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Photoperiod controls the induction, retention, and retrieval of antigen-specific immunological memory.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Prendergast, BJ; Bilbo, SD; Nelson, RJ
Published in: American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology
January 2004

Changes in day length affect several measures of immunity in seasonally breeding mammals. In Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus), short day lengths suppress specific secondary antibody responses to the keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) antigen and enhance cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses to dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB). These experiments tested whether day length affects secondary antibody and DTH responses by altering immune function solely during the interval after the initial exposure to each antigen, solely during the interval after the second exposure, or during both stages of the respective immune responses. Adult male Siberian hamsters were exposed to either a long (16 h light/day; LD) or a short (8 h light/day; SD) photoperiod for 7.5 wk before receiving an initial exposure to each antigen (KLH injection, cutaneous DNFB treatment; separate groups of animals for each antigen). A subset of LD hamsters was transferred to the SD photo-period, and a subset of SD hamsters was transferred to the LD photoperiod. Other hamsters remained in LD or SD. Eight weeks later, all hamsters were challenged with a second subcutaneous injection of KLH or a second application of DNFB to the ear, and immune responses were measured. Exposure to SD during the primary antibody response did not affect secondary IgG responses, but SD exposure during the secondary response significantly suppressed IgG production independent of day length during the initial KLH treatment. In contrast, exposure to SD during the DNFB challenge enhanced the ensuing DTH response, but this enhancement depended on the photoperiod prevailing during the initial exposure. Exposure to SD during the sensitization stage did not enhance DTH in hamsters subsequently exposed to LD. The data suggest that short photoperiods have enduring effects on immune responsiveness and on the establishment and retention of immunological memory.

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Published In

American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology

DOI

EISSN

1522-1490

ISSN

0363-6119

Publication Date

January 2004

Volume

286

Issue

1

Start / End Page

R54 / R60

Related Subject Headings

  • Reproduction
  • Physiology
  • Photoperiod
  • Phodopus
  • Male
  • Immunologic Memory
  • Immunization
  • Hypersensitivity, Delayed
  • Hemocyanins
  • Dinitrofluorobenzene
 

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Prendergast, B. J., Bilbo, S. D., & Nelson, R. J. (2004). Photoperiod controls the induction, retention, and retrieval of antigen-specific immunological memory. American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 286(1), R54–R60. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00381.2003
Prendergast, Brian J., Staci D. Bilbo, and Randy J. Nelson. “Photoperiod controls the induction, retention, and retrieval of antigen-specific immunological memory.American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 286, no. 1 (January 2004): R54–60. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00381.2003.
Prendergast BJ, Bilbo SD, Nelson RJ. Photoperiod controls the induction, retention, and retrieval of antigen-specific immunological memory. American journal of physiology Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2004 Jan;286(1):R54–60.
Prendergast, Brian J., et al. “Photoperiod controls the induction, retention, and retrieval of antigen-specific immunological memory.American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, vol. 286, no. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. R54–60. Epmc, doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00381.2003.
Prendergast BJ, Bilbo SD, Nelson RJ. Photoperiod controls the induction, retention, and retrieval of antigen-specific immunological memory. American journal of physiology Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2004 Jan;286(1):R54–R60.

Published In

American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology

DOI

EISSN

1522-1490

ISSN

0363-6119

Publication Date

January 2004

Volume

286

Issue

1

Start / End Page

R54 / R60

Related Subject Headings

  • Reproduction
  • Physiology
  • Photoperiod
  • Phodopus
  • Male
  • Immunologic Memory
  • Immunization
  • Hypersensitivity, Delayed
  • Hemocyanins
  • Dinitrofluorobenzene