A role for intercellular antigen transfer in the recognition of EBV-transformed B cell lines by EBV nuclear antigen-specific CD4+ T cells

The CD4+ T cell response to EBV may have an important role in controlling virus-driven B lymphoproliferation because CD4+ T cell clones to a subset of EBV nuclear Ag (EBNA) epitopes can directly recognize virus-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) in vitro and inhibit their growth. In this study, we used a panel of EBNA1, 2, 3A, and 3C-specific CD4+ T cell clones to study the route whereby endogenously expressed EBNAs access the HLA class II-presentation pathway. Two sets of results spoke against a direct route of intracellular access. First, none of the clones recognized cognate Ag overexpressed in cells from vaccinia vectors but did recognize Ag fused to an endo/lysosomal targeting sequence. Second, focusing on clones with the strongest LCL recognition that were specific for EBNA2- and EBNA3C-derived epitopes LCL recognition was unaffected by inhibiting autophagy, a postulated route for intracellular Ag delivery into the HLA class II pathway in LCL cells. Subsequently, using these same epitope-specific clones, we found that Ag-negative cells with the appropriate HLA-restricting allele could be efficiently sensitized to CD4+ T cell recognition by cocultivation with Ag-positive donor lines or by exposure to donor line-conditioned culture medium. Sensitization was mediated by a high m.w. antigenic species and required active Ag processing by recipient cells. We infer that intercellular Ag transfer plays a major role in the presentation of EBNA-derived CD4 epitopes by latently infected target cells.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Autophagy. 2007 Jan-Feb;3(1):60-2. - PMID 17102586

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2006

Erschienen:

2006

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:177

Enthalten in:

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 177(2006), 6 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 3746-56

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Taylor, Graham S [VerfasserIn]
Long, Heather M [VerfasserIn]
Haigh, Tracey A [VerfasserIn]
Larsen, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Brooks, Jill [VerfasserIn]
Rickinson, Alan B [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Antigens, Viral
Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.10.2006

Date Revised 15.08.2023

published: Print

CommentIn: Autophagy. 2007 Jan-Feb;3(1):60-2. - PMID 17102586

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM165168749