Open AccessImmunoglobulin G subclass responses to mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan in HIV‐infected and non‐infected patients with tuberculosis
Author(s) -
COSTA C. T. K. A.,
KHANOLKARYOUNG S.,
ELLIOTT A. M.,
WASUNNA K. M. A.,
McADAM K. P. W. J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
clinical & experimental immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.329
H-Index - 135
eISSN - 1365-2249
pISSN - 0009-9104
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1993.tb03348.x
Subject(s) - lipoarabinomannan , subclass , immunology , tuberculosis , antibody , mycobacterium tuberculosis , medicine , virology , immunoglobulin g , biology , pathology
SUMMARY Immunoglohulin G subclass responses to lipoarabinomannan (LAM) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were determined by ELISA in both HIV‐1 antibody positive ( n =31) and negative ( n =43) patients with tuberculosis (TB), Responses were also studied in a group of healthy controls ( n = 16) and HIV‐1 antibody positive ( n =60) individuals without TB. IgG2 antibodies were the predominant subclass, being present in 25 of 43 non‐HIV‐infected TB patients (58%) and in 11 of 31 HIV‐infected TB patients (35%). However. HIV + TB patients also showed IgG4 ( n = 16; 52%). and IgG1 ( n =4, 13%) responses to LAM. whereas these subclasses were absent in sera from HIV TB patients. Individuals in both non‐tuberculous control groups showed no antibody responses to LAM. The influence of HIV infection on B cell responses to LAM, and possible mechanisms for antibody‐mediated regulation of immunity to TB, are explored.