Lymphocyte proliferative responses to separated bovine herpesvirus 1 proteins in immune cattle.
AUTOR(ES)
Hutchings, D L
RESUMO
The immune response to bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) infection can protect cattle from subsequent challenge with the virus. This protection involves a variety of defensive strategies, and the activation of most of these defenses requires the recognition of viral proteins by the cellular immune system. To identify some of the BHV-1 proteins recognized by T lymphocytes, we measured in vitro proliferative responses to individual proteins. Viral proteins were separated by gel electrophoresis followed by Western immunoblotting, and immunoblots were evaluated for serological reactions. Unstained blotted fractions were processed into antigen-bearing particles for analysis in blastogenesis assays. Purified BHV-1 proteins obtained by immunoadsorbent chromatography were processed and included for comparison in both enzyme-linked immunosorbent and proliferation assays. The tegument protein VP8 and the glycoprotein gIV appeared to be the antigens which most consistently stimulated the proliferation of lymphocytes from BHV-1-immunized animals. Positive blastogenic responses were also detected to gI, gIII, and to one or more uncharacterized, low-molecular-weight proteins in some of the cattle tested. These results indicate that T-lymphocyte proliferative responses to BHV-1 proteins are detectable in immune cattle and may be important in protection from BHV-1 infection.
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