Jul, 2004
Age-dependent hantavirus-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses in mice infected with Hantaan virus
ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY
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- Volume
- 149
- Number
- 7
- First page
- 1373
- Last page
- 1382
- Language
- English
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- DOI
- 10.1007/s00705-003-0285-4
- Publisher
- SPRINGER WIEN
To investigate age-dependent differences in hantavirus-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses, mice were inoculated with 0.1 50% newborn mouse lethal dose of Hantaan virus (HTNV) at 0, 3, 7, 14, or 35 days after birth. HTNV-specific CD8(+) T cells producing gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) were measured on day 30 after HTNV inoculation. Although no IFN-gamma-producing HTNV-specific CD8(+) T cells were detected in most of the mice inoculated with HTNV on day 0 after birth, most mice inoculated at 3, 7, 14, or 35 days had HTNV-specific CD8(+) T cells. The production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) by IFN-gamma-producing CD8(+) T cells and the cytotoxic activity against HTNV-infected target cells were similar in immature and adult mice. However, the number of IFN-gamma-producing HTNV-specific CD8(+) T cells was significantly less in mice inoculated with HTNV at 3 days than in older mice. In addition, a strong correlation between HTNV persistence and a lack of HTNV-specific CD8(+) T cells was observed. These results suggest that mice over 7 days old have the ability to induce functional HTNV-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses that are indistinguishable from the responses of adult mice, and that HTNV-specific CD8(+) T cells are important for clearance of HTNV.
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- DOI : 10.1007/s00705-003-0285-4
- ISSN : 0304-8608
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000222241100008