Immune Responses to Specific Antigens of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis in the Respiratory Tract
AUTOR(ES)
Samukawa, Takao
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis are two common respiratory pathogens, colonizing as many as 54 and 72% of children, respectively, by 1 year of age. The immune responses to surface protein A of S. pneumoniae (PspA) and the high-molecular-weight outer membrane protein of M. catarrhalis (UspA) in the sera of various age groups in the general population and in the nasopharynges of 30 children monitored from birth through 1 year of age were evaluated. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) was the dominant serum antibody to PspA and UspA. Whereas the serum antibody response to PspA peaked in childhood, the antibody response to UspA peaked in adulthood. In the first 2 years of life, comparable amounts of IgM and IgG antibodies to both proteins were observed. In older persons, IgG antibodies to both antigens predominated over IgM antibodies. The levels of IgA antibody to these antigens in serum remained low during the first 2 years of life. The levels of IgM antibody to the two antigens in serum exceeded the levels of IgA antibody to the same two antigens throughout life. Although IgA was the dominant antibody to PspA and UspA in airway secretions, it was detected in a minority of the children (3 of 15 for PspA and 0 of 15 for UspA). Even the majority of the children previously colonized with these pathogens lacked antibody to them in their secretions.
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