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. 1996 Jan;87(1):15–20.

Suppression of T-helper type-1 immune response against Listeria monocytogenes by treatment of mice with goat antibodies to mouse IgD.

G Matsuzaki 1, F Song 1, K Nomoto 1
PMCID: PMC1383962  PMID: 8666428

Abstract

Injection of goat anti-mouse IgD antibodies (GAM IgD) to mice has been shown to induce polyclonal IgG1 and IgE production by B cells and interleukin-4 (IL-4) production by goat Ig-specific T cells. Surface IgD cross-linking also activates B cells to function as antigen-presenting cells (APC). Although the GAM IgD treatment is a well-established system for analysis of B-cell dependent antigen presentation, the influence of GAM IgD treatment on the immune response to irrelevant antigens is not known. To address this issue, we analysed effects of GAM IgD treatment on (1) the mitogen response of freshly isolated T cells, and (2) the listerial antigen-specific response after immunization with viable Listeria monocytogenes, which induces CD4+ interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) producing protective T cells in normal mice. Spleen CD4+ T cells from the GAM IgD-treated mice produced higher levels of IL-4 but lower levels of IFN-gamma and IL-2 than those from the control mice when they were stimulated with concanavalin A (Con A) in vitro. When spleen T cells were stimulated with listerial antigen 10 days after a low dose (1/20 LD50) of L. monocytogenes infection, CD4+ T cells from the GAM IgD-treated mice showed increased IL-4 production and decreased IFN-gamma and IL-2 production compared with those from the control L. monocytogenes-infected mice. Furthermore, the GAM IgD treatment resulted in a reduction of the survival rate after a high dose (1/2 LD50) of L. monocytogenes infection. These results suggest that treatment of mice with GAM IgD suppresses the T-helper type-1 (Th1)-type T-cell response and induces a Th2-type response against irrelevant antigens, even when they are injected after GAM IgD treatment.

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