EPITOPE SPECIFICITY OF H-2K(B)-RESTRICTED, HSV-1-CROSS-REACTIVE, AND HSV-2-CROSS-REACTIVE CYTOTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTE CLONES
EPITOPE SPECIFICITY OF H-2K(B)-RESTRICTED, HSV-1-CROSS-REACTIVE, AND HSV-2-CROSS-REACTIVE CYTOTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTE CLONES
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DOI:
10.1006/viro.1993.1346
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发表时间:
1993-07-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
TEVETHIA, SS
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作者:
BONNEAU, RH;SALVUCCI, LA;TEVETHIA, SS
HSV-1-specific and HSV-1/HSV-2-cross-reactive H-2Kb-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones were derived from a pool of splenic memory CTL (CTLm) obtained from HSV-l-infected C57BL/6 mice. Two of the HSV-1/HSV-2-cross-reactive CTL clones recognized HSV gB since H-2bcells infected with a recombinant adenovirus vector expressing HSV glycoprotein B (gB) provided a target for these CTL clones. The CTL recognition epitope was precisely defined as HSV-1 gB residues 498-505 using synthetic peptides and conforms to a predicted H-2Kb-binding motif. Immunization of C57BL/6 mice with the free synthetic peptide corresponding to this predicted minimal epitope (HSV-1 gB498-505) resulted in the generation of HSV-gB epitope-specific CD8+CTL in the popliteal lymph nodes. The peptide-induced CTL recognize and lyse HSV-1 infected H-2bcells or cells pulsed with the synthetic peptide, gB498-505. The availability of CTL clones directed to this predicted minimal HSV CTL epitope should be helpful in understanding processing of HSV glycoprotein B and presentation of this CTL recognition epitope.