Characterization of sheep antibodies involved in precipitate formation with surface antigens of Fasciola hepatica in vitro |
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Authors: | R M Sandeman M J Howell |
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Affiliation: | Department of Zoology, Australian National University, Box 4 PO Canberra, 2600, Australia |
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Abstract: | Sandeman R. M. and Howell M. J. 1982. Characterization of sheep antibodies involved in precipitate formation with surface antigens of Fasciola hepatica in vitro. International Journal for Parasitology12: 467–471. The role of sheep antibodies which precipitate with surface antigens of Fasciola hepatica is unclear. In an attempt to clarify their function these antibodies were characterized as to their immunoglobulin class and ability to affect the survival of fluke in rats. The ability of fluke antigens complexed with sheep antibody to vaccinate rats against infection was also tested. IgM antibodies were involved in precipitate formation on the teguments of fluke 3 weeks after infection but IgG1 predominated at later stages of infection. The decreased survival of fluke in rats after culture with increasing levels of sheep antibodies suggests that the antibodies exert some deleterious effect on the fluke in vitro. The fluke antigen-sheep antibody complex failed to immunize rats against infection. Since sheep antibodies to F. hepatica can impair the ability of fluke to resist further attack in rats but not sheep, it is suggested that some effector mechanism other than antibody is defective in the latter. |
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Keywords: | sheep antibodies fluke antigen immunoglobulin IgM vaccination rats immune complex immunocompetence glycocalyx precipitate surface antigens |
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