title: Delivery of a MalE CD4(+)-T-cell epitope into the major histocompatibility complex class II antigen presentation pathway by Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase.
abstract: Recombinant adenylate cyclase toxoids are shown to deliver inserted foreign CD4(+)-T-cell epitopes into the major histocompatibility complex class II presentation pathway, inducing a specific CD4(+)-T-cell response in vivo and yielding in vitro stimulation of specific CD4(+) T cells at a 100-times-higher molar efficiency than the free peptide containing the epitope.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bacterial Pathogens, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jiina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Loucká
authors.forename: Géraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schlecht
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vodolánová
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sebo
mesh_terms: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000276:immunology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000201:enzymology*; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000276:immunology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D006183:H-2 Antigens; C024755:H-2K(K) antigen; C032876:H-2Kb protein, mouse; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007376:Interleukin-2; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases