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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
To evaluate the retention of memory in the mucosal immune system of aged animals, 2-year-old mice that had been immunized intragastrically at 3 months of age with Streptococcus mutans protein AgI/II coupled to the B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) were evaluated by ELISA for antibodies to AgI/II and CT in serum, saliva, and vaginal wash. To evaluate recall responses, mice were then immunized intragastrically with AgI/II-CTB, in comparison with previously unimmunized controls. Those that had been primed in their youth showed a more rapid antibody response in serum (immunoglobulin G (IgG)) and secretions (IgA), but all animals eventually responded to a similar degree after the third dose. Mice immunized at 3 months also retained for 2 years spleen cells capable of proliferating in vitro in response to AgI/II. These data show that aged mice retain the ability to mount immune responses to mucosally presented immunogens and that memory to mucosally presented immunogens can persist for almost the whole lifetime of a mouse.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0902-0055
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
170-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Administration, Intravaginal, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Antibodies, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Antigens, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Cholera Toxin, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Immunity, Mucosal, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Immunization, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Immunization, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Immunoglobulin A, Secretory, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Linear Models, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Saliva, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Statistics as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Stomach, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Streptococcus mutans, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11358539-Vagina
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term persistence and recall of immune responses in aged mice after mucosal immunization.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.