Background: Numerous data obtained by different research laboratories around the world indicate that specific IgE production is triggered independently of specific IgG or IgA production and so did not linked to fully matured germinal centers of secondary lymphoid organs. The aim of this study is to clarify whether specific IgE production is triggered by low antigen doses administrated in tertiary lymphoid structure enriched tissues.Methods: OVA in different doses (100 ng or 10 µg) was administrated three times a week for 4–5 weeks intraperitoneally and subcutaneously to female BALB/c mice in the withers region enriched in fat-associated lymphoid clusters and in foot pad region not containing them.Results: OVA-specific IgE was predominantly induced by low but not by high antigen doses and only after immunization in withers. IgE isotype switching was triggered exclusively in withers adipose tissue but not in regional lymph nodes though mature IgE expressing cells were observed both in tissue and lymph nodes. Anti-proliferative genotoxic stress inducing drugs shifted the balance from IgG1 towards IgE production.Conclusion. Tertiary lymphoid structures possess unique environment where B-cell antibody isotype switching to IgE predominantly occurs. These phenomena are explained by hampered proliferation of B-cells in these structures.
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