Assay in the mouse for delayed-type hypersensitivity to murine leukemia virus.
Delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH), assayed by footpad swelling, was induced in 6- to 8-week-old BALB/cCr mice immunized with formalin-inactivated, sucrose-banded murine type-C viruses. The DTH response was inducible with as little as 11.25 mug sensitizing antigen, was greatest after sc sensitization as compared to im and ip sensitization, and was optimally elicited with a 7-day challenge. A statistical evaluation of the DTH assay revealed that the test was consistently reproducible and limited only by biologic variability of the mouse and the standardization of the antigen preparation. The DTH response was specific for type-C virus subtypes because it could distinguish the Rauscher strain of murine leukemia virus from AKR leukemia virus when the challenge antigen was extracted with Tween 80-ether. Immunized mice that gave DTH responses were resistant to challenge with exogenous, live murine leukemia viruses.[1]References
- Assay in the mouse for delayed-type hypersensitivity to murine leukemia virus. Peters, R.L., Donahoe, R.M., Kelloff, G.J. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. (1975) [Pubmed]
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