title: T cell responses to BPV-4 E7 during infection and mapping of T cell epitopes.
abstract: Vaccination of cattle with the recombinant E7 protein of bovine papillomavirus type 4 (BPV-4) prior to BPV-4 infection has been shown to retard development of papillomas and accelerate their regression. To understand the mechanism of regression we have measured proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) to E7 in vitro during the course of BPV-4 infection in both vaccinated and nonvaccinated cattle. In vaccinated cattle, T cells specific for E7 could be detected at high levels shortly after challenge, whereas in nonvaccinated cattle low responses of E7-specific T cells could be detected in only a few animals at the late stages of papilloma development. Using short overlapping synthetic peptides corresponding to the E7 protein, three T cell epitopes have been identified. T1 (aa 31-59) was immunodominant and T2 (aa 70-88) and T3 (aa21-40) were minor epitopes.
authors.affiliation: Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, CRC Beatson Laboratories, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: McGarvie
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Grindlay
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Chandrachud
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: O'Neil
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Jarrett
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Campo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D052688:Bovine papillomavirus 1 / Q000276:immunology*; D052697:Bovine papillomavirus 4; D002417:Cattle; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: C086266:E7 protein, Bovine papillomavirus type 4; D000939:Epitopes; D014764:Viral Proteins