title: A comparison of T cell responses to glycoprotein B (gB-1) of herpes simplex virus type 1 and its non-glycosylated precursor protein, pgB-1.
abstract: The ability of non-glycosylated precursor glycoprotein B (pgB) to induce T cell responses in herpes simplex virus (HSV) infected mice was compared with fully glycosylated glycoprotein B (gB) and with whole virus. pgB was as effective as gB in priming for virus- and glycoprotein-specific T cells. pgB could also re-stimulate virus or glycoprotein primed cells in vitro as efficiently as gB. In addition, priming with pgB protected mice against a lethal challenge with HSV type 1 (HSV-1) and could induce the early in vivo production of IL-2 and IL-3 in infected mice. In all of these responses, pgB was as effective as gB. Thus, the carbohydrate side chains on gB do not appear to be necessary for T cell recognition of this protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, UMDS, Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London, England, UK.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D006031:Glycosylation; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000517:prevention & control; D007114:Immunization; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000276:immunology*; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007376:Interleukin-2; D007377:Interleukin-3; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C040495:glycoprotein B, Simplexvirus