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Comparative Study
. 1990 Oct;8(5):497-502.
doi: 10.1016/0264-410x(90)90253-i.

Enhanced pulmonary histopathology is observed in cotton rats immunized with formalin-inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or purified F glycoprotein and challenged with RSV 3-6 months after immunization

B R Murphy  1 , A V Sotnikov, L A Lawrence, S M Banks, G A Prince
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Comparative Study

Enhanced pulmonary histopathology is observed in cotton rats immunized with formalin-inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or purified F glycoprotein and challenged with RSV 3-6 months after immunization

B R Murphy et al. Vaccine. 1990 Oct.

Abstract

Formalin-inactivated (FI) RSV, purified F glycoprotein in alum, and RSV infection (intranasal) were compared for their immunogenicity, efficacy, and ability to enhance pulmonary histopathology during RSV infection 3 and 6 months following immunization by the intramuscular route. Purified influenza virus in alum was used as a control immunogen. At 1 month following immunization with one dose of purified F glycoprotein (5 micrograms), cotton rats developed levels of F antibodies (ELISA) higher than the other groups, but these antibodies had the lowest level of neutralizing activity, Little increase in antibody titre was seen following a second dose of FI-RSV or purified F vaccine given at 1 month. Animals that received 5 micrograms F, 0.5 microgram F, or were almost completely resistant to pulmonary RSV infection following challenge at 3 months, but were susceptible by 6 months. Animals immunized with 5 micrograms of purified F glycoprotein developed alveolar and bronchiolar histopathology following RSV challenge at 3 or 6 months which was comparable to that of animals immunized with FI-RSV. These levels significantly exceeded those in animals previously immunized with influenza A virus vaccine which exhibited little histopathology. Animals previously infected with RSV also developed bronchiolar, but not alveolar, histopathology suggesting that the bronchiolar histopathology seen in RSV challenged cotton rats is a normal component of the immune resolution of RSV infection. These results suggest that the immune response of cotton rats to immunoaffinity purified F glycoprotein can result in enhanced bronchiolar and alveolar histopathology following RSV challenge. Thus, caution should be exercised in studies in humans using a purified F glycoprotein subunit vaccine.

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