Human Immune Responses to Dengue Viruses.
Abstract
We are developing techniques for detecting viral-specific and non-specific lytic destruction of cells infected with dengue virus. This year we developed a persistently infected human lymphoblastoid cell line which has been used as the target cell system for detecting antibody-dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), and to detect complement-dependent antibody mediated lysis of dengue virus infected cells. These assays presently use dengue-type 2 virus infected Raji cells as the target cells. Polyclonal hyperimmune murine sera to dengue types 2 or 4, which is type specific in neutralizing antibody assays, and convalescent human serum contain antidbodies which lyse dengue-2 infected cells in the presence of normal human peripheral blood lymphocytes in this ADCC assay. Hyperimmune polyclonal antisera to dengue 2 virus plus complement lyse dengue 2 infected cells; however, antiserum to dengue 4 virus does not kill dengue 2 infected cells in the presence of complement. This apparent subtype specificity of the complement dependent lytic antibody is unlike the cross-reactive killing of infected target cells in the ADCC assay in which dengue 2 infected cells are killed by hyperimmune antisera to dengue-4 as well as to dengue-2. The lymphocyte responsible for cell lysis in the ADCC assay appears to be T3(-) and OKM 1(+).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA171382
Entities
People
- Francis A. Ennis
Organizations
- University of Massachusetts Medical School