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Characterization of accessory cell function during acute infection of BALB/cByJ mice with mouse hepatitis virus (MHV), strain JHM.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1658437     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Earlier studies revealed defective concanavalin A-stimulated proliferation and cytokine production by spleen cells derived from BALB/cByJ mice acutely infected with mouse hepatitis virus (MHV), strain JHM. Based on those observations, assays of in vitro antigen-presenting cell (APC) function were undertaken. APC function of unfractionated spleen cells from individual MHV-infected mice was highly variable. Experiments using pooled spleen cells derived from MHV-infected mice revealed that adherent spleen cell APC function was impaired to a much greater degree than B cell APC function. Adherent cells derived from peritoneal exudates of infected mice exhibited an APC defect that was similar in magnitude to that observed for splenic adherent cells. Splenic B cells derived from acutely infected BALB/cByJ mice harbored infectious MHV. In contrast, lysates of adherent spleen cells from acutely infected mice did not kill intracerebrally inoculated neonatal mice, but did induce seroconversion among all survivors. Despite impairment of APC function of cells derived from MHV-infected donors, neither indomethacin nor accessory cells from uninfected control mice restored concanavalin A-induced proliferative responses of spleen cells collected from acutely infected mice. These results and those of earlier studies suggest that, although APC function is impaired, in vitro T cell dysfunction exhibited by spleen cells from MHV-JHM-infected donors is probably related to an inherent proliferative defect subsequent to T cell activation. Defective concanavalin A-stimulated proliferation does not appear to be secondary to accessory cell function suppression or to inhibitory factors secreted by accessory cells.
Authors:
M S de Souza; A L Smith
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Laboratory animal science     Volume:  41     ISSN:  0023-6764     ISO Abbreviation:  Lab. Anim. Sci.     Publication Date:  1991 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1991-11-25     Completed Date:  1991-11-25     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1266503     Medline TA:  Lab Anim Sci     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  112-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Disease
Animals
Antigen-Presenting Cells / immunology*
Ascitic Fluid / immunology
B-Lymphocytes / immunology
Cell Separation
Cells, Cultured
Concanavalin A
Female
Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / immunology*
Indomethacin / pharmacology
Lymphocyte Activation* / drug effects
Macrophages / immunology
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Inbred C3H
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Murine hepatitis virus / immunology*
Spleen / cytology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
RR04507/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
11028-71-0/Concanavalin A; 53-86-1/Indomethacin

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