ovalbumin and lobenzarit

CCA(N-(2-carboxyphenyl)-4-chloroanthranilic acid disodium salt is a new synthetic compound which structurally resembles mefenamic acid. CCA induces inhibition of the adjuvant arthritis in rats and has been reported as activator of suppressor T lymphocytes. These findings stimulated to us to elucidate whether or not CCA possesses inhibitory effects on immunoglobulin E (IgE) production, an immunological system in which T suppressor cells play a cardinal role. Mice F1 (BALB/c x C57BL/6J) and C3H/A were immunized using the procedure of several s.c. injections with low dose of ovalbumin and aluminium hydroxide gel. CCA (5 mg/kg and 50 mg/kg) was administered to mice several weeks by oral route. The titers of IgE were compared in controls and treated animals using the method of passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) in rats. At a dose of 5 mg/kg CCA reduced partially the titers of IgE in treated animals with respect to controls and at a dose of 50 mg/kg this inhibition was more pronounced. These results support a potential usefulness of CCA in bronchial asthma and other immediate type allergic disorders.

Topics: Animals; Antibody Formation; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Immunization; Immunoglobulin epsilon-Chains; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; Immunosuppressive Agents; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Mice, Inbred C57BL; ortho-Aminobenzoates; Ovalbumin

The effect of disodium 4-chloro-2,2-iminodibenzoate (CCA) on IgE antibody response was examined in C3H/A and (BALB/c x C57BL/6J) F1 hybrid mice immunized with low doses of ovalbumin (OA) adsorbed on aluminium hydroxide gel. CCA administered orally at the doses of 5 and 50 mg/kg/day reduced IgE antibody production in these mice as determined by PCA test. High doses of CCA (100 mg/kg/day) given from day 7 before immunization of C57BL mice and during 1 week after immunization of mice with OA and Bordetella Pertussis Vaccine reduced the mortality of these mice subjected to anaphylactic shock on day 7 of immunization. CCA treatment was ineffective in anaphylactic shock of C57BL mice immunized with very high dose of OA, known to elicit little or no IgE antibody production but high IgG antibody response. The treatment of OA-immunized Guinea pigs with one oral dose of CCA (100 mg/kg) did not reduce mortality in protracted anaphylactic shock. Our results demonstrate that CCA inhibits IgE production as well as IgE mediated hypersensitivity reactions in mice.

Topics: Anaphylaxis; Animals; Antigens; Female; Guinea Pigs; Immunization; Immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulin G; Immunosuppressive Agents; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C3H; ortho-Aminobenzoates; Ovalbumin