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Lipopolysaccharide from Brucella abortus behaves as a T-cell-independent type 1 carrier in murine antigen-specific antibody responses.

Laboratory of Cell Biology, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland.

ABSTRACT

In order to determine the carrier nature of lipopolysaccharide from Brucella abortus (LPS-BA) in evoking humoral responses, normal and immunodeficient mice were immunized with trinitrophenyl (TNP)-conjugated LPS-BA (TNP-LPS-BA) and the responses were compared with those to known T-dependent and T-independent antigens. TNP-LPS-BA, like T-independent type 1 (TI-1) antigens such as TNP-BA and TNP-LPS from Escherichia coli (TNP-LPS-EC), generated anti-TNP responses in BALB/c, athymic BALB/c nu/nu, and CBA/N mice. In contrast, N-2,4-dinitrophenyl-beta-alanylglycylglycyl-substituted keyhole limpet hemocyanin, a typical T-dependent antigen, was not immunogenic in athymic mice, and TNP-Ficoll (T-independent type 2) was ineffective in eliciting humoral responses in CBA/N mice. These results indicate that LPS from B. abortus acts as a TI-1 carrier in generating antibody responses. In C3H/HeJ mice, TNP-LPS-BA generated higher-titer immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1), IgG2a, and IgG2b anti-TNP antibodies than TNP-LPS-EC. Compared with those from BALB/c mice, pure resting B cells isolated from C3H/HeJ mice exhibited a 30-fold lower proliferative response to LPS-EC, whereas the LPS-BA response was reduced to a lesser extent (5-fold). This suggests that the disparity observed in antibody titers was due to different abilities of LPS from B. abortus and E. coli to stimulate C3H/HeJ B cells. The ability of LPS from B. abortus to act as a carrier in generating humoral immune responses indicates that LPS-BA can be substituted for whole B. abortus organisms in vaccine development.

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