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Asynchronous depression of responses to T- and B-cell mitogens during acute infection with cytomegalovirus in the guinea pig
Authors:B P Griffith  J T Lavallee  J Booss  G D Hsiung
Institution:1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, U.S.A.;2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Virology Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut, 06516 U.S.A.
Abstract:The nonspecific functional capacity of spleen cells, taken from female guinea pigs with primary acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, was assessed using lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a B-cell mitogen, and concanavalin A (Con A), a T-cell mitogen. Proliferative responses to the two mitogens were found to be significantly depressed in animals inoculated with CMV as compared to control animals. The defect in Con A responsiveness occurred earlier during the course of the infection than the defect in LPS responses. Although responses to the mitogens were depressed at the time of peak virus activity in the spleen, the possibility of lytic destruction of the spleen cells by the virus during in vitro culture was excluded. In addition, the depression in Con A responsiveness was noted with a wide range of Con A concentrations, and preculture studies failed to result in enhanced reactivity of the cells from infected animals. We conclude that reductions of both B- and T-cell functions, which differ in their timing during the course of acute CMV infection, occur concurrently with an enhanced viral specific immune response in guinea pigs acutely infected with CMV.
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