Abstract
Rabbits were sensitized with killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. kansasii, M. avium, M. scrofulaceum, M. fortuitum, and Nocardia asteroides, and their response to homologous and heterologous antigens was assessed in vitro by direct and indirect macrophage migration inhibition tests. The antigens were obtained by disintegration of bacterial mass and by purification of the supernatants by ultracentrifugation. In the direct test, hypersensitivity to homologous antigen was most marked with M. tuberculosis, M. kansasii, and M. avium (migration indices [MI] = 0.42 to 0.50), but was significantly weaker with organisms possessing a lower degree of pathogenic activity (MI for M. fortuitum and N. asteroides = 0.70 and 0.72, respectively). Reactivity to heterologous antigens was also highest in animals sensitized with strongly pathogenic species, approximating normal values in rabbits sensitized with weak pathogens. In the indirect test, the strongest responses were obtained again to homologous antigens (MI = 0.42 to 0.67), and they differed more markedly from reactions to heterologous antigens than in the direct test. The weakest activity of heterologous antigens was again found with M. fortuitum and N. asteroides, where MIs were 0.82 to 0.93.
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