Secondary and Tertiary Responses of the Induced Bactericidin from the West Indian Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus

AUTOR(ES)

Evans, E. Edward

RESUMO

West Indian spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, synthesized a hemolymph bactericidin after being injected with killed suspensions of gram-negative bacillus EMB-1 isolated from the normal gut of this lobster. To study differences between the primary response and secondary response, animals were given a primary antigen injection of EMB-1 followed by a second injection of the same antigen 22 to 51 days later. As a rule, secondary bactericidal responses were enhanced over the primary in a manner reminiscent of specific anamnesis in mammalian immunoglobulin synthesis. Immunological memory was also suggested when tertiary responses were compared to secondary and by the persistence of residual titers for many days or weeks without additional antigenic stimulation.

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