Antibodies mediating type I skin test reactions to polysaccharide and protein antigens of Candida albicans

Clin Allergy. 1976 Jan;6(1):41-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1976.tb01410.x.

Abstract

Immediate, type I, prick test reactions in man to purified fractions of Candida albicans group A were mediated by different classes of antibody. The allergens were the cell-wall polysaccharide, mannan, and 'purified' cytoplasmic protein fraction, free of mannan, prepared by passage through Sepharose-concanavalin-A. Passive transfer tests in the monkey gave immediate reactions, (1) to the purified, cytoplasmic, protein mediated by heat-labile long-term sensitizing antibody, and (2) to the polysaccharide, mannan, mediated by heat-stable short-term sensitizing antibody.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigen-Antibody Reactions
  • Antigens, Fungal*
  • Candida albicans / immunology*
  • Fungal Proteins / immunology*
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Haplorhini
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E / analysis
  • Mannans / immunology*
  • Polysaccharides / immunology*
  • Skin Tests

Substances

  • Antigens, Fungal
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Mannans
  • Polysaccharides
  • Immunoglobulin E