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. 1970 Mar;1(3):219–225. doi: 10.1128/iai.1.3.219-225.1970

Antibody Response to Bacterial Antigens: Characteristics of Antibody Response to Somatic Antigens of Salmonella typhimurium

Y Fukazawa 1, T Shinoda 1, T Yomoda 1, T Tsuchiya 1
PMCID: PMC415884  PMID: 16557720

Abstract

The character of the antibody response in the rabbit to Salmonella typhimurium somatic (O) antigen was similar to the response to each of several serotypes of Shigella flexneri O antigens, namely a predominance of production of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody. Lipopolysaccharide protein (LPSP) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) fractions of Salmonella O antigen differed significantly in both quantitative and qualitative aspects of their immunogenicity. LPSP elicited high levels of agglutinins and also induced the production of a significant amount of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody at a late period. LPS antigen elicited low levels of agglutinins which were exclusively IgM antibody. These results suggested that the chemical nature of the antigen is one important factor in the determination of the character of the antibody response. Further, it is suggested that the protein moiety of the O antigen complex is a carrier active in allowing induction of early IgM and of late IgG antibodies; in contrast, the lipid moiety may compete with this action of the carrier protein, thereby suppressing IgG antibody in the primary stage of the antibody-forming process.

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