Lack of effect of mouse adenovirus type 1 infection on cell surface expression of major histocompatibility complex class I antigens.

AUTOR(ES)

Kring, S C

RESUMO

It has been proposed that adenoviruses establish and maintain persistent infections by reducing the class I major histocompatibility complex-associated presentation of viral antigens to cytotoxic T lymphocytes, leading to ineffective cell-mediated immunity and impaired clearance of infected cells (W.S.M. Wold and L. R. Gooding, Virology 184:1-8, 1991). Early region 3 of human adenovirus types 2 and 5 encodes a 19-kDa glycoprotein that associates with the class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens in the endoplasmic reticulum and prevents their maturation and transport to the cell surface. Early region 1A of human adenovirus type 12 encodes a protein that inhibits class I MHC mRNA production at the transcriptional or posttranscriptional processing level. Unlike human adenovirus infections, however, mouse adenovirus type 1 (MAV-1) infection of a variety of cell types did not affect the surface expression of 10 different mouse class I MHC allotypes. MAV-1-infected cells also regenerated cell surface class I MHC antigens following proteolytic removal as efficiently as mock-infected cells. The ability of cells to present antigen to class I MHC (Kb)-ovalbumin-specific T-cell hybridoma cells was likewise unaltered by MAV-1 infection. Thus, the ability of MAV-1 to persist cannot be explained by the model of reduced class I MHC-associated antigen presentation proposed for human adenoviruses.

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