In vivo effects of anti-idiotype on Plasmodium chabaudi infection in mice. |
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Authors: | M J Moore F C Hay J Wood K N Brown |
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Affiliation: | Department of Immunology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, U.K. |
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Abstract: | A polyclonal anti-idiotype was raised in rabbits following immunization with a murine monoclonal antibody which recognized a 250,000 MW antigen of Plasmodium chabaudi-infected erythrocytes. The monoclonal antibody, NIMP M23 (clone 3,) has been shown to protect mice against homologous parasite challenge. Following purification, the anti-idiotype was shown to bind only the immunizing idiotype and to recognize antigen-binding site-associated anti-idiotype. Mice primed with anti-idiotype and challenged with live parasites had an altered course of infection, with significant reduction in their peak parasitaemia levels. Anti-idiotype priming did not induce an antigen-reactive antibody response in vivo but a population of T cells capable of proliferating in vitro to P. chaubaudi-infected red cells was stimulated. These data are discussed in the context of possible idiotypic interaction in murine malaria. |
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