title: Relative dominance of epitope-specific CD8+ T cell responses in an F1 hybrid mouse model of respiratory syncytial virus infection.
abstract: CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes are key effectors of adaptive immunity for the control of virus infections. Epitope-specific responses are hierarchical and the rules for dominance are not well defined. Here we show that the H2-Kd-restricted RSV M2(82-90) (KdM2(82-90)) epitope dominates the H2-Db-restricted RSV M187-195 (DbM187-195) epitope and influences epitope-specific effector function in the acute and memory phases of the immune response to primary RSV infection in H-2b/d hybrid mice. The hybrid mouse model provides a system to define rules of epitope hierarchy and better understand how antigen presentation and epitope competition affect the phenotype of effector and memory T cells.
authors.affiliation: Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Building 40, Room 2502, 40 Convent Drive, MSC 3017, Bethesda, MD 20892-3017, USA.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rutigliano
authors.forename: Tracy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Ruckwardt
authors.forename: Julie E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Barney S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic / Q000276:immunology; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / Q000276:immunology*; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes