Synergistic protective effect of antibodies against Escherichia coli enterotoxin and colonization factor antigens.

AUTOR(ES)

Ahrén, C M

RESUMO

We studied the ability of antisera against different Escherichia coli surface antigens, both alone and in combination with anti-enterotoxin, to decrease fluid secretion induced by intestinal challenge with enterotoxigenic E. coli in rabbits. Antiserum against lipopolysaccharide protected significantly against O group homologous bacteria. Monospecific antisera against pilus-associated colonization factor antigens CFA/I and CFA/II were also effective, giving highly significant protection against enterotoxigenic E. coli strains bearing the corresponding colonization factor antigens. Protection was also observed with Fab fragments of the CFA/I antibodies. Addition of the anti-lipopolysaccharide serum to a protective antiserum against purified heat-labile enterotoxin resulted in an antisecretory effect which slightly exceeded the sum of the effects obtained with each preparation alone. The combination of antiserum against CFA/I or CFA/II with anti-enterotoxin gave protection that equaled the product of the effects obtained with each antiserum alone; i.e. the antisera cooperated synergistically.

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