Induction of specific and flavivirus--Cross-reactive CTLs by immunization with a single dengue virus-derived CTL epitope peptide.
Specificities of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) effector cells induced in BALB/c mouse by immunization with the single modified CTL epitope peptide derived from NS3 of dengue virus types 1 and 3, or that of dengue virus types 2 and 4 were examined. The effector cells included CTLs specific for the epitope peptide used for immunization and those cross-reactive to epitope peptides of other flaviviruses. A CTL clone, 2F7, was established from the effector cells. The clone 2F7 was specific for the epitope peptide used for immunization. Recognition by the effector cells was remarkably impaired by amino acid substitutions at positions 3, 5, and 6 of the epitope peptides. These results indicate that immunization with a single CTL epitope peptide of dengue viruses induces serotype-specific CTLs as well as CTLs cross-reactive to the other flaviviruses, and that the a.a. residues at positions 3, 5, and 6 are critical for cross-reaction.
Department of Biochemistry, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan. masaki@med.kindai.ac.jp
Hideyuki
H
Masaki
Yoshiki
Y
Fujii
Chiaki
C
Wakasa-Morimoto
Tomoko
T
Toyosaki-Maeda
Kiyohiro
K
Irimajiri
Takanori T
TT
Tomura
Ichiro
I
Kurane
D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D020365:RNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D043583:Nucleoside-Triphosphatase; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D000085242:Viral Proteases
D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D020365:RNA Helicases; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; C060028:NS3 protein, flavivirus; D043583:Nucleoside-Triphosphatase; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D000085242:Viral Proteases