ABSTRACT
Five strains of mice (C57BL/6, BALB/c, ICR, KM and SMMC/B) were respectively orally immunized with CJ-S131 vaccine for 16 weeks, Autoantibodies against ss-DNA, ds-DNA, histones, extractable nuclear antigens (ENA)and thymocytes were detected by ELISA or CELIS(?)One or more kind (s) of autoantibody significantly raised in the serum of SMMC/B, KM, BALB/c and ICR mice, but not in C57BL/6 mice. The mean enzyme index (EI) of the autoantibodies of SMMC/B and KM mice was higher than that of ICR and BALB/c. The influence of the sex on the production of autoantibody induced by CJ-S131 vaccine seemed to be demonstrated on the basis of genetic background.It was characterized by (1) autoantibodies raising mainly in the female mice,e.g. in KM mice; (2) one kind of autoantibody or more raising in both male and female mice, as seen in SMMC/B and BALB/c mice; and (3) autoantibody no in male and female of C57BL/6 mice. The results revealed that the profile of autoimmune response induced by CJ-S131 vaccine was different in strains and sex of mice.
ABSTRACT
KM mice were orally immunized with formalized C. jejuni (CJ-S131 vaccine) for 16 weeks. The production kinetics of autoanti bodies against ss-DNA, ds-DNA, histories and extractable nuclear antigens (ENA) was investigated and two peaks of autoantibody production were observed within 16 weeks after immunizalion. The first peak appeared at 6th week after immunization when the positive percentage of autoantibody against histones (83%) and ENA (67%) was higher than that against ds-DNA (33%) and ss-DNA ( 0 %), and the second peak at 16th week when the positive percentage of anti-ds-DNA (50%) and anti-ss-DNA (83%) antibody higher than that of anti-histones (33%) and anti-ENA (33%) anti body. Natural autoanti bodies against nuclear acid (ds-DNA and ss-DNA) in the controlled mice could be detected, too, by ELISA, which raised with aging but obviously demonstrating individual difference; however, autoanti bodies to nucleoproteins (histones and ENA) could not be detected at the matched times. The results suggested that autoantibody against histones or ENA was more specific for autoimmune diseases than that against DNA, and might be of significance for earlier diagnosis of the systemic autoimmune diseases, e. g. SLE, in clinic.
ABSTRACT
To explore me chanisms of successful induction of autoimmunity by chronic Campylobacter jejuni (CJ-S131 ) infection [3, 4, 5, 6], a chronic mucosal immune response mooe(?) was established by oral immunization of BALB /C mice with formalized CJ-S131 bacteria.in a dosage of 4 xlO8 bacterial cells per mouse, twice a week for 14 weeks, which mimicked the released antigens persistently stimulating the mucosal immune system when mice were chronically infected by C. jejuni. It was also found that the immunized mice demonstrated (?)upus-like autoimmune syndro me, sim ilar, but more severe.to those seen in the mice chronically infected by C. jejuni. It was characterized by (1) significant lymphoproliferation of both mucosal and systemic immune systems; (2) polyclonal activation of B lymphocytes; (3) significantly elevated level of multiple autoanti bodies against ss- DNA, ds- DNA and histones; (4) immunocom plex glomerulonephritisi; (5) chronic inflammation of multiple organs or tissues including the intestine, liver and blood vessels. In the polyclonal activation testin vitro, the levels of total immunoglobulins and autoantibody against DNA in the supernatan ts of the splenic culture cells from the immunized mice were significantly higher than that from the controll mice. The results verified that chronic C. jejuni infection in the gut could induce abnormal. chronic mucosal immune response which led to perturbation of the systemic immune system, resulting autoimmunity or autoimmune syndrom.