Abstract
Rat IgM and IgG was determined by mechanized "sandwich" enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using peroxidase labeled anti-rat-IgM and -IgG. Linear ranges in standard curves of a reference rat serum had a slope similar to the slopes found with sera of 25 rats of various age. IgM and IgG measurements by ELISA in these sera correlated well with results obtained by single radial immuno-diffusion (SRID). In addition, the precision of the enzyme immunoassay was the same as obtained with the SRID. Compared with SRID, ELISA is less time consuming and the amount of antiserum used in the macro-ELISA is one order of magnitude lower; and again 10 times lower in the mechanized micro-ELISA that is currently being developed. In conclusion, the ELISA is a specific, reliable, sensitive, and economic method for routine measurement of rat serum IgG and IgM e.g. in toxicity studies. In the second part of this study, ELISA and the passive hemagglutination test were compared to determine the primary and secondary antibody response to E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and tetanus toxoid in rats. In the ELISA, the antigens were bound to the wells of polystyrene microplates. Tetanus toxoid was coated directly, LPS after complexing with methylated bovine serum albumin. After incubation with dilutions of the rat sera, the amount of antibody bound to the solid phase was quantified by means of peroxidase-labeled antiimmunoglobulin. The specificity of the enzyme immunoassay was tested by absorption of the sera with the respective antigens. ELISA proved to be more sensitive than the hemagglution reaction, except when titers were determined during the secondary response to tetanus toxoid. Besides its specificity and sensitivity, ELISA is a convenient method for measuring both IgM and IgG antibodies. Finally, evidence is presented that in the rat, the humoral immune response to LPS is a thymus-independent phenomenon. Thus, by using the antibody response to LPS and tetanus toxoid in function studies of the immune system of the rat, insight can be obtained in the thymus-independent and thymus-dependent humoral immune response.
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