Enhancement of IgE Antibody Production by Ovalbumin Aerosol in Mice

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The effect of aerosolized ovalbumin (OA) on the induction of IgE antibody production was investigated in BALB/c mice. Enhancement of anti-OA IgE antibody production was obtained after the administration of 10 μg OA in mice preexposed to 1% aerosolized OA for 6 or 30 min, and after the administration of 1 μg OA in mice preexposed to aerosolized OA for 30 min. IgE antibody production could also be induced by preexposure to aerosolized OA at a concentration as low as 0.1%. A carrier effect was observed by preexposure to aerosolized OA using a hapten-carrier system. In the latter system, whole body irradiation (200 R) could not enhance IgE response, suggesting that irradiation-sensitive suppressor T cells might be generated in insufficient amount or not at all by aerosolized OA. Preexposure to aerosolized dinitrophenol-OA could not enhance anti-dinitrophenol IgE response. These results suggest that the exposure to aerosolized antigen primed preferentially T helper cells.

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