title: Protective immunity against Toxoplasma gondii in mice induced by the SAG2 internal image of anti-idiotype antibody.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody TGCM5 (isotype G, subclass 1, kappa light chain) against SAG2, a major surface antigen of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites, was produced in quantity and its Fab-containing idiotype (Id) was injected into rabbits for production of rabbit anti-Id sera. The rabbit anti-Id IgG (aId-IgG) with a SAG2 internal image was obtained by purification with a protein A column. Significant lymphocyte proliferation induced by tachyzoite lysate antigen was observed in BALB/c mice that received two injections of aId-IgG, but not in non-immunized control mice. Large amounts of gamma interferon were detected in supernatants of splenocyte cultures prepared from mice immunized with aId-IgG. Of the mice immunized with aId-IgG, 75-87.5% survived at least 28 days after a lethal challenge of 1 x 10(3) live tachyzoites, which killed all non-immunized control mice within 10 days. The results showed that the SAG2 internal image presented by aId-IgG indeed elicited a protection against the infection of T. gondii in mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chung-Dar
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Gan-Nan
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D016052:Protozoan Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D016052:Protozoan Vaccines; C067547:surface antigen P22, Toxoplasma