Cryptococcal capsular polysaccharide clearance in nonimmune mice. 1982

H G Muchmore, and E N Scott, and F G Felton, and R A Fromtling

Clearance of cryptococcal polysaccharide (CP) from tissues and body fluids of nonimmune mice was studied. Mice were injected intravenously only with one mg of purified CP, and serum, urine and tissues were obtained from each animal at various intervals for a period of 84 days. Tissue extracts, serum and urine were tested for CP content by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and latex agglutination. High concentrations of CP were detected by both assays one-half hour after injection in blood (serum), liver, spleen, kidney and lung (extracts). The duration of ELISA detectable CP was longest (70 days) in liver and spleen and shortest (14 days) in lung extract. By 14 days after injection, concentration of CP in the blood fell below that found in the liver and spleen. CP remained detectable (titers 32-64) after all other extracts became negative. These results indicate that CP is stored in tissues (binding mechanism and site unknown), and that the liver and spleen possess greater storage capacity than other tissues. Antibody (IgM) to CP appeared in low titer on the 14th day and thereafter.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D008297 Male Males
D011134 Polysaccharides Long chain polymeric CARBOHYDRATES composed of MONOSACCHARIDES linked by glycosidic bonds. Glycan,Glycans,Polysaccharide
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D003454 Cryptococcus A mitosporic Tremellales fungal genus whose species usually have a capsule and do not form pseudomycellium. Teleomorphs include Filobasidiella and Fidobasidium. Torula
D003455 Cryptococcus neoformans A species of the fungus CRYPTOCOCCUS. Its teleomorph is Filobasidiella neoformans. Blastomyces neoformans,Debaryomyces neoformans,Filobasidiella neoformans,Lipomyces neoformans,Saccharomyces neoformans,Torula neoformans,Torulopsis neoformans,Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii
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
D000908 Antibodies, Fungal Immunoglobulins produced in a response to FUNGAL ANTIGENS. Fungal Antibodies

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