Inhalation of diesel exhaust enhances antigen-specific IgE antibody production in mice
Inhalation of diesel exhaust enhances antigen-specific IgE antibody production in mice
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DOI:
10.1016/s0300-483x(96)03539-1
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发表时间:
1997-01-15
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Endo, T
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作者:
Fujimaki, H;Saneyoshi, K;Endo, T
To examine the effects of diesel exhaust (DE) inhalation on IgE antibody production, BALB/c mice were exposed to 0 (control), 3.0 and 6.0 mg/m(3) DE inhalation for 3 weeks. Intranasal sensitization with ovalbumin (OA) three times at intervals of 3 weeks was conducted immediately before, immediately after and 3 weeks after DE inhalation. Body weight and thymus weight for the DE-exposed and control mice were essentially the same but spleen weight in mice exposed to 6 mg/m(3) significantly increased. Anti-OA IgE antibody titers in the sera of mice exposed to 6 mg/m(3) was significantly higher than the control. Total IgE and anti-OA IgG in sera for DE-exposed and control mice remained basically the same. To investigate cytokine production in mice exposed to 6 mg/m(3), spleen cells from DE-exposed and control mice were stimulated with OA in vitro and cytokine production in the culture supernatants was measured by ELISA. In vitro antigen-stimulated interleukin-il (IL-4) and -10 (IL-10) production in spleen cells of exposed mice significantly increased compared to the control. In vitro interferon (IFN)-gamma production in spleen cells of exposed mice markedly decreased. DE inhalation is thus shown to have adverse effect on antigen-specific IgE antibody production in mice through alteration of the cytokine network. Copyright (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.