Matsutake T, Srivastava P K
Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030-1601, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Mar 27;98(7):3992-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.071523398.
CD4(+) T lymphocyte clones, generated from mice immunized with the methylcholanthrene-induced fibrosarcoma Meth A (H-2(d)), are restricted by I-E(d) and recognize a unique antigen on Meth A. The antigen has been purified and characterized as the ribosomal protein L11. The antigenic epitope is contained within the sequence EYELRKHNFSDTG and is generated by substitution of Asn by His (italic) caused by a single point mutation. The tumor contains the wild-type and the mutated alleles. Immunization of BALB/cJ mice with the mutated epitope but not with the wild-type epitope protects mice against a subsequent challenge with the Meth A sarcoma. Adoptive transfer of CD4(+) clones into BALB/c mice renders the mice specifically resistant to Meth A sarcoma. The mutated L11 epitope is thus shown to be an immunoprotective epitope in vivo by several criteria.
用甲基胆蒽诱导的纤维肉瘤Meth A(H-2(d))免疫小鼠产生的CD4(+) T淋巴细胞克隆受I-E(d)限制,并识别Meth A上的一种独特抗原。该抗原已被纯化并鉴定为核糖体蛋白L11。抗原表位包含在序列EYELRKHNFSDTG中,由一个单点突变导致的Asn被His(斜体)取代而产生。肿瘤包含野生型和突变等位基因。用突变表位而非野生型表位免疫BALB/cJ小鼠可保护小鼠免受随后的Meth A肉瘤攻击。将CD4(+)克隆过继转移到BALB/c小鼠中可使小鼠对Meth A肉瘤产生特异性抗性。因此,通过多个标准表明,突变的L11表位在体内是一种免疫保护性表位。