University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Medicine II, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
J Virol. 2011 May;85(10):5232-6. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00093-11. Epub 2011 Mar 2.
The impact of naïve-precursor frequency on human virus-specific CD8(+) T cell immunodominance is not well understood. Using a recently developed major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I tetramer enrichment protocol, we found a conserved hierarchy and a >10-fold difference in naïve-precursor frequencies across three HLA-A2-restricted hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific epitopes. Importantly, the NS3(1406) epitope with the highest naïve-precursor frequency in healthy donors was also the most frequently targeted epitope in a large cohort of chronically HCV-infected patients, both ex vivo and after in vitro stimulation. These results indicate for the first time that immunodominance in a human viral infection is linked to naïve-precursor frequency.
关于初始前体细胞频率对人类病毒特异性 CD8(+) T 细胞免疫优势的影响还不是很清楚。我们使用最近开发的主要组织相容性复合体 (MHC) Ⅰ类四聚体富集方案,发现三个 HLA-A2 限制的丙型肝炎病毒 (HCV) 特异性表位中存在一个保守的等级结构和 10 倍以上的初始前体细胞频率差异。重要的是,在健康供体中具有最高初始前体细胞频率的 NS3(1406)表位也是在大量慢性 HCV 感染患者中的最常靶向表位,无论是在体外还是在体外刺激后。这些结果首次表明,人类病毒感染中的免疫优势与初始前体细胞频率有关。