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. 1988 Jul;64(3):527–531.

A kinetic analysis of the in vitro sensitization of murine peritoneal mast cells with monoclonal IgE anti-DNP antibody.

J W Coleman 1
PMCID: PMC1385068  PMID: 3410495

Abstract

Incubation of murine peritoneal cells with monoclonal IgE anti-DNP antibody in vitro led to sensitization of mast cells, measured as release of 5-HT upon challenge with DNP-HSA antigen. Sensitization was maximal at 0.3-3.0 micrograms/ml of IgE anti-DNP and declined above and below this concentration range. In kinetic studies, the time-course of sensitization was clearly divisible into an early slow phase of approximately 4 hr, followed by a more rapid linear phase from 4 to 48 hr. The early slow phase was more pronounced at lower concentrations of IgE anti-DNP (within the range 0.05-5.0 micrograms/ml). The degree of sensitization obtained after incubation of peritoneal cells with IgE anti-DNP for fixed periods (2, 4 and 8 hr) was markedly increased when the cells were washed and recultured in IgE-free medium, thus demonstrating that sensitization proceeds subsequent to an early stage of binding of IgE to receptors. Sensitization with IgE anti-DNP was blocked by addition of excess rat myeloma IgE, but only to a marked extent (greater than 50%) when the blocking immunoglobulin was added during the first 2 hr, thus providing further evidence that the major part of binding of the IgE antibody took place during this early stage, that is, prior to the phase of greatest sensitization. These findings indicate a period of delay between binding of IgE to receptors and functional sensitization, measured as mediator release in response to antigen.

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