EBV latent membrane proteins (LMPs) 1 and 2 as immunotherapeutic targets : LMP-specific CD4+ cytotoxic T cell recognition of EBV-transformed B cell lines

The EBV-latent membrane proteins (LMPs) 1 and 2 are among only three viral proteins expressed in EBV-associated Hodgkin's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Since these tumors are HLA class I and class II-positive, the LMPs could serve as both CD8+ and CD4+ T cell targets. In contrast to CD8 responses, very little is known about CD4 responses to LMPs. In this study, we describe CD4+ T cell clones defining four LMP1- and three LMP2-derived peptide epitopes and their restricting alleles. All clones produced Th1-like cytokines in response to peptide and most killed peptide-loaded target cells by perforin-mediated lysis. Although clones to different epitopes showed different functional avidities in peptide titration assays, avidity per se was a poor predictor of the ability to recognize naturally infected B lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) expressing LMPs at physiologic levels. Some epitopes, particularly within LMP1, consistently mediated strong LCL recognition detectable in cytokine release, cytotoxicity, and outgrowth inhibition assays. Using cyclosporin A to selectively block cytokine release, we found that CD4+ T cell cytotoxicity is the key effector of LCL outgrowth control. We therefore infer that cytotoxic CD4+ T cells to a subset of LMP epitopes could have therapeutic potential against LMP-expressing tumors.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2008

Erschienen:

2008

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:180

Enthalten in:

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 180(2008), 3 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 1643-54

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Haigh, Tracey A [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Xiaorong [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Hui, Edwin P [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Anthony T C [VerfasserIn]
Rickinson, Alan B [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Graham S [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Cytokines
EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus
Epitopes
Journal Article
Peptides
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Viral Matrix Proteins

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Date Completed 17.03.2008

Date Revised 16.05.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM176989471