title: Cross-reactivity patterns of influenza-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes from H-2Kb mutant mice.
abstract: Limit dilution cultures were used to test for influenza immune T cell populations from bm1 and bm3 mutant mice that were not lytic for virus-infected targets expressing the Kb and Db major histocompatibility complex glycoproteins. Both Kbm3- and Kbm1-restricted cytotoxic T cells were detected. Such effectors showed minimal cross-recognition of influenza on other mutant targets, except for the case of bm1 and bm10 targets. This is dissimilar to previous findings concerning vaccinia presentation in which bm3+bm11, bm1+bm9, and bm3+bm9 pairs each showed high cross-reactivity. These differences illustrate the role of the H-2K glycoprotein in immune responsiveness. Not only are multiple determinants on each H-2K glycoprotein involved in antigen presentation, they appear to play differential roles in the presentation of different viral antigens.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D000939:Epitopes; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006183:H-2 Antigens; C032876:H-2Kb protein, mouse