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Immunity and responses of circulating leukocytes and lymphocytes in monkeys to aerosolized staphylococcal enterotoxin B.

Department of Experimental Pathology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307.

ABSTRACT

Rhesus monkeys immunized intramuscularly or orally with staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) toxoid or SEB toxoid incorporated in microspheres made of poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) were challenged with a lethal dose of aerosolized SEB to study their immunity and cellular responses in the circulation. It was found that circulating antibodies play a critical role in preventing SEB from triggering toxicosis. Monkeys with high levels of antibodies survived, while those with low levels underwent 2 to 3 days of toxicosis and died. Intramuscular immunization induced high levels and oral immunization induced low levels of antibodies. The circulating antibodies in surviving monkeys decreased dramatically within 20 min and started to rebound at 90 min after SEB challenge. At 90 min, the dying monkeys showed in the circulation a dramatic increase of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and decreases of NK cells and monocytes (CD16 and CD56 markers) as well as of lymphocytes with HLA-DR, CD2, CD8, and IL2R alpha (CD25) markers. The number of polymorphonuclear leukocytes showed an inverse correlation with the numbers of monocytes and various lymphocyte subpopulations which, except for IL-2R, CD16, and CD56(+) cells, showed a direct correlation with one another. The changes in the populations of leukocytes, monocytes, NK cells, and lymphocytes seem to be an indication of initial toxicosis; however, the roles of these cells in toxicosis and death remain to be defined.

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