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Hilgers, L.A. et al.

Immunomodulating properties of two synthetic adjuvants: dependence upon type of antigen, dose, and time of administration.

The effects of two synthetic adjuvants on the antibody response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) as a thymus dependent (TD) antigen and to dinitrophenyl59-Ficoll as a thymus-independent (TI-1) antigen were investigated in mice. Both dimethyldioctadecylammonium bromide (DDA) and dextran sulfate (DXS) augmented the humoral response to SRBC but not to dinitrophenyl59-Ficoll if injected simultaneously with antigen. Dose-response curves of both antigen and adjuvant revealed that DXS compared to DDA is a more effective adjuvant for the induction of a humoral response to SRBC. Intraperitoneal injection of DDA or DXS evoked a sequence of distinct immune responsive states in mice, measured by the capacity to develop an anti-SRBC response. A short immune-potentiating period (less than 6 hr) is followed by a suppressive, second immune-potentiating state. The immune suppressive state lasted for a period of about 8 days and was restricted to TD-antigens. Suppression could be totally overridden by injection of DDA or DXS simultaneously with antigen, suggesting that the suppressive state was reversible. The kinetics of the observed alteration of the immune response by DDA and DXS were very similar. It is concluded that differences in the modulation of the immune response by DDA and DXS are limited to the initial state. Long-term effects like the induction of a succession of distinct immune responsive states, are more or less similar for both adjuvants. Possible mechanisms by which these immunomodulators interfere with the immune system are discussed.[1]

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Immunomodulating properties of two synthetic adjuvants: dependence upon type of antigen, dose, and time of administration. Hilgers, L.A., Snippe, H., Jansze, M., Willers, J.M. Cell. Immunol. (1984) [Pubmed]

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