Use of synthetic peptides of influenza nucleoprotein to define epitopes recognized by class I-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
1987; Rockefeller University Press; Volume: 165; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1084/jem.165.6.1508
ISSN1540-9538
AutoresJ Bastin, Jonathan B. Rothbard, John Davey, Ian M. Jones, Alain Townsend,
Tópico(s)Immune Cell Function and Interaction
ResumoThe conserved epitopes of influenza nucleoprotein (NP) recognized by class I MHC-restricted CTL from CBA (H-2k) and C57BL/10 (H-2b) mice have been defined in vitro with synthetic peptides 50-63 and 365-379, respectively. Two Db-restricted clones were described that recognize different epitopes on peptide 365-379. Finally, the recognition of complete NP was shown to be approximately 200-fold less efficient than peptide in the cytotoxicity assay. These phenomena are closely related to results with class II-restricted T cells and they strengthen the hypothesis that influenza proteins are degraded in the infected cell before recognition by class I-restricted CTL.
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