Effect of digestion on stability of palivizumab IgG1 in the infant gastrointestinal tract.

Pediatric Research
Jiraporn LueangsakulthaiDavid C Dallas

Abstract

Potentially, orally administered antibodies specific to enteric pathogens could be administered to infants to prevent diarrheal infections, particularly in developing countries where diarrhea is a major problem. However, to prevent infection, such antibodies would need to resist degradation within the gastrointestinal tract. Palivizumab, a recombinant antibody specific to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), was used in this study as a model for examining the digestion of neutralizing antibodies to enteric pathogens in infants. The survival of this recombinant IgG1 across digestion in 11 infants was assayed via an anti-idiotype ELISA and RSV F protein-specific ELISA. Concentrations were controlled for any dilution or concentration that occurred in the digestive system using mass spectrometry-based quantification of co-administered, orally supplemented, indigestible polyethylene glycol (PEG-28). Binding activity of Palivizumab IgG1 decreased (26-99%) across each phase of in vivo digestion as measured by both anti-idiotype and RSV F protein-specific ELISAs. Antibodies generated for passive protection of the infant gastrointestinal tract from pathogens will need to be more resistant to digestion than the model antibody fed to infant...Continue Reading

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