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. 1970 Jun;1(6):566–573. doi: 10.1128/iai.1.6.566-573.1970

Protective Effect of a Synthetic Polynucleotide Complex (Poly I: C) on Ocular Lesions Produced by Trachoma Agent in Rabbits

J O Oh 1, H B Ostler 1, J Schachter 1
PMCID: PMC415943  PMID: 16557777

Abstract

Live trachoma agent (TE55) injected into the anterior chamber of the rabbit eye produced the following agent-specific ocular lesions: corneal opacity, corneal neovascularization, and iritis. Three intravenous injections of 1 mg of a potent interferon (IF) inducer, polyriboinosinic acid-polyribocytidylic acid complex (poly I:C), markedly suppressed the ocular lesions produced by the trachoma agent but failed to inhibit the growth of the agent in the ocular tissues. Furthermore, a single intravenous injection of 1 mg of polyriboinosinic acid or of polyribocytidylic acid was also protective, although each failed to induce any detectable circulating IF. These results indicate that a factor or factors other than IF may play a role in the suppression of the ocular lesions produced by trachoma agent in poly I:C-injected rabbits.

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