A Commonly Recognized Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Nef Epitope Presented to Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes of Indian-Origin Rhesus Monkeys by the Prevalent Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Allele Mamu-A*02

AUTOR(ES)

Robinson, Suzanne

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The ability to monitor vaccine-elicited CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)- and simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV)-infected rhesus monkeys has been limited by our knowledge of viral epitopes predictably presented to those lymphocytes by common rhesus monkey MHC class I alleles. We now define an SIV and SHIV Nef CTL epitope (YTSGPGIRY) that is presented to CD8+ T lymphocytes by the common rhesus monkey MHC class I molecule Mamu-A*02. All seven infected Mamu-A*02+ monkeys evaluated demonstrated this response, and peptide-stimulated interferon gamma Elispot assays indicated that the response represents a large proportion of the entire CD8+ T-lymphocyte SIV- or SHIV-specific immune response of these animals. Knowledge of this epitope and MHC class I allele substantially increases the number of available rhesus monkeys that can be used for testing prototype HIV vaccines in this important animal model.

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