title: CD8+-T-cell responses of Mycobacterium-infected mice to a newly identified major histocompatibility complex class I-restricted epitope shared by proteins of the ESAT-6 family.
abstract: Here we describe the identification of a new CD8(+)-T-cell epitope, the GYAGTLQSL nonamer, shared by the TB10.3 and TB10.4 proteins of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESAT-6 family. Cytotoxic T cells from mycobacterium-infected mice efficiently recognized this epitope. GYAGTLQSL-specific T-cell hybridomas, which were able to recognize Mycobacterium bovis BCG-infected macrophages, were generated and now allow investigation of mycobacterial-antigen processing through the major histocompatibility complex class I pathway.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Biologie des Régulations Immunitaires, INSERM E352, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. lmajless@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: Laleh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Majlessi
authors.forename: Marie-Jésus
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Priscille
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brodin
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leclerc
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000378:metabolism*; D006825:Hybridomas; D007114:Immunization; D008264:Macrophages / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C093276:ESAT-6 protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I