title: Priming of cytotoxic T lymphocytes at various stages of ontogeny with transfectoma cells expressing a chimeric Ig heavy chain gene bearing an influenza virus nucleoprotein peptide.
abstract: The amino acid residues 147-161 of the nucleoprotein (NP) of influenza virus represent a T cell epitope recognized by cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) in association with Kd class I molecules. When SP2/0 myeloma B cells are transfected with a chimeric heavy chain gene bearing this particular NP(147-161) peptide, they are lysed by CTLs specific for the NP(147-161) peptide. Cells that are transfected with this heavy chain chimera and the parental light chain secreted a soluble Ig-NP chimera and were also lysed by the CTLs. Herein, we present evidence that transfectoma cells are able to induce in vitro proliferation of NP specific CTL, whereas immobilized Ig-NP chimeras do not. Furthermore, the transfectoma cells expressing the chimeric heavy chain prime NP specific CTLs in adult as well as in newborn mice, while SP2/0 cells coated with NP(147-161) synthetic peptide do not. These data indicate that the NP peptide needs to be cleaved from the Ig context in order to be presented to T cells and that only endogenously generated NP peptide is immunogenic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuzu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuzu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zaghouani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bona
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000276:immunology; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D007114:Immunization; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014162:Transfection; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; C048842:NP protein, Influenza A virus; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D009698:Nucleoproteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014758:Viral Core Proteins