Anti-Id antibodies were raised in mice against a monoclonal antibody (MoAb KT4) that neutralized the in vitro activity of a Pichia anomala yeast killer toxin. Monoclonal antibody was administered to BALB/C syngeneic mice with different schedules of immunization before intravenous challenge with increasing amounts of yeast killer toxin-sensitive Candida albicans cells. The course of candidosis was studied in comparison with mice non-immunized and immunized with an isotype-matched unrelated MoAb subdivided into control groups. Protection was reflected by statistically significant increases in survival rate of mice immunized with MoAb KT4 which showed variable serum levels of yeast killer toxin-like anti-Id antibodies. MoAb KT4 affinity chromatography purified mouse anti-Id antibodies were capable of killing in vitro the yeast cells of the Candida albicans strain used for the experimental infection. This is the first report of antimicrobial protection that exploits the role of anti-idiotypic antibodies presumably acting in vivo as antibiotics (idiotypic vaccination).

Idiotypic vaccination : immunoprotection mediated by anti-idiotypic antibodies with antibiotic activity / L. Polonelli, R. Lorenzini, F. De Bernardis, M. Gerloni, S. Conti, G. Morace, W. Magliani, C. Chezzi. - In: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 0300-9475. - 37:1(1993 Jan), pp. 105-110.

Idiotypic vaccination : immunoprotection mediated by anti-idiotypic antibodies with antibiotic activity

G. Morace;
1993

Abstract

Anti-Id antibodies were raised in mice against a monoclonal antibody (MoAb KT4) that neutralized the in vitro activity of a Pichia anomala yeast killer toxin. Monoclonal antibody was administered to BALB/C syngeneic mice with different schedules of immunization before intravenous challenge with increasing amounts of yeast killer toxin-sensitive Candida albicans cells. The course of candidosis was studied in comparison with mice non-immunized and immunized with an isotype-matched unrelated MoAb subdivided into control groups. Protection was reflected by statistically significant increases in survival rate of mice immunized with MoAb KT4 which showed variable serum levels of yeast killer toxin-like anti-Id antibodies. MoAb KT4 affinity chromatography purified mouse anti-Id antibodies were capable of killing in vitro the yeast cells of the Candida albicans strain used for the experimental infection. This is the first report of antimicrobial protection that exploits the role of anti-idiotypic antibodies presumably acting in vivo as antibiotics (idiotypic vaccination).
animals ; antibodies, anti-idiotypic ; antibodies, monoclonal ; candida albicans ; candidiasis ; chromatography, affinity ; male ; mice ; mice, inbred BALB C ; vaccination
Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia e Microbiologia Clinica
gen-1993
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