Kohanawa M, Asano M, Minagawa T, Nakane A. Macrophage antigen-1 positive cells are essential in the defense against Theiler's virus strain GD VII infection in the spinal cord.
Microb Pathog 1997;
23:33-8. [PMID:
9250778 DOI:
10.1006/mpat.1996.0125]
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Abstract
Acute encephalomyelitis caused by Theiler's virus strain GD VII resembles human poliomyelitis, and T cells are essential in eliminating the virus from the brain, though not from the spinal cord. We speculated that macrophage-lineage cells might play a crucial role in eliminating the virus from the spinal cord. To analyse the role of macrophage-lineage cells in the infection, antibodies specific for beta2 integrin, as well as an anti-leukocyte function antigen 1 (LFA-1) monoclonal antibody (MAb) and an anti-complement receptor type 3 (CR3) MAb were used to deplete the corresponding cell populations in Theiler's virus-infected mice. Infiltration of CD8+ T cells into the brain and spinal cord was inhibited by the administration of the anti-LFA-1 MAb, and viral replication was augmented only in the brain. The number of CD4+ T cells and macrophage antigen-1 (Mac-1[+]) cells in the brain and spinal cord were not decreased by anti-LFA-1 MAb treatment. Anti-CR3 MAb treatment led to decrease of Mac-1(+) cells in the brain and spinal cord. The viral replication in the spinal cord of anti-CR3 MAb treated mice was augmented, but not that in the brain. These results indicate that the defense mechanism against Theiler's virus strain GD VII is dependent on Mac-1(+) cells in the spinal cord.
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