IDENTIFICATION OF SUBREGIONS OF BORDETELLA-PERTUSSIS FILAMENTOUS HEMAGGLUTININ THAT STIMULATE HUMAN T-CELL RESPONSES

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作者
DITOMMASO, A [1 ]
DOMENIGHINI, M [1 ]
BUGNOLI, M [1 ]
TAGLIABUE, A [1 ]
RAPPUOLI, R [1 ]
DEMAGISTRIS, MT [1 ]
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[1] SCLAVO RES CTR,VIA FIORENTINA 1,I-53100 SIENA,ITALY
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10.1128/IAI.59.9.3313-3315.1991
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), a 220-kDa protein that mediates the adhesion of Bordetella pertussis to eukaryotic cells, is a component of acellular vaccines against whooping cough. To identify the subregions of FHA that are immunogenic for T cells, 16 human T-cell clones were raised against purified FHA and tested for the recognition of recombinant and proteolytic fragments. The clones were found to map either in the carboxy-terminal or the amino-terminal part of the FHA molecule, but none of them recognized the central region, which contains a sequence that is homologous to that of the eukaryotic protein fibronectin. These data suggest that subregions of FHA that do not contain sequences that are potentially cross-reactive with self proteins may be sufficient to induce an immune response against the whole protein.
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