title: Characterization of T cell epitopes on the envelope glycoprotein of simian retrovirus 1 and 2 (SRV-1 and SRV-2) in several mouse strains.
abstract: Various mouse strains were immunized with either SRV-1 or SRV-2 virus adsorbed on alum. Seven to 14 days later spleen cells were removed, and spleen cells were cultured with varying amounts of SRV-1 virus and SRV-2 virus, or varying amounts of selected SRV-1 and SRV-2 synthetic envelope peptides to determine their ability to initiate T cell proliferative responses. Our studies demonstrated that all mouse strains tested gave strong proliferative responses with SRV-2 virus. In contrast, SRV-1 virus induced T cell proliferative responses only in H-2k mouse strains. This apparent major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restriction of SRV-1 virus-induced T cell proliferation correlates with the increased pathogenicity of SRV-1 virus in rhesus monkeys. The SRV envelope peptide 233-249 which is shared by both SRV-1 and SRV-2 virus initiates strong proliferative responses in both SRV-1 and SRV-2 virus immunized mice. The SRV-2 envelope peptide 96-102 initiates significant proliferative responses in SRV-2 immunized mice, and constitutes both a T and B cell epitope. The SRV-2 envelope peptide 127-152 has a 70% homology with the C-terminal region of SRV-1 peptide 142-167. The ability of SRV-2 peptide 127-152 to initiate T cell proliferation in SRV-1 virus immunized mice and the failure of the SRV-1 peptide 142-162 to initiate proliferation suggests that the region encompassing residues 160-167 must represent a T cell epitope in mice immunized with SRV-1 virus.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton 97006.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malley
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benjamini
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pangares
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Axthelm
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes; D015686:Gene Products, env / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology; D015301:Retroviruses, Simian / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes; D015686:Gene Products, env; D010455:Peptides; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins