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DNP-Lys-Ficoll: A T-Independent Antigen Which Elicits Both IgM and IgG Anti-DNP Antibody-Secreting Cells

From the Laboratory of Immunology and Laboratory of Microbial Immunity, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

Abstract

The 2,4-dinitrophenyl-lysyl derivative of Ficoll (DNP-Lys-Ficoll) was prepared and examined for immunogenicity. This antigen elicited large numbers of DNP-specific plaque-forming cells (PFC) of the IgM and IgG2 class in the spleens of C57BL/6 mice. Similar responses were observed in congenitally athymic (nu/nu) mice and in their littermates indicating that DNP-Lys-Ficoll is a T-independent antigen. The responses of nu/nu mice included a large number of IgG2 DNP-specific PFC, indicating that IgG responses can be initiated in the absence of mature thymus-dependent (T) lymphocytes. Cell transfer studies confirmed the T independence of the response and indicated that priming with DNP-Lys-Ficoll induces only a very meager degree of memory. Because they can be obtained in large quantities and in relatively pure form, DNP-Lys-Ficoll and other hapten conjugates of Ficoll should prove most valuable in the delineation of the mode of activation of precursors of antibody-secreting cells by T-independent antigens.

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¹ Present address: Blood Bank, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

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