title: Specific and non-specific immunity and protection of macaques against SIV infection.
abstract: The simian immunodeficiency virus is a retrovirus closely related to the human immunodeficiency viruses; it induces an AIDS-like disease in macaques, and provides therefore an obvious animal model for anti-lentiviral drug and vaccine strategy assessments. In our experiment, we immunized rhesus macaques with a purified and formalin-inactivated whole SIVmac251 antigen preparation. Most of these monkeys were still protected for more than 4 months following a heterologous SIVsm intravenous challenge. Both virus stocks, for vaccine preparation and challenge, were provided by culture supernatants of infected T cells of human origin. Four of the protected macaques were then reimmunized with the same antigen preparation and rechallenged intravenously with a homologous rhesus cell grown SIVmac251. Unexpectedly, all animals developed clinical and biological evidence of infection by day 15 after the second challenge.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neuropathologie Expérimentale et Neurovirologie, Centre de Recherches du Service de Santé des Armées, Fontenay aux Roses, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Le Grand
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vaslin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roques
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Théodoro
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Aubertin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dormont
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000382:microbiology; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D016097:Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D014611:Vaccination; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated; D014765:Viral Vaccines