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Noriaki Okamoto, Risa Chihara, Chiori Shimizu, Sogo Nishimoto, Takeshi Watanabe
Published in Volume 117, Issue 4
J Clin Invest. 2007; 117(4):997–1007 doi:10.1172/JCI30379
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Antigen-specific secondary IgG responses are induced in transplanted aLNs, but not in the spleens, of normal naive recipients even 4 weeks after transplantation.

The aLNs were formed first in NP-OVA–preimmunized BALB/c mice. After their formation, aLNs were removed and transplanted into renal subcapsular regions of naive, nonimmunized BALB/c mice. Mice were kept in cages for 3 weeks and then immunized i.v. with NP-OVA antigen (100 μg/mouse). Tissue sections of aLNs and sera of the recipient mice were collected 5 days after immunization. (AF) Immunohistochemical staining of aLNs (AC) and spleens of aLN-transplanted mice (DF) 4 weeks after transplantation. Antibodies used were as follows: FITC-labeled anti-mouse CD3, biotin-labeled anti-mouse B220, and Qdot 605 streptavidin conjugate (A and D); FITC-labeled anti-mouse CD3, biotin-labeled anti-mouse IgG1, and Qdot 605–labeled streptavidin (B and E); FITC-labeled anti-mouse IgM, biotin-labeled anti-mouse CD3, and Qdot 605 streptavidin conjugate (C and F). T, T cell; B, B cell; IgG1, IgG1 AFC; IgM, IgM AFC. Original magnification, ×100. (G) IgG1 NP-specific antibody titers in sera of aLN-transplanted BALB/c mice without immunization (Con) or immunized with NP-OVA. (H) Number of IgG1 NP-specific AFCs in aLNs and spleens of recipient BALB/c mice after immunization with NP-OVA.