Protective cellular immunity: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses against dominant and recessive epitopes of influenza virus nucleoprotein induced by DNA immunization

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作者
Fu, TM [1 ]
Friedman, A [1 ]
Ulmer, JB [1 ]
Liu, MA [1 ]
Donnelly, JJ [1 ]
机构
[1] MERCK RES LABS,DEPT VIRUS & CELL BIOL,W POINT,PA 19486
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10.1128/JVI.71.4.2715-2721.1997
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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DNA immunization offers a novel means to induce cellular immunity in a population with a heterogeneous genetic background. An immunorecessive cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) epitope in influenza virus nucleoprotein (NP), residues 218 to 226, was identified when mice were immunized with a plasmid DNA encoding a full-length mutant NP in which the anchor residues for the immunodominant NP147-155 epitope were altered, Mice immunized with wild-type or mutant NP DNA were protected from lethal cross-strain virus challenge, and the protection could be adoptively transferred by immune splenocytes, indicating the role of cell-mediated immunity in the protection. DNA immunization is capable of eliciting protective cellular immunity against both immunodominant and immunorecessive CTL epitopes in the hierarchy seen with virus infection.
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页码:2715 / 2721
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