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ArticleInfection and immunity2008

Identification of an HLA-A*0201-restricted T-cell epitope on the MPT51 protein, a major secreted protein derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, by MPT51 overlapping peptide screening.

Taiki Aoshi, Toshi Nagata, Mina Suzuki, Masato Uchijima, Dai Hashimoto, Alireza Rafiei, Takafumi Suda, Kingo Chida, Yukio Koide

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. T cells in mycobacterial infection and disease.Current opinion in immunology · 2009
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Taiki AoshiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handa-yama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan.
Toshi Nagata
Mina Suzuki
Masato Uchijima
Dai Hashimoto
Alireza Rafiei
Takafumi Suda
Kingo Chida
Yukio Koide
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine · JPDepartment of Medical Sciences · BY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD8+ T cells play a pivotal role in protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. We identified a novel HLA-A*0201-restricted CD8+ T-cell epitope on a dominant secreted antigen of M. tuberculosis, MPT51, in HLA-A*0201 transgenic HHD mice. HHD mice were immunized with plasmid DNA encoding MPT51 with gene gun bombardment, and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) production by the immune splenocytes was analyzed. In response to overlapping synthetic peptides covering the mature MPT51 sequence, the splenocytes were stimulated to produce IFN-gamma by only one peptide, p51-70. Three-color flow cytometric analysis of intracellular IFN-gamma and cell surface CD4 and CD8 staining revealed that the MPT51 p51-70 peptide contains an immunodominant CD8+ T-cell epitope. Further analysis using computer algorithms permitted identification of a bona fide T-cell epitope, p53-62. A major histocompatibility complex class I stabilization assay using T2 cells confirmed that this epitope binds to HLA-A*0201. The T cells were capable of lysing MPT51 p53-62 peptide-pulsed T2 cells. In addition, MPT51 p53-62-specific memory CD8+ T cells were found in tuberculin skin test-positive HLA-A*0201+ healthy individuals. Use of this HLA-A*0201-restricted CD8+ T-cell epitope for analysis of the role of MPT51-specific T cells in M. tuberculosis infection and for design of vaccines against tuberculosis is feasible.

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Peptide LibraryAnimalsAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBCG VaccineCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell LineEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHLA-A2 AntigenHLA-A AntigensHumansInterferon-gammaMiceMice, TransgenicMycobacterium tuberculosisSpleenAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBCG VaccineEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHLA-A*02:01 antigenHLA-A2 AntigenHLA-A AntigensInterferon-gammaMPT51 protein, MycobacteriumPeptide Library

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PMID18212086
PMCPMC2292891
OpenAlexW2159689328

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