All-trans-retinoic acid and polyriboinosinoic:: polyribocytidylic acid cooperate to elevate anti-tetanus immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M responses in vitamin A-deficient Lewis rats and Balb/c mice
All-trans-retinoic acid and polyriboinosinoic:: polyribocytidylic acid cooperate to elevate anti-tetanus immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M responses in vitamin A-deficient Lewis rats and Balb/c mice
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DOI:
10.1017/s0029665100000756
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发表时间:
2000-11-01
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7
通讯作者:
Ross, AC
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作者:
DeCicco, KL;Ross, AC
Vitamin A (VA) deficiency compromises antibody responses to T-cell-dependent antigens such as tetanus toroid, but this effect can be reversed through administration of retinol or retinoic acid (RA). To test whether RA and polyriboinosinioc : polyribocytidylic acid (PIC), a known inducer of several forms of interferon (IFN), can cooperate to increase specific immunoglobulin (Ig)G and IgM production during VA deficiency, rats and mice were made VA-deficient, immunized with TT and treated with all-trans-RA, PIC or their combination. VA-deficient rats produced low primary and secondary anti-tetanus IgG responses (VA-deficient controls v. VA-sufficient controls P < 0.001), although total IgG was slightly elevated when compared with VA-sufficient control rats. Although RA administered alone elevated antibody production during VA deficiency to control levels, RA combined with PIC synergistically enhanced these responses (RA and PIC group v. all other groups P