title: Measles virus antigens induce both type-specific and canine distemper virus cross-reactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes in mice: localization of a common Ld-restricted nucleoprotein epitope.
abstract: We have studied the induction of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to measles virus (MV) antigens expressed as vaccinia virus (VV) recombinants in a murine model. In C3H mice (H-2k) only the nucleoprotein (NP) induced a CTL response and this was shown to be cross-reactive with the closely related canine distemper virus (CDV). The presentation of this antigen was shown to be Kk-restricted. In BALB/c mice (H-2d), both the haemagglutinin (HA) and the NP induced a strong CTL response, the former being serotype-specific, whereas the latter cross-reacted with CDV. Both responses were found to be Ld-restricted. Based on the prediction for Ld T cell motifs, we tested a number of MV NP-derived nonapeptides for their capacity to sensitize P815 cells (H-2d) for lysis by spleen cells from VV-NP-immunized mice. One of these peptides, comprising amino acids 281 to 289 (Tyr-Pro-Ala-Leu-Gly-Leu-His-Glu-Phe) was as effective as cells expressing the complete NP protein. This motif is conserved in the CDV NP.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'Immunologie et Stratégie Vaccinale, Institut Pasteur de Lyon, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beauverger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buckland
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Wild
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D003429:Cross Reactions / Q000276:immunology; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D008459:Measles virus / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes; D006183:H-2 Antigens; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D009698:Nucleoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C058314:nucleoprotein, Measles virus