title: Prolonged inhibition of an antigen-specific IgE response in vivo by monoclonal antibody against lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1.
abstract: Intraperitoneal injection of ovalbumin (OVA) into BALB/c mice caused the induction of OVA-specific IgE production in vivo. However, administration of monoclonal antibody against lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (anti-LFA-1 mAb) at days 0 and 1 after OVA immunization resulted in an inhibition of OVA-specific primary and secondary IgE production in a dose-dependent manner. The inhibition of the antigen-specific IgE response due to anti-LFA-1 mAb was seen up to 8 weeks after anti-LFA-1 mAb administration. The OVA-specific IgG1 response was also blocked by anti-LFA-1 mAb. The spleen cells obtained from OVA-immunized mice showed enhanced proliferation against secondary stimulation with OVA in vitro. However, the spleen cells obtained from the mice treated with both OVA and anti-LFA-1 mAb revealed a markedly decreased proliferative responses to OVA, while they showed no reduced responses against keyhole limpet hemocyanin stimulation, indicating that anti-LFA-1 mAb might induce antigen-specific anergy in vivo. It was also demonstrated that treatment of the mice with anti-LFA-1 mAb significantly inhibited the interleukin-4-producing ability of OVA-immunized mouse spleen cells. These results demonstrated that LFA-1-dependent cell-cell interaction is essential for the production of IgE in vivo and may be important in IgE-dependent allergic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Otomo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Habu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D007114:Immunization; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D010047:Ovalbumin