title: Immunization of mice with P6 of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: kinetics of the antibody response and IgG subclasses.
abstract: The kinetics of the anti-P6 antibody response was characterized in three strains of mice of different haplotypes (Balb/c; H-2d, C3H/H; H-2k, SJL/J; H-2s). Anti-P6 antibodies were measured on a weekly basis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The primary response peaked 2 or 3 weeks after the initial injection with 40 microg of purified P6. The response remained at a plateau for 8-10 weeks. A maximum titer of 1:1,638,400 was attained and then steadily declined. To study the ability of P6 to generate a recall response, we opted to boost the vaccinated mice with a known subimmunogenic dose of live nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) bacteria. After the anti-P6 antibody titers in the primed animals had stayed at baseline levels for 2 weeks, the mice were injected intraperitonealy with 10(8) cfu of NTHI in sterile saline. This challenge with live NTHI bacteria induced a very rapid and strong secondary antibody response in all mice. Finally, we demonstrated that these murine anti-P6 sera were 100% bactericidal against three strains of NTHI when tested in a complement dependant bactericidal assay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Badr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loghmanee
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Karalus
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Thanavala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000276:immunology*; D007114:Immunization; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification*; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C050016:lipoarabinomannan