Interaction of specific antibody precursor cells in vitro with a bacterial somatic antigen

Zusammenfassung Es gelingt durch niedertourige Differentialzentrifugierung normaler Milzzellen der Maus, in vitro mitE.-coli-Suspensionen inkubiert, den Grobteil der Vorläufer Antikörper bildender Zellen abzutrennen, welche zusammen mitE. coli spezifische Agglutinine bilden konnten. Dies war durch Erfassung bakterieller «Kolonieverklumpung» in Empfänger-Mäusen zu bestimmen.

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We acknowledge the capable technical assistance of Mrs.Leoney Mills and Mr.Jerry Rosenzweig during various portions of this study.     

Secondary antibody responses of mice to bacterial somatic antigens

Zusammenfassung IgG- und IgM-Antikörper wurden mit 2 Injektionen vonSalmonella-antigenen (S.-newport-Zellen undS.-typhi-Lipopolysacchariden) in Mäusen erzeugt. Es ergab sich, dass die IgG-Antikörper bei ihrer zweiten Reaktion nur dann ein Maximum erreichten, wenn zwischen der ersten und zweiten Injektion ein Zeitraum von mindestens 4 Wochen verstrichen war. Weiter wurde gefunden, dass die Lipopolysaccharide, im Gegensatz zu den Bakterienzellen, die Bildung der IgM-Antikörper favorisierten.     

Interaction of DEAE-dextran with mammalian cells cultivated in vitro

Zusammenfassung Wachstum, morphologische Eigenschaften und Karyotypie kultivierter L-Zellen wurden nach Applikation von DEAE-Dextran im Inkubations-medium untersucht. In einer Konzentration von 500 g/ml (was die Aufnahme von exogener DNS fördert) und bei einer Einwirkung während 30 min verändert DEAE-Dextran die untersuchten Eigenschaften nicht.     

Interaction of platinum compounds with bacterial DNA

Summary The cis and trans isomer of PtCl₂(NH₃)₂, cis-Pt(cpa)₂Cl₂ and 2 platinum pyrimidine blues have been used in a number of bacterial tests indicative of their interaction with bacterial DNA.This investigation was supported by a grant from C.N.R., Rome. We thank Mrs S. Saincich for skilful technical assistance.     

Quaternary structure-dependent idiotope and antigen binding of a monoclonal antibody specific for conformational epitope on type II collagen

We previously generated a monoclonal antibody (mAb) against a putative pathogenic epitope on native type II collagen (CII) for the induction of collagen-induced arthritis in mice (mAb1), and an anti-idiotypic mAb which appears to possess the internal image of the CII epitope (mAb2). In the present study, the structural basis of the antigen/mAb1 and mAb1/mAb2 interactions was examined. When partially SH-reduced mAb1 was analysed on Western blots, only fragments containing both heavy (H) and light (L) chains were recognized by mAb2. When mAb2 was partially SH-reduced, only fragments containing both H and L chains were recognized by mAb1. H and L chains were separated from mAb1 in a reduced, denatured condition, and each chain and a mixture of the two were refolded. mAb2 reacted specifically to the renatured whole IgG molecule of mAb1, but not to the refolded L or to H chains. Recombinant single chain Fv (scFv) generated from mAb1 and mAb2 had properties of the original mAbs, whereas genetical ly constructed chimeric scFvs, consisting of V_H from mAb1 and an irrelevant V_L , or V_L of mAb1 and an irrelevant V_H , did not react either to CII or to mAb2. Thus, interactions among CII, mAb1 and mAb2 appear to depend on quaternary structures containing different protein subunits. These observations support the internal image property of the mAb2. In addition, this dependency on quaternary structure for recognition of proteins may also be relevant to other protein-protein interactions. Received 29 July 1996; received after revision 13 September 1996; accepted 18 October 1996     

Effects of antigen on in vitro cultures of sensitized peritoneal cells

Résumé On a ajouté des antigènes aux cultures in vitro des cellules mononucléaires obtenues du péritoine des 3 groupes de cobayes, le premier étant normal, le deuxième présentant une sensibilité immédiate et le troisième une hypersensibilité retardée à la tuberculine ou à l'ovalbumine. L'addition de l'antigène spécifique aux cultures des cellules obtenues des cobayes avec hypersensibilité retardée a provoqué la formation de cellules avec 2 ou plusieurs noyaux. Ceci suggère une relation étroite entre l'hypersensibilité retardée et la formation de cellules multinucléaires.     

The replication of a xenotropic murine C type virus in some mammalian cells. Definition of a specific antigen]

The use of our mink cell line maintained in vitro infected with the murine xenotropic AT 124 virus, and that of a (W/Fu x bn) f1 rat anti-124 serum allow us to define a new cell surface antigen specific of murine xenotropic type C viruses.     

On the fate of rabbit antibody/antigen complexes in the presence of normal leucocytesin vitro

Zusammenfassung Exsudatzellen von normalen Meerschweinchen und Kaninchen phagocytieren und spaltenin vitro unlösliche, radioaktiv markierte Antikörper/Antigen-Komplexe. Die Kaninchenantikörper werden sowohl durch Kaninchen- wie auch Meerschweinchenzellen enzymatisch abgebaut.

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Studies on the Fate of Antigenin vitro. II.     

Transfer of the immunization to a bacterial antigen by RNA

Riassunto L'iniezione ad animali normali di ARN estratto dalla milza di animali immunizzati con antigene H diS. typhi, provoca la comparsa, nel siero degli animali riceventi, di anticorpi diretti contro tale antigene.     

Response due to 0 somatic antigen ofShigella dysenteriae in rabbits

Zusammenfassung Hochgereinigtes Antigen vonShigella dysenteriae bewirkte eine signifikante Temperatursteigerung in Kaninchen.     

The processing and presentation of endogenous and exogenous antigen by Schwann cells in vitro

The expression of major histocomatibility complex class II in vitro and in vivo by Schwann cells indicates a potential facultative role of Schwann cells in the presentation of antigen to neuritogenic T cells during inflammatory demyelinating neuropathies. Using a T cell proliferation assay, this study demonstrated that processing and presentation of endogenous and exogenous antigen by Schwann cells influences T cell proliferation. Statistical analysis of proliferation and its relation to processing and presentation of antigen by Schwann cells had not been previously addressed. Different combinations of factors including treatment of cultures (untreated, irradiated or fixed), concentration of exogenous antigen (0 or 40 μmg/ml), the presence of interferon-γ and the timing of exogenous antigen addition influence the proliferation P₂-specific, non-mammalian protein ovalbumin-specific T cell lines and naive T cells. Received 25 July 2002; received after revision 9 September 2002; accepted 7 October 2002     

Cells secreting antibodies originate from cells secreting immunoglobulins without a detectable antibody function for the antigen injected]

Cells secreting immunoglobulins without detectable antibody function arising after an injection of horseradish peroxidase were micromanipulated from the center of haemolytic plaques of Sheep red blood cells coated with anti-Ig antibodies. These cells were cultured individually for 48 hrs, with irradiated cells as feeder layer and in the presence of the immunogen and of LPS. It was shown that after this time 22% of the immunoglobulin-secreting cells had generated antiperoxidase antibody-secreting cells or were transformed into antibody-secreting cells.