OVA Peptide (323-339)

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Please do not refer to only one article to determine the experimental conditions. It is recommended to determine the optimal experimental conditions (animal strain, age, dosage, frequency and cycle, detection time and indicators, etc.) through preliminary experiments before the formal experiment.

OVA Peptide (323-339) represents a T and B cell epitope of OVA, which is important in the generation and development of immediate hypersensitivity responses in BALB/c mice. Daily aerosolization of OVA Peptide (323-339) for 20 minutes over a period of 10 days has been as effective in the stimulation of a serum anti-OVA IgE antibody response as sensitization to native OVA by the same route. After sensitization to native OVA, the majority of the IgE anti-OVA response is directed against OVA Peptide (323-339). Evaluated by hematoxylin/eosin and major basic protein immunohistochemical stainings, OVA and OVA Peptide (323-339) induce similar lung inflammation. Interestingly, significant serum total IgE and OVA-specific IgE are observed in OVA mice when compared to saline control. OVA Peptide (323-339) mice show higher serum OVA-specific IgE, OVA Peptide (323-339)-specific IgE, IL-4 and lower IFN-γ similar to OVA mice. The proliferative response to OVA is found in cultured splenocytes of both OVA and OVA Peptide (323-339) mice, while the similar proliferative response to OVA Peptide (323-339) is only observed in the splenocytes of OVA Peptide (323-339)-sensitized and challenged mice. Although OVA Peptide (323-339) induces a Th2-like response in the mouse model as does OVA, OVA Peptide (323-339) has clearly limited immunogenic potency to activate OVA-sensitized and challenged mice splenocytes, unlike OVA^[2].