title: Effect of passive immunization or maternally transferred immunity on the antibody response to a genetic vaccine to rabies virus.
abstract: A plasmid vector, termed pSG5rab.gp, expressing the glycoprotein of rabies virus was tested in young adult or neonatal mice in the presence of maternally transferred immunity or passively administered antibodies to rabies virus for induction of an antibody response. Mice born to rabies virus-immune dams developed an impaired antibody response to genetic immunization at 6 weeks of age, as had been previously observed upon vaccination with an inactivated viral vaccine. Similarly, mice passively immunized with hyperimmune serum showed an inhibited B-cell response upon vaccination with the pSG5rab.gp vector, resulting in both cases in vaccine failures upon challenge with a virulent strain of rabies virus. In contrast, the immune responses of mice vaccinated as neonates in the presence of maternal immunity or upon passive immunization to rabies virus with the pSG5rab.gp construct were only marginally affected.
authors.affiliation: The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4268, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pasquini
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ertl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired / Q000276:immunology*; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000276:immunology*; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated / Q000276:immunology; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes; D011819:Rabies Vaccines; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C079096:adenovirus 5, rabies glycoprotein recombinant vaccine; C064951:glycoprotein G, Rabies virus