Defective immunoglobulin M responses to vaccination or infection with Schistosoma mansoni in xid mice.
AUTOR(ES)
Correa-Oliveira, R
RESUMO
Mice vaccinated with irradiated Schistosoma mansoni cercariae develop a persistent immunoglobulin M (IgM) antischistosomulum antibody response. To investigate the possible role of antilarval IgM antibodies in the effector mechanism of vaccine-induced immunity, CBA/N mice, which have an X-linked genetic defect resulting in impaired IgM antibody responses to certain antigens, were analyzed for their resistance to a challenge infection. When either infected with unattenuated parasites or vaccinated with irradiated cercariae, mice of this inbred strain failed to produce detectable IgM antibodies to schistosomulum surface membrane and soluble worm antigens. To analyze the effect of this IgM deficiency on immunity, F1 hybrids were constructed between CBA/N females and nondefective C57BL/6J males. As expected, vaccinated (CBA/N X C57BL/6J)F1 females, as well as (CBA/J X C57BL/6J)F1 males and females, produced normal IgM antibodies to both surface antigens and worm antigen extracts. However, such antibodies were not produced by (CBA/N X C57BL/6J)F1 males (hemizygous for xid). Nevertheless, (CBA/N + C57BL/6J)F1 males displayed the same high levels of immunity to challenge infection as (CBA/N X C57BL/6J)F1 females and (CBA/J X C57BL/6J)F1 males and females. These results indicate that vaccine-induced immunity is not dependent on an IgM response to schistosome antigens.
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