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. 1980 Aug;29(2):642–649. doi: 10.1128/iai.29.2.642-649.1980

Lymphocyte Reactivity Contributes to Protection Conferred by Specific Antibody Passively Transferred to Herpes Simplex Virus-Infected Mice

John E Oakes 1, William B Davis 1, John A Taylor 1, William A Weppner 1,†
PMCID: PMC551174  PMID: 7216431

Abstract

Passively acquired immunity to herpes simplex virus (HSV) was studied in antithymocyte serum (ATS)-treated mice and athymic nude mice to determine whether immunocompetent lymphocytes contribute to the protection observed after transfer of HSV-specific antibody to infected animals. Mice were given three intraperitoneal injections of 0.1 ml of ATS at 24-h intervals. This treatment reduced concanavalin A and lipopolysaccharide stimulation of lymphocytes harvested from these animals by 90% when compared with the stimulation of lymphocytes harvested from untreated animals. It was found that intraperitoneal injection of 0.5 ml of specific antibody 8 h after corneal HSV type 1 infection or subcutaneous HSV type 2 infection did not protect ATS-treated animals from virus infection. Specific antibody passively transferred to ATS-treated animals 8 and 120 h postinfection also failed to protect lymphocyte-depleted animals from HSV. However, ATS-treated animals were protected from HSV infection by passively acquired antibody when lymphocytes harvested from these animals regained 80% of their ability to be stimulated with concanavalin A and lipopolysaccharide. It was also found that specific antibody conferred protection to nude mice infected with HSV only if they were first reconstituted with syngeneic thymus cells 48 h before infection. The results suggest that both antiviral antibody and thymus-derived lymphocytes contribute to the recovery of HSV-infected hosts after passive immunization.

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