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Schistosoma mansoni: impaired clearance of model immune complexes consisting of circulating anodic antigen and monoclonal IgG1 in infected mice

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The clearance of schistosome-specific model immune complexes (IC) consisting of circulating anodic antigen (CAA), a gut-associated excretory-secretory antigen, and radiolabeled monoclonal antibody (IgG1) was investigated in mice with a light and heavy Schistosoma mansoni infection and in noninfected control animals. The size analysis of the in vitro prepared and injected IC, as determined by density gradient centrifugation, revealed a wide peak at 11S. In infected animals the injected IC were cleared at a significantly lower rate than in control mice. This was attributed to a decreased uptake of IC by the liver in infected mice. In heavily infected mice, 30 min after injection of 11S IC, 8S, 11S, and >11S IC were present in the serum, whereas only small 8S IC were detected in the serum of lightly infected animals and noninfected controls. Immune complexes were also present in the serum of heavily infected mice 30 min after injection of antibody and were detectable as 11S and >11S IC. The importance of this study is twofold. First, these results show that schistosome-specific monoclonal antibodies can be used in the production of model immune complexes applicable in clearance studies. Second, our findings might be of importance when the possible pathogenicity of circulating IC in schistosomiasis is considered.

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Abbreviations

IC:

Immune complexes

CAA:

Circulating anodic antigen

SDG:

Sucrose density gradient

S:

Svedberg unit

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  1. Laboratory of Histopathology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium

    L. Kestens, K. Mangelschots, E. A. E. Van Marck & P. L. Gigase

  2. Laboratory for Parasitology, University of Leiden, PO 9605, 2300, Leiden, The Netherlands

    A. M. Deelder

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Kestens, L., Mangelschots, K., Van Marck, E.A.E. et al. Schistosoma mansoni: impaired clearance of model immune complexes consisting of circulating anodic antigen and monoclonal IgG1 in infected mice. Parasitol Res 74, 356–362 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00539458

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