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  • Title: Determinants of immunity to murine salmonellosis: studies involving immunization with lipopolysaccharide-lipid A-associated protein complexes in C3H/HeJ mice.
    Author: Killion JW, Morrison DC.
    Journal: FEMS Microbiol Immunol; 1988 Jan; 1(1):41-53. PubMed ID: 3272826.
    Abstract:
    We have earlier demonstrated that the C3H/HeJ Salmonella hypersusceptible mouse can be protected against infection with this organism by prior immunization with lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-lipid A-associated protein (LAP) complexes, but not with LPS alone. In the current studies, protection has been shown to correlate with the induction of LPS-specific antibody in immunized mice. LPS was demonstrated to be a relevant target antigen for Salmonella immunity since C3H/HeJ mice were afforded higher survival rates when they were challenged with Salmonella that shared the same LPS O-antigen as the vaccine. Although low levels of LPS-specific antibody can be detected 14 days after immunization with LAP-LPS, significant antibody is present only after 21-28 days. In addition, anti-LAP specific antibodies can be detected after 14 days of immunization with LAP-LPS. Adoptive transfer of either day 28 anti-LAP-LPS immune serum or day 28 LAP-LPS immune splenocytes alone to naive recipients affords mice minimal, if any, survival against lethal S. typhimurium LT2 challenge. In contrast, transfer of day 28 anti-LAP-LPS immune serum and day 28 LAP-LPS immune splenocytes together is able to transfer Salmonella immunity to naive C3H/HeJ mice. Further, equivalent transfer of only day 28 anti-LAP-LPS immune serum to C3H/HeJ mice immunized 7 days previously with LAP-LPS provides protection similar to that found in mice adoptively transferred with immune cells and serum. These results suggest that a host cellular factor or factors responsive to LAP-LPS, in addition to day 28 anti-LAP-LPS immune serum, may contribute to the protection afforded C3H/HeJ mice following immunization with LAP-LPS.
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