Agar microdroplet assay for delayed hypersensitivity to Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1.

AUTOR(ES)

Widen, R

RESUMO

An agarose microdroplet technique was utilized to assess the cellular immunity of guinea pig lymphoid cells to Legionella pneumophila antigen in vitro. Both direct and indirect migration inhibition procedures were shown to be capable of detecting sensitization of guinea pigs to L. pneumophila antigens. Animals injected with adjuvant alone or unrelated antigens did not yield spleen cells responsive to L. pneumophila, indicating the specificity of the response. Migration inhibition factor induction by Legionella antigen in vitro correlated well with skin test responses in vivo. The positive reaction detected by migration inhibition occurred at times similar to that of skin reactivity but later than that of the earliest serum antibody titers. The assay appears to be useful for monitoring sensitization to Legionella and may be applicable to the study of cell-mediated immunity to this bacterium in infected individuals.

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