TY - JOUR
T1 - The antibody response of vitamin a-deficient rats to pneumococcal polysaccharide is enhanced through coimmunization with lipopolysaccharide
AU - Pasatiempo, A. M.G.
AU - Kinoshita, M.
AU - Foulke, D. T.
AU - Ross, A. C.
PY - 1994/2
Y1 - 1994/2
N2 - Although the antibody response of vitamin A-deficient rats immunized with pneumococcal polysaccharide (SSS-III) was barely detectable, coimmunization with SSS-III plus 2 or 20 μg of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide (LPS) resulted in an anti-SSS-Ill response that was equal to or greater than that of vitamin A-sufficient rats immunized only with SSS-III, Doses of 2 and 20 μg of LPS, but not 0.1 and 0.5 μg, produced significant adjuvanticity, and LPS functioned as an adjuvant when given concomitantly with SSS-Ill (day 0) or up to 3 days later. Thus, vitamin A deficiency per se does not preclude the anti-SSS-Ill response, and LPS or factors released in response to LPS, even after initiation of the response to SSS-III, may substantially enhance antibody production to this thymus-independent, type 2 antigen.
AB - Although the antibody response of vitamin A-deficient rats immunized with pneumococcal polysaccharide (SSS-III) was barely detectable, coimmunization with SSS-III plus 2 or 20 μg of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide (LPS) resulted in an anti-SSS-Ill response that was equal to or greater than that of vitamin A-sufficient rats immunized only with SSS-III, Doses of 2 and 20 μg of LPS, but not 0.1 and 0.5 μg, produced significant adjuvanticity, and LPS functioned as an adjuvant when given concomitantly with SSS-Ill (day 0) or up to 3 days later. Thus, vitamin A deficiency per se does not preclude the anti-SSS-Ill response, and LPS or factors released in response to LPS, even after initiation of the response to SSS-III, may substantially enhance antibody production to this thymus-independent, type 2 antigen.
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U2 - 10.1093/infdis/169.2.441
DO - 10.1093/infdis/169.2.441
M3 - Article
C2 - 8106780
AN - SCOPUS:0027976738
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 169
SP - 441
EP - 444
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 2
ER -