title: Estimation of the B lymphocyte precursor frequencies to herpes simplex type 1 glycoproteins by a limiting dilution assay.
abstract: The precursor frequency of B lymphocytes from Balb/c mice producing HSV-1 glycoprotein B (gB), glycoprotein C (gC), and glycoprotein D (gD) antibody was determined by limiting dilution analysis under conditions to detect antibody from the clonal progeny of a single B cell precursor. In spleens of naive mice the average gC frequency was 1/48,917 +/- 5,550, while gD was 1/73,330 +/- 15,898, and gB frequency was in excess of 1/100,000. Immunization with live HSV-1 (KOS) increased the B cell frequencies of all three glycoproteins to approximately 1:3,000; however, the serum gB antibody ELISA titer was fivefold higher than gC or gD.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002999:Clone Cells; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C040495:glycoprotein B, Simplexvirus; C039447:glycoprotein D, Human herpesvirus 1; C038535:glycoprotein gC, herpes simplex virus type 1