Species-specific immune response to immunization with human versus rodent Aβ peptide
Autor: | Jeanne K. Bloom, Timothy J. Seabrook, Melitza Iglesias, Cynthia A. Lemere, Edward T. Spooner, Dominic M. Walsh |
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Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Aging Amyloid beta T-Lymphocytes Plaque Amyloid chemical and pharmacologic phenomena Antibodies Epitope Animals Genetically Modified Epitopes Interferon-gamma Mice Immune system Species Specificity Antigen Alzheimer Disease Amyloid precursor protein Animals Humans Cells Cultured Amyloid beta-Peptides biology General Neuroscience Acquired immune system Disease Models Animal Immunoglobulin G Antibody Formation Humoral immunity Immunology biology.protein Interleukin-2 Female Immunization Neurology (clinical) Geriatrics and Gerontology Antibody Developmental Biology |
Zdroj: | Neurobiology of Aging. 25:1141-1151 |
ISSN: | 0197-4580 |
Popis: | Amyloid beta (A beta) immunization of amyloid precursor protein (APP)-transgenic (tg) mice with human A beta induces humoral immunity, however, the immune response to endogenous rodent A beta is unknown. Fourteen-month J20 APP-tg mice and non-tg littermates were immunized subcutaneously followed by chronic intranasal boosting with human or rodent A beta peptide and adjuvant LT(R192G). Rodent A beta-immunized APP-tg mice had anti-rodent A beta antibody levels of 257.8 micrograms/ml and those immunized with human A beta had anti-human A beta antibodies of 120.8 micrograms/ml. Non-tg littermates had anti-rodent and anti-human A beta antibody concentrations of 98.8 and 231.1 microgram/ml, respectively. Inter-species cross-reactivity was minimal. Anti-human A beta antibodies were predominately IgG1 and IgG2b, while anti-rodent A beta antibodies were equally IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG2b. Anti-human A beta antibodies recognized an epitope within human A beta1-9. Anti-rodent A beta antibodies did not stain Alzheimer's disease (AD) plaques but bound some plaques in APP-tg mice. Splenocytes proliferated modestly to their respective antigen and secreted low levels of IL-2 and IFN-gamma. Therefore, immunizing APP-tg and non-tg mice with rodent A beta resulted in a species-specific humoral response with modest T cell reactivity. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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