Affinity-purified respiratory syncytial virus antibodies from intravenous immunoglobulin exert potent antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity

PLoS One. 2013 Jul 19;8(7):e69390. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069390. Print 2013.

Abstract

Mixed infections are one of the major therapeutic challenges, as the current strategies have had limited success. One of the most common and widespread conditions of mixed infection is respiratory syncytial virus-mediated pathology of the respiratory tract in children. There is a dire need for the development of novel therapeutic approaches during mixed infections. Therapeutic intravenous immunoglobulin preparations, obtained from plasma pools of healthy donors have been used in immune deficiencies. This study was thus designed to characterize the functional efficacy of RSV-specific antibodies in IVIg. To explore the functional ability of these affinity-purified RSV-specific antibodies, the antibody-dependent and complement dependent cytotoxicity was determined using peripheral cells of healthy donors. This study demonstrates the existence of highly potent RSV-specific antibodies in IVIg preparations and provides the basis for the use of IVIg as broad-spectrum protective shield to RSV-infected children during mixed infections.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology*
  • Antibodies, Viral / isolation & purification*
  • Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity*
  • Cell Line
  • Child
  • Complement System Proteins / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin G / isolation & purification
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Complement System Proteins

Grants and funding

This study was Supported by Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Descartes; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme [FP7-2007–2013]-HEALTH-F2-2010-260338-ALLFUN. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. No additional external funding received for this study.