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Rev Soc Bras Med Trop ; 42(3): 325-8, 2009.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19684983

ABSTRACT

Lagochilascaris minor is the causative agent of lagochilascariosis, a disease that affects the neck region and causes festering abscesses, with eggs, adult parasites and L3/L4 larvae within the purulent exudates. Today, mice are considered to be intermediate hosts for the parasite. C57BL/6 mice produce immunoglobulin IgM, IgA and IgG against the crude extract of the parasite; on the other hand, antibodies produced against the secreted/excreted antigens of Lagochilascaris minor present lower levels of IgM, IgA and IgG. This is the first description of antibody detection against different antigens of Lagochilascaris minor.


Subject(s)
Antibodies, Helminth/biosynthesis , Antigens, Helminth/immunology , Nematoda/immunology , Nematode Infections/immunology , Animals , Cats , Female , Immunoglobulin A/immunology , Immunoglobulin G/immunology , Immunoglobulin M/immunology , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Time Factors
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop ; 42(3): 325-328, May-June 2009. graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-522264

ABSTRACT

Lagochilascaris minor is the causative agent of lagochilascariosis, a disease that affects the neck region and causes festering abscesses, with eggs, adult parasites and L3/L4 larvae within the purulent exudates. Today, mice are considered to be intermediate hosts for the parasite. C57BL/6 mice produce immunoglobulin IgM, IgA and IgG against the crude extract of the parasite; on the other hand, antibodies produced against the secreted/excreted antigens of Lagochilascaris minor present lower levels of IgM, IgA and IgG. This is the first description of antibody detection against different antigens of Lagochilascaris minor.


Lagochilascaris minor é o agente etiológico da lagochilascariose, uma doença que afeta a região do pescoço causando abscessos exudativos com presença de ovos, parasitos adultos e larvas nos de exudatos purulentos. Hoje em dia, camundongos são considerados os hospedeiros intermediários para o parasita. Camundongos C57BL/6 produziram imunoglobulinas IgM, IgA e IgG contra o extrato bruto do parasita; por outro lado, anticorpos produzidos contra os antígenos secretados/excretados de Lagochilascaris minor apresentaram níveis mais baixos de IgM, IgA e IgG. Esta é a primeira descrição da detecção de anticorpos contra diferentes antígenos de Lagochilascaris minor.


Subject(s)
Animals , Cats , Female , Male , Mice , Antibodies, Helminth/biosynthesis , Antigens, Helminth/immunology , Nematoda/immunology , Nematode Infections/immunology , Immunoglobulin A/immunology , Immunoglobulin G/immunology , Immunoglobulin M/immunology , Time Factors
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Microbiol Immunol ; 46(2): 95-100, 2002.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11939584

ABSTRACT

The potential sequelae of intestinal infection with Yersinia enterocolitica include reactive arthritis, erythema nodosum, Reiter's syndrome and other autoimmune diseases. The role of the immune response in the pathogenesis of these diseases has not been fully defined, but autoimmune manifestations may be a consequence of the increase in autoantibodies as a result of polyclonal B-cell activation induced by Yersinia. We investigated the effects of Y. enterocolitica O:3 derivatives on B lymphocyte activation in vivo. Groups of five specific pathogen free (SPF) Swiss mice were inoculated with bacterial cell extract, Yersinia outermembrane proteins (Yops) or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) obtained from Y. enterocolitica O:3 and their immunoglobulin-secreting spleen cells were detected by isotype-specific protein A plaque assay. The presence of specific anti-Yersinia antibodies and autoantibodies was determined in mouse sera by ELISA. In all experiments a marked increase in the number of secretory cells of different isotypes was observed as early as the third day after inoculation. IgG and IgM anti-Yersinia antibodies were detected in the sera of all inoculated mice, and autoantibodies against myosin in the sera of those inoculated with bacterial cell extract. The sera from animals stimulated with LPS reacted with myelin, actin and laminin, while the sera from mice inoculated with Yops reacted with myelin, thyroglobulin and cardiolipin. These results suggest that SPF Swiss mice inoculated with any one of the Y. enterocolitica derivatives tested exhibited polyclonal activation of B lymphocytes as a result of stimulation by various bacterial components and not only LPS stimulation.


Subject(s)
B-Lymphocytes/microbiology , Yersinia Infections/microbiology , Yersinia enterocolitica , Actins/immunology , Animals , Antibodies, Bacterial/blood , Autoantibodies/blood , B-Lymphocytes/immunology , Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/pharmacology , Immunoglobulin G/blood , Immunoglobulin M/blood , Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology , Lymphocyte Activation , Mice , Myelin Sheath/immunology , Myosins/immunology , Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms , Spleen/immunology , Spleen/microbiology , Yersinia Infections/blood , Yersinia Infections/immunology
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Rev. ciênc. farm ; 22(1): 67-77, 2001. tab, graf
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-318750

ABSTRACT

Ativaçäo policlonal de linfócitos induzida por endotoxinas bacterianas e superantígenos pode contribuir para o desenvolvimento de auto-imunidade. O objetivo deste trabalho foi comparar a ativaçäo policlonal de linfócitos B provocada por Yersinia enterocolitica O: 3 com aquela provocada por LPS de E. coli e por hemácias de carneiro. Camundongos Swiss foram infectados por via intraperitoneal com 10µg de LPS de E. coli ou com uma suspensäo de hemácias de carneiro a 2,5 por cento. Um grupo de animais normais foi usado como controle. No quinto dia pós-inoculaçäo, cinco animais de cada grupo foram sacrificados e as células esplênicas secretoras de imunoglobulinas detectadas pelo teste de PFC-Proteína A isotipo específico. No grupo dos animais infectados com Y. enterocolítica O: 3, a maior ativaçäo ocorreu em relaçäo às células secretoras de IgM (13 vezes aumentadas em relaçäo aos animais controles), seguida por IgG2b e IgG1 (ambos nove vezes). No grupo inoculado com LPS de E. coli, a maior ativaçäo ocorreu com relaçäo às células secretoras de IgG1 (cinco vezes), e, no grupo inoculado com hemácias de carneiro, a maior ativaçäo ocorreu com relaçäo às células secretoras de IgG1 (16 vezes) e IgM (oito vezes). O perfil comparativo do número de PFC revelou que Y. enterocolitica O: 3 apresentou maior capacidade de estimular linfócitos B in vivo do que os outros ativadores.


Subject(s)
Animals , Female , Mice , Autoimmunity , B-Lymphocytes , Escherichia coli Infections , Interleukin-1 , Yersinia enterocolitica , Yersinia Infections , Bacterial Infections
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