PMID- 6967945 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19801124 LR - 20190508 IS - 0022-1007 (Print) IS - 1540-9538 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1007 (Linking) VI - 152 IP - 3 DP - 1980 Sep 1 TI - Augmentation of in vitro humoral immune responses in the mouse by an antibody to IgD. PG - 493-506 AB - Heterologous anti-delta-chain antibodies have an adjuvant effect on specific in vivo humoral immune responses to simultaneously, or subsequently, injected antigens in the rat and rhesus monkey. We have used a hybridoma-secreted antibody that binds murine delta-chain of the allotype (4.22aM delta a) to study this phenomenon in the mouse and to investigate the mechanism of this effect. Injection of 4.22aM delta a into BALB/c mice removes almost all surface IgD (sIgD) from splenic B lymphocites. sIgD does not reappear until the serum level of 4.22aM delta a decreased 5-7 d after injection. 4.22aM delta a fails to induce detectable proliferation or to raise total serum Ig levels substantially above control values. However, 4.22aM dalta a injected 24 h before antigen elicits an approximately twofold enhancement of serum IgM and a 3- to 10-fold enhancement of serum IgG anti-trintriphenyl (TNP) antibodies in response to immunization with optimal doses of TNP-Ficoll or TNP-sheep red blood cells (TNP-SRBC). 4.22aM delta a injected 1 wk before or 3 d after TNP-SRBC, however, has no effect on IgG anti-TNP levels. The adjuvant effect of anti-delta-chain antibody was markedly decreased when suboptimal antigen doses were used. Furthermore, even in the case of TNP-Ficoll, a relatively T-independent antigen, the ability of 4.22aM dalta a to enhance the anti-TNP antibody response was T cell dependent. Our data suggest that the binding of anti-delta-chain antibody to cell sIgD may partially activate B lymphocytes and make them more capable of differentiating into antibody-secreting cells when stimulated by antigen-specific T cell help. FAU - Finkelham, F D AU - Finkelham FD FAU - Woods, V L AU - Woods VL FAU - Wilburn, S B AU - Wilburn SB FAU - Mond, J J AU - Mond JJ FAU - Stein, K E AU - Stein KE FAU - Berning, A AU - Berning A FAU - Scher, I AU - Scher I LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Exp Med JT - The Journal of experimental medicine JID - 2985109R RN - 0 (Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin D) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin M) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic MH - *Antibody Formation MH - B-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic MH - *Immunoglobulin D MH - Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis MH - Immunoglobulin M/biosynthesis MH - *Immunologic Memory MH - Lymphocyte Cooperation MH - Mice MH - Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/*immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes/immunology PMC - PMC2185918 EDAT- 1980/09/01 00:00 MHDA- 1980/09/01 00:01 PMCR- 1981/03/01 CRDT- 1980/09/01 00:00 PHST- 1980/09/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1980/09/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1980/09/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1981/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 81008373 [pii] AID - 10.1084/jem.152.3.493 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Exp Med. 1980 Sep 1;152(3):493-506. doi: 10.1084/jem.152.3.493.