the antigen (1000 micrograms/ml) were used for feeding.
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D007114:Immunization / Q000379:methods; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D019081:O Antigens; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000276:immunology; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D019081:O Antigens
Sistemnaia immunologicheskaia pamiat' pri énteral'noĭ immunizatsii O-antigenom iz S. sonnei.