Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Greenville, NC, USA.
Virology. 2010 Feb 5;397(1):176-86. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.11.008. Epub 2009 Dec 2.
The Vaccinia virus gene A35R (Copenhagen designation) is highly conserved in mammalian-tropic poxviruses and is an important virulence factor, but its function was unknown. We show herein that A35 does not affect viral infectivity, apoptosis induction, or replication; however, we found that A35 significantly inhibited MHC class II-restricted antigen presentation, immune priming of T lymphocytes, and subsequent chemokine and cytokine synthesis. A35 localized to endosomes and reduced the amount of a model antigenic peptide displayed in the cleft of class II MHC. In addition, A35 decreased VV specific T cell responses in vivo. Thus, this is the first report identifying a function for the A35 protein in virulence as well as the first report identifying a VV gene that inhibits peptide antigen presentation.
痘苗病毒 A35R 基因(哥本哈根命名)在哺乳动物亲和痘病毒中高度保守,是一个重要的毒力因子,但它的功能未知。本文显示,A35 不影响病毒感染力、凋亡诱导或复制;然而,我们发现 A35 显著抑制 MHC Ⅱ类限制性抗原呈递、T 淋巴细胞免疫启动以及随后的趋化因子和细胞因子合成。A35 定位于内体,并减少了 II 类 MHC 裂隙中显示的模型抗原肽的量。此外,A35 降低了 VV 特异性 T 细胞在体内的反应。因此,这是首次报道 A35 蛋白在毒力中的作用,也是首次报道抑制肽抗原呈递的 VV 基因。