Figure 2

AMD3100 in wild-type mice does not interfere with the humoral or the cellular response. At the end of the two week treatment (day 41), blood was collected from five mice out of each group. (a) Sera of individual mice were analyzed for total anti-CII IgG, using an absolute standard. Bars represent averages plus standard error of the mean of five mice. (b) Equal quantities of the sera were pooled for detection of anti-CII IgG2b and IgG1, using a standard in arbitrary U/ml; standard = 1,000 U/ml. (c) Delayed type hypersensitivity reactivity against CII. Ten mice were immunized with CII/complete Freund's adjuvant and implanted with osmotic pumps containing AMD3100 or PBS on day 7. On day 17 after immunization, five mice in each group were challenged with 10 μg of CII in the right ear and vehicle in the left. Delayed type hypersensitivity responses were measured as the percentage of ear swelling (i.e. 100 × the difference between the increase of thickness of the right and the left ear, divided by the thickness of the ear before challenge) at the indicated times. Bars represent averages ± standard error of the mean for five mice.