Immunologic Manipulation of Metastases due to Herpesvirus Transformed Cells
Ronald Duff 1,
Elizabeth Doller 1, and
Fred Rapp 1
1 Department of Microbiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), type 2 (HSV-2), and simian virus 40 (SV40) fail to induce immunity in weanling Syrian hamsters to transplant of hamster cells transformed by HSV-2. However, the development of metastatic tumors is markedly enhanced by prior immunization with HSV-1. Immunization with SV40, ultraviolet-irradiated tumor cells, or ultraviolet-irradiated normal hamster embryo cells inhibits the development of metastases. The HSV-hamster system appears a good one for the study of development, prevention, and control of metastases by mammalian cells transformed by a common human virus.