Smith M R, Shin H S, Wood W B
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1969 Aug;63(4):1151-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.63.4.1151.
Heat-labile opsonins to pneumococci in normal mammalian sera, unlike antibodies, fail to interact with the bacteria at 0 degrees C and require Ca(++) and/or Mg(++). They are readily removed from serum by antigen-antibody complexes that fix complement (C) and are inhibited by reagents that inactivate various C components. The principal heat-labile opsonin to pneumococci is activated C3 (C3(b)), but a slight enhancing effect is exerted by one or more of the late-reacting components of the hemolytic complement system (C5-C9). Since heat-labile opsonins are immunologically polyspecific, they presumably play a broad protective role in the early (preantibody) phase of acute bacterial infections.
与抗体不同,正常哺乳动物血清中针对肺炎球菌的热不稳定调理素在0摄氏度时无法与细菌相互作用,并且需要钙离子(Ca(++))和/或镁离子(Mg(++))。它们很容易被固定补体(C)的抗原-抗体复合物从血清中去除,并被使各种补体成分失活的试剂所抑制。针对肺炎球菌的主要热不稳定调理素是活化的C3(C3(b)),但溶血补体系统的一种或多种后期反应成分(C5-C9)会产生轻微的增强作用。由于热不稳定调理素在免疫上具有多特异性,它们可能在急性细菌感染的早期(抗体前)阶段发挥广泛的保护作用。