Role of hormonal-cytokine interactions in the formation of the humoral immune response

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 345-347
Author(s):  
S. V. Shirshev
1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-34
Author(s):  
S. V. Shirshev

The functional activity of splenocytes of CBA mice was investigated in a syngeneic transfer system by the level of formation of antibody-producing cells (APC). Splenocytes were preincubated for 1 h in vitro with chorionic gonadotropin and type I recombinant interferons, as well as in hormonal-cytokine combinations. Chorionic gonadotropin in doses 10 and 50 MU/ml depressed APC formation, whereas alpha-interferon (250 MU/ml) stimulated it, and beta-interferon in the same concentration did not influence the level of humoral immune response. Chorionic gonadotropin, if added to splenocyte culture in combination with alpha-interferon, completely lost its immunodepressive properties. However, if together with alpha-interferon in a dose of 10 MU/ml it had a costimulating effect, in contrast to that, in combination with beta-interferon in the tested concentrations it was conducive to only a statistically reliable increase in the number of APC.


2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. L. Maia ◽  
L. G. S. Monnazzi ◽  
B. M. M. Medeiros

2020 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Arianna Mahely Hurtado‐Monzón ◽  
Carlos Daniel Cordero‐Rivera ◽  
Carlos Noe Farfan‐Morales ◽  
Juan Fidel Osuna‐Ramos ◽  
Luis Adrián De Jesús‐González ◽  
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Immunology ◽  
2003 ◽  
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pp. 131-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecile Contin ◽  
Vincent Pitard ◽  
Yahsou Delmas ◽  
Nadege Pelletier ◽  
Thierry Defrance ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 2024-2033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seema Mattoo ◽  
Jeff F. Miller ◽  
Peggy A. Cotter

ABSTRACT Fimbriae are filamentous, cell surface structures which have been proposed to mediate attachment of Bordetella species to respiratory epithelium. Bordetella bronchiseptica has four known fimbrial genes: fim2, fim3,fimX, and fimA. While these genes are unlinked on the chromosome, their protein products are assembled and secreted by a single apparatus encoded by the fimBCD locus. ThefimBCD locus is embedded within the fha operon, whose genes encode another putative adhesin, filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA). We have constructed a Fim− B. bronchiseptica strain, RB63, by introducing an in-frame deletion extending from fimB through fimD. Western blot analysis showed that RB63 is unable to synthesize fimbriae but is unaffected for FHA expression. Using this mutant, we assessed the role of fimbriae in pathogenesis in vitro and in vivo in natural animal hosts. Although RB63 was not significantly defective in its ability to adhere to various tissue culture cell lines, including human laryngeal HEp-2 cells, it was considerably altered in its ability to cause respiratory tract infections in rats. The number of ΔfimBCD bacteria recovered from the rat trachea at 10 days postinoculation was significantly decreased compared to that of wild-type B. bronchiseptica and was below the limit of detection at 30 and 60 days postinoculation. The number of bacteria recovered from the nasal cavity and larynx was not significantly different between RB63 and the wild-type strain at any time point. The ability of fimbriae to mediate initial attachment to tracheal tissue was tested in an intratracheal inoculation assay. Significantly fewer RB63 than wild-type bacteria were recovered from the tracheas at 24 h after intratracheal inoculation. These results demonstrate that fimbriae are involved in enhancing the ability of B. bronchiseptica to establish tracheal colonization and are essential for persistent colonization at this site. Interestingly, anti-Bordetella serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) levels were significantly lower in animals infected with RB63 than in animals infected with wild-type B. bronchiseptica at 10 days postinoculation. Even at 30 days postinoculation, RB63-infected animals had lower serum anti-Bordetella antibody titers in general. This disparity in antibody profiles suggests that fimbriae are also important for the induction of a humoral immune response.


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