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Protective effects of anti-glycoprotein D monoclonal antibodies in murine herpetic keratitis Yoshitsugu Inoue, Yuichi Ohashi, Hitoshi Watanabe & Reizo Manabe To cite this article: Yoshitsugu Inoue, Yuichi Ohashi, Hitoshi Watanabe & Reizo Manabe (1992) Protective effects of anti-glycoprotein D monoclonal antibodies in murine herpetic keratitis, Current Eye Research, 11:1, 53-60, DOI: 10.3109/02713689209069167 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02713689209069167

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Current Eye Research

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Protective effects of anti-glycoprotein D monoclonal antibodies in murine herpetic keratitis Yoshitsugu Inoue, Yuichi Ohashi, Hitoshi Watanabe and Reizo Manabe ~

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Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Fukushima-ku, Osaka 553, Japan

ABSTRACT The p r o t e c t i v e e f f e c t s of p a s s i v e immunization w i t h two k i n d s of a n t i - g l y c o p r o t e i n D (anti-gD) monoclonal a n t i b o d i e s , h a v i n g d i f f e r e n t a n t i v i r a l a c t i v i t i e s , were i n v e s t i g a t e d i n murine h e r p e t i c k e r a t i t i s . One monoclonal a n t i b o d y , d e s i g n a t e d M1, had h i g h v i r u s - n e u t r a l i z i n g a n t i b o d y t i t e r s , a l o n g w i t h u n d e t e c t a b l e l e v e l s of complement-dependent c y t o l y s i s (CDC) and antibody-dependent c e l l u l a r c y t o t o x i c i t y (ADCC); t h e o t h e r , d e s i g n a t e d M12, e x h i b i t e d e x t r e m e l y low t i t e r s o f v i r u s - n e u t r a l i z a t i o n w i t h h i g h l e v e l o f CDC and ADCC. When s y s t e m i c a l l y a d m i n i s t e r e d 24 h o u r s p r i o r t o v i r u s i n o c u l a t i o n t o t h e c o r n e a , b o t h M1 and M12 a l m o s t c o m p l e t e l y p r e v e n t e d t h e development o f s t r o m a l k e r a t i t i s . The p r o t e c t i v e e f f i c a c y of b o t h w a s o b s e r v e d t o b e dose-dependent. P e p s i n - t r e a t e d M1 r e t a i n e d its efficacy i n suppressing stromal k e r a t i t i s , whereas p e p s i n - t r e a t e d M12 d i d n o t . When t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of M1 and M12 w e r e d e l a y e d , b o t h p r o v i d e d s i g n i f i c a n t ( b u t l e s s complete) p r o t e c t i o n , up t o 2 4 h o u r s a f t e r v i r u s inoculation. These r e s u l t s s u g g e s t t h a t b o t h v i r u s n e u t r a l i z a t i o n and CDC/ADCC p l a y a n i m p o r t a n t r o l e i n p r e v e n t i n g v i r u s growth i n t h e c o r n e a l stroma during t h e e a r l y s t a g e of corneal infection.

from t h e i n f e c t e d c o r n e a (1).

A s w e l l , Metcalf

and h i s c o l l e a g u e s h a v e shown t h a t s e v e r a l c l o n e s of monoclonal a n t i b o d i e s , when p a s s i v e l y administered p r i o r t o v i r u s inoculation, can prevent stromal k e r a t i t i s ( 2 , 3 ) .

However, i t

remains u n c l e a r as t o which mechanism of humoral immunity i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h i s p r o t e c t i o n . The p r e s e n t s t u d y w a s u n d e r t a k e n , u s i n g two c l o n e s o f anti-gD monoclonal a n t i b o d i e s having t o t a l l y different anti-viral

a c t i v i t i e s , to elucidate the

r o l e of v i r u s n e u t r a l i z a t i o n and CDC/ADCC i n suppressing corneal stromal i n f e c t i o n .

MATERIALS AND METHODS Cells Vero c e l l s d e r i v e d from A f r i c a n g r e e n monkey kidney and L929 c e l l s d e r i v e d from C3H mice were grown i n E a g l e ’ s minimum e s s e n t i a l medium (MEM) supplemented w i t h 5% f e t a l c a l f serum (FCS). Anima 1s f e m a l e BALB/c mice were

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A v a r i e t y o f g l y c o p r o t e i n s (gB, gC, gD, gE, gG,

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gH and g I ) p r e s e n t on t h e HSV v i r i o n e n v e l o p e and

Research conformed t o t h e D e c l a r a t i o n of H e l s i n k i

t h e c e l l membrane i n f e c t e d w i t h HSV a r e t a r g e t s

and t h e Guiding P r i n c i p l e s i n t h e Care and Use of

(Osaka, J a p a n ) .

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Animals.

n e u t r a l i z a t i o n , complement-dependent c y t o l y s i s

Virus

(CDC), antibody-dependent

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cellular cytotoxicity

(ADCC), c y t o t o x i c T lymphocyte (CTL) and d e l a y e d t y p e h y p e r s e n s i t i v i t y (DTH).

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patient with recurrent herpetic stromal k e r a t i t i s ,

w a s used t h r o u g h o u t t h e s t u d y ( 4 ) .

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g e n e r a l l y h e l d , as a r e s u l t of b a s i c and c l i n i c a l

t i t e r s w e r e determined v i a plaque t i t r a t i o n .

o b s e r v a t i o n , t h a t c e l l u l a r immunity i s o f g r e a t

Anti-gD monoclonal a n t i b o d i e s

importance i n e r a d i c a t i n g h e r p e t i c i n f e c t i o n s .

We have a l r e a d y e s t a b l i s h e d 6 c l o n e s of anti-gD

However, a r e c e n t r e p o r t by Lausch and h i s

monoclonal a n t i b o d i e s ( 4 ) .

a s s o c i a t e s r e v e a l e d t h e s i g n i f i c a n t r o l e of

w e used 2 c l o n e s , d e s i g n a t e d M1 and M12, of t h e s e

antibodies i n e f f i c i e n t l y eliminating the v i r u s

antibodies.

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Protective effects of anti-glycoprotein D monoclonal antibodies in murine herpetic keratitis.

The protective effects of passive immunization with two kinds of anti-glycoprotein D (anti-gD) monoclonal antibodies, having different antiviral activ...
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