title: Immunological studies of herpetic keratitis: induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in mouse splenocytes.
abstract: C3H/He and BALB/c mice were inoculated with herpes simplex virus (HSV) by corneal or intraperitoneal route. The mouse splenocytes were analyzed to determine the level and mode of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) induction by a cytotoxicity test, using HSV-infected L929 cells and 3T3 cells as the target cells. To enhance the activities of CTL, mouse splenocytes were restimulated by lipopolysaccharide-induced lymphoblasts (LPS-blasts) infected with HSV before assay. HSV infection by both corneal and intraperitoneal routes induced H-2 restricted T lymphocyte responses specific for HSV. This CTL response became detectable on day 6 in mice with herpetic keratitis and on day 4 with intraperitoneal infection, but 10 days after infection the CTL activities of both groups reached the same level. A high response level persisted as long as 28 days. These results suggest that the protective mechanism in herpetic keratitis is similar to the mechanism in intraperitoneal infection.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000276:immunology; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007634:Keratitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006183:H-2 Antigens; D007518:Isoantibodies; C035678:anti-Thy antibody