IgG subclasses in human immune response to wild and attenuated (vaccine) Junin virus infection

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 447 - 450
• Main Authors: Saavedra, María del Carmen, Sottosanti, Josefa María, Riera, Laura, Ambrosio, Ana María
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.2003; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Arenaviridae; Arenaviridae Infections - immunology; Arenaviridae Infections - prevention & control; Argentine hemorrhagic fever; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Hemorrhagic Fever, American - immunology; Hemorrhagic Fever, American - prevention & control; Human viral diseases; Humans; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Immunoglobulin G - classification; Infectious diseases; Junin virus - immunology; Junin virus - pathogenicity; Lassa fever and arenovirus diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Tropical medicine; Tropical viral diseases; Vaccination; Vaccines, Attenuated - immunology; Viral diseases; viral immunology; Viral Vaccines - immunology; Argentine hemorrhagic fever; Human; Immunoprotection; Immune response; Antibody; Vaccine strain; IgG; Isotype; Junin virus; Arenavirus; Infection; Virus; Prevention; Immunoprophylaxis; Viral disease; Arenaviridae; Humoral immunity
• ISSN: 0146-6615; 1096-9071
• DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10308

Different proportions of IgG subclasses have previously been reported to distinguish the immune response elicited by primary and recurrent viral infections, as well as viral vaccines. The goal of this study was to study the IgG subclasses composition in the immune response of patients with Argentine hemorrhagic fever, and vaccinees with Candid #1 strain of Junin virus. Twenty‐four individuals inoculated with Candid #1 vaccine and 67 patients with Argentine hemorrhagic fever were studied. Blood samples were drawn at 30, 60, and/or 180 days post‐inoculation with Candid #1 and 30, 60, and 90 days after clinical onset of the disease. Specific anti‐Junin virus IgG subclasses were titrated with specific human monoclonal antibody fluorescence isothiocyanate conjugate (FITC) by immunofluorescent assay (IFA). IgG1 anti‐Junin virus was found in every subject studied and IgG3 was also detected in some patients with a severe form of Argentine hemorrhagic fever. IgG2 and IgG4 were not detected in any serum sample studied. The mean titer of specific IgG1 in vaccinees was significantly lower than in patients with Argentine hemorrhagic fever (P < 0.05), but no difference was found between mild and severe cases of the disease (P > 0.05). The results of this study demonstrated a central role of IgG1 in human recovery from infection with every strain of Junin virus, an observation stressed by the immune response to Candid #1 vaccine, which resulted in no difference in IgG subclasses composition from that found in mild cases of Argentine hemorrhagic fever. J. Med. Virol. 69:447–450, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.