Cross-reactivity of anti-phosphorylcholine antibodies to neuromuscular blockers in a murine model of immunization. 2007

Rosa Maria Mazzuco, and Maria Notomi Sato, and Dewton de Moraes Vasconcelos, and Alberto José da Silva Duarte
Laboratory of Investigation in Dermatology and Immunodeficiencies, LIM-56, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Hypersensitivity reactions to curare-like neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) used in anesthesiology are more frequent in females and often occur at the first exposure to these drugs. To evaluate the antibody response to a hapten sharing the same allergenic epitope with NMBA in a murine model of immunization with Nitrophenylphosphorylcholine (NPPC) coupled with Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH). BALB/c mice from both sexes were intraperitoneally immunized with NPPC-KLH with alum and boosted twice, on 7 and 14 days. The antibodies were tested for specificity to PC and for cross-reactivity to the haptens, NPPC and PC, as well as to the NMBAs. Mice immunized with NPPC-KLH produced anti-PC antibodies mainly of IgM, IgG1 and IgG3 isotypes, at similar levels in both sexes. Different affinities for the haptens were detectable between isotypes, with anti-PC IgG3 antibody reactivity mostly related to the choline portion of the NPPC hapten. When comparing among sexes, females developed greater IgG2 affinity to the hapten than males. Cross-reactivity to NMBAs was predominant among the anti-PC IgG3 antibodies, mainly in females achieving 75% of inhibition with 16 mM of suxamethonium, while other isotypes achieved up to 30% and was absent for IgE. The investigation of antibody isotypes regarding sensitization to choline-derived structures could contribute to understanding the differential ability of females to produce antibodies that are cross-reactive with NMBAs.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007114 Immunization Deliberate stimulation of the host's immune response. ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION involves administration of ANTIGENS or IMMUNOLOGIC ADJUVANTS. PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION involves administration of IMMUNE SERA or LYMPHOCYTES or their extracts (e.g., transfer factor, immune RNA) or transplantation of immunocompetent cell producing tissue (thymus or bone marrow). Immunologic Stimulation,Immunostimulation,Sensitization, Immunologic,Variolation,Immunologic Sensitization,Immunological Stimulation,Sensitization, Immunological,Stimulation, Immunologic,Immunizations,Immunological Sensitization,Immunological Sensitizations,Immunological Stimulations,Sensitizations, Immunological,Stimulation, Immunological,Stimulations, Immunological,Variolations
D008297 Male Males
D008807 Mice, Inbred BALB C An inbred strain of mouse that is widely used in IMMUNOLOGY studies and cancer research. BALB C Mice, Inbred,BALB C Mouse, Inbred,Inbred BALB C Mice,Inbred BALB C Mouse,Mice, BALB C,Mouse, BALB C,Mouse, Inbred BALB C,BALB C Mice,BALB C Mouse
D009466 Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Drugs that interrupt transmission of nerve impulses at the skeletal neuromuscular junction. They can be of two types, competitive, stabilizing blockers (NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS) or noncompetitive, depolarizing agents (NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS). Both prevent acetylcholine from triggering the muscle contraction and they are used as anesthesia adjuvants, as relaxants during electroshock, in convulsive states, etc. Neuromuscular Blocker,Neuromuscular Blocking Agent,Neuromuscular Blockers,Agent, Neuromuscular Blocking,Agents, Neuromuscular Blocking,Blocker, Neuromuscular,Blockers, Neuromuscular,Blocking Agent, Neuromuscular,Blocking Agents, Neuromuscular
D010767 Phosphorylcholine Calcium and magnesium salts used therapeutically in hepatobiliary dysfunction. Choline Chloride Dihydrogen Phosphate,Choline Phosphate Chloride,Phosphorylcholine Chloride,Choline Phosphate,Phosphocholine,Chloride, Choline Phosphate,Chloride, Phosphorylcholine,Phosphate Chloride, Choline,Phosphate, Choline
D011917 Rats, Inbred Lew An inbred strain of rat that is used in BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. Rats, Inbred Lewis,Rats, Lew,Inbred Lew Rat,Inbred Lew Rats,Inbred Lewis Rats,Lew Rat,Lew Rat, Inbred,Lew Rats,Lew Rats, Inbred,Lewis Rats, Inbred,Rat, Inbred Lew,Rat, Lew
D005260 Female Females
D006433 Hemocyanins Metalloproteins that function as oxygen transport proteins in the HEMOLYMPH of MOLLUSKS and ARTHROPODS. They are characterized by two copper atoms, coordinated with HISTIDINE residues, that reversibly bind a single oxygen molecule; they do not contain HEME groups. Hemocyanin,alpha-Haemocyanin,alpha-Hemocyanin,alpha-Hemocyanins,alpha Haemocyanin,alpha Hemocyanin,alpha Hemocyanins
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000906 Antibodies Immunoglobulin molecules having a specific amino acid sequence by virtue of which they interact only with the ANTIGEN (or a very similar shape) that induced their synthesis in cells of the lymphoid series (especially PLASMA CELLS).

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