1. Preparazione della emulsione <ol><li> L&#39;emulsione è una miscela 1:1 di antigene (DTH può essere indotto a vari antigeni: ovoalbumina, tossoide tetanico, buco della serratura patelle hemocyanin ....) in soluzione acquosa aggiunto per completare adiuvante di Freund. E &#39;molto importante aggiungere l&#39;antigene per l&#39;adiuvante e non viceversa! </li><li> Ci sono un sacco di rifiuti al momento e iniettando una emulsione, in modo sempre preparare 1,5 o 2 volte più di quello che vi serve. </li><li> Sciogliere l&#39;antigene in soluzione fisiologica per preparare un 2 mg / ml soluzione. Non filtrare, come non si vuole perdere la aggregati! </li><li> Mettete adiuvante completo di Freund H37Ra (Difco, catalogo # 231131) in una provetta e miscelare ad alta velocità. Aggiungere la goccia a goccia, mentre l&#39;antigene vortex. Quando tutti l&#39;antigene è aggiunto, vortex per 5 minuti. La miscela dovrebbe diventare bianco. </li><li> Mettere l&#39;emulsione in una siringa di vetro e collegarlo ad un altro siringa in vetro con un ponte 18G (catalogo Fisher # 14-825-17L). Invia l&#39;emulsione da una siringa all&#39;altra fino a quando diventa difficile (5-10 minuti). E &#39;meglio utilizzare due siringhe da 5 ml. Se più di 5 ml di emulsione sono necessari, usano vari gruppi di 5 siringhe ml. </li><li> L&#39;emulsione può essere memorizzato in siringhe a 4 ° C per 3 settimane. </li></ol> 2. Immunizzazione dei topi <ol><li> Mescolare l&#39;emulsione nelle siringhe per qualche minuto e il trasferimento alla siringa usata per l&#39;iniezione. Iniettare 200 ml per via sottocutanea in 1-2 siti alla base della coda con aghi 23G e una Luer-Lok tip siringa da 3 ml. </li></ol> 3. Sfida con l&#39;antigene nella parte posteriore <ol><li> Sette giorni dopo l&#39;immunizzazione, barba 2 spot sul dorso dei topi e intradermica iniettare 20 ml di una mg / ml soluzione 1 antigene in un punto e soluzione salina (o antigene irrilevante) nel punto altri. Non filtrare la soluzione antigene, come si può perdere aggregati che aumentare la reazione infiammatoria. </li><li> I ratti devono essere anesthesized per evitare movimenti. Iniettare la soluzione intradermica con 27G ½ aghi e siringhe da 1 ml. Cambia aghi tra le iniezioni. Nota: la sfida può essere fatto nel padiglione delle orecchie al posto della schiena per misure più precise. Guarda il video a <a href="/index/Details.stp?ID=325">https://www-jove-com.remotexs.ntu.edu.sg/index/Details.stp?ID=325</a> </li></ol> 4. Misura della DTH <ol><li> Il sito di iniezione inizierà a girare rosso e gonfiore in segno di infiammazione. Misurare il diametro della zona infiammata con un righello o, meglio ancora, una pinza. Il gonfiore massimo dovrebbe avvenire tra il 24 e 72 ore. </li></ol>

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	<li>Beeton, C., Chandy, K. G. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Search&doptcmdl=Citation&defaultField=Title+Word&term=Induction+and+monitoring+of+adoptive+delayed-type+hypersensitivity+in+rats.">Induction and monitoring of adoptive delayed-type hypersensitivity in rats.</a> Journal of Visualized Experiments. 8, (2007).</li></ol>

Gli autori sono co-fondatori e consulenti per Airmid Inc.

Per una misurazione più precisa della reazione DTH si consiglia sfida i topi con l&#39;antigene nel padiglione dell&#39;orecchio. La reazione può essere misurata come differenza all&#39;orecchio gonfiore tra le pertinenti antigene-sfidato l&#39;orecchio e l&#39;orecchio sfidato sia con soluzione salina da solo o con l&#39;antigene irrilevante. Una dimostrazione della sfida a livello dell&#39;orecchio mostrato in 1.

