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Nephropathy in the rabbit associated with immunization to a group a streptococcal Lipoteichoic acid

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Regimental intravenous injections of counter-ion complexes consisting of a group A streptococcal lipoteichoic acid and methylated bovine serum albumin given as a stabilized water-in-oil double emulsion elicited strong antibody responses in rabbits to teichoic acid accompanied by weak to nonexistent humoral responses to the protein; hyperimmunization with these complexes resulted in nephropathy associated with the formation of renal casts, the presence of proteinuria, and kidney swelling. When rabbits were immunized with the complex and then later challenged with soluble, non-complexed and non-immunogenic teichoic acid alone, teichoic acid, antibody, and complement were demonstrable in the glomeruli. This suggested that a humoral immune response directed towards the teichoic acid could lead to a renal dysfunction and that teichoic acid, under certain circumstances, could play some role in immune-dependent pathogenesis.

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Abbreviations

TA:

lipoteichoic acid

PHA:

passive hemagglutination

mBSA:

methylated bovine serum albumin

ID:

intradermal

IV:

intravenous

Ig:

immunoglobulin

FITC:

fluorescein isothiocyanate

ΒIC :

complement C 3

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  1. The Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 13210, Syracuse, New York, USA

    Barry A. Fiedel

  2. The School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, 62901, Carbondale, Illinois, USA

    Robert W. Jackson

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This investigation was supported, in part, by Public Health Service Research Grant A I 07361 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diesease

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Fiedel, B.A., Jackson, R.W. Nephropathy in the rabbit associated with immunization to a group a streptococcal Lipoteichoic acid. Med Microbiol Immunol 167, 251–260 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02120810

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