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. 1995 Aug;101(2):321–327. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1995.tb08358.x

The role of somatic structure of the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis upon B cell activation in experimental paracoccidioidomycosis.

M F Silva 1, C L Silva 1
PMCID: PMC1553260  PMID: 7648716

Abstract

In this study, we report an increase of the number of antibody-secreting cells and the augmentation of antibody production against unrelated antigens in mice infected with the fungus P. brasiliensis, as well as in mice inoculated with cell wall preparation isolated from P. brasiliensis (CW). The immunomodulatory effect of the live fungus and the CW preparation was dose-dependent, and their actions were mainly restricted to the i.v. or i.p. inoculation simultaneously with the sheep erythrocyte challenge by the i.v. route or restricted to i.p. inoculation of CW when bovine serum albumin (BSA) antigen was used. The dependence of antibody production on different routes of CW inoculation was correlated with the number of antigen-specific B cells in the spleen as determined by direct and reverse plaque-forming cell assays. The immunization schedules using CW preparation caused a preferential production of IgM and IgG3 antibodies. The results also showed that the hyperactive humoral immune response of mice induced by i.p. inoculation of CW was devoid of polyclonal B cell activation compared with the effects observed for the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated groups. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis CW components may have potent immunological properties related to the non-specific B cell activation found in paracoccidioidomycosis.

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