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. 1993 Jun;61(6):2687–2693. doi: 10.1128/iai.61.6.2687-2693.1993

Influence of genes from the major histocompatibility complex on the antibody repertoire against culture filtrate antigens in mice infected with live Mycobacterium bovis BCG.

K Huygen 1, A Drowart 1, M Harboe 1, R ten Berg 1, J Cogniaux 1, J P Van Vooren 1
PMCID: PMC280901  PMID: 8500908

Abstract

C57BL/10 and C57BL/6 mice (H-2b); B10 congenic mice with f, k, p, q, r, and s H-2 haplotypes; B10 mice with recombinant g2, o2, a, h2, h4, i5, and bq1 H-2 haplotypes; and B6 mice with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) mutant bm1 and bm13 (class I) and bm12 (class II) haplotypes were infected intravenously with 4 x 10(6) CFU of live Mycobacterium bovis BCG and examined by Western immunoblot analysis for serum antibodies against BCG culture filtrate antigens, following a boost injection with live BCG or with BCG culture filtrate. Parental B10 and B6 mice reacted very intensely with three culture filtrate protein bands with estimated molecular masses of 37, 38, and 40 kDa. Response against the 40-kDa protein was stronger following a boost injection with live BCG than following a boost with culture filtrate. Sera from mice with f, p, i5, bm1, and bm13 haplotypes reacted strongly, with both the 37-38- and 40-kDa antigens, and sera from mice with q and bq1 haplotypes showed a somewhat weaker reaction. Sera from mice with r, s, and bm12 haplotypes reacted against the 37-38-kDa antigen but not against the 40-kDa antigen, and sera from mice with the h2 haplotype reacted only with the 40-kDa antigen but not with the 37-38-kDa antigen. Sera from mice with the k, g2, o2, a, and h4 haplotypes showed, at most, a very weak reaction with the 37-38- and 40-kDa antigens. These results demonstrate that MHC genes profoundly affect the antibody repertoire used against culture filtrate antigens in mice infected with live M. bovis BCG. In particular, as shown in mice with the recombinant H-2 haplotype and in class II mutant bm12 mice, the I-A heterodimer controls the recognition of the immunodominant 40-kDa antigen. By using crossed immunoelectrophoresis, this 40-kDa antigen was identified as antigen 88 according to the reference system of Closs et al. for BCG antigens.

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