title: Synthetic peptides non-covalently bound to bacterial hsp 70 elicit peptide-specific T-cell responses in vivo.
abstract: We have examined the immunogenicity of complexes formed by non-covalent association of a synthetic peptide corresponding to influenza A virus nucleoprotein, residues 206-229 (pNP) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis heat-shock protein 70 (hsp 70). One or two injections of these complexes given to BALB/c mice without any additional adjuvant, were capable of eliciting very strong peptide-specific proliferative T-cell responses in the spleen. These responses were dependent on the stability of the complex since immunogenicity was lost when dissociated with ATP prior to immunization. T-cell responses to hsp 70 were easily generated by immunization with the purified chaperone alone, either after primary or secondary immunization. Injection of pNP-hsp 70 complexes, however, although generating good primary responses, resulted in very much decreased proliferative responses to the hsp 70.
authors.affiliation: MRC Tuberculosis and Related Infections Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Román
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; C048842:NP protein, Influenza A virus; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D009698:Nucleoproteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D014758:Viral Core Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate