title: Cellular immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigen culture filtrate protein-10 in south India.
abstract: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis)-specific culture filtrate protein-10 (CFP-10) is highly recognized by M. tuberculosis infected subjects. In the present study, the proliferative response and IFN-gamma secretion was found for C-terminal peptides of the protein (Cfp6(51-70), Cfp7(61-80), Cfp8(71-90), and Cfp9(81-100)). The alleles HLA DRB1 *04 and HLA DRB1 *10 recognized the C-terminal peptides Cfp7, Cfp8, and Cfp9 in HHC. Cfp6 was predominantly recognized by the alleles HLA DRB1 *03 and HLA DRB1 *15 by PTB. The minimal nonameric epitopes from the C-terminal region were CFP-10(56-64) and CFP-10(76-84). These two peptides deserve attention for inclusion in a vaccine against tuberculosis in this region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Tuberculosis Research Centre (ICMR), Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Madhan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Jagadish C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sundaramurthi
authors.forename: Narinder K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Mehra
authors.forename: Gurvinder
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Alamelu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raja
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C412542:CFP 6 protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; C117940:CFP-10 protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D007371:Interferon-gamma