Pocino M, Malavé I. Affinity and distribution of subpopulations of antibody-producing cells in protein-restricted C57BL/6 mice.
Cell Immunol 1984;
89:169-85. [PMID:
6541526 DOI:
10.1016/0008-8749(84)90207-7]
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Abstract
To study the effect of protein restriction on the affinity of antibodies produced by plaque-forming cells (PFC), C57BL/6 mice were fed diets containing 4% (R4%), 8% (R8%), or 27% (N) casein for 2 (short-term) or 12 (long-term) weeks and immunized with dinitrophenyl (DNP) bovine gamma-globulin in complete Freund's adjuvant. Affinity was assessed by inhibition of plaque formation in the presence of free hapten. Anti-DNP PFC per 10(7) spleen cells were not diminished in short- and long-term R8% mice, and were increased in the former group at certain times after immunization. Affinity of indirect PFC was increased at Days 14 and 21 after immunization in short-term R8% mice and at Day 7 in R4% mice, and was similar in long-term R8% and N animals. No limitation in the heterogeneity of PFC affinities was observed in the restricted groups. Short-term restricted mice showed a rise of the high-affinity PFC subpopulation. The number of mice with hapten-augmentable PFC was diminished in the short-term R8% group at 7 days after immunization and in long-term restricted mice at 14 days, suggesting depressed levels of auto-anti-idiotypic antibodies in protein restriction.
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