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The Active E-Rosette Test: A Sensitive in Vitro Correlate for Human Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity

From the Virology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland 21701

Abstract

The "active" rosette test was adapted as an in vitro assay and correlated with human delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity (DCH) to two microbial antigens. Peripheral lymphocytes were purified from donors known to be responders or nonresponders to PPD-tuberculin or tularemia on the basis of prior DCH reactions. Skin test antigen, incubated with lymphocytes from antigen-sensitive donors, produced a significant increase (+2 S.D.) in the ability of the lymphocytes to form active rosette-forming cells (A-RFC) when compared to lymphocytes cultured without antigen. Skin test antigen incubated with lymphocytes from nonsensitive donors produced no increase in their A-RFC. The optimal dose of each antigen was approximately 100 ng/ml. The percentage of A-RFC rose to maximum levels between 3 and 4 hr after the addition of antigen to the lymphocytes incubated at 37°C. The assay appears to be specific for the antigen to which the individual demonstrates DCH. This assay may provide a new in vitro method for investigating mechanisms of cell-mediated immunity and a rapid diagnostic test for sensitization to microbial antigens.

Footnotes

¹ Present address: Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19174.

² Address reprints to Dr. Robert Edelman, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland 21701.

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