Quantitation of Antibody Production in Mouse Bone Marrow during the Secondary Response to Sheep Erythrocytes

1982 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Koch ◽  
Christine Weerheijm-De Wit ◽  
R. Benner
1975 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
pp. 989-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
H von Boehmer ◽  
L Hudson ◽  
J Sprent

T-B collaboration has been studied in a secondary response to sheep erythrocytes using either syngeneic or allogeneic T- and B-cell combinations. T cells prepared from tetraparental bone marrow chimeras (TBMC), carrying H-2 determinants of one parental strain only, cooperated with syngeneic, as well as with allogeneic B cells carrying the alloantigens to which the T cells had been tolerized in the chimeric environment. When TBMC-derived cells of a single H-2 specificity were transferred with a mixture of TBMC-derived B cells of both H-2 types of the parental strains, no preference for syngeneic cooperation was found. The data therefore suggest that the presence of differing H-2-complex determinants on the allogeneic T- and B-cell populations of the two different strain combinations tested do not interfere with T-B collaboration when the cell populations studied are mutually tolerant.


1962 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Thorbecke ◽  
R. M. Asofsky ◽  
G. M. Hochwald ◽  
G. W. Siskind

Antibody formation in vitro by red and white pulp of the spleen and by bone marrow tissue was studied at various days after an intravenous booster injection of soluble antigens such as ovalbumin and bovine gamma globulin (BGG). When the booster injection of antigen was given early (10 days) after an intravenous primary injection, high antibody formation could be demonstrated in the spleen primarily 2 to 3 days after the injection, but much less afterwards. When the booster injection was given later (1 month) after the primary, the antibody production by the spleen lasted longer and higher serum titers were obtained. The bone marrow formed antibody in both cases but, particularly with the short interval between injections, its response was delayed as compared to the spleen. It was also shown that during antibody formation the production of gamma globulin in vitro was enhanced. Histologically the antibody production was always correlated to immature plasma cell proliferation, located at the border of red and white pulp and in the red pulp of the spleen. When endotoxin had been injected at the time of a primary BGG injection, and a second antigen injection was given 5 to 10 days later, a booster response could be elicited which was sometimes limited to the white pulp on day 1, and on day 2 was divided between "red" and "white" pulp. The response induced at day 10, at the peak of secondary nodule proliferation, lasted very long and was accompanied by an enormous plasma cellular proliferation in and around the periarteriolar lymphoid areas of the spleen. The possible importance of the secondary nodules of the white pulp in the preparation for a secondary response is discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 633-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Komal Kalani ◽  
Sarfaraz Alam ◽  
Vinita Chaturvedi ◽  
Shyam Singh ◽  
Feroz Khan ◽  
...  

Introduction: As a part of our drug discovery program for anti-tubercular agents, dihydroartemisinin (DHA-1) was screened against Mtb H37Rv, which showed moderate anti-tubercular activity (>25.0 µg/mL). These results prompted us to carry out the chemical transformation of DHA-1 into various derivatives and study their antitubercular potential. Materials and Methods: DHA-1 was semi-synthetically converted into four new acyl derivatives (DHA-1A – DHA-1D) and in-vitro evaluated for their anti-tubercular potential against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv virulent strain. The derivatives, DHA-1C (12-O-(4-nitro) benzoyl; MIC 12.5 µg/mL) and DHA-1D (12-O-chloro acetyl; MIC 3.12µg/mL) showed significant activity against the pathogen. Results: In silico studies of the most active derivative (DHA-1D) showed interaction with ARG448 inhibiting the mycobacterium enzymes. Additionally, it showed no cytotoxicity towards the Vero C1008 cells and Mouse bone marrow derived macrophages. Conclusion: DHA-1D killed 62% intracellular M. tuberculosis in Mouse bone marrow macrophage infection model. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first-ever report on the antitubercular potential of dihydroartemisinin and its derivatives. Since dihydroartemisinin is widely used as an antimalarial drug; these results may be of great help in anti-tubercular drug development from a very common, inexpensive, and non-toxic natural product.


Author(s):  
Basem M. Abdallah ◽  
Hany M. Khattab

: The isolation and culture of murine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal stem cells (mBMSCs) have attracted great interest in terms of the pre-clinical applications of stem cells in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. In addition, culturing mBMSCs is important for studying the molecular mechanisms of bone remodelling using relevant transgenic mice. Several factors have created challenges in the isolation and high-yield expansion of homogenous mBMSCs; these factors include low frequencies of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal stem cells (BMSCs) in bone marrow, variation among inbred mouse strains, contamination with haematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs), the replicative senescence phenotype and cellular heterogeneity. In this review, we provide an overview of nearly all protocols used for isolating and culturing mBMSCs with the aim of clarifying the most important guidelines for culturing highly purified mBMSC populations retaining in vitro and in vivo differentiation potential.


BIO-PROTOCOL ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurélie Tormo ◽  
Moutih Rafei ◽  
Jean-François Gauchat

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-116
Author(s):  
Rafal Hussamildeen Abdullah ◽  
◽  
Shahlla Mahdi Salih ◽  
Nahi Yosef Yaseen ◽  
Ahmed Majeed Al-Shammari ◽  
...  

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document