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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Oct 28;100(22):12883-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2135542100. Epub 2003 Oct 20.

Antiviral immune responses in gene-targeted mice expressing the immunoglobulin heavy chain of virus-neutralizing antibodies.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Lars Hangartner, Beatrice M Senn, Birgit Ledermann, Ulrich Kalinke, Peter Seiler, Etienne Bucher, Raphaël M Zellweger, Katja Fink, Bernhard Odermatt, Kurt Bürki, Rolf M Zinkernagel, Hans Hengartner

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland. [email protected]

PMID: 14569006 PMCID: PMC240713 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2135542100

Abstract

Two gene-targeted immunoglobulin heavy chain transgenic mouse strains, TgH(KL25) and TgH(VI10), expressing neutralizing specificities for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and vesicular stomatitis virus, respectively, have been generated. Three days after lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection, TgH(KL25) mice showed a thymus-independent neutralizing IgM response followed by thymus-dependent (TD) IgG. In contrast, WT mice mounted only a TD IgG response around day 80. These observations indicated that not only structural properties of the virus but also immunological parameters such as the frequency of B cells were indicative for the induction of thymus-independent versus TD Ig responses. Naïve vesicular stomatitis virusspecific Ig heavy chain transgenic mice displayed greatly elevated natural antibody titers. However, despite these high naïve titers, de novo activation of naïve CD4+ T and B cells was not blocked. Therefore, B cells giving rise to natural antibodies do not participate in virus-induced antibody responses.

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