title: Antibodies enhance the protective effect of CD4+ T lymphocytes in SCID mice perorally infected with Encephalitozoon cuniculi.
abstract: The role of antibodies in the immune response to microsporidiosis was studied using a novel anti-exospore monoclonal antibody (MAb) P5/H1, which recognizes surface antigens of Encephalitozoon cuniculi. The effect of the MAb on microsporidial infection in vivo was to prolong the survival of previously CD4+ reconstituted, perorally infected and intraperitoneally MAb-treated SCID mice. The MAb decreased the numbers of E. cuniculi spores in peritoneal smears obtained post mortem. These results suggest a possible role for antibodies in protection against perorally acquired E. cuniculi infection.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. casio@paru.cas.cz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salát
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horká
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saková
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ditrich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D009670:Encephalitozoon cuniculi / Q000276:immunology*; D016890:Encephalitozoonosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016513:Mice, SCID; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000276:immunology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal