Abstract
Immune responses of BALB/c mice to immunopurified tetanus toxoid entrapped in dehydration-rehydration vesicles composed of equimolar egg phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol were compared to those of free toxoid. Animals were injected intramuscularly with the free or liposomal toxoid and identical injections were repeated 4 weeks and, in some experiments, 24 weeks later. Analysis of IgG 1, IgG 2a, IgG 2b, IgG 3 and IgM in the sera by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay suggested that adjuvanticity of liposomes is reflected in most antibody subclasses and that there is no shift in subclasses compared to the response obtained with the free antigen, thus establishing liposomes as a type I adjuvant. In other, appropriately designed experiments, the relative importance of events following the first and second injections in determining the adjuvant effect of liposomes was investigated. It was found that liposome adjuvanticity is the outcome of events following primary immunization.
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