Induction of decreased fecundity by tetanus toxoid hyper-immunization in C57BL/6 mice depends on the applied adjuvant

Innate Immun. 2012 Apr;18(2):333-42. doi: 10.1177/1753425911407361. Epub 2011 Sep 16.

Abstract

It has already been shown that tetanus toxoid (TTd) hyper-immunization is a suitable experimental method for creating the animal model of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in BALB/c mice. The severity of APS pathology in BALB/c mice mainly correlates to the affinity of anti-β(2) glycoprotein I (β(2)GPI) antibodies. In this study we have investigated reproductive pathology induced in C57BL/6 mice by TTd hyper-immunization using a combination of different pretreatments (complete Freund's adjuvant or glycerol) and adjuvants (alhydrogel or glycerol). A decrease in fecundity was recorded in only C57BL/6 mice immunized with alhydrogel adjuvant, irrespective of the kind of applied pretreatment; it was associated with an increase in abundance of low affinity anti-β(2)GPI IgG antibodies and Th1 prevalence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / pharmacology*
  • Aluminum Hydroxide / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antibodies / chemistry
  • Antibodies / immunology
  • Antibody Affinity
  • Antigens / analysis
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / immunology*
  • Cardiolipins / immunology
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Fertility / immunology*
  • Freund's Adjuvant / pharmacology
  • Glycerol / pharmacology
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Pregnancy
  • Tetanus Toxoid / immunology*
  • Th1 Cells / physiology
  • Th2 Cells / physiology
  • beta 2-Glycoprotein I / immunology

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Antibodies
  • Antigens
  • Cardiolipins
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Tetanus Toxoid
  • beta 2-Glycoprotein I
  • Aluminum Hydroxide
  • Freund's Adjuvant
  • Glycerol