Peptide-specific CTL induction in HBV-seropositive PBMC by stimulation with peptides in vitro : novel epitopes identified from chronic carriers

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Peptide-specific CTL induction in HBV-seropositive PBMC by stimulation with peptides in vitro : novel epitopes identified from chronic carriers
Author(s)
Hee Gu Lee; Jong-Seok Lim; Ki Young Lee; Yong Kyung Choe; In Seong Choe; Tai Wha Chung; Kil Hyoun Kim
Bibliographic Citation
Virus Research, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 185-194
Publication Year
1997
Abstract
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) recognize and destroy virus-infected cells, and it has been established that epitope-based peptides could induce such CTL in vivo as well as in vitro. In this study attempts were made to define the epitopes that are recognized by the CTL, and thus a series of 9- to 10-mer peptides derived from the amino acid sequences of hepatitis B virus (HBV) proteins were synthesized on the basis of the previously described HLA- A2 peptide binding motif. The binding assay of the synthetic peptides using transporter-associated with antigen processing (TAP)-deficient human cell line, T2, showed that eight out of 11 peptides tested enhanced the expression of HLA-A2 molecules on the T2 cell surface. Some of these peptides triggered activation of CTL in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HBV-seropositive chronic carriers. The activated CTL in turn recognized and killed the T2 cells pulsed with the same peptides. This study shows that novel HLA-A2- restricted epitopes exist in the natural repertoire of immunity against HBV. These findings can be useful in developing peptide-based therapeutics against vital infections.
Keyword
CTLEpitope peptideHepatitis B virusHLA-A2
ISSN
0168-1702
Publisher
Elsevier
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1702(97)00068-3
Type
Article
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Division of Biomedical Research > Immunotherapy Research Center > 1. Journal Articles
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