Evidence map›Paper›PMID 11447183›Full record

ArticleInfection and immunity2001

Neisseria meningitidis lipopolysaccharide modulates the specific humoral immune response to neisserial porins but has no effect on porin-induced upregulation of costimulatory ligand B7-2.

N Bhasin, Y Ho, L M Wetzler

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

N BhasinDivision of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine and Evans Biomedical Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
Y Ho
L M Wetzler
Boston University · US

Funding

Neisserial Porins and Antigen Presenting CellsR01AI040944 · NIAID · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · PI WETZLER, LEE MARK · 1997 to 2019
$9.3M
Neisserial porins and antigen presenting cellsR56AI040944 · NIAID · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · PI WETZLER, LEE MARK · 2015 to 2015
$429k
NIAID NIH HHS AI-40944NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI040944NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI040944
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the specific humoral response to meningococcal porins was investigated by measuring anti-PorA or -PorB antibody levels in mice immunized with wild-type meningococcal strain H44/76 or with its recently described LPS-negative mutant. Two murine strains were used for these immunizations: C3H/HeJ, which is LPS hyporesponsive, or C3H/HeOuJ, which is LPS responsive. A high level of anti-PorB immunoglobulin G (IgG) response was induced in both strains of mice immunized with either organism. The response induced by the wild-type strain was greater in C3H/HeOuJ mice than in C3H/HeJ mice, while the response induced by the LPS-negative mutant was similar in the two murine strains. Additionally, the anti-PorB response was similar in C3H/HeJ mice immunized with either bacterial strain. In general, the anti-PorA IgG response was lower than the anti-PorB response. These findings indicate that the presence of LPS is not essential for the induction of an antineisserial porin humoral response but can augment such a response. To determine whether LPS has any effect on the B-cell-stimulatory effect of neisserial porins (essential for the adjuvant activity of neisserial porins), B cells from both murine strains were incubated with outer membrane complexes (OMCs) prepared from strain H44/76 and its LPS-negative mutant. OMCs from either meningococcal strain were able to increase the surface expression of the costimulatory ligand B7-2 on B cells from either murine strain. Consistent with previously reported findings, LPS does not significantly affect the ability of neisserial porins to induce the costimulatory ligand B7-2.

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AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialAntigens, CDB7-2 AntigenBacterial ProteinsFemaleHumansLipopolysaccharidesMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C3HMutagenesisNeisseria meningitidisPorinsUp-RegulationAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialAntigens, CDB7-2 AntigenBacterial ProteinsCD86 protein, humanCd86 protein, mouseLipopolysaccharidesMembrane GlycoproteinsPorB protein, Chlamydia trachomatisporin protein, NeisseriaPorins

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PMID11447183
PMCPMC98597
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