title: Cytotoxic lymphocytes and antibody-dependent complement-mediated cytotoxicity induced by administration of influenza vaccine.
abstract: Recently defined aspects of cellular and humoral antiviral immunity were evaluated in 10 young adults given influenza vaccines containing A/USSR/77 (H1N1) antigens. Cytotoxic lymphocytes were measured by using cryopreserved lymphocytes as effector cells and syngeneic, virus-infected lymphocytes as target cells. An assay previously developed in this laboratory was adapted for the measurement of antibody-dependent, complement-mediated cytotoxicity. Antiviral cytotoxic lymphocyte responses were detected in 5 of 10 volunteers between 3 and 10 days after the initial vaccination. These responses were found both in individuals who were previously primed and in individuals who were not primed to influenza A/USSR/77 antigens. The complement-mediated lysis assay was found to be more sensitive than the hemagglutination inhibition test and probably detected antibodies to both subtype-specific and cross-reactive antigenic determinants. These responses to influenza antigens are similar to those obtained in studies of murine influenza which indicate that cytotoxic lymphocytes and antibody-dependent, complement-mediated cytotoxicity have a role in the early response to acute infection.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D003167:Complement Activation; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000276:immunology; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007252:Influenza Vaccines