Genetic influences on the immune response of rats to streptococcal A carbohydrate |
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Authors: | Richard P. Stankus Gerrie A. Leslie |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oregon Medical School, 97201, Portland, Oregon
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Abstract: | Selective breeding of Sprague-Dawley rats immunized with group A streptococcal vaccine (GASV) revealed genetic influences on the magnitude of the precipitin response to streptococcal group A carbohydrate (SACHO). After four brother-sister inbreedings, a family of low-precipitin responders (LPR) was segregated from a family of high-precipitin responders (HPR). Precipitin analysis of all four generations of rats bred for low-precipitin responses revealed an earlier influence of inbreeding on the secondary as compared to the primary precipitin response. Prolonged immunization and/or variation in the dose of antigen failed to enhance the magnitude of the precipitin response of LPR. Examination of anti-SACHO antisera for cross-specificity revealed A-variant carbohydrate precipitins in only 1%. This system may offer an opportunity to examine the clinical relevance of anti-SACHO antibodies to rheumatic heart disease. |
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