Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
Abstract
ABSTRACT
During secondary immune responses to influenza virus, virus-specific T memory cells are a major source of gamma interferon (IFN-γ). We assessed the contribution of IFN-γ to heterologous protection against the A/WSN/33 (H1N1) virus of wild-type and IFN-γ−/− mice previously immunized with the A/HK/68 (H3N2) virus. The IFN-γ−/− mice displayed significantly reduced survival rates subsequent to a challenge with various doses of the A/WSN/33 virus. This was associated with an impaired ability of the IFN-γ−/− mice to completely clear the pulmonary virus by day 7 after the challenge, although significant reduction of the virus titers was noted. However, the IFN-γ−/− mice developed type A influenza virus cross-reactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) similar to the wild-type mice, as demonstrated by both cytotoxicity and a limiting-dilution assay for the estimation of CTL precursor frequency. The pulmonary recruitment of T cells in IFN-γ−/− mice was not dramatically affected, and the percentage of CD4
+
and CD8
+
T cells was similar to that of wild-type mice. The T cells from IFN-γ−/− mice did not display a significant switch toward a Th2 profile. Furthermore, the IFN-γ−/− mice retained the ability to mount significant titers of WSN and HK virus-specific hemagglutination-inhibiting antibodies. Together, these results are consistent with a protective role of IFN-γ during the heterologous response against influenza virus independently of the generation and local recruitment of cross-reactive CTLs.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology
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