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Infect Immun. 1990 February; 58(2): 416-420

Protection of mice against the lethal toxicity of a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by immunization with anti-idiotype antibody to a monoclonal antibody to lipid A from Eikenella corrodens LPS.

Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan.

ABSTRACT

We produced anti-idiotype antibodies to antibody to lipid A from Eikenella corrodens. The ALA-1 monoclonal antibody (immunoglobulin M [IgM] isotype), which had already been produced in our laboratory (T. Kato, I. Takazoe, and K. Okuda, Infect. Immun. 57:656-659, 1989), had reacted strongly with lipid A from E. corrodens, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella minnesota. Four anti-idiotype monoclonal antibodies to ALA-1 (Ab1), designated A2LA-1 (IgG1 isotype), A2LA-2 (IgG2a isotype), A2LA-3 (IgG2a isotype), and A2LA-4 (IgG3 isotype), which recognized the idiotype Ab1, were produced. A2LA-1, A2LA-2, and A2LA-3 were capable of over 61% inhibition of ALA-1 reactivity to E. coli J5 lipid A in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay system. The sera of mice and rabbits immunized with the anti-idiotype antibodies revealed that the internal image anti-idiotype antibody induced the production of IgG antibodies that cross-reacted with or bound to lipid A. These studies indicate that A2LA-1 and A2LA-2 contained an antigenic epitope that mimicked lipid A. Immunization of mice with A2LA-1 resulted in prevention of lethal toxicity from E. coli J5 lipopolysaccharide.

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