Utilizzare i reagenti sterili soluzioni e siringhe. Le siringhe di vetro e ponti 18G possono essere sterilizzati in autoclave. Leggi materiale scheda prima di maneggiare un reagente per la prima volta e indossare equipaggiamento protettivo.

induction and monitoring of active delayed type hypersensitivity (dth) in rats

Ipersensibilità di tipo ritardato (DTH) è una reazione infiammatoria mediata dai linfociti memoria CCR7-T effettrici che si infiltrano nel sito di iniezione di un antigene contro il quale il sistema immunitario è stato innescato. La reazione infiammatoria è caratterizzata da arrossamento e gonfiore nel sito di uno stimolo antigenico. Si tratta di un modello pratico per determinare l&#39;efficacia in vivo di immunosoppressori. DTH cutanea può essere indotta in seguito a trasferimenti adottivo di antigene-specifica dei linfociti T o per l&#39;immunizzazione attiva con un antigene, e la successiva sfida intradermica con l&#39;antigene per indurre la reazione infiammatoria della pelle in una zona determinata. Risposte DTH può essere indotto a vari antigeni, per esempio ovalbumina, tubercolina, tossoide tetanico, o buco della serratura patelle hemocyanin (KLH). Qui mostriamo come per indurre una reazione attiva DTH nei ratti Lewis. Per prima cosa preparare un acqua in emulsione di olio KLH, antigene di nostro interesse, in adiuvante completo di Freund e questa emulsione iniettare per via sottocutanea nei ratti. Questo sarà il primo sistema immunitario di sviluppare cellule T di memoria diretta a KLH. Sette giorni dopo ci sarà una sfida per i ratti intradermica sul retro con KLH da un lato e con ovalbumina, un antigene irrilevante, sul lato opposto. La reazione infiammatoria sarà visibile 16-72 ore più tardi e la zona rossa e gonfia sarà misurata come indice di gravità DTH.

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Induction and Monitoring of Active Delayed Type Hypersensitivity DTH in Rats

Ipersensibilità di tipo ritardato (DTH) è una reazione infiammatoria mediata dai linfociti memoria CCR7-T effettrici. Qui mostriamo come per indurre DTH attivo nei ratti Lewis e monitorare la risposta infiammatoria.

Induzione e Monitoraggio di Active ipersensibilità di tipo ritardato (DTH) in ratti

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Induction and Monitoring of Active Delayed Type Hypersensitivity (DTH) in Rats

17.7K Views.  University of California, Irvine (UCI). Ipersensibilità di tipo ritardato (DTH) è una reazione infiammatoria mediata dai linfociti memoria CCR7-T effettrici. Qui mostriamo come per indurre DTH attivo nei ratti Lewis e monitorare la risposta infiammatoria.

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Induction and Monitoring of Adoptive Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity in Rats

Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) is an inflammatory reaction mediated by CCR7- effector memory T lymphocytes that infiltrate the site of injection of an antigen against which the immune system has been primed. The inflammatory reaction is characterized by redness and swelling of the site of antigenic challenge. It is a convenient model to determine the in vivo efficacy of immunosuppressants. Cutaneous DTH can be induced either by adoptive transfer of antigen-specific T lymphocytes or by active immunization with an antigen, and subsequent intradermal challenge with the antigen to induce the inflammatory reaction in a given skin area. DTH responses can be induced to various antigens, for example ovalbumin, tuberculin, tetanus toxoid, or keyhole limpet hemocyanin. Such reactions can also be induced against autoantigen, for example to myelin basic protein (MBP) in rats with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis induced with MBP, an animal model for multiple sclerosis (1).
Here we demonstrate how to induce an adoptive DTH reaction in Lewis rats. We will first stimulate ovalbumin-specific T cells in vitro and inject these activated cells intraperitoneally to naive rats. After allowing the cells to equilibrate in vivo for 2 days, we will challenge the rats with ovalbumin in the pinna of one ear, while the other ear wil receive saline. The inflammatory reaction will be visible 3-72 hours later and ear thickness will be measured as an indication of DTH severity.

Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) is an inflammatory reaction mediated by CCR7- effector memory T (TEM) lymphocytes. Here we demonstrate how to activate antigen-specific TEM cells, induce adoptive DTH in Lewis rats and monitor the inflammatory response.

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An adoptive DTH is induced by the intraperitoneal injection of GFP-labeled Ova-specific CCR7- effector / memory T cell line (Beeton, C J. Visualized Experiments, Issue 8). Cells are then allowed to equilibrate in the rat for 48 hours before challenge by injecting one ear with saline (control ear) and the other with a 1:1 mix of Ova and Ova conjugated to Texas-Red (Ova-TR) to allow visualization of resident antigen-presenting cells.
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Here we demonstrate a method for inducing and recording the progress of a delayed type-hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction in the rat ear. This is followed by a demonstration of the preparation of rat ear tissue for two-photon imaging of the effector / memory T cell response.

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