title: Amplification of rabies virus-induced stimulation of human T-cell lines and clones by antigen-specific antibodies.
abstract: The effect of antigen-specific antibodies on the response of human T-cell lines and clones to rabies virus was studied. Plasmas from rabies-immune vaccine recipients, but not those from nonimmune individuals, enhanced the proliferative response of rabies-reactive T cells to whole inactivated virus or to the purified glycoprotein and nucleocapsid from the rabies virion. Rabies-immune plasma also increased the antigen-induced production of gamma interferon by the rabies-specific T-cell lines. Experiments performed on T-cell clones specific for either rabies glycoprotein or nucleocapsid showed that immune plasma as well as antiglycoprotein and antinucleoprotein murine monoclonal antibodies possessed the capacity to increase significantly the antigen-induced proliferative responses of these clones. The overall results indicate that this in vitro effect of antigen-specific antibodies on the response of regulatory T lymphocytes to rabies virus could be an important factor in the development of effective immune responses in vivo to rabies virus.
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D002213:Capsid / Q000276:immunology; D002999:Clone Cells; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D011818:Rabies / Q000276:immunology*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D006023:Glycoproteins; D011819:Rabies Vaccines; D014758:Viral Core Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins