title: T helper cell-independent antibody responses to the transgene product of an e1-deleted adenoviral vaccine require NK1.1 T cells.
abstract: Mice lacking CD4(+) T cells due to a knock-out mutation respond to vaccination with a replication-defective adenoviral recombinant expressing the glycoprotein of rabies virus with a long-lasting virus-neutralizing antibody response. The vaccine-induced B cells secrete antibodies that are mainly of IgG isotypes. The response can be enhanced upon booster immunization, indicating the induction of B cell memory in the absence of CD4(+) T cells. The antibody response is independent of CD8(+) T cells but requires the presence of CD3(+) cells carrying the NK1.1 markers.
authors.affiliation: The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: H C J
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ertl
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000941:Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D000950:Antigens, Ly; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000502:physiology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D007114:Immunization; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D055651:NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily B; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000276:immunology*; D019076:Transgenes; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000941:Antigens; D000950:Antigens, Ly; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D006023:Glycoproteins; C527211:Klrb1c protein, mouse; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D055651:NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily B; D011506:Proteins; D011819:Rabies Vaccines; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C064951:glycoprotein G, Rabies virus