[Immunologic analysis of the pathology developing in mice as a results of intrauterine infection with the influenza virus]

Vopr Virusol. 1984 Mar-Apr;29(2):162-6.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The progency of C57BL/6 mice consisting of three groups: with signs of slow influenza infection ("dwarf"), "nude-like" resembling nude mice, and "nude-like" with spontaneous fur growth, was examined. The slow influenza infection in "dwarf" mice was found to be characterized by marked immunosuppression manifested by a sharp reduction of the number of antibody- and rosette-forming cells and blasttransformation of spleen lymphocytes into T- and B-mitogens. The most marked immuno-suppression was found in the "dwarfs" born to the females infected with the virus enriched with standard virions. "Nude-like" animals also had marked immunosuppression (particularly with regard to the rosette-formation), however, the "dwarfs" appeared to have more marked affection of B-cells as compared with "nude-like" mice. Gradual restoration of fur in a portion of "nude-like" animals (spontaneous growth) was due to sharp stimulation of immune responsiveness in them as manifested by a two-fold (as compared with the controls) increase in the number of antibody- and rosette-forming cells and normalization of spleen cell response to T- and B-mitogens. Differences between nude and "nude-like" mice consisting in the latter in the affection of not only T- but also B-link of immunity are discussed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibody Formation
  • Antibody-Producing Cells / immunology
  • Defective Viruses / pathogenicity
  • Dwarfism / immunology
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / immunology*
  • Immunity, Cellular
  • Influenza A virus / pathogenicity
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / immunology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / immunology*
  • Rosette Formation
  • Slow Virus Diseases / immunology*