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Antibody responses of rats after immunization with organic acid anhydrides as a model of predictive testing

Författare

  • X D Zhang
  • Hans Welinder
  • Bo A Jönsson
  • Staffan Skerfving

Summary, in English

OBJECTIVES: The sensitizing properties of organic acid anhydrides (OAA) were evaluated in a rat model. METHODS: The development of specific immunoglobulin (Ig)E and Ig G in serum was investigated after immunization with 14 OAA and 3 OAA conjugates. Brown Norway rats were injected intradermally with 0.1 ml of 0.2 M OAA in liquid paraffin or 1.4 mg of rat serum albumin conjugate in saline. Serum samples were collected after 4 weeks. Antibodies were analyzed with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: The serum titers of specific Ig E after immunization with the different free OAA varied from <50 to 6400. The rats immunized with 4-methylphthalic anhydride exhibited the highest titers. The specificity of Ig E was demonstrated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay inhibition tests. A good correlation was observed between the Ig E and Ig G titers. Immunization with OAA conjugates showed results parallel to the findings for the free compounds. Importantly, the Ig E titers for the OAA agreed well with findings from guinea pigs and with literature data from epidemiologic studies of exposed workers. CONCLUSIONS: The present animal model may be a valuable tool for predicting the sensitizing potential of OAA and possibly the sensitizing potential of low-molecular-weight compounds in general. Furthermore, the antibody specificity of the haptens and the variations in the magnitude of the antibody titers indicate a valuable approach for studies of quantitative structure-activity relationships.

Publiceringsår

1998

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

220-227

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volym

24

Issue

3

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Ämne

  • Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Nyckelord

  • occupational allergy
  • immunoglobulin G
  • animal model
  • immunoglobulin E
  • structure-activity relationship

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0355-3140