Detection of cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for synthetic peptides of gp160 in HIV-seropositive individuals
| Autor: | M Clerici, D R Lucey, R A Zajac, R N Boswell, H M Gebel, H Takahashi, J A Berzofsky, G M Shearer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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| Zdroj: | The Journal of Immunology. 146:2214-2219 |
| ISSN: | 1550-6606 0022-1767 |
| Popis: | Four synthetic peptides corresponding to the IIIB sequence of gp160 of HIV were recently reported to stimulate Th cell function by PBL from HIV-infected, asymptomatic patients. In the present report, we used these same peptides to demonstrate CTL activity in a similar patient population. EBV-transformed B-cell lines from asymptomatic, HIV seropositive and seronegative control donors were pre-incubated with the peptides. Fresh PBL from 19 (76%) of 25 HIV seropositive donors lysed autologous targets pulsed with at least one of the four peptides. Autologous targets pulsed with two non-immunogenic peptides were not lysed. PBL from none of the eight HIV seronegative controls lysed peptide-preincubated autologous targets. The CTL activity was mediated by T cells, was predominantly MHC class I restricted, and was increased by in vitro restimulation of PBL with the peptides. HLA A-2 was identified as a restricting element for all four peptides in different patients, and for three of the peptides in the same donor. HLA-A1 or -B8 may also present some of the peptides. Thus, the same peptides can be recognized by human Th cells and class I MHC-restricted CTL. |
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