title: Hypophysectomy and neurointermediate pituitary lobectomy decrease humoral immune responses to T-independent and T-dependent antigens.
abstract: In rats, hypophysectomy (HYPOX) or neurointermediate pituitary lobectomy (NIL) reduce humoral and cell-mediated immune responses. However, to our knowledge, the differences in the effects of anterior versus posterior pituitary hormones on the immune responses have not been studied to date. We compared in rats, the effects of sham surgery (SHAM), HYPOX, and NIL on humoral immune responses to T cell-independent (TI) type 1 antigen DNP-LPS and to TI type 2 antigen DNP-FICOLL, as well as to T cell-dependent (TD) antigens ovalbumin (OVA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA). The results showed that: (1) both HYPOX and NIL induced a similar and significant decrease in IgM responses towards TI-1 antigens, (2) NIL but not HYPOX induced a decreased IgM response to TI-2 antigens, and (3) both HYPOX and NIL induced similar and significant decrease in IgG responses to TI-2 antigens. Compared with the SHAM group, IgM responses to both TD antigens did not change in HYPOX and NIL animals, whereas the IgG responses to OVA and BSA significantly decreased in HYPOX and NIL animals. These results indicate that hormones of the anterior and posterior pituitary play their own role in the regulation of humoral immune responses.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quintanar-Stephano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abarca-Rojano
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Jarillo-Luna
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rivera-Aguilar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ventura-Juárez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Berczi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Campos-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000955:Antigens, T-Independent / Q000276:immunology*; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D056724:Immunity, Humoral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D051381:Rats; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000955:Antigens, T-Independent; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D010047:Ovalbumin
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