title: Protection against pneumococcal infection in mice conferred by phosphocholine-binding antibodies: specificity of the phosphocholine binding and relation to several types.
abstract: Some anti-phosphocholine antibodies protect mice against challenge with certain, but not all, pneumococcal types. We found that both their isotype and reactivity with the cell wall C-polysaccharide of encapsulated pneumococci, as measured by immunodiffusion, were important in predicting the protective activity of anti-phosphocholine antibodies. We propose that the specificity of the protective antibodies includes the backbone of the phosphocholine-containing structure.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002794:Choline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000276:immunology*; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D010767:Phosphorylcholine; D002794:Choline