In Vitro Heterologous Cytotoxicity by T Effector Cells from Mice Immunized with Sindbis Virus

  • Peck R
  • Brown A
  • Wust C
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An in vitro correlate of cell-mediated cross-protection among α-viruses was demonstrated by cytotoxicity of Sindbis-immune spleen cells from mice to both Sindbis and Semliki Forest virus (SFV)-infected target cells. This cytotoxicity was shown to be mediated by the T cell population of the spleen and was independent of the presence of macrophages or B cells. The time when the level of the lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity (LMC) to SFV-infected cells was maximal coincides with the time when immunity to SFV is maximal in vivo, as reported previously, and when adoptive immunity to SFV can be transferred.After one i.p. injection of Sindbis virus, the level of homologous LMC was higher than the level of heterologous LMC. However, following a second injection of Sindbis virus as immunogen, at a time when the mice are cross-protected to SFV, the heterologous LMC was considerably higher than homologous LMC. We propose that there is suppression of the effector T cells specific for Sindbis-infected cells after the second immunizing injection, probably by homologous antibody. In contrast, there appears to be an anamnestic cell-mediated response to SFV.

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Peck, R., Brown, A., & Wust, C. J. (1979). In Vitro Heterologous Cytotoxicity by T Effector Cells from Mice Immunized with Sindbis Virus. The Journal of Immunology, 123(4), 1763–1766. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.123.4.1763

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