Journal
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOASSAY & IMMUNOCHEMISTRY
Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 359-377Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15321810903187922
Keywords
58-kDa antigen; BALB; c mice; H; pylori; IgY antibodies; Passive immunization
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Consecutive triple doses of 1x108CFU/mL of a pathogenic H. pylori strain isolated from stomach of Egyptian patients with severe gastritis were used to establish infection in BALB/c mice model. White Leghorn hens were immunized with H. pylori whole cell lysate (HpLysate) antigen and with a highly reactive 58-kDa H. pylori (Hp58) antigen. Two months later, IgY antibodies (IgY-HpLysate IgY-Hp58) were purified from egg yolk and its efficacy was evaluated in the adopted model. Microbiological culture and immunohistochemical staining revealed that H. pylori infection was inhibited 1 week after oral passive immunization in 70% of infected BALB/c mice with a significant decrease (p0.05) in the degrees of gastritis. In conclusion, we have adapted BALB/c mice model for human H. pylori pathogenic strain and oral passive immunization with specific IgY antibodies to the 58-kDa antigen inhibited active H. pylori infection and decreased gastritis.
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