IRBP from bovine retina is poorly uveitogenic in guinea pigs and is identical to A-antigen
作者:
VisticaB. P.,
UsuiM.,
KuwabaraT.,
WiggertB.,
LeeL.,
RedmondT. M.,
ChaderG. J.,
GeryI.,
期刊:
Current Eye Research
(Taylor Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 6,
issue 3
页码: 409-417
ISSN:0271-3683
年代: 1987
DOI:10.3109/02713688709025196
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Retinal interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) is a potent uveitogen in Lewis rats, producing experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) reproducibly at doses lower than those of S-antigen (S-Ag). In contrast, IRBP was found to be poorly uveitogenic in three strains of guinea pigs, inducing only minor changes in a small proportion of these animals. On the other hand, S-Ag was found to induce EAU in the majority of immunized guinea pigs, with changes more severe than those induced by IRBP. Unlike the difference in their uveitogenicity, IRBP and S-Ag induced similar levels of specific immune responses in the immunized guinea pigs. The poor uveitogenicity of IRBP in guinea pigs resembles that of A-antigen (A-Ag). The two proteins are also similar in other features and were found in this study to be antigenically identical. It is proposed that IRBP and A-Ag are one and the same protein.
